Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-12-26

He chatted voluby with them In
French or Italian, he studied their fea-
lures. learned their aspirations, ais.
covered their programs OF murder, ana
in some cases was able to quietly ar
rest rod handed and In the possession
of deadly bombs the very men with
whose wives and friends he had been
dancing
The way in which he imprisoned an
Anarchist In u wine cellar IL typlcai
of his methods. The man was Ger
man, and he had made arrangements
TO assassinate the kaiser on his visit to
one of the exhibitions In London haV-
ing got his man TO the wine cellar steps
by ruse and having no specific charge
or warrant upon which 10 arrest him,
Mr.. Melville took the law into his own
hands, pushed the man into the cellar
locked the door. and kept him safely
bottled up" until the kaiser had de-
parted
one of his Soho vigils unearthed the
Walsall scheme.
Following up shadowy clues inch by
inch, and maintaining his fine system OF
surveillance by a corps OF detectives,
he traced the Italian bomb expert Bat
toa 70 Walsall. There the Anarchist
leaders not only preached the doctrines
Of Anarchism, but taught their disciples
how 10 carry them out, In a secret cell
lar Battola held a bomb class, and had
all the paraphernalia for making
bombs. He instructed pupils In the
mysteries OF various explosives, gave
| them lessons about time fuses with the
| intention OF sending them forth host
| OF men TO destroy the royal palaces or
| Europe. These calm studies were rude
| ly stopped by Superintendent Melville
III nI
| spirators were sent to penal servitude
| for 10 years and one for Ave years
Superintendent Melville discovered
| that this plot was arranged at the most
| formidable of all the Anarchist rem
| devious In London, the Autonomie club
| In Windmill street, Tottenham Court
| Road. The smashing of this gang by
| Mr., Melville was the heaviest blow ever
| dealt at Anarchlsm in England.
When Bourdain was literally hoist
| with his own petard," being killed by
| the bomb which he had prepared for
| the destruction OF the Royal Observa-
tory, there was found on him card Of
| membership OF the Autonomie club
| This sent MIR. Melville down to Wind
| mill street, He sat at the receipt OF
| custom, placed his men at various
| points, and arrested each man as he
1 sauntered into the club, keeping this
going for four hours, until he had Sc
| cured cellarful OF Anarchists.
| The chloroform scheme was one Of
| the most important Of the Anarchist
| systems discovered by Mr. Melville, The
| detective met one member OF the Wal
! sail gang ne the latter, on his arrival
| I'm London from Walsall was on his
way TO tho Autonomie club
| What have YOU In that bottle2"
| asked Superintendent Melville; and on
the man refusing to tell he ran him into
the nearest police station, searched
him. and discovered that the bottle
contained chloroform. Following this
new clue, Superintendent Melville found
that the Anarchists OF the Autonomie
club had devised a terrible scheme for
the sole purpose OF obtaining money for
their murderOus propaganda and
spreading far and wide the gentle doc
trines OF Anarchlsm.
Their scheme was to keep observa-
ton upon members Of the arlstocratlc
clubs. 20 "shadcS" them az they left
late at night and at the FIRST oppor-
tunity 10 chloroform and rob them
PM nnd Duval had carried out long
series OF chioroform robberies on the
continent. the proceeds OF which had
been consclentiously devoted 10 the
snme purpose. PM IL now In prison In
New Caledonia, The man arrested In
the street by Mr.. Melville was sentenced
to nv eyears' imprisonment by Mr.
Justice Hawkins at Stafford Asslzes.
This was but a part OF an internn.
J tional scheme by which the leaders