New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-07
FOR INCITING TO MURDER.
CONVICTION OF THE EDITOR OF AN ENGLISH
ANARCHIST PAPER.
SENT TO PRISON FOR AN INCENDIARY ARTICLE
AND FOR VIOLENT SPEECH IN HYDE
PARK-THREE EXPLOSIONS on THE
CONTINENT--TIE OUT
RAGE, AT IIEGl..

RAtE AT III t'f-
London May 6.--Charles wlfrid Mowbray, lately
publisher of the Anarchist paper. The Colnmoh~e"''
and David John Nchol editor OF that paper against
whom the Grand Jury returned tNne bill for sohcue
and enticing. in the columns Of The Commonwca'
certain persons 20 murder Henry Matthew'S secretary
OF State for the Home Department; Justice sir Henry
Hawkins and Inspector William Melville, OF inc wy
ropotan Police. arraigned for trial IN me VIA
Bailey today Nichol, who had no lawyer 10 helehu
him. was also indicted by the Grand Jury for an III
hammatory speech he made In Hyde Park Inc jury
returned verdict OF guilty against Nlchol and he was
sentenced to eighteen months imprisonment at h"''
labor. Mowbrav. who has all along protested 'na' nc
had nothing do with the article In qucSuo"' anu
that he severed his connection with Inc 'om"'o"-
veal" when the article appeared. was acquitted
In opening the for the prosecution -ir hichau
Webster. the Attorney General said that "The Com'
monwea' spoke Of murderers az brave men, ana Oh ,o
laws as anac hrOnss that ought to be swept """' w
force The first witness called was policemen who
gave evidence as to the language used by Nichoi In
his Hyde Park speech. The witness said that Nichol
had referred 10 tho Jesuit Matthew'S "the Butcher
Hawkins and "the spy Melville" and had
declared that two Of them must de
Nlchol skilfnlly crossexamined the policeman ana
ELECTED the fact that the witness reported his speech
from memory two hours after 1t was delivered Wit
nesse Nicho denied that he had used the language
attributed him by the policeman.
Nchol made q forcible speech to the jury. lie
conended that the Walsall conspiracy was Matched by
the police Anarchy in England, he declared. did not
smell DYNAMITE lie closed his address with an elo
ouent denuncaiOn Of the injustice OF the present
system OF law and society The prisoners remarks
were appla,ded by the people in the court room the
greater number Of whom were his friends and SYM
pahizers
BRUSSELS Nav Can explosion occurred today
at Alleur. village Legc; but beyond the shat
tcring Of windows damage was done. someone
house OF the Burgomaster Of Mleur but ONLY one OF
them exploded A German Anarchist has been ar
rested, charged with having caused the explosion.
Roubaix, May Ga mysterious explosion occurred
in the kitchen Of hotel in this city to-day just
before the explosion cook had put Goals on the
fire. and 1t is supposed that there was cartridge In
the Goals The noise OF the explosion was like the
report of The cooking range was destroyed
and the contents OF the kitchen were smashed TO
pieces. The cook and waiter were badly burned
Liege. May Cat the police examination of the
Anarchist prisoners today Beauean confessed that
himself Moineau and Wolf stole large quantity Of
Favier powder and used it in conjunction with car
tridges to blow up St. Martins Church and Count
Minette's house.
Paris, May G.-Paul IIamonod printer. who was |
terribly injured In the explosion at NJ. Verys restau
rant. in the boulevard Magenta on the night OF april
25 died at the hospital to-day. He will be buried at
the expense Of the State.
St. Petersburg, May 6-Circnt alarm occasioned |
here to-day by explosion that occurred In street
the Nicholas Fridge. II at first thought that
dynamiters had been at work, but investigation |
revealed the fact that the explosion caused
by gas No one was hurt and no damage TO property
was done.