The herald., 1896-09-15

of money and lived 1uxuriously at hotels
on the continent They did not make
an efHort to disguise the character of
their mission
A semt-official communication upon
the subject of the recent arrests of al
legged conspirators was issued this after
noon. It says; There has been. within
the full knowledge of the Scotland Yard
.ofzicials for some time past. gang of
desperadoes busily engaged in America
preparing the ramifcations for an ex-
tensive and diabolical plot to perpetuate
q dynamite outrage in this country and
establish q reign of terror. Chief In
spector Melville, who has taken so
prominent . part in arresting Fenians,
has been the head of the Scotland
the present conspirators. Gradually
and quietly a complete network was
drawn around the plotters, and the fact
being known that they were in intimate
communication with Russian nihilists
In the United States enabled the po-
lice to pursue investigation of the dis
covery which led to absolute evidence
that one of the most recent develop
ments of the scheme was plot to as
sassinate the czar on the occasion of his
visit to England The prime movers
were Fenians in America, and when the
plot had been carried as far as possible
there the chief agents were sent to Eu-
rope to consummate the designs adopt
ed. Every precaution was taken in
shipping them separately and by diff
ferent routes The emissaries of Scot
land Yard, however, dogged their every
movement"
The semi-official communication then
deals with the arrests and capture of
all the appliances, documents, ETC., and
continues: 1T was arranged that Bell
should go to Glasgow to superintend a
series of outrages in Scotland, the ex-
plosives necessary being sent from Bel
gium as required. Bell had in his pos
session between $500 and 940O, and
American letters Of credit Devaney,
AfcCulloch and McCand, three released
dynamiters who are in Glasgow, have
all been closely shadowed since they
were released from prison. In 1895 Nc
Cand visited America. 1t is considered
probable that Bell will soon be removed
from Glasgow to London"
The Times this morning publishes a
long letter from H. H. Howorth, COM
planning Of the release of the Irish polit-
ical prisoners. He points out that the
statistics show that the mortality in lu-
macy prisons is less than among people
outside Of them and asks: "Is the mad
nes real or feigned?" Continuing, he
says: "As newspaper openly said, the
case is. the Hibernians are acting.
"The home secretary will allow that
1t is unwise to let wild Irish screech
go from one end of the land to the other
about the inhumanity Of English JUS
tice, and it is unwise to encourage the
overheated feeling of Americans toward
Great Britain on the ground that we
treat our prisoners with barbarity."
In conclusion, Mr.. Howorth asks the
government to make plain statement
of the facts relative to the release of
the Irish political prisoners.
A later dispatch from Brussels to the
Associated Press shows that there was
4 woman connected with the arrested
conspirators. The house at Berchem,
the suburb of Antwerp, where the police
found a laboratory fully fitted with ap-
pliances and materials for the manufac-
tufe of bombs and explosives, was hired
by woman, and the police are now
searching for her. The police also found
in the house finger imprints in the clay
used by the bomb-makers in forming
the molds for their bombs. 1t is be-
lieved that this fact will identify the
men who occupied the house and con-
pect the right persons with this feature
of the great cOnSUiracy,
The police here now admit 1T the
man arrested at Rotterdam, whose
nme was first given as Wallace, is, in
fact, John F. Kearney Of New York
Edward Bell, when arrested at Glas-
gov. had E160 in his purse.
In connection with the arrest Of Ty-
nan at Boulogne, this mans relatives
are being shadowed at Kingston.