St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-02-20

lSopNTiRuteO, 1871. Dy the ASsOclateu freSS.
VIENNA. Feb. 10. The trial of the
twelve anarchists arrested September
last, charged with conspiring against
the life of Emperor Francis Joseph,
began today. The defense asked that
part of the proceedings be made public,
but the court ruled that the trial should
take place in secret. The proceedings
promise to be memorable in the history
of anarchy, as the case is one of the
most sensational and romantic OH
record.
The trial Of these twelve men, Franz
Haspel and Stephen Hanel, the ring
leaders. and Matthias Stetka. Martin
Stikul, Karl Kinkal, Johann ,Wopa-
teckm. Karl Morawetz, Joseph Schenel,
Michael Weilner, Matthias Fleischhaus.
Joseph Komarek and Karl Ketzel, in
view of the recent anarchist exploits in
Europe, will be followed with the Keen
est interest here. and doubtless in the
United States as well, for the prisoners
are said to be closely connected with
the anarchists of America.
The anarchists were tracked and ar
rested in the most sensational manner.
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portant trial is to be conducted behind
closed doors, as revelations of a re-
markable kind are expected. Arrange
ments, however, have been made by the
Associated Press which will enable it
to furnish from day to day accurate
reports of the proceedings of the I'M
portant secret tribunal.
1t should be added that some of the
most extraordinary exhibits ever
brought into court will be shown today
during the proceedings of the secret
trial.
THE HISTORY OF H PLOT
In which the men to be tried today
were connected is most interesting.
The prisoners will be shown to have
been in touch with the anarchists of
England and America, and the trial
may therefore he expected to throw
some light upon the international Or
ganization aud action of a body whose
reckless crimes during the present year
again outraged the world.
During the months of July and August
last the Austrian police were greatly
exercised by the successful dissemina-
tiOH diHOiS LIS WOIhllS CldSSSS. anu
among every section of the army, of
dangerous, seditious and violently rev.
%olutionary pamphlets. leaflets and all
sorts of appeals to the Masses to rise
against the existing order of things.
The work of distributing was carried
on so mysteriously by night that for a
long time it seemed impossible to trace
the authors. Every quarter of the city
was secured by the most expert de-
tectlves, until at length the headquar-
tiers of the revolutionary gang was dis
covered in Siebenbrunnengasse, a poor
street in the Margarethen district of the
capital. The house which formed the
anarchist headquarters was No. 65. No
time was lost in planning a raid" The
two men whose arrest was III the first
instance contemplated were Franz
Haspel and StefenHahnel, both Journey
men cabinetmakers.
Early Friday morning, Sept. %. a
small body of detectives posted them
selves opposite No. 65. They had as
certalned that one of the two men so
urgently "wanted"-Hahnel-had to be-
gin his work in the factory where he
was employed at 6 O'Clock. In due
course Hahnel appeared, and before he
had proceeded a dozen yards up the
street he was a prisoner. The arrest
Ssas effected
WITHOUT THE SLIGHTEST FUSS,
Hahnel being taken completely off his
guard. His pockets having been
searched he was marched off to the
lookup.
TTon,, tho naroan of thu nri,O~ar 4ho
detectives found a latch-key of the
dwelling which Hahnel shared with his
still ~uncaptured fellow conspirator.
Back went the detectives TO No. 65.
Mounting rapidly to the third floor, the
police comnissary Ii was in COM
mand placed the latch key in the lock
and the door swung open. The dwell
ing which the police had thus success
fully invaded consisted of a room and
kitchen. A thorough search of the
house was then begun. The furniture
of the sitting room consisted of an OBJ
long couch, covered with black Ameri-
can leather, a small. broWn-palnted
table, a painted night stool, a trunk, a
wardrobe and two or three chairs. A
close inspection of these articles of fur
niture yielded startling results.
While two of the detectives guarded
the prisoner the others examined the
couch. A close inspection revealed the
existence of a secret lock. This was
broken with considerable difficulty, and
then the innocent couch was found to
be a costly hand printing press. with all
the latest improvements.
Inside one Of the cylinders of the
printing press they came across large
bundles of the anarchical ''appeal to the
| Austrian Masses" which was one of
the seditious pamphlets that had put
them on the track of the eonspirators.
In the little brown-painted table,
which stood against the wall, the de-
tectiveS discovered a complete set of
scientific manner. Examination of the
night stool revealed the existence of a
secret compartment full of
REVOLUTIONARY PAMPHLETS
and leaflets, exactly corresponding with
those which had in the first instance
excited the interest of the authorities.
The large trunk was next eXamin d.
1t contained surprises which threw
those of the couch and table completely
in the shade. The detectives. when
they forced the lock, found inside a
ready to be charged, some in glass and
some in metal, and, in addition. metal
cases, tubes, wires, c~lockworkS and
implements of various kinds for fitting
these together. The necessary explo-
siveS for charging these Internal ma
chimes were also discovered.
There was also discovered. in the
course of the investigation, reyolvers
with a supply of ammunition to fit them,
and a large amount of stationery for
printing and correspondence purposes.
Finally, in a wardrobe, the police
found one or more coats with swivels or
hooks attached to the Innings for the
purpose OF carrying bombs. While the
search was in progress a determined
prisoner Haspel, who had been found
in the rooms When he saw that all
was discovered he thrust aside the de-
t~ectives and endeayored to throw him
self out Of the window. He was inter-
cepted, however, and promptly secured.
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