The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1894-06-28
TO BLOW UP THE CAPITOL.
exposure of An Alleged Plot OF Anarch.
lists Led by Honore Jaxson.

exposure OF An Alleged Plot OF Anarch
lists Led by Honore Jaxson.
A Washington newspaper last weel
announced that it would publish M
exposure of plot which had for il,
object the destruction of the capital anC
perhaps other government buildings
which had been slowly developing fol
several weeks. The secret service and
police authorities, however, have been
kept informed of the movements of the
plotters, and would have been enabled to
thwart them had their machination:
approached actual violence.
Once on y, says the newspaper, about
three weeks ago, when the channel Of
information was unexpectedly interrupt
ed, were the federal and district authori.
ties really alarmed. They did not know
at what moment an attempt might I've
made to explode bombs in the capitol,
the treasury building, the white house
and the navy building. But as the days
passed and nothing was done, the author
tiles, who had redoubled the vigilance,
restored the line of communication with
the nest of anarchists, and were able
again to shadow every consprator aud
to keep fully informed of anarchistic
movements 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 reached Washington from
various points, Omaha, Chicago and
Pittsburg among them. The prime
mover in the anarchstic plot--that is,
the Washington end of twas Honore
Jaxson, He went to Washington from
Chicago, and is still in that city.
In Chicago he had been disturber for
years. At the time of the Haymarket
riot he narrowly escaped being arrested,
principal conspirator, and was shad
owed by the detectives for long time
after that most memorable affair. Jaxson
is half breed Indian of unknown tribal
origin. He was one of Louis Reil's lieu.
tenants in the Canadian rebellion some
years ago.
The informant in the case has kept in
touch with the conspirators and given
the police the names of those engaged in
the plot, together with other facts.
These have been communicated 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 arrest Their meetings have been
small and secret Their experiments
with chemicals have been such that ii
could hardly be proved that they intend
to resort to extreme measures. They
have written no letters. In fact, all
along they have waited for something to
happen-somethiug which would give
them an opportunity to carry out the
scheme of violence
Jaxson's headquarters was the resi-
dence of Frenchmau named Savaut.
The conspirators 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 situation. 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 officials, including
Secretary Carlisle, felt very uneasy.