Evening star., 1896-10-23
Theory Of John Andrus Regarding
His Brothers Death.
THAT he HIMSELF WAS MARKED
Then Yonkers' Rich Men Were to
Be Taken Off Similarly.
TWO MEN UNDER SUSPICION

NEW YORK, October 23.-The Evening
World today prints the following from
Yonkers:
Following the discovery yesterday of the
battery and wires by which the bomb was
exploded in the Arlington chemical works
Wednesday. in which Hamlin J. Andrus
was blown to atoms, Is the statement made
today by the brother of the murdered man,
which is of the most startling kind.
1t is nothing less than that the secretary
of the chemical works was slain by an
archists and that he was the first victim
of the plot that had a score or more on its
death list.
Two men at least are under suspicion.
and they may be arrested at any moment.
They certainly will not be permitted to
leave the city.
John Andrus, president Of the chemical
company, is, as has already been related,
many times a millionaire. His belief is
that 1t was intended that he should have
been the first victim, and then, in rapid
succession all the rich men Of Yonkers. If
not Of New York city, would one by one
have been taken off.
President Andrus passed a restless night.
but he was full of determination, as he
said to a World reporter:
II am satisfied, in fact, we have In our
possession, information that my brother
was murdered by anarchists, and II ii
takes every dollar of the millions which l
possess, the miscreants shall be brought
to justice.
II know from the reports made to me by
detectives whom 1 have employed that
there is, right here in Yonkers, band of
anarchists, and that they have sworn to
kill every rich man here. l am usually Of
a quiet and peaceahle disposition, but from
the moment that found the battery and
vengeance took possession of me, and 1 will
never rest until it has been satisfied. 1 can
almost fancy that ! hear my murdered
brother calling upon me now. His call will
be needed.
while only one man may have pulled
the string which set off the bomb, he was
only one of a gang, and the real intention
was not accomplished.
LAS l was the one whose life was sought
the man who pulled the fatal string was
egged on by the others. He made a bung-
ling job Of it, but the fault that he did not
succeed does not lie at his door, The
scheme to murder eHianated in the brain
of men far above him in intellect. The plot
was Of the most fiendish sort, conceived in
murder, but an innocent man was sacri-
feed.
I'VE knew that this band of anarchists
mad been holding meetings here Of late and
two OF the number. whom we believe to be
he ringleaders are now under surveil-
lance. They are being continually followed
W uSeCStitSS duU IL tney make the Slight
est attempt to escape they will be placed
under arrest.
Il do not believe that any of the en-
ployes in our concern had anything to do
with 1t, although 1t is possible one of them
may have been made dupe unwittingly."
Coroner Miles, who was the first to dis
cover the battery and electrical contriyance
which set off the bomb or Internal machine.
ana who deserves whatever credit is at
tached to the solution of the. mystery so
far as 1t has proceeded, said this morning:
Il do not know all that Mr. Andrus
krows, for the reason that he has prob
ably heard from detectives All do know
Is that his brother was fiendishly murdered.
while 1t is true that we have two men
under surveillance, who, we believe were IN
the plot. still 1 have no positive proof
against anybody.
From the very beginning 1 formed the
BELIEF that Hamlin Andrus had been muir.
dered. and the bomb had been set off by
some electrical appliance. I decided to find
out Just what that appliance was, and now
that we have succeeded the rest Of it seems
eesy.
so confident was I that a murder had
been committed that at my own expense I
e1 gagged two detectives They were not
half an hour on the ground until they fully
agreed with me. They are still hard at
work on the case.
'If the police do not make an arrest 1
may do so myself. We will scarcely hold
an inquest today"