The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-15

LONDON, Sept. IA communities
ton of semi-ofhcia1 character was is
sued this afternoon touching the arrest
Of the alleged dynamite conspirator.
The communication says. among other
things, that the Scotland Yard officials
have been fully aware for some time
past that a gang of desperadoes have
been engaged in America in preparing
the details and arranging the ramifca-
tons Of an extensive and diabolical
plot to perpetrate a dynamite outrage
in England and establish
A REIGN OF TERROR.
Chief Inspector Melville of the Metro
pOlitan police has had charge of the
Scotland Yard arrangements for frus-
trating the designs of the cOnspiratOrs,
and gradually and with great secrecy
drew a network around the plotters.
The fact was known to the police that
the cOnSpirators were in close commu-
nication with prominent Russian nihil-
lists in the United States, and through
this information the police were en-
abled to discover almost undoubted
evidence that the conspirators had re-
Gently developed a scheme to perpe-
trate an outrage upon the car upon
the occasion of his visit to England.
The prime movers of the plot were
Fenians in America, and when they
had carried their conspiracy as far as
they could in the United States, lyman
and the other principal agents were
sent to Europe to put the
DESIGNS OF THE PLOTTERS
into execution. They left America as
secretly as possible, coming by differ
ent routes. Their arrival was known.
however, and their every movement
was logged by the Scotland Yard de-
tectives.
After treating of the arrests of the
dynamiters and the capture by the po-
lice of all their documents, ETC., the
communication adds that Bell was de-
signed to 90 to Scotland Yard to direct
a series of outrages there, the neces-
sary explosives TO be sent to him from
Belgium, as they might be required.
When Bell was taken into custody he
had between 1900 and f400 in cash upon
his person, together with American
letters Of credit.
The Central News says that the plot.
in which it is charged lyman. Bell and
Wallace were implicated. was Matched
in the United States, and that it was
Widespread in it's ramifications, not
tinental countries. The conspiracy was
started months ago, and although
those connected with it thought they
were working with
THE UTMOST SECRECY,
so far as the authorities were con-
cerned, there We're among the plotters
two or three agents of the British gov
eminent who kept the London police
advised of every move that Syas made
or proposed by the cOnspirators from
the very inception of the plot. The
police here knew even the names OF
the men who were selected by the
American revolutionary society to
cause explosions here and on the con-
tinent 1t was we'll known that ever
since the defeat of the Irish home rule
bill the physical force party had been
active in the spread Of its propaganda,
and steps were at once taken to closely,
but secretly, watch those who it was
anticipated would be likely to enter
into a conspiracy against the govern
ment Thus the fact of the conspiracy
was learned. the British agents in the
United States completely deluding the
chief plotters into the belief that they
were bitter
ENEMIES OF THE BRITISH
government and would go to any
lengths to secure the freedom Of Ire
land 1t was learned that the cOuspira-
tors were in alliance with the Fenians.
anarchists and nihiliSts, and that they
were all working together. The Mini
lists. who do not appear to have been
specially interested in freeing ireland
from the British yoke, subscribed funds
and dynamite for the leaders, but only 5
on the express condition that "busi-
ness should be done on the continent
The visit Of the car and czarina to
the queen at Balmorai, and their sub
sequent journey to France was deemed
by the Nihilists to be the most suitable
occasions on which to attempt the life
Of their imperial majesties. The donors
TO the funds il America, however, IN
sisted that a blow should first be struck
at England. It can be stated in this
connection that Inspector Melville, re-
Gently wenr to Paris, where 1t is sup
posed he conferred with the police as
to the best means Of circumventing tna
plans of the conspirators. At that
time. the English papers were not
aware Of the existence Of the plan, and
in their comments on the inspectors
Journey to Paris they stated, while
pointing out the existence in London or
a large anarchist colony, that the car
would without doubt be far safer In
England without any police protection
than he would be In Paris Win all ms
safeguards that might be adopted by
the police OF that city. The result OF
the knowledge obtained by the police
does not appear to bear the claims
made by the newspapers
1t is stated that the conspfrators be-
fore they left the United States were
taught how to mix chemicals to
FORM HIGH EXPLOSIVES
,,,5 70 nee, c1ool,Uorlc 70 ca11se exDlOs
sions. The teacher was a Russian pro-
fessor Through him the Nihilists and
Fenians were brought together, and IL