The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-07-05

mud from the stable yard. his nose bleed
ing, and his forehead exhibiting a grow
ing bump, he looked particularly ,repel-
liant. We strapped his elbows together
behind, and as he sullenly ignored a
demand for the contents Of his pockets
Hewitt unceremoniously turned them out.
Helpless as he was the man struggled ID
prevent this, though, of course, ineffect-
ually. 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 ana .na
pulled him away from partly consumed
hay truss, which stood In corner, and
toward which he had quietly sidled.
"Keep him still" said Hewitt, "we
haven't examined this place yet" And
he commenced to pull away the hay from
the corner.
Presently a large piece of sackcloth
was revealed, and this being lifted left
visible below il another batch of loaves of
the same sort as we had seen in the car.
There were a 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 up.
"That's enough, / think" Hewitt
said. "Don't touch them, for heavens
sake" He picked up the papers, he had
dropped. "That has saved little
search" he continued. "See, here, Butt.
l was in the act of telling you my sus-
picions when this little affair interrupted
me; II you care 10 look at one or two of
these letters, you III see what should have
told you; it's Anarchism and bombs, of
course. I'm about as certain as j can be
that there's q reversible dynamite bomb
inside each OF those innocent loaves -
though asure you don't mean meddl-
ing with them now. hut see here, Will
you go and bring in four-wheeler? Bring
1t right down the yard. There's more TO
i hurried away and found the cab. The
meaning of the loaves, the cart and the
spring Mattress was now plain. There
was an Anarchist plot to carry out num-
Der OF explosions, probably simultaneously
in different parts of the city. i had, OF
course, heard much of the terrible
"reversing' bomb--those bombs which,
containing a tube of acid plugged by
wadding, required no fuse, and only need.
ed to be inverted to be set going to ex-
plode in few MINUTES. The loaves con-
tanning these bombs would farm an effect
ual "blind," and they were TO be distrib-
uted, probably in broad daylight, in the
most natural manner possible, in a
bakers cart A man would be waiting
near the scene of each contemplated ex-
plosion; he would be given loaf taken
from the inverted BATCH he would take
1t, perhaps wrapped in paper, but still in
verted, and apparently the most inno-
cent object possible, TO the spot selected,
deposit 1t right side up (Which would re-
verse the inner tube, and set up the ac-
tion) in some quiet corner, behind a door
or whatnot, and make his own escape,
while the explosion tore down walls and, IL
the experiment were lucky, scattered the
flesh and bones OF unsuspecting people.
The internal loaves were made and kept
reversed to begin with, in order TO stand
more firmly, and if observed) more
naturally when turned over to explode.
Even a child picked up the load and
carried IL off, that child, at least, would
be blown to atoms, which at any rate,
would have been something for the con-
spirators TO congratulate themselves upon.
The spring mattress, of course, was TO
ease the jolting to the bombs, and obviate
any random jerking loose of the acid
which might have the deplorable result of
sacrificing the valuable life of the con-
spirator who drove the cart. The other
loaves, too, with no explosive contents,
had their use. The two long ones which
fitted across the inside of the cart would
be jammed across so as to hold the bombs
in the center, and the others would be
used to pack the batch on the other
sides, and prevent any dangerous slip
ping about. The thing seemed pretty
plain, except that as yet had no i1ea of
how Hewitt learned anything of the
business / brought the four-wheeler up
TO the door of the stable and we thrust
the man into 1t, and Hewitt locked the
stable door with its proper key. Then
we drove off to Tottenham Court read
police station, and, by Hewitt's order,
straight into the yard.
In less than ten minutes from the de-
parture from the sta BILE our prisoner was
finally secured, and Hewitt was finally
deep in consultation with police officials.
Messengers were sent and kilograms dis
patched, and presently Hewitt came to
me with information.
1.-The name OF the helpless Frenchman
the police found this morning. he said,
"appears to be Gerard-at least / am al
most certain OF it. Among the papers
found on the prisoner, whose full name
doesn't appear. but who seems to be
spoken OF as Luigi--he is Italian among
the papers, saw Is sort of notice con-
vening meeting for this evening 10 de-
eide as to the final punishment to be
awarded the traitor Gerard, now in
charge of Comrade Pingard.' The place
OF meeting is not mentioned, but IL
seems more than probable that it will be
walk from this place. The police have
all these places under quiet observa-
tion, OF course, and that is the club at
which apparently important Anarchist
meetings have been held. II is the only
club that has never been raided as yet,
and 1t would seem the only one they
would feel at all safe in using for any
thing important. Moreover, Luigi
simply declined to open his mouth when
asked where the meeting was to be, and
said nothing when the names of several
other places were suggested, but suddenly
found his tongue at the mention OF the
Bakunin Club and denied vehemently
hat the meeting was to be there--it was
The only thing he uttered. So that II
seems pretty safe to assume that II is to
be there. Now, of course, the matters
very serious. Men have been dispatched
70 take charge OF the stable very quietly,
md the club is to be taken possession OF at
'nce-also very quietly. 1t must be done
without moments delay, and as there
s chance that the only detective off,
,ers W thin reach at the moment may be
Snown by sight, / have undertaken to |
ret in first Perhaps you'll come? We
nay have to take the door with a rush,
OF course, / meant to miss nothing II i |
ould help 1t, and said so.
VERY well, ~ replied Hewitt, "we'u |
ret ourselves up a bit" He began |