The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-12-21
AFTER BIG GAME
POSSIBLE ATTEMPT TO KILL P. D.
ARMOUR AND G. n. PULLMAN.
What Are SuppOsed to he Bombs
Are Addressed to the
of the Capitalists, but Warming Ii
Given by u Man Who Overheard
About the Affair.

and Philip ID. Armour has just come to
light, and every effort is being made
to a%pprehend the perpetrators Of the
plot. This morning two packages
were received at Postal Station l., Of
which William H. H&nlon is superin-
tendent, directed to z. ID. Armour II
George NJ. Pullman, respectively, and
the packages were finally turned over
to Postotii:c Inspector Stuart for In
spection. They proved to be Internal
machines which, had they reached
their destination and been opened
without suspicion by the men GoT
whom they We're intended, would have
probably blown them into eternity.
The packages were taken up by Col
lector Philip Klrkwood, of Station j..
One of them he found on the mail
box at Wabash venue and -Four
teenth street, ana the other at Wa
bash avenue and TWenty-first street.
The second machine was laid on the
box just rs Kirkwood approached 1t
to make his collection. He saw a
a of rough appearance lay a pack
age on the box and walk away.
When he reached the mail box he
found the package to be similar to
the n he had picked up at Four
ICCAllu SlICCL III du1lCoSCu III SAC
same handwriting. Each package
and the poorly scrawled addresses
were alone enough to attract the at
tention Of the carrier.
The postal authorities We're already
on the lookout for suspicious packages
for Mr.. Armour, as a stranger had
notified attaches Of his office that an
Internal machine vas on its way to
Mr.. Armour through the mail. He
claimed to have overheard an expos
ure Of the conspiracy fro mtwo men
talking in an alley. The employees of
Mr.. Armour did not place much re-
lance in the story, but informed the
postal authorities of what they had
been told. A similar visit was paid to
Mr.. Pullman Sunday night, presume
bly, by the same person who took the
trouble to inform Mr.. Armour's people.
Mr.. Pullman had already retired and
did not see the visitor, who appeared
very much worried and anxious to see
the millionaire in person. He deliv-
cred his message, however. without
seeing Mr.. Pullman. and left a card
with his business address. This, MI.
Pullman declined to make public to-
day, as it might be the exposure Of q
valuable clcw. The man who gave
the warning is said to have been q
metal polisher named Owens, but this
has not yet been entirely confirmed.
Mr.. Pullman made a N effort to-day
to locate the owner Of the card, but
in this he was unsuccessful. He dis
patched a confidential man to. the
place of business specified on the card,
but was told the person of the name it
showed. was absent, being an out
side man and seldom at the head
quarters of the firm.
Mr.. Armour is now on his way to
Jacksonville. Fla.
The dangerous character Of the
packages a been established with
out q doubt. A trial test Of their con-
tents was made and this proved that
the packages contained an explosive,
in force akin to dynamite. Albert
Reaser was arrested on suspicion, but
he denies his guilt.
The Informant Held.
S. a. Owens, the man who informed
Messrs. Armour and Pullman that the
internal machines would be mailed
to them, is detained in Postal Inspect
or Stuart's office Oh the suspicion that
lie sent the bombs. The theory en-
pressed by Inspector Stuart is that
Owens conceived the idea of sending
the bombs and notifying the recipi-
ents in advance Of the mailing Of the
packages in the hope Of obtaining a
good reward. This belief is further
strengthened by the similitude of the
bad spelling On tho addresses and the
spelling in the statement furnished
by Owens in detailing the manner of
his securing the information Of the
sending of the packages. In his state
ment Owens spells contents" as Con
%tence," and the word was misspelled
in a similar manner on the of
the package addressed to Mr.. Armour.
Further confirmation of the theory is
found in the fact that Owens business
is that of q worker in metals and the
fact that the bomb was prepared by
q skilled man. The lead pipe is
plugged at both ends with cork and
the lead hammered down over the
opening to make the cork plugs hold.