Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-26
A STRAIGHT STORY TOLD ny a MAN
WHO WAS THERE.
Trains Wrecked In mn Endcnvor to
Destroy the Gould Party.
Internal Machines. and
How They Work.

DINERS or their KIND nave maze an
archy no unfamiliar name in the
Northern cities Of America. But little
OF this is known In the South. and few
know that den OF these men OF an
archistic objects have been operating
in the city OF Houston. in this state.
a few days ago a negro who was
charged with being In league with the
anarchists was run out OF that city by
vigilance committee. A short time
after this occurrence, n man who IL "a
native OF certain European country
called at this Office. He imposed the
condition that his name should not be
divulged. and being carried to a pri-
vate room, he related the following re-
marknble story.
During last February and March
was IN the city of Houston and fell in
with what / concluded to be gang OF
anarchists. II occurred in this manner.
Being n mechanic 1 had been expert
mentlng on certain class OF machin-
cry OF an interesting character. One
night | stepped into n saloon for So
cial glass OF the German beverage
This saloon was kept by man named
Gus. we'll known on Liberty street and
IN the Fifth ward. The proprietor be
ing OF socla5le disposition l was
drawn into conversation on the sub
ject OF anarchy. This unexpected con-
versntion was much OF a surprise TO
me. Had | been in st. Louis. Minnea-
polls or Chicago l would not have been
at all surprised by such q conversa-
tiod, but was surprised to become en-
gagged In II anywhere in the Lone Star
state. During this conversation we
drifted into labor topics. Then the
conversation turned upon subjecte
nearer anarchy. That excited my
! deepest interest and caused me to lis
ten intently for what might follow.
II asked this man, known as Gus, II
II would not pay me to join them. He
said yes, as there was an organization
| In Chicago which supplied them with
| money to conduct their anarchistic
operations. the object OF which was to
destroy property more than human life
| and TO give work TO the unemployed.
zone night was introduced TO n
| man named Malone. We drank to.
! gether In Gus saloon and entered into
| talk as to their future actions. Sud
| denly Malone, as though suspicious,
] asked Gus how long he had known me
| and II | could be trusted. Gus an.
/ swcred, he Is all right; you needn't be
/ afraid OF him. That night two bottlea
were produced from behind the bar.
Gus claimed that they contained a GER
| tain chemical Invention OF his To all
appearances nnd from what followed
| this compound must have been Of a
| very dangerous nature. one bottle
was short and round with q long neck.
The other was a long cylindrical bottle
length, The round bottle contained a
brownish fluid. The long phlnl con-
tuined kind OF thick fluid like gly-
cerlne, Gus took two pieces of wood
and placed one In each bottle. Draw
ing them out he plnced the ends to-
Eether A sharp report followed and a
bright phosphoric flame arose. showing
that the compound was a violent ex-
after this scene thought II fine
! inform L.,
/ did this In behalf OF my fellow rail.
/ road men as l feared from what had
been said that some harm might be
done them, / told him all that had oc-
CURED, and that had concluded had
fallen into n den OF anarchists there In
Houston
"a few duys later was
INTRODUCES, mr. oen., to man who
ed that he and Hines We're I'm Chicago
at the time OF the hanging OF the nm
orchists, and Were closely connected
with them. Gus also claimed thai II
was he VINO Invented the bomb I'm the
shape OF cigar by which Lingg blew
his head on while In prison and thus
escaped the hangmans moose. Hines
claimed he was able TO speak four lam
RuaEea and that he had been enra rcd
IN anarchlauc practices In Russia
Germany France and Austria. He also
exhibited scars on one OF his legs which
he said We're caused by wounds recoIv,
ed while carelessly handling bomhs
near 81 l.ouie during the grea: South.
western strike OF SO and ~
About this time / caused sbar,c,
Ellis TO put the local detectives an ne
iran OF these men. and as they were
Vagubonda they We're compelled 10 20
TO 10 TO work. Helms found work tend.
ing bar and Malone diggihg a cellar.
During the conversations nlreadc re-
lated there were two young Americans
aruund tioternl2ing with them. They
were wen dressed, and to all anpoar-
ances lived ON the fat OF the land
During later conversation theoa
men said that they were going 10 iIince
bomb VITA time clock attached In
the southern Pacific round house nj
Houston on the 1st II last May. For
sqme reason TINS plan was never put
Into execution,
, Sometime during these months The
; Gould party came down on u pleasure
trip TO TeXns, A short time before
: their train reached Richmond. near
Houston, a freight train VAS ,yreei,ed
at that place, The Gouil train was an
hour late. which was all that saved IL
II was evident that the wreckers mad
made q mistake and had PLACED the
obatacle-stones before the wrong
train. and 50 later developments show
ed. The next day after the wreck I
was In Gus saloon again and heard
n hot discussion about THE bungIing
Jon Nncy hhu maze OF IL by MreCkinW
the wrong train. l was told that Ma
hone and Hines were on the Gould
train. Their intention was 70 wreck
this train They expected that during
the excitement caused by the explosion
they would he able TO rob the Gould
party and share the proceeds.
There was a wreck on the Katy
also about this time and II Ia my idea
, that II was their work
II was constantly urged to joln this
band, and began to fear that they
would begin to suspect me. So was
J not surprised when one Saturday night
: they said they were suspicious OF nv.
ono hight d little later on was Mt the
; saloon. Hines had Just picked up his
. coat and was preparing 10 go up town.
1 decided 10 ioin him. Hines had a
gallon Jar In his hands. which he car
RED very carefully. / concluded he ha l
some Internal preparation IN tho vessel
and asked him what II was, but re-
celved no definite answer. Arriving at
| the san Jacinto bridge Hines stopped
when we reached the center OF the
bridge. and glancing up at the bright
, sparks or electricity where the troily
t, crosses another wire. Hines asked me
II l could not. as an electrician. de-
3 wise some apparatus by which bomb
; could be thrown urou the car to de-