The citizen., 1896-09-18
ENGLAND IS PUZZLED
Were lyman and Associates Ar
rested on False Information
POSSIBLY A BOGUS DYNAMITE PLOT
A Theory That 1t Was a Scheme Invented
To Secure the Release of Gallagher,
DAILY, Whitehead and Others
from Portland Prison.

London, Sept. 16.-What was at first
an apparently plain case of concerted
dynamite plot nipped in the bud by the
arrest of T. j. lyman at Boulogne and
his associates in other places. has
deepened into really mysterious affair.
not as to who were to be the victims of
the bomb-throwing, but as to why the
alleged dynamiters did not take precau-
tlons to prevent the discovery of their
conspiracy, if conspiracy there was
The question now agitating the minds
OF some English secret service officials
is whether there was really a dynamite
plot at all, or whether it was simply a
ruse to tighten the British public.
Many prominent detectives who have
studied the case believe the latter to be
the correct solution of the otherwise
lneXplicable conduct of the alleged
conspirators, but they are in doubt as
to what was the real object of the
manner in which the whole affair was
conducted. The London newspapers,
usually so prolific of theories. make no
claims at the present time to know it
all, but are clamoring for more light.
Was the Information Bogus?
An interesting theory is put forth by
man prominently identified with Scot
land Yard affairs. He says he believes
that Irishmen in the United States.
working for the release of DR.. Gala
gher, DAILY, Whitehead and others serv-
ing a life sentence for dynamiting, in
vented the plot and then sold the
details to England, the price being the
release of the three aforementioned
men. To make the alleged existence
OF the diabolical plot plausible, L, nan
and the others were sent abroad and
the release of the prisoners followed.
He says that, if lyman is extradited
from France, which he does not deem
probable, no evidence of conclusive
nature can be found against him, and
that all the British government will
have to show for their trouble and
fright will be the cells made vacant by
paying the 1rice demanded for bogus
information.
Russian Features of the Plot.
Throughout yesterday and to-day
the uniformed police have been en-
gagged in a systematic search of the
Irish quarter of Glasgow, where, it is
known, number of sympathizers
with the dynamite movement reside
and where dynamite was hidden at the
time of the Tradest0n outrage. The
object of this search is to make certain
that Bell has no confederates in the
Irish quarter, as asserted by the police.
Friends of the prisoners here assert
that everything possible is being done
by the police to develop the Russian
features of the conspiracy, in oroer
that the influence of the GEAR may be
brought to bear upon the French gov.
ernment with the view of obtaining
Tynan's extradition. The British au-
thorities will probably have no easy
task in connecting the prisoner with
the Phoenix park murders, and his
connection with the present plot will
not be sufficient to result in capital
punishment, even if his extradition is
granted, which is by no means certain.
Fenian-Nihilist Alliance Discredited.
The idea that the plot was a con-
certed movement between FenianS and
Nihilists is becoming more and moro
discredited as the facts in the case
develop. In fact, the evidence that
such an alliance exists is rapidly falling
to pieces. A dispatch from Paris says
that lyman has appealed to United
States Ambassador Eustis and also to
President Cleveland, demanding the
protection of the United States govern
ment on the ground that he is an
American citizen