St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-02-11
DYNAMITE PLOT EXPOSED.
TWO GIRLS ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP NJ
ILLINOIS JAIL.
DISCOVERED AND ARRESTED

Arthur Goodpasture. n CriminaI
Declared He Would Die Before
Going to Prison-Pretty ida
Shells is bat Seventeen aud
Wanted TO Avenge Her Lovers
Punishment.
LINCOLN, ILL.,, Feb. 10.-Late this
evening much excitement WAS caused
by news OF an unsuccessful, though
we'll arranged plot, 10 blow I'D the iaiI
or Logan county, located here. having
Tor It's purpose the liberation of a no.
tOriouS local criminal under sentence OF
SIX years to Joliet prison, and awaiting
removal thereto OH the morrow. The
parties implicated in the plot are Arthur
GoodpaSture, Ida Shells and Georgia
Williams. Late last night three stick:
OF dynamite, with fuses and caps, were
purchased with the intention of being
passed into the jail by the Shells won.
all 10 Goodpasture, who had repeatedly
declared before and since his conyic-
ton that he would die before he would
20 10 the peultentIary, having no coll
Germ as 10 the consequence for himself
and a dozen other criminals and the
sherlff's family. Luckily for all COLI
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
pass out through window string to
which the dynamite was to be attached
anu hauled UP, failed. Daylight iuYes-
ugatlon showed women's TO itprints
around the Jail, and ladder ready tor
use. During the afternoon young mIn
in The
COMPANY OF THE GIRLS,
last night. ascertAiEed 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 1t 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
new trial Was under consideration The
con sDiratOrs were, however, folled by
the motion being called this forenoon.
earl Ter than anticipated. GoodpaSturs
is the son of Tennessee parson of the
Methodist church, and has been charged
with various crimes. with indictments
for burglary aud other crimes hans-
ing over him, supplementary TO
the one under which he was convicted.
He was the head of a desperat.
i band of burglars. At midnight he left
under strong guard and haudcuffed 10
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 passenf er train
on the Peoria, Decatur IL Evansville
| railway near here last November. when
he Shot brakeman defending the train.
Her connection with the dynamite p.oi
was to avenge the punishment of heI
lover. She is only seventeen years old
; and rather pretty.