The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-12-17
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INTERNAL MACHINES RY NAIL

r>st~snss omes.ls wsrs susrisisus qua Haa
ne Bsres Remained sad Their Deadly
Character Clearly Preven-A Snapped
undsF Arrest Assar.s His lnnossaee.
CsucAec. Dec. IA bold conspiracy TO
sssessinate George NJ. Pullman and Philip
D. Armour has just come to light, and
every effort Ia being made to appvehend
tho perpetrators Of the plot Two pack
ages were received at postal station u. Of
which William II. Hanlon Ia superin-
tendent, directed to r. ID. Armour and
George NJ Pullman. respectively, and the
Packages were finally turned over to Post
ONCE Inspector Stewart for inspection.
They r-oved 70 be internal maahines,
which. had they reached their destination
and beea opened without susptcion by tho
men FOR whom they were intended, would
have probably blown them Into eternity.
The packages were taken up by Collector
Philip Kirkwood. One Of them he found
on the mail box at Wabash avenue and
Fourteenth street, and the other at Wa
bash avenue and Twenty first street. Tho
second machine was laid on the box Just
as Kirkwood approached 1t to make his
colloction. Hs saw . man Of rough APP
pearance lay q package on the box and
walk away. When he reached the mail
boz he found The package TO bs similar to
the one he had picked up al Fourteenth
street and addressed In the same hand
writing. Each package weighed about
twenty four ounces, aud the poorly
scrawled addresses were alone enough 10
attract the sttention Of the carrier.
The postal authorities were already on
the lookout for suspicious packages fer
Mr. Armour, as stranger had notified at
taehes Of his office that an Internal ma-
chine was on its way 10 him through the
mail He claimed 10 have overheard an
exposure Of the conspiracy from two men
talking In an alley. The employees Of MIR.
Armour did not place much reliance In
the story, hut Informed the postal officials
Of what they had been told.
A similar visit was paid to Mr.. Pullman
Sunday night presumably BY the same
person who took the trouble 10 inform
Mr.. Armour's people. Mr. Pullman had
already retired, and did not see the visitor,
who appeared very much worried and anx-
ious TO zee the millionaire In person. He
delivered his message, however, without
seeing Mr.. Pullman, aud left card with
his address.
The dangerous character Of the packages
has been established Without doubt. A
trial test Of their contents was made and
this proved that thu packages contained
an explosive, In force TO dynamite.
The packages were about eight inches
long, with three inch ends. They were
wooden boxes each containing q drawer.
Matches were so arranged inside as TO be
ignited by friction with sandpaper, which
was glued to the box above tho drawer,
when the latter was pulled cut Tho boxes
were well provided with the explosive, bat
In the bottom was placed q piece Of lead
Pipe several INCHES long
s. A. Owens, thu man who informed
Messrs. Armour and Pullman that the in
fernal machines would be mailed to them,
Ia detained In Postal Inspector Stuart's
office on the superstition that he sent the
bombs Tho theory expressed by Inspector
Stuart Is that Owens conceived the idea of
sending tho bombs and notifying the re-
cipients In advance Of the mailing Of the
packages, in the hope of obtaining good
reward. This belief Is strengthened by the
slmilitude Of the bad spelling on the adj
dresses and the spelling In a statement
furnished by Owens in detailing the man.
ner Of his securing the Information Of the
sending of the package
Owens statement recites that on Sunday
night at II 80 he went into the alley under
the IL" tracks at Congress street. and
there overheard the conversation between
two men, 20 the effect that they intended
sending bombs to MeszrA Armour and Pull
man. Owens denies that he sent the In
formal machines.