The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-18
TO BLOW UP THE CAPITOL.
An AnaTChiStiC Dynamite Plot at
Washington.

A Half-Breed Indian Said to Be the
Father of the Conspiracy-He Was
With Louis Riel in the Canadian Re-
bellion and Was Suspected of Com.
plicity in the Haymarket Riot at
Chicago-The Proposed Explosions
to Be Caused by the Sun.
Washington, June 1.-THE Post to-
morrow will publish an exposure of a
plot which had for its object the destruc-
tion of the capitol and perhaps other
government buildings, which had been
slowly developing for several weeks past
The secret service and police author
tiles, however, have been kept informed
of the movement of the plotters. and
would have been enabled to
thwart them had their machina-
tions approached actual violence.
Only" says the Post, ''about three
weeks ago, when the channel of informa-
tion was Unexpectedly interrupted, were
the federal and district authorities really
alarmed. They did not know at what
moment an attempt might be made to ex-
plode bombs in the capitol
the treasury building, the white
house and the war and navy
building. But as the days passed and
nothing was done, the authorities, who
had redoubled their vigilance, restored
the line Of communication with the nest
of anarchists, and were able again to
shadow every conspirator and to keep
fully informed of the anarchistic move
ments both here and elsewhere"
BIRTH OF THE PLOT.
According to the story, the plot was
formed at the time Coxey's army was
marching to the capitol, and reports of
its existence came from various points
Omaha, Chicago and Pittsburg among
them. "The prime mover in the anarch-
ist plot-thaJ, is, the Washington end of
twas Honore JaXon. He came from
Chicago, and is still in the city. He is a
professional Indian. In Chicago he has
been a disturber for years. At the time
of the Haymarket riot he narrowly es-
capped being arrested as a principal
conspirator, and was shadowed by the de-
tectives for long time after that most
memorable affair. Jaxon is a half breed
Of unknown tribal origin. He was one of
Lous Rie'S lieutenents in the Canadian
rebellion some years ago The man has
done some local newspaper wc"k and has
consequently passed himself of for re-
porter for the Chicago Times.
THE WARNING.
After Jaxon's arrival here letters were
received by the secret service officers and
capitol officials that band of anarchists
was being organized in Washington, and
H j. Jaxon of Chicago, was the leading
spirit. Independent investigations sat
ished the officers that the writer
of the letters was telling the
truth, and since then, saws
the Post, secret service men and
local detectives have been constantly en-
gagged in watching the band The in
formant in the case, has kept IN touch
with the consDirators, and given the po-
lice the names of those engaged in the
plot, together with other crimes These
have been communicated to the officials
OF other cities, and they will probably
act upon the information thus given.
NO ARRESTS MADE.
"The fact that the anarchists have com
mitted no act in Washington SAYS the
Post article, upon which they could be
convicted has prevented their arrest.
Their meetings have been small and
secret; their experiments with chemicals
have been such that it could hardly be
proved that they intended tolresort to ex-
treme measures, they having written
no letters; in fact, all along they
have waited for something to
happen; something which would
give them an opportunity to carry out
their scheme of violence
The Post article asserts that the for
mula of the explosive to be used in the
grand catastrophe has been discovered,
and that it is compound that explodes
by the action of the sun. Also that the
occasion for the act was to be found in a
disturbance to be started by the action of
trye's army now approaching the capi-
tol from the Cumberland valley.