Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-07-30
PUZZLINC CYPHERS
Detectives Are Working Diligently
On the Frick Shooting
Affair.
Ard Reveal Nauy Facts Showing an
Organized Anarchist
Plot.


PlrrsRuRa, July GO Anarchy in the
United States is not dead, It is not even
sleeping It's high priests arc Just as
wideawake, just as ycnomous, their
notifications just as extensive and per-
haps more so than they have ever been.
The lesson and warning 81 the execu-
ton of Spies, Parsons, and their assoc
ciates, and by the repeated proscou.
tions aud convictions OF Herr Johann
Most, have failed even to brulsc the
head of the transplunted monster
Anarchy is as much thing % Ii.e rs
ever. So much has been evidenced by
the attempt upon the life Of Henry O.
Frick and thesubsequent developments
that have come TO the surface. The
police are naturally iubilant over me
arrest of Carl Knobs, and believe
that they are now on the way
toward the fountain head of the
conspiracy that eliminated in the
tragedy OF Saturday. For some time
past the soclnlistic and auarchistic ele.
ments of Allegheny have been Keeping
under cover, and the authorities have
fattered themselves that their vigil.
ance for the last two years had been re-
warded and that the element had lost
Its desire for mischief They have
however, been deceived, for the search
Of Knold' residence last evening proved
conclusivcly that the circle or section,
or whatever It may be called, has been
continuously engaged in active propa-
ganda and is intimately associated with
other opponents Of free government
and liberty-lovinR institutions in differ
ent parts OF The United States.
In the rooms were found vast quaint.
ties Of anarchistic literature and CORE.
spondeuce indicating that anarchy has
abiding places either in the persons Of
groups or indi- iuals in New York,
Chicago, Denver, and other points.
a large number of eyphers and
cypher communications which were
brought TO light indicated the
existence of q general and
secret mode of communication.
One Of these cyphers, inc sed in an en-
velope bearing New York date, APP
peared to be based upon the Hebrew
alphabet. This appeared TO dovetail in
with a second that appeared to be sim
ply a combination Of uniutelligibls
scrawls, and this by figures on its back
was apparently a key TO a third, in the
form Of an ingenious geometricai chart,
with numerous curves, each different
from the other. A linen railroad map
of the United States had upon IL three
marks, intended to indicate air lines
between New York and Chicago, aud
THESE were marked at intervals with
figures, which related to cipher words
on the back So extensive was
the supply Of Anarchistic litera-
ture found IN the place as
TO indicate that IL must have been used
ss headquarters for the distribution Of
this dangerous stuff through the
country. There were numerous copies
OF Freedom, a rabidly anarchistlc
sheet, emanating from Chicago and
edited by Lucy Parsons, the
duslSy relict Of the executed
anarchist. The paper was filed
with matter bloodthirsty and bonn
bastic, some of the articles calling upon
Anarchists to pull down the wage
question and wage slavery. One copy
contained q letter from a local An
archist telling Mrs. Parsons that her
paper as truly advocates and defends
the principles Of revolutionary COM
munistic auarchism as did the Alarm,
edited b. her husband, and pledges for
II the cordial support Of all the com
rade hcreabouts.
There was also "a bundle Of another
Chicago auarchistie sheet, named
Gasalift, printed on deep red aper,and
of Herr Most's Freiheit Some had
black and others red borders.
OF various communications In Ger
man, and written from widely
separated places, there was enough to
fiji a small satchel, while as finale the
police came across a packet Of tickets
for a rattle o. a fine relief picture Of
the five martyrs Of the working classes
Spies Parsons, LinRR Eugcl and
Fischer the proceeds to 60 Tor the
benefit Of the English agitation the
rafie to be held next month.