The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-06-23
oBcovsatD THEIR PLOT
Dynamitsrs Planning to Blow Up
the National Capitol.
Leader a Halt Breed Indian-IIe Was
Ono OF Louis Keil's Lientenants-
Police Informed of Every
Move-No Overt Act.

New YORK, June 1S.-A Washington
dispatch to the morning papers says:
A newspaper here will publish tomor.
row an exposure of a plot which had
for It's object the destruction of tho
capitol and perhaps other government
buildings, which had been slowly de-
veloping for several days. The capitol
and police authorities have, however,
been kept informed of the movements
Of the plotters and would have been
enabled to thwart them had their
Vaccinations approached actual vio-
lence. Only once, says the newspaper
about three weeks ago, when the
channel of information was unex-
pectedly interrupted, We're the federal
and district authorities really alarmed.
They did not know at what moment an
attempt might be made to explode tho
bombs In tho capitol, the treasury
building, the white house and the war
and navy buildings. But us the days
passed and nothing was done the au-
thorities, who had %redoubled their vigil
lance, restored tho line of communion
ton with the nest Of anarchists, and
were able again to shadow every con
splrutor and to keep fully informed Of
nnarchistic movements, both here and
Elsewhere. According to the story tho
plct was formed at the time the Coxey
urlny was marching to the capitol, and
reports of Its existence came from vari-
points, Omaha, Chicago and Pitts
burg among them
The prime mover In the nnarchistio
plot-that is, tho Washington end of
it-was Horore jackson. He came
from Chicngo and is still in the city.
He is n professional Indian. In Chi
cago he has been u disturber for years.
At the time of the Huymarkct riot he
narrowly escaped been arrested as a
principal conspirator, md vas shud-
owed by detectives for a long time.
Jackson is n half breed of unknown
lieutenants in tho Canadian rebellion
some years age. The informant in the
case was kept IN touch with the con-
%spirators and has given the police the
names of those engaged in the plot, to-
gether with other facts. These have
been communicated to the officers OF
other cities and they will probably act
upon the information.
The fact that the anarchists havo
conmitted no act in Washington upon
which they have been convicted has
prevented their arrest. Their meet
ings have been small and secret. Their
experiments with chemicals have been
such that 1t could hardly be proven
they intended to resort to extreme
measures They have written no let
ters. In fact, all along they have
waited for something to happen-some-
thing which would give them an ops
portunity to carry out their scheme Of
Violence.
Jaclson's headquarters was the resi-
aence of q Frenchnan named Savant.
The conspirato,s met there and at,
other places, and about three weeks
Lgo the meetings became SO frequent
Ind SO many strange men came and
went that the officers felt they were.
losing their grasp of the situation.
There was danger the climax might,
come at any time and great alarm was
lelt. The capitol officers, including the
speaker of the house, and the treasury
people, including Secretary Carlisle, felt
Iery uneasy. The detection of the form.
ala for making the explosive which the
tonspirators propose to use, says tho
Srticle In conclusion, is probably the
best piece of work lone by the actec-
tives. Several chemicals are used and
the proportions make q high explosive
Of u new and most dangerous kind. AS
soon as the police obtained the formula
they took it to a we'll known chemist
and asked him TO make up o sample.
he did so In his laboratory and
placed 1t on q window sill In the
sun. In a few moments there was an
explosion. A great deal of noise did
not accompany the explosion, but there
was a terrific concussion and q most.
nauseating and binding smoke, al
though the quantity of the chemical
experimental with was very small. a
catwhich was in tho room died in a few
seconds from the effects of the vapor.
An occasion for the use of tho explosive
the anarchists hope. 1T is said, will be-
furnished by the arrival of Frye's in
dustrial army now reported in the
Cumberland valley. Undor cover of a
disturbance produced by them tho plot
against the capitol is to be carried out.