, 1893-10-21
ANARCHISTS IN VIENNA.
EXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERY OF
EXPLOSIVES

Vienna, Sept. %.
An important seizure of explosives and
seditious pamphlets was made by the police
yesterday in the Margarethen quarter Of this
city. For some time past quantities or
pamphlets addressed to working men and
soldiers have been found in the streets in the
early morning. As long ago, in fact, as last
December some of these leaflets We're discov-
ed, bearing the title +" Workmen IN Uniform"
and this circumstance convinced the authori-
ties of the existence in some part of the city
Of a secret Anarchist printing press.
The police we're accordingly instructed to
keep a strict watch upon all suspected houses
and persons, and a few days ago they learned
that secret meetings were frequently held at
No. So, Siebenbrunner -strasse, part of which
was occupied by two iourneymen %ioiners,
named Franz Hasbel and Stephen Hahnel,
It was decided to take the supposed conspira-
tors by surprise, in the hope of avoiding q
conflict, and Hahnel was accordingly arrested
early yesterday morning as he was leaving the
house to go to work. de was Immediately
searched, and his latohkey was taken from
him by the police oommissary. The officers
then proceeded to the house and assembled to
the rooms occupied by Hasbel and Hahnel.
Hasbel, hearing the street door open, cams
out of his room, apparently under the i'm
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ed. On seeing the police he made desperate
efforts to resist arrest, but was quickly over
powered. The police then proceeded TO
search the premises, and were soon rewarded
by SOM startling discoveries.
Hidden under the upholstery of the sofa,
in the drawers of a table, and in other places
were found all the requisites for a complete
manipulating press, together with thousands
Of pamphlets and handbills Of : highly
reasonable character. In a chest were q
number Of untitled bombs and empty tin
boxes, a coat provided with special appliances
fop carrying bombs, a quantity Of smokeless
powder, picrine, and other explosives, a
number of r~evolvers and other" weapons, and
a quantity Of packets of ammunition. There
was also a small box with two fuses attached,
which, however, on the advice of experts
has not yet been opened.
While the search was proceeding Hasbel
tried to commit suicide by jumping out of a
thirdStorey window, but was prevented by
the police. Eight other arrests were made
yesterday and three more today. All the
prisoners belong to an Independent group,
quite distinct from any Of the other Socialist
factions. The majority Of them boast that
they are disciples Of Nest, the we'll known
German. American Anarchist. They would
also appear to have been connected with the
London Anarchists, since q written proclama-
ton discovered among the papers evidently
smanated from that city 1t IS Beloved that
certain attempts had been planned for ths
winter months, as the coat mentioned above
was Of a heavy build and evidently intended
for winter wear. The arrests continue. The
prisoners Hasbel and Hahnel, it appears, had
taught themselves to set up type.
Vienna, Sept. a
Two of the men who were arrested with
the Anarchists yesterday have been released,
but the Others are detained in custody
Papers found upon them leave no doubt that
they are intimately connected with the
Anarchists in London and America. The
bomb cases and other sections of the inf srn'
machines were manuf actured in exact . ccol
dance with the rules drawn upand distributed
by Johann Most. The Anarchists themselves
made the e%icrasite and picrine, the explosives
with which the bombs. were flled.-Daily
Tae0T0Db. 25tb Sept.