The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-10-22
SAY IT WAS A PLOT
KEARNEY AND HAINES, THE AL
LEGGED DYNAMITERS, RETURN.
They Declare That the Bombs Found
in Their Room in the Hotel In
Amsterdam Were Placed There
by Scotland Yard Detectives Aft
err They Had Been Arrested by
Amsterdam Police.

New York, Oct 1S.-Among the &C.
ond cabin passengers who arrived on
the steamship Werkendam to-day from
Rotterdam were two men whose
names were not on the published lists
of passengers. Their tickets bore the
names of John Williams and Henry
Smith, but the men themselves were
John f. Kearney and Thomas Halnes,
respectively, who were arrested on
Sept. Is in Rotterdam for having
\ dynamite bombs in their possession
and as being concerned in a cOnSpir-
acy against the lives of the car and
the queen of England. When a rep
resentative of the Associated Press
boarded the Werkendam his attention
was drawn to two men with a strong
Irish accent. These two men denied
that they were 'rney and Haines,
but after the Steal-er had tied up in
her dock in HoboEen they tacitly adj
mitted their identity. The representa-
tive succeeded in getting statements
from the two recently released Sus-
poets.
John F. Kearney said that he had
gone some weeks ago to Antwerp and
later to Rotterdam to see his wife's
friends on family and business mat
tiers. While there he said he met
HaineS and both recognized each 9th
er through their speaking English.
They stopped at the same hotel in Rot
terdam, where they arrived on Sept.
II. Haines was then i'll and confined
to his roorl on the following day. On
Sunday morning, the 18th, about O
o'clock, while occupying the same
room at the Queens hotel they were
awakened by rapping at the door.
Kearney jumped from his bed and
opened the door. AS he did so he was
confronted by six Dutch police officers
and an inspector. The latter told the
two men to
Consider Themselves Under Arrest.
They were surprised and asked what
charge there was against them. The
inspector informed them that he had
orders to arrest them and asked that
they would come peaceably to police
barracks. They dressed themselves
and consented ~ be handcuffed They
were taken to the barracks and held
there without being given any further
information until o'clock in the af-
,ternoon. Then they were served with
some sandwiches and coffee at their
own expense.
On the following Wednesday, after
being separated in the meantime,
Kearney was brought before the COM
missioner of police.
"From Sunday afternoon until
Wednesday, continued Mr.. Kearney,
land in fact for the remainder of the
time [ was confined, VAS kept a1oof
from all the other prisoners and con-
tinually under watch of two armed
guards. When brought before the
commissioner Of police and inspector
was Informed that l was charged with
manufacturing and having in my pos
session dynamite bombs. This I
knew to be false, as 1 had never had
possession of these things, and when
told that several of them were found
underneath the bed in which Haines
and 1 had slept, l almost had a fit
when 1 thought Of the danger I had
been in. It seemed clear to me that
1t was simply another Of those deep
laid plots of the Scotland Yard men
who stop at nothing in order to make
a case against IriShmen whenever
they find it necessary. Those ex-
plosives were put there after we were
taken out of the room.
"a week Wv" last Saturday two Of
ficers came to my cell and told me to
come out. | met Haines at the en-
trance of the prison and we were
both hustled into a carriage Accom-
panied by the officers we were driven
to the Netherland pier and put aboard
the vessel