The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-06-09

being short, strongly and squatly built
large ard ugly OF feature, and wild ard
dirty OF hair and beard. and now. his face
flushed with struggling and sneared with
mud from the stable yard, his nose bleed
Ing. and his forehead exhibiting a grow
ing pump, he looked particularly repel-
lent We strapped his elbows together
Asn1.and as he suddenly ignored a demand
for The contents OF his pockets. Hewitt
uncerenoniousiy turned them out Help
less as be was the man struggled 20 pre-
Vent this, though. OF course. Intellectually.
There were papers. tobacco. a bunch OF
Keys and various odds and ends. Hewitt
was glancing hastily at the papers. when.
suddenly dropping them, he caught the
!. prisoner by the shoulder and pulled him
away from partly consumed hay truss.
which stood IN corner, and toward
which hs had quietly sided.
Keep him STILL" said Hewitt, I'VE
haven't examined this place yet" And he
commenced 10 pun away the hay from the
corner.
Presently large piece of sackcloth was
revealed. and this being lifted left visible
below il another batch OF loayes OF the
same sort as we had seen in the cart.
There were dozen OF them in one square
batch. and the only thing about them that
differed from those in the cart was their
position. For the batch lay bottom side
IN.
That's enough. I think" Hewitt said.
Don't touch them, for heavens sake"
He picked UP the papers he had dropped.
THAT has saved little search he con-
tinued. See. here. Butt. was in the act
of telling you my suspicious when this lit
tie affair interrupted me; If you care 10
look at one or two of these letters, you'll
See what should have told you it's an
archism ana bombs. of course I'm about
as certain as / can be that there's re-
bomb GaF1
those innocent ioaves-though, / assure
you I don't mean meddling with them
now. But, see here, Will you so and bring
In four-wheeler? Bring il right down
the yard. There's more 10 do. and we
mustn't attract attention"
I hurried away and found the cab. The
meaning OF the loaves. the cart ana the
spring mattress was now plain. There was
an anarchist plot TO carry out a hummer
OF explosions, probably simultaneously
Ia different parts of the city. l mad, OF
course, heard much of the terrible re
versing'' bombs-those bombs which con-
tanning a tube of acid plugged by wad-
ding, required no fuse. and only needed
to be inverted 10 be set going 10 explode
In a few minutes. The loaves contain
ing these bombs would form an enectuai
.blind." and they were TO be distributed,
probably in broad daylight, in the most
natural manner possible. In baker
cart. 4 man would be waiting near the
scene of each contemplated explosion; ne
would be given a loaf taken from the In
verted batch; he would take 1t, perhaps
wrapped in paper, but still inverted, ana
apparentIy the most innocent object pos
sible to the spot selected, deposit II f4shS
side up (which would reverse the amer
tube and set up the action) III some quiee
corner behind a door or whatnct, ara
make his own escape. while the explosion
tore down walls and. il the experiments
were lucky. scattered the flesh and bones
of unsuspeeting people. The internal
leaves were made and kept reversed TO be-
gin with, In order to sand more hfiil%'
and Gf Observed moro naturally "hch
turned over to explode. Even IL a child
picked I'D the load and carried 1t off, that
child AT least. would be blown to atoms,
which at any rate would have been some
thing for the conspiratoTs 10 cohsratu-
late themselves upon. The spring mat
tress OF course. was TO ease the JoitihS
TO the bombs. and obviate any RANDOM
Jerking loose OF the acid which might have
the deplorable result or sacrihclhS the
valuable life of the conspirator' VINO
drove the cart The other loaVes. TOO.
with no explosive contents. had tleiF
use The two long ones which ntted
across the inside OF the cart wouio 20
TANNED across so as TO hold the boihos
in the center, and the others would be
sides. and prevent any dangerous slip
Dirae about. The thing seemed pretty
main. except that as yet l had no ldea
of how Hewitt learned anything OF the
business. I brought the fouF-"heeier
M 10 the door of the stable. ana We
thrust the man into IL ana ne"t.e
locked the stable door with It's proper
kew. Then we drove off TO Tottehhan
Court road police station, and, by He"-
IT'S order, straight into the yard
In less than ten minutes from our
departure from the stable our prisoner
was finally secured, and He"itt was
deep in consultation with police ofhclals.
Messengers were sent and kilograms dis
patched, and presently Hewitt same 70
me with Information.
s~Trhe name OF the helpless Trenchman
the police found this morning ne salu'
appears to be Gerard-at least, am
almost certain of IL. Among the papers
found on the prisoner, whose 1ui IId,n7
doesn't appear, but who seems 10 De
snoken OF as Luigi-he is Italian-among
the papers. I say, is a sort of notice con-
venina. a meeting for this evening 10 oe-
ride as to the final punishment TO be
awarded the traitor Gerard, now IN
charge OF Comrade Pingard. Inc place
of meeting is not mentioned, but IL seems
more Than probable that IL win be at the
Raklluin Club not FIVE minutes walk
from this place. The police have all
these places under quiet observation, or
course, and that Is the club at when ap-
parentIy important anarchist meetings
have been held. 1t is the only cluo thal
has never been raided as yet. ana II
would seem the only one they would feel
AZ all safe in using for anything I'M
portant Moreover. Luigi Simply oe-
clined TO open his mouth when asked
where the meeting was 10 De. ana SAID
nothing when the names Of several other
Dlaces were suggested, but suddenly
found his tongue at the mention OF the
PskuDin Club, and denied vehemsntly
that the meeting was TO be there-lt was
the only thing he uttered. So that II
seen,s pretty safe 10 assume that IL IS 10
he there. Now, OF course. the matters very
serious. Men have been dispatched 10
tate charge Of the stable very quietly.
and the club Is 20 be taken possession or
at once-aIso very quietly u must be
5o,a without a moments delay. and as
thara is a chance that the only detective
otgcers within reach at the moment may
he known by sight, I have undertaken
m get In first. Perhaps you'll Gomez
We may have 10 take the door with
rush" .
os co,,rse T meant TO miss nothing II
could help II. and said so.
VERY well" replied Hewitt, well get
ourselves I'D q bit" He began taking OF
his eoIIar and tie. 1T "a geCting dusk.
IA rroeeeded. and we shan't want old
rso+bes 70 make ourselves look suf1-
GENTLY shabby. Were both wearing bow
ler hats. which IS lucky. Make dent in
vours-if you can without permanently
| damaging II"
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we got rid Of our collars and made
turned