Los Angeles herald., 1892-01-09
English Police Make an In
portant Capture.
A Group Of Dangerous Anarch-
lists Arrested.
Machinery and Material for Making
Bombs Seized.
The Prisoners Believed to Be Implicated
In the Dublin Castle Explosion.
The Khedive's Funeral.
other Foreign News.
Associated Press Dispatches.

Associated freSs DlbDAtCneS.
LONDON, Jan. S.-Today the police
claim that they have effected the i'm
portant arrest of group of anarchists
residing in Walsall, Staffordshire, in
connection with the recent explosion at
Dublin castle. A man who was recently
passing the police station in London
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
justification for arresting him. At the
time of his arrest he was carrying q
parcel. When he was taken into the
police station he was searched and upon
his person were found papers giving the
details of anarchists plots, and giving
the names of the persons implicated in
the conspiracies. The papers showed
that the headquarters of the anarchists
was at Walsall, and steps were immedi-
ately taken to place them under arrest
The result was that Frenchman
named Victor Gales, Maria Hibelne, q
woman with whom Gales was living,
and Frederick Charles, all residing at
Walsall, were soon in custody. The
prisoners belonged to Socialist club in
Walsall.
The club rooms and residences of the
prisoners were searched by the police,
and an investigation led to most i'm
portant discoveries concerning the
Vaccinations and work of the plotters.
The prisoners were arraigned in court
today, charged with having in their
possession explosives which they in
tended to devote to unlawful pur-
poses.
The magistrate discharged Marie Hi
belne. Probably she made confession,
and the intention of the authorities is
to use her as witness against the other
prisoners. The prisoners had in their
possession matrices, which were used in
making bombs. They are of conical
shape, and fours or five inches long.
Models of other parts of paraphernalia
used in making bombs were also found
in possession of the prisoners. The
chief constable asked for an adjourn
ment of the case. limiting at the same
time that it was probable other arrests
would shortly follow. The magistrate
granted the request of the chief con-
stable and the prisoners were remanded
for week.
The police have discovered secret
foundry for the manufacture of bombs
and place where explosives were made
by the anarchists. The Walsall club, to
which the prisoners belong, has been
the center of the anarchists propaganda
for several years. 1t has transpired that
the police for long time had been sus-
picious of members of the club at Wal
sail, and that for three months they had
been watching the club rooms day and
night. They did not feel warranted in
making any arrests, however, until the
arrest of the man in London and the
discriminating 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 anarchist pamph-
let's. teaching the manufacture of ex-
plosives, besides a quantity of material
for bombs and bolts.