The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-20
THE BOMBTHROwER CAUGHT.
JOoE CoDINA iHREW THE MISSILE IN
THE BARCELONA THEATRE

Hs Coures.ss tho Criue ana sior,.s In the
Deed that Cost About Thirty Iive--Ths
Fellow Kept Tn Solitary Conauenent-
Many Other Arrests IN Bnrceiopn-Pre-
cautions in the Iiaiinn Charuber-A Law
60 Punish Dyn.mitsr- IN switzerInns.
LONDON, Doc. IA despatch from Barce-
Iona says that jose Codinn, tho Anarchist who
was lately arrested. has confessed that he
was the author OF the dynamite explosion
that occurred in tho Lyceum Theatre in that
city on the night OF Nov. Z. whom upward OF
| thirty persons were killed The police had
collected evidence that showed beyond any
doubt that Codlna was the man who threw the
bomb, and when confronted with this testl-
mony he made clean breast OF the whole
affair.
After he acknowledged that he was the
criminal he gloried in his act. He IL now in
solitary confinement in the fortress OF Mont
Juich No one save the prison officials Is al
lowed to communicate with him. The police
have learned that Codlnn recently came to
barcelona from France. where he had resided
under an ASSUME cd name.
The police Of Barcelona have unearthed sew
eral branches Of an Anarchist society, and
have seized documents and books pertaining
to the cause. Many arrests are expected to
follow. The documents seized disclose the
names OF those belonging to the society and
their ntodns Operandi. Tho rules are framed
on the most stringent lines and death ia
threatened to traitors to the society. Elabo-
rate precautions are laid down for the safety
OF members. The police have also traced tho
makers OF six bombs that wore discovered In
various places In barcelona. A majority OF
these bomb makers arc already In prison.
The analysis OF tho experts who examined
tho bomb thrown In the Lvceum Theatre that
did not explode has been published. The
bomb weighed kiogram two and one-ffth
poundsl, and the casing was centimette
about third OF an inchl thick. The missile
was divided into two parts. The frat section.
which was roughly made. contained eleven
tubes. The second section displayed better
Workmanship. This contained nine tubes. The
expsrts sny that, had this bomb exploded,
wnd hsvs IN e s sYep part OF the
thing that prevented its explosion was it's
The German Government will demand tn,
extradition OF +. w. Hoppe. who was arrested
here on Dec. on the charge OF obtaining
her OF the Executive Committee Of the Anton-
omlc Club, and on searching his lodgings
The. Vienna CORES pondent OF the NerS says
Hnssia is disposed to take part in an anti
political fugitives being treated preoisely The
same as Anarchists.
the Swiss Government has received PROPOSAL.
Tor holding an anti- Anarchist congress- but,
as the adhesion OF all the powers Ia improba-
BILE, 1t is supposed that congress will be held.
This. however, the Correspondent adds. will
not prevent geperal understanding.
Several Anarchists were arrested yesterday
at Chaux do Ponds, Switzerland.
ROME, Dec. la.-The police have taken extra
Of outrages at the reopening OF the Chamb her
OF Deputies tomorrow. rigorous watch will
be Kept upon all persons who enter the public
gallery and the issue Of tickets Of admission
VIII be restricted.
ttDIz, Dec. i0.-Several work men employed
In the Niamurgia shipbuildine yard have been
discharged for melting their fellow work men
to NATURALIZATION. The police made a raid
mon. and found q number OF letters showing
that they were at least sym pathiZers with the
Anarchists. Several Of the men were arrested
Last night
BERNE. Dec. lathe Federal Council, In
approving yesterday Of a law providing strin-
gent punishment for the criminal use OF ex-
Losives and for melting TO crime. declared
that. though switzerland had hitherto been
Tree from Anarchist outrages. there are GER
tain Indications that anarchism has become a
destructive factor in the country. The propa-
ganda OF this system involved Indictment to
Iobbery. murder. and incendiarism. Jts adj
herents do not confine themselves to the ad-
vocacy OF a theory, and therefore Switzerland |
must proceed relentessly against their in |
triRu es.
BOND EXPLOSION IN BOHEMIA.
VIENNA, Dec. ia dynamite bomb was ex- |
nloded this evening In kakonit,. pohem', |
THIRTY miles west e e. pEaGus The r;sidenc,
bomb burst was half wrecked, and other |
houses were badly damaged. Wolff and his |
vile and two daughters were injured There
1t was discovered this afternoon that thirty
two Kilograms OF dynamite had been stolen
from the Government store In RakonitZ-