St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-02-12
DYNAMITE PLOT EXPOSED.
Two GIRLS ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP AV
ILLINOIS JILL.
DISCOVERED AND ARRESTED
Arthur Goodpasture, a Criminal,
Declared He Would Die Before
Going to Prison-Pretty Ida
Shells is but Seventeen and
Wanted to Avenge Her Lovers
From the Sunday Globe.
Punishment.

smells IS Dut Seventeen and
Wanted TO Avenge her Lovers,
Punishment.
From the Sunday Globe.
LINCOLN, ILL.,, Feb. 10.-Late this
evening much excitement was caused
by news OF all unsuccessful, though
well arranged plot, 10 blow up the Jail
OF Logan county, located here, having
for Its, purpose the liberation of no.
torious local criminal under sentence of
six years to Joliet prison, and awaiting
removal thereto on the morrow The
parties implicated in the plot are Arthur
Goodpasture, Ida Shells and Georgia
Williams. Late last night three sticks
OF dynamite. with fuses and caps, were
purchased with the intention of being
passed into the Jail by the Shells wom-
an to Goodpasture, who had repeatedly
declared before and since his convic-
ton that he would die before he would
go to the penitentlary, having no con-
Germ as to the consequence for himself
and dozen other criminals and the
Sherlff'S family. Luckily for all con-
cerned. GoodpaSture was imprisoned in
a cell as precautionary measure. it
being feared that some sort of an at
tempt at rescue would be made. The
Jail premises were visited at mid
night last night, but the arrangement to
piss out through window a string to
which the dynamite was to be attached
and hauled up, failed. Daylight inves-
tlgation showed women's footprints
around the Jail, and ladder ready for
use. During the afternoon young man
in the
COMPANY OF THE GIRLS,
last night. ascertdiEed their plans and
told the police. The arrest OF the girls
followed. The dynamite was found at
the home of one, and when the prison.
ers were locked up the Williams girl
confessed her completely in the plot,
adding further that another attempt
would have been made tonight, and
should it have failed, then the Shells
girl was to have exploded the charge
from the outside and run the chances Of
being successful. The excitement was
| intensified when it came out that the
| project was even discussed and decided
| upon Of blowing up the court house
this afternoon during a session of court
while Goodpasture's application for a
new trial was under consideration. The
con sprators were, however. fooled by
the motion being called this forenoon,
earl ier than anticipated. Goodpasture
is the son of Tennessee parson of the
Methodist church, and has been charged
with various crimes. with indictments
for burglary and other crimes hang
ing over him, supplementary to
the one under which he was convicted.
He was the head of desperate
band of burglars. At midnight he left
under strong guard and handcuffed to
a pal, who also goes for six years. The
Shells woman is the affianced of Van
Meter, the West Virginia train robber
sent to Joliet last week for ten years
for attempting TO rob a passenger train
on the Peoria, Decatur 81 Evansville
railway near here last November, when
he shot a brakeman defending the train,
Her connection with the dynamite plot
was to aveDge the punishment Of hel
lover. She is only seventeen years old
and rather pretty.