Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-09-16
THE lyman PLOT.
ALLEGED DESIGN TO BLOW UP
PRINCE OF wALEys RESIDENCE.
SOME RIDICULOUS STORIES
Most Of Them Are the sTersst Nsn-
sense-Edward Bells Story-Ty~
mans Friends Belief That He n
stiIl I'm This Country.

LONDON, September l5.-Ths PAN
Mall Gazette asserts that It was the de-
sign Of the conspirator, lyman. to blow
up Marlboro House, the residence of the
Prince OF Wales. when his Royal High
ness should be there. According to this
yarn, the dynamiters Intended to reach
the Princes house by tunnelling from .
house opposite.
This Is fair sample OF the ridiculous
stories concerning the alleged dynamite
plot that are filing many columns Of the
newspapers. the most of which are the
interest nonsense, and would scarcely bo
credited by the most gullible person alive.
BELLS STATEMENT.
GLASGOW, September i5-Edward Bell.
the alleged dynamite conspirator. who was
arrested here on Saturday. has made a
statement, through his lawyer. I'm which
he says that he is a native OF Harlem.
N. Y. He left New York city on August
18th for Antwerp, from which place he
went to Berlin. later to London. aud
came to Glasgow. 1t was his intention.
ne says, 70 sail from Liverpool for New
York to-day. Bell admits that he IN a
member of an Irish club In New York.
Dut denies that he Is associated with any
conspiracy. The discriminating documents
found In his possession, he says. were
not found in the lavatory of the hotel
In which he was stopping, as was stated
yesterday, but were dropped by some-
body In Lcndon music hall. where ha
picked them uc
SIX months ago he began to frequent
several cafes on the east side. No atten-
ton was paid him. He seemed to have
plenty OF money. Other men came to see
him regularly. The paper says II Is In
formed that Rabenovitz has for a long
time been planning series OF dynamite
outrages In Russia. The Chicago groups
OF Nihilsts were known to be with him
in the matter. and he was I'm constant
and frequent secret communication with
them.
At the Office of the White Star Limo
nothing was known about Bell. A
Thomas Harris did sail i'm the steerage
of the Teutonic on August 18th. lie gave
his destination as London. That Is all
that Is known OF him. Wien and how
Kearney and the other men under arrest
got abroad is not known.
lyman CERTAINLY THE MAN.
NEW YORK. September 15-The NAH
and Express this evening says that I'm
spite of the surmises OF his family and
close personal friends that p J. lyman.
known as the Famous No. l." is stilf
In this country. and that the man now
under arrest in Boulogne Is altogether
another person, there Is no possible doubt
that lyman is under arrest. The charge
on which he Is now held-that OF COM
plicity In the Phoenix Park murders. Is
believed TO be merely a fiimsy pretext to
hold him until warrants for a still more
recent and certainly as serious an of
fence can be served.
lyman left America on August 18th last
on the Hamburg-America liner Augusta
Victoria, for Hamburg. Two days before
the vessel sailed. the paper asserts, the
notorious Anarchist. Paul Rabenovitz,
with several aliases, bought the ticket
for lyman, who sailed under the name OF
b. Becker, in the steerage Of the ship
mentioned. 1t Is also learned. the paper
goes on to say. that Bell. the man arrest
ed in Glasgow. sailed for Europe on the
Teutonic August 18th, under the name OF
Harris. Rabenovitz Is also believed to bs
on the other side Every move the man
made here was narrowly watched by
Scotland Yard detectives.
RABENOvITcH'S PROCEEDINGS.
Rabonovitz, who is regarded by the Sc
cret service detectives in this city as
the prime mover In the scheme. has been
known as one OF the cleverest Nihilists
in this country. He Is a chemist OF
great ability, and is known as man
who rarely talks. He was regarded In
every way as a safe man.
lyman APPEALS TO UNCLE SAM.
PARIS, September i6.-P. ]. lyman, tho
Irish "Invincible" who was arrested at
Boulogne on Sunday. has appealed TO
United States Ambassador Eustis, and
also to President Cleveland. demanding
the protection OF the United States Gov
ernment as an American citizen.