Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1896-10-29
ANARCHISTS BOLD PLOT.
Are Sworn to Kill Every Wealthy Man
in the City Of YOnkerS.
LEADERS UNDER SURVEILLANCE.
Arrests Likely to Be Made at
Any Moment

New York, Oct. go. The Evening
World, to-day, prints the following dis
patch 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
Hanlin j. Andrus was blown to atoms,
is the statement made to-day by the
brother of the murdered man, which ia
of the most startling kind.
| 1t is nothing less than that the secre-
tary Of the chemical works was slain
by anarchists and that he was the first
victim of plot that had score OF
more on it's death list.
Two men at least are under suspicion,
and they may be arrested at any mo-
ment. They certainly will not be per-
mitted to leave the city.
John Andrus, president of the chemi-
| cal company, is, as has already been
rated many times, millionaire. His
bslief is that it was intended that he
should have been the first victim and
then, in repid succession, all the rich
men of YonlSers, il not of New York
City, would, one by one have been
taken off.
President Andrus had passed rest
| mination when he said to World re-
porter:
81 am satisfied, in fact we have in
our possession information which points
to but one conclusion, that my brother
was murdered by anarchists, and if it
takes every dollar of the millions which
l possess the miscreants shall be
brought to Justice.
81 know from the reports made to
| me by detectives, whom / have en-
pioyed, that there is right here in
| Yonkers band of anarchists and that
they have sworn to kill every rich man
here.
81 am usually of a quiet and peace
able disposition, but when found the
battery and electrical appliances yester-
| day spirit of vengeance took possess
sion of me and l will never rest until
! it has been satisfied.
81 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 get off the bomb, he
was only one of the gang. The real
| intention was not accomplished, as
was was the. one whose life was sought.
| The man who pulled the fatal string
| bungling job of it, but the fault that
he did not succeed does not lie at his
door. The scheme to murder emanated
| in the brain of men far above him in
intellect. The plot was one of the
most fiendish ever conceived and an
| Innocent man was sacrificed.
"We knew that this gang OF An
archists had been holding meetings
here Of late and two of the number,
whom we believe to be the ringleaders,
are now under surveillance. They are
being constantly followed by detectives
| and il they mako the slightest attempt
to escape they will be placed under
arrest.
II do not believe that any of the
employees in our concern had anything
to do with it, although it is possible
| one of them may have been made
| dupe unwilling!y.
Coroner Miles, who was the first to
discover the battery and electrical con-
| trivance which get off the bomb or in
fernal machine, and who deserves what
ever credit is attached to the solution
| Of the mystery SO far as it has pro-
| ceeded, said this morning:
81 do not know all that Mr.. Andrua
| knows, for the reason that he has
| probably heard from detectives. All
that 1 know is that his brother was
! fiendishly murdered.
"While it is true that we have two
men under surveillance, who, we be-
| lieve were in the plot, still / have no
| positive proof against anybody.
"From the very beginning formed
the belief that Hamlin Andrus had
been murdered and that the bomb
had been set off by some electrical ap-
pliance. l decided TO find out just
what that appliance was and now that
we have succeeded the rest of it seems
easy
$50 confident was / that murder
had been committed that at my own
expense engaged two detectives. They
wore 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
| may do SO myself. We will scarcely
hold the inquest to-day "