Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-09
BUSHELS OF BOMBS,
To Blow Up English Society,
Ready to Be Made by an
Anarchist Club
RAIDED BY THE POLICE.
The Arrest of a Socialist With Mat
rices Gives the Plot Away.
THREE CONFEDERATES TAKEN In.
One. Woman, Is Released and Supposed to
BE Ready to Confess.
RAIDED BY THE POLICE.
THREE CONFEDERATES TAKEN In.
THE DUBLIN MYSTERY MAY BE SOLVED

LONDON, Jan. S.-Ever since the ex-
plosion at Dublin castle the police through
out the United Kingdom have been more
than usually vigilant in looking for indi-
viduals who are the enemies of law and
order, and more particularly for those who
attempt to lend force to their arguments by
the use of dynamite. To-day the police
claim they have located group of anarch-
lists in Walsall.
A man recently passing the police station
in Tottenham attracted the attention of the
police by his peculiar manner, and he was
taken into custody as suspicious character.
The police say they soon found ample justi-
fication for arresting the man. When he
was taken into the police station he was, of
course, searched, and upon his person were
found papers giving the details of anarchist
plots and giving the names of persons i'm
plicated in the conspiracy.
The WaIsalI Club Implicated.
A package he was earring was found to
contain bottle labeled chloroform The
papers showed that the headquarters were
at Walsall, and steps were Immediately
taken to place the culprits under arrest.
The result was that a Frenchman named
Victor Gales, Marie Pibelne, with whom
Gales was living, and Frederick Charles,
all residing at Walsall, were soon in
custody.
The prisoners are each about 80 years of
age. They belong to the Socialist Club in
Walsall. The clubroom and the residences
of the prisoners were searched bv the
police, and the investigation led to the
most important discoveries concerning the
Vaccinations and work of the plotters.
The prisoners were arraigned in court
and charged with having in their possession
explosives which they intended to devote
10 unlawful purposes. On the application
of the Chief Constable the magistrate dis
charged Marie Pibelne. 1t is probable that
she has made confession and that it is the
intention of the authorities to use her as a
witness against the other prisoners.
Matrices for Making Bombs.
A constable testified that the prisoners
had in their possession matrices which were.
used in making bombs. He produced some
specimens of these matrices. They were
conical and four or five inches long. Models
of other parts of the paraphernalia used in
making bombs were also found in possession
of the prisoners The Chief Constable asked
for an adjournment of the case, limiting that
it was probable that other arrests would
shortly follow. The magistrate granted the
request and the prisoners were remanded
for week.
Gales has been identified as man who is
wanted in France on the charge of intend
ing to commit murder. The police have
discovered the secret foundry for the manu- |
facture of bombs, aud the place where the |
explosives were made. The Walsall Club,
To which the prisoners belonged, has been
the center of the Anarchist propaganda for
several years throughout the midland
counties. OF the many lecturers who ex-
plained anarchistic doctrines 10 the club
Prince Krapotkin, the well-known Russian
agitator, was the favorite.
An Iron Makers Information.
A firm of iron founders have informed
the authorities that in November thev were
offered extensive orders for hollow castings
similar to the bomb which was produced by
The Chief Constable to-day. 1t has trans
pired that the police have been for some
time suspicious of the club at Walsall. and |
have been watching the clubrooms day and |
night They did not feel warranted in |
making arrests, however, until the arrest |
Of the man in London, and the incrimina- |
ting documents found on him established |
beyond doubt that the members of the |
club were engaged in unlawful practices
Among the articles seized by the police |
in Walsall is an abundant supply Of An |
archiSt pamphlets teaching the manutac- |
ture OF explosives, besides a quantity of |
materials for hombs and bolts.
The man calling himself Charles, whose |
real name Is Slaughter, is self educated, |
speaks several languages and is rabid !
Socialist. Deakin, who has long been a |
propagator of Socialism in the Midlands, |
Is the virtual leader of the party. The
police traced bombs manufactured in Wal |
sail to Anarchists in Belgium, North France
and Italy. Gales, on being shown some |
bombs and The bolts fitting them, declared |
his ignorance how to use them.