The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-04
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70 the bottom. but 1 can give you IN Idea
OF how the plan was laid.
"For tIe past two years the French
police. the officials of Scotland Yard
and the United States detectives have
been aware that preparations were be-
ins made for some great event. This
was evident from the branches Of the
Revolutionary Society HAT were being
established over the globe. Turkey. for
example. which had no headquarters.
established one az Constantnople. and
Greece. considered without Socialists or
Anarchists. brought several well-known
Nihilists from Russia 10 settle in Crete.
GOVERNMENT SPIES.
These facts were known only 10 the
detective bureaus Of the different coun-
tries. for an was done very secretly. But
&c is hard TO keep anything from the
Secret Service. When the suspected Rus
sian Nihlist DourgOwskl left ST. Peters
burg quietly. % with his family settled
in Madrid. we who keep watch OF these
political suspects ~redOublcd our guard
upon him. with the result Of finding he
was at the head Of an organization III
Spain 10 overthrow the monarchy there.
And SO with the other secret societies. We
Ind our way Of finding out about them
all.
within the last six months these or
ranizations all over the world were hold
ing night meetings and there We're mys-
tcriOus communications between them and
the suburbs OF the towns. IL IS the GUS
tom Of a dynamite society 90 conduct the
manufacture ~ their weapons Of warfare.
which is always dynamite. upon the
suburbs OF Il town. And from there tho
rotten STUFF is brought to the city when
needed. It was ga one Of the suburbs OF
Boulogne that the largest gang of dyna-
miters was recently captured.
An was going along in this way when
we received a cablcgram from Paris that
tho blow was 10 be struck. We could
not tell whore. but advices said that the
whole word WIS 10 receive lis blow at
tine same time. by a preconcerted signal
the dynamite station in each country
would take The life Of the ruler. destroy
the government and establish a reign
OF terror I'M "a Few weeks the Anarchistic
government would rule over the whole
world. That was the plan, now happily
thWsrted.
'Ihe thing that brought all 10 a head was
ne hberatlng OF tho Irish patriots from
Portland prison on circumstantial evidence
as everybody knows. That they were
Nihilists. or had anything 20 DO with
b1mD-thfpWlN' mas never been halfway
proven. but the fact Of their being Irish
dynamiters' reasoned the TerrOrists. was
enough 90 hinge the explosion upon. They
would strike while tho iron was hot.
a SIMULTANEOUS BLOW.
Accordingly. from the United states.
where a very large dynamite factory is To-
Gated. % from different safe parts o.
southern Europe the agents were de-
spatched in every direction. 90 De received
by the societies. The blow was 10 be
STRUCK simultaneously.
"rut the Secret Service is n smart ar
fair. Working Tor the past two years i'm
The dynamite gangs We're men employed
by tho Service. Their work was done al
mo risk or ihcir lives. ard not once in the
Lass two years have they dared TO COM
municate with central. IL the slightest
suspicion attached 20 Thorn death and fail
ure TO their cause would be a certain
thing.
But whom the critical moment came
these men leu tho dynamiters. fleeing as
fast os they could and exposing their
secrets IN this way tine governments OF
The whole world We're preserved.
II you doubt this note tho dynamite
gangs that were Immediately broken up.
Take the one IN Paris. the great flourish
ing one IN BoulOgne. the recent seizure
IN Constantinople. the London dynamite
'nnd' and the activity in Chicago and New
York In watching the dynamiter- suspects.
Their work might be called a questionable