The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-06-18
PLOT OF ANARCHISTS
ALLEGED CONSPIRACY TO DESTROY
THE NATIONAL CAPITOL.
Honore Jaxon, Who Accompanied
COxey's Army to Washington, Said
to BE the Chief PIOtter.

NEW YORK, June 1S-A Washington
dispatch to morning paper says:
newspaper here will publish tomorrow an
exposure of a plot which had for its OBJ
ject the destruction of the Capitol and
perhaps other government buildings,
which has been slowly developing for sew
eral weeks. The secret service and police
authorities. however. have been kept in
formed of the movements of the plotters
and would have been enabled TO thwart
them had their Vaccinations approached
actual violence. Only once, says the news
paper about three weeks ago, when the
channel Of information was Unexpectedly
interrupted were the federal and District
authorities really alarmed. They did not
know at what moment an attempt might
be made tc explode bombs in the Capitol
the Treasury Building, the White House
and the War and Navy buildings. But
the days passed and nothing was done the
authorities. who had redoubled their vigi-
lance. restored the line of communication
with the nest of Anarchists and were able
again to shadow every conspirator and
keep fully informed of anarchistic move
ments both here and elsewhere.
According to the story, the plot was
formed at the time Coxey's army was
marching to the capital, and
reports of its existence. came
from various points, Omaha, Chi
cago and Pittsburg among them. The
prime mover in the anarchistic plot-that is,
the Washington end of twas Honore Jax-
on. He came from Chicago and is still in
the city. He is a professional Indian. In
Chicago he had been a disturber for years.
At the time of the Haymarket riot he mar
rowly escaped being arrested princi-
pal conspirator, and was shadowed by the
detectives for a long time after that most
remarkable affair. Jaxon is a half
breed of unknown tribal origin. He was one
of Louis Reil's lieutenants in the Canadian
rebellion some years ago. The man has
done some newspaper work and has fire.
quently passed himself off as a reporter
for a Chicago paper The informant in
the case has kept in touch with the con-
spirators and given the police the names
of those engaged in the plot, together with
other facts. These have been communi-
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
arrests here. Their meetings have been
small and secret. Their experiments with
chemicals have. been such that 1t could
hardly be proved that they intended to re-
sort to extreme measures. They have writ
ten no letters. In fact, all along they have
waited for something to happen-something
which would give them an opportunity to
carry out the scheme of violence. Jaxon's
headquarters was the residence Of a
Frenchman named Savant. The con-
spirators met there and at other places,
and about three weeks ago the meetings
became so frequent and so many strange
men came and went that the officers felt
they were losing their grasp of the situa-
ton 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, including Secretary Carlisle. felt
very uneasy.
The discovery of the formula for making
the explosive which the conspirators pro-
posed to use, says the article, in con-
clusion. is probably the best piece of work
done by the detectives. Several chemicals
are used and the proper proportions make a
high explosive of a new and most danger
Gus kind. AS soon as the police obtained
this formula they took 1t to a well-known
chemist and asked him to make a sample.
He did so in his laboratory and placed IL
on a window sill in the sun. In a few
moments there was an explosion. A great
deal of noise did not accompany the ex-
plosion, but there terrific
concussion and most nauseatng
and binding smoke, although the
quantity of the chemical experimental
with was very small cat which was In
the died i'm few seconds from the
effects OF vapor. An occasion for the use
of the explosive. the Anarchists hope IL
is said. will be furnished by the arrival of
that part of Fry's industrial army now
reported in the Cumberland valley. Under
cover of disturbance produced by them
the plot against the Capitol is to be car
ried out. In support Of this, 1t is said
that a number of Chicago Anarchists OF
the most rabid type are with that army.
Cut His Mothers Throat.
STREATOR III June 17-Whfle labor