The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-12-17
A VILE PLOT.
Internal Machines Intended For Pull
man and Armour.
ALL CARRIERS SUSPICION
Probably Saved the Lives Of tho
Two Milllonaires.

assassinatc George MI. Pullman and Philip
ID. Armour has just come to light. and
every effort is being made to apprehend
the perpetrators OF the plot.
Two packages were received at postal
station l., OF which William Hanlon Is
superintendont, directed To II. ID. Armout
and George M. Pullman, respectively, and
the packages werc finally turned over to
Postofflce Inspector Stewart for inspcc
ton. They proved 10 be Internal ma,
chimes, which, had they reached their des.
tination and been opened without sus
picion by the men for whom they wera
intended, would have probably blown
them into eternity.
The packages were taken up by Collector
kirkwood of station Il. One OF them ho
found on the mail box no Wabash avenue
and Fourteenth street and the other nj
Wabash avenue and Twenty-flrst street.
The second machine was laid on the box
just as Kirkwood approached Ii to MAXI
his collection. He saw a man of rough
appearance lay package on the box and
walk away When he reached the mail
box he found tie package TO be similar t1
the one he had picked up at Fourteenth
street, and addressed in the same hand.
writing. Each package weighed about "a
ounces, and the poorly scrawled addresses
were alone enough to attract the attention
OF the carrier.
The postal authorities were already on
the lookout for suspicious packages for
Mr. Armour, as q stranger had notified
attaches OF his Office that an Internal ma.
chine was on its way TO Mr.. Armout
through the mail. He claimed to have
overheard an exposure Of tho conspiracy
from two men talking in an alley The
employees of Mr.. Armour 9lid not place
much reliance in the story, but informed
the postal officials OF what they had been
told.
similar visit was paid Mr.. Pullman
Sunday night, presumably by the same
person who took the trouble To inform Mr..
Armours people Mr.. Pullman had al.
ready retired, and did not sec the visitor,
who appeared very much worried and
anxious TO see the millionaire In person.
He delivered his message, however, With
out seeing Mr.. Pullman, and left card
with his business address. This Mr..
Pullman declined to make public, as 10
might lead to the exposure OF a valuable
clew. The man who gave the warning is
said to have been a metal polisher named
Owens, but this has not as yet been en-.
tirely confirmed.
afternoon To locate the owner OF the card
but i'm this he was I successful. He dis.
patched a confidential man to the place
Of business specified on the card, but wa.
told thar the person OF the name IL showed
was absent, being an outside man, and
seldom ut the headquarters Of the firm
Mr.. Armour Is now on his way TO Jack
sonville, Fla, having left the city on Sun
day
Sure to Kill.
The dangerous character Of the packages
has been established without a doubt
trial test of their contents was made, and
this proved that the packages contained
an explosive in force akin to dynamite
The packages were about eight inches
long with three-inch ends. They were
wooden boxed, each containing a drawer
Matches were SO arranged inside ms TO be
ignited by the friction with sandpaper
which was glued To the box above the
drawer, when the latter wns pulled out
The boxes were we'll provided with the ex.
posive, but in the bottom was placed
piece of lead pipe several inches long.
The arrest of Albert Reascr was made
on the strength Of the statements made
by Collector Kirkwood, who said that tho
man whom he saw place the package on
seen arrested last summer for throwing
stones at Mr.. Pullman's windows. He
was under the impression that the men
were one and the same, and Reaser, who
was tho stonethrowcr, was at once
brought in. He denies in the stronges,
manner that he sent the packages through
the mails.
The packages are described by one of the
postofiice attaches who saw them when
brought in by Hanlon as rectangular i'm
shape, about Gin. long, 2in. deep and 2n.
wide. They were wrapped with light
brown paper and addressed I'm rough
hand with a pencil On the margin was
written 'contens wire" The street ad.
dresses were likewise msspelled.
Albert Reaser was taken 10 Bridewell
yesterday TO work out fine of $50, i'm.
posed for lounglng around Millionaire
Marshall Fields homo on Prairie avenue,
near the Pullman and Armour residences
Reaser had been found several times in
the same locality previous 10 his arrest
last Saturday and on his person weru
letters addressed In his own handwriting
TO Marshall Field and George NJ Pull.
man. asking for employment. He wa
formerly an inmate of the Dunning in.
sane asylum, from whence he escaped
Nov. 10.
p ID. Armour was not in his oflice yes
terIay afternoon. His private secretary
w. j. Quinn, was there, however, and
ta. Scd for the millionaire. Ho said thas
on Sunday night an unknown man en-
tered the Office and informed 9. w. Comes
the manager, that a plot was on foot Ia
destroy Mr.. Armour. An internal ma
chne, he asserted, had been mailed To
him, and he warned Mr. Armour's repre-
sentatlves to have the matter looked into.
I'VE did not put much reliance I'm thu
mrn's words said Quinn, "but in order
to bc ON the safe side turned the matter
over to the postal authorities and let 1t
End there. We have no further interest
In rho matter"
Mr. Armour Is on his way 20 Jackson.
sille, Fla, wbithcr he started Sunday. IL
u believed by some of Mr.. Armours |
sriands thar tha f,after loft fo,vp In .,c.ia.