The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1894-06-21
DIABOLICAL PLOT.
DETECTIVES DISCOVER AN ANARcH-
ISTlC SCHEME

To Blow Up tho National Capitol-Other
Buildings Also Doomed-Honore Jack.
the Leader Of tho Gang.
NEW YORK, June ia Washington
dispatch to morning paper says: A
newspaper here publishes an expose of
q plot which had fGs its object the de-
struction of the ca ltol and perhaps
other government buildings, which has
been slowly developing for several
weeks. The secret service and police
authorities, however, have been kept
informed of the movements of the plot
tiers. and would have been enabled to
thwart them had their machin atoms
approached actual violence. Only once,
says the newspaper, about three weeks
ago, when the channel Of information
was unexpectedly interrupted, were the
federal and district authorities really
alarmed. They didn't know at what
moment an attempt might be made to
Explode Bombs in the Capitol,
the treasury building, the White House
and war and navy buildings. 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 anar.
chists and were able again to shadow
every couspirator and to keep fully in
- H. -
here and elsewhere.
According to the story the plot was
formed at the Coxey camp while
marching to the capitol, and reports of
its existence came from various points.
Omaha, Chicago and Pittsburg among
them.
The prime mover in the anarchistic
plot-that is, the Washington end Of it
was Honore Jackson. He came from
Chicago and is still in the city. In
Chicago he
Had Been Disturbsr for Years.
At the time of the Haymarket riot he
narrowly escaped being arrested as q
principal conspirator and was Swallowed
by the detectives for long time after
that most memorable affair.
Jackson is half breed of unknown
tribal origin. He was one of Louis
Reil's lieutenhnts in the Canadian re-
bellion some years ago. The man has
done some newspaper work, and has
frequently passed himself off as re-
porter for Chicago paper.
The informant in the case has kept in
touch with the conspirators and given
the names of those engaged in the plot,
together with the other facts, to the
police. These have been commune
Gated to the officials of other cities, and
they will probably act upon the
strength of the information thus given.
The fact that the anarchists have com.
mitted no act in Washington upon
which they could be convicted,
Has Prevented Their Arrest.
Their meetings have been small and
secret. Their experiments with chem
icals have been such that it could hardly
be proven that they intended to resort
to extreme measures. They have written
no letters. In fact, all along they have
waited for something to happen some
thing which would give them an oppor-
tunity to carry out the scheme of vio-
lence. Jackson's headquarters was the
residence Of Q Frenchman named Saw
ant.
The conspirators met there and at
other places, and about three weeks ago
the meetings became 90 frequent and 50
many strange men came and went that
the officers felt that they were losing
their grasp Of the situation. There was
danger that the climax might come at
any time and
Great Alarm Was Felt.
The capitol officers, including the
speaker of the house and the treasury
people, felt very uneasy. The discov-
cry of the formula for making the ex-
plosive which the conspirators propose
to use, says the article, in conclusion, is
probably the best piece Of work done
BY the detectives. Several chemicals
are used, and the proportions make
high explosive Of new and most dan.
gerous kind.
An occasion for the use of the ex-
plosive, the anarchists hope, it is said
will be furnished by the arrival of that
part of Frye's industrial army now re-
ported in the Cumberland valley.
Under cover of disturbance produced
by them, the plot against the capitol is
to be carried out. In support Of this,
it is said that a number of Chicago
anarchists Of the most rabid type are
with that army.
WHY THE STRIKE ENDED.