Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-06-18
TO BLOW UP The CAPITOL.
40 Anarchist Plot Discovered In
Washington.
The Gathering Of Caxcyiiss at the
Capital 10 be rsisen Advantage
Of bg the Conspirntors.

NEW YOmS. June l7.-A Washing.
ton dispatch " n morning paper says;
a newspaper here Will publish an ca.
pIaurU Of plot which had Tor I've
object the destruction N the Capitol
auI perhaps other government build.
ings, which has been develop ny for
several weeks. The secret service anu
police authorities, however, have been
kept inlormol OF the movements o the
plOtters,
Ouly once, says the newspaper,
about threo weeks ago, when the chan.
uUl Of information WIS., unUE.
prcielly interrupted, were the
federal nnd district authoh.
ties really alarmed. They diI
not know 40 what moment an attempt
might Do m,lc ~ explode bombs In
tue Capitol, tne trealuty building, the
WhliO House and tno war aud navy
building. But as the days passed aud
uotuing WAS done, tue authorities, who
nud tudUublc1 their vigilance, restored
tue line N communication with the
nest Of anarchists aud we're again able
10 shadow every CJnspirator ami 10
keep fully Informed Oi auatcbistiu
moves, both here and elsewhere. 40.
corllng 10 tho story, the plot was
formed at the time the Coxey army
was marching " tho capital, anu the
tips OF ils existence came from variouH
points-Omaha, Chicago and PittsDurg
among them.
The prime mover la the anarchistic
pl0t-,hAt 10, ut thu Washington end
Of twas H0nore JaxOu. He came
from Chicago and IL still In the city.
He h u professional tndiau,fn Chicago
he has Icen dlsturbor for yosrs.
Tue Informant In the case was kept
In touch with the conspifators anu has
given the police the names Of those
engaged In tue plot together with
other facts.
Jaxon's headquarters were ut the
residence Of Ffenchman named Sa-
want. The conspiratop met there AMI
at other places, and about three weeks
ago the meetings became 10 frequent
aud 10 many strange men came aud
went that the tillcets felt they were
losing their grasp Of the situation.
There was danger the climax might
come NJ auy time and great alarm was
felt.
"rho discovery Of the formula for
making the eKplOsiye which the con-
splfRtors propose 10 usr,n says the atti-
Gle, In conclusion, "is probably the
best piece Of work done by the detec.
tiv,s. Several chemicals arc used, aud
the proportions make a high explosive
Of a new and most dangerous kind. AZ
soon aa the police obtained this formu.
10 they took II 10 a wel'-known chemist
and asked him 10 make up n sample.
He did 10 Ia his laboratory and placed
II on a window sill In the sun. Ina
few moments there was an explosion.
A great deal Of noise dld not accom-
pany the explosion, but there was a
terrific conclusion aud most nausoat.
Ing and binding smoke, although the
quantity Of the chemical experlmoDted
with was very small. A cat which
was In the room died In n very few
seconds from the effects Of tbs yapor.
Gan occasion for the use VI the ex-
plOsives, tho anarchists hope, will be-
furnished by the arrival Of that part Of
Frye's Industrial army now reported
IN the Cumberland valley. Under
cover Of n disturbance produced by
them, the plot bgainst the Capitol lie TO
DO carried out