Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-11-08
DYNAMITE SCARE IN LONDON.
Internal Machine Found Close to the Brit
Sh House of Parliament.

1911 EIUuO0 VI al ildlHCHU,
LONDON, Nov. "a loaded cOniCal
bomb, weighing 700 pounds, was found
on Wednesday last upon a buttress of
Westminster bridge, which is close to
the House of Parliament. The bomb
was taken possession of by the police
and was conveyed to Scotland Yard,
headquarters of the Metropolitan po-
lice, where the bomb is being examined
by experts in such matters in order to
determine whether it was loaded or not.
At Scotland Yard to-day the in-
spector in charge admitted that the
police were in possession of piece of
iron of conical shape, having the
appearance of being q conical pro-
.jectile for use in q gun, which is
believed to be bomb loaded with ex-
plOSiyes.
The bomb was found on one of the
the side flrthest from the House of
Commons. The bomb was wrapped
neatly in brown paper and tied with
stout cord From the position in
which the bomb was found the police
say that it was dropped on to the
ledge by q passer by. The
police inspector added, however,
that though the parcel found is
believed to be bomb, it IS no uncom-
mon thing to find such suspicious artl-
cles III out of the way places and the in
spector claimed to believe that the conf
cal-shaped projectile which is in posses
sion of the police may not be a bomb
and that it may not contain dynamite or
any other explosive.
In conclusion the inspector said that
the alleged bomb had not been exam
ined by experts in such matters; but, it
was safe to say that the police were per-
fectly satisfied that the finding OF the
bomb was not the result of q dynamite
plot to destroy the bridge or to startle
the members of the House of Com
mons.
Additional inquiries made by the
Associated Press reporter, and by the
reporters Of number Of London news
papers contradict the re-assuring re-
ports given out by the Scotland Yard
officials and seem to show that there has
undoubtedly been an attempt to blow
up that part of the bridge which is
near the terrace of the House Of
Commons. Enquiries made at the
Home Office fail to confirm this last con-
clusion, but the general opinion Of the
newspaper men VINO have been in
vestigating the case is that an attempt
was made to seriously damage West
minister bridge, near the House of
Commons, by the explosion OF dyn-
amite bomb.
Further visits to the Scotland Yard
resulted in compelling the officials
there who first denied that a dynamite
plot had been discovered, and who even
intimated that q bomb which had been
found might not prove to be a dynamite
bomb, to admit that dynamite plot
had been discovered, though Scotland
Yard pretends that it was plot of no
Importance.
An Associated Press reporter then
hired boat at Westminster bridge and
was rOwed out to the middle of the
River Thames, where number Of men
on barge anchored beneath the bridge
were at work with paint pots and
brushes III an attempt to clean the
stonework. The Associated Press re-
porter upon this barge found the two
men who discovered the parcel
which contained the dynamite bomb
placed upon the buttress of the bridge.
From these men it was learned that
the parcel found upon the bridge and
which is now in possession of the po-
lice was undoubtedly bomb and that
it had fuse attached to it. The men
also asserted that in addition to the
bomb several large cartridges supposed
to be loaded with dynamite were found
upon another buttress of the same
bridge.
One of the workmen beneath the
bridge made the following statement to
the Associated Press reporter: ''My
name is Thomas Morris and my mates
name is James P1zzey. We are water
men in the employ of the County Coun-
Gil. On Wednesday afternoon, as the
tide was running down and leav-
ing the buttress, we saw parcel
on the buttress, fifty yards from the
side of the bridge and on the
side nearest the House Of Com
mons. We rowed out to the par
eel and found that it contained some
thing heavy and enveloped in several
thicknesses of paper. We shifted it
carefully and placed it in a pail of
water before examining it. When we
thought it safe to undo the parcel
we did so, and found that it contained
large conicalshaped iron bomb
which weighed ten pounds and which
had fuse screwed into it's point
Upon another buttress we found several
large cartridges. We opened one and
found 200 shot and an equal quantity of
powder; in addition also found row.
boat floating in the river, bottom up.
This boat had no name upon it, nor any
thing by which it's ownership could be
traced"
The watermen also expressed the
opinion that the explosives had been
placed upon the buttresses of the
bridge previous to low water. The po-
lice still maintain that the plot is one of
cOmpa ratiVe unimDOrtance.