The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-06-21
ANARCHIST PLOT.
One Said to Have Been Discov'
 cred in Washington.
THE CAPITOL TO BE BLOWN UP
The Plan to Be Put Into Execution on the Arrival of Frye's Army-NO Arrests Made, the Anarchists Having
 Left the City.

WASHINGTON, June 1S.-An anarchist | plot to blow up the public buildings in Washington has been discovered by the district police. The leader of the an. archists is H. J. JaXon, a half-breed French Canadian who has for years been closely identified with the Chi cago anarchists, and whose office has been located in the Times building in that city.
 For weeks past house at 1921 Yer. mont avenue, in this city, where the secret meetings of the anarchists have been held, has been watched by the | police, and a man named De Masters, known both as doctor and professor, and an ex-Episcopalian minister, has attended the meetings and is the in formant.
 The formula from which the explo- sives were to be made has been ob- tained, the compound made and tested It is the latest hellish device of the an archists and explodes from the heat of the sun, throwing out deadly poison. ous vapor. No arrests have yet been
 
 their full information and have sought to keep the story from the papers Knowledge of the plot became, how ever, too generally known to prevent leak.
 Sergeant-at-Arms Bright of the sen. ate was the first to receive any infor. nation. The vice president was then informed; also the night watch at the capitol, and the speaker of the house. Secretary Carlisle was told of plot against the treasury department, and the president was also informed of the situation. With the police working steadily on the case for weeks past, not enough information has been ob- tained upon which certainty of convic- tion could be assured, and for this reason the arrests have been postponed day after day.
 JaXon's presence in the city was hinted at in the telegraphic dispatches before the arrival of Coxey. He came here before the commonweal army, and rode over the route which CoXey would follow.
 The information which De Masters brought was that JaXon had expected to find no difficulty in organizing a strong association of anarchists here, and it was also expected that anarch- | ists would flock in here from all direc- tlons with the commonwealers. JaXon was disappointed in finding the local anarchists, but on the day of the com monweal parade reds came from New York, Philadelphia and Chicago, and a meeting was held. A hint of this meet 1 ing was given the police at the time, but the suspects departed and the fear temporarily subsided.
 Shortly after this Sergeant-at-Arms | Bright received letter which was of such an earnest nature. warning him of a plot to blow up the capitol and other public buildings that he decided to investigate It was one of hun | dreds of letters that he had re- ceived, but the earnestness manifested l by the writer caused him to make an investigation. He consulted with Maj Moore, superintendent of the dis 1 trict police, and the author of the let ter was met per agreement, and proved to be the ex-preacher, De Masters, who had been taken in by the anarchists. De Masters was put under pay, and in- structed to attend all the meetings. He did so, and made daily reports to the chief of police.
 Word was finally brought that with the arrival of Frye's army, now in the Cumberland valley, there would be an | influx of anarchists and that the time for putting the plans into execution would then be ripe. It was decided to wait until then before making any ar rests, and in the meanwhile JaXon and his followers have obtained informa- tion that they were being watched. Even with the knowledge that the facts were to be published, the police refused to give out the information in their possession as to the extent of the plot or the names of the men who were associated with Jaxon. It is settled that eight men met regularly at 1921 Vermont avenue, but whether this comprised all those in the plo could not be learned. JaXon will be remembered as chief lieutenant to Louis Reil in the half-breed Canadian rebellion. Last night it was believed all the anarchists had fled.