Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-20
WARSHIPS
WE'D FROM
DESTRUCTION
ANARCHISTS APE ACCUSED OF
DIA30LICAL PLAN
CHIEF coNsPIRAToR LIKELY TO
BE ARRESTED
Officers at Rio de Janeiro Warned of
Probable Attempt, Spoil Project
ana Drive Suspects from
the City
BY Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 19.-The
Brazilian police have discovered an
anarchistic plot here having as its OBJ
ject the destruction OF part of the
American fleet now lying in the harbor.
The conspiracy, while centering in
Rio de Janeiro and Petropolis, has
ramifcations in Sac Paulo and Minas
Geraes. An individual named Jean
Fedher, who resided in Petropolis, was
the chief conspirator here, although it
is understood that foreign anarchis )
are deeply involved in the plot.
Fedher is believed to have fed to
Sac Paulo and the police, who know
him, have been sent to that place for
the purpose of apprehending him. One
of the detectives, who was well ac-
quainted with F'edher, having serve
on the police force at Petropolis for
some time returned from that place
today after having made investiga-
tions there, and had long conference
with the chief of police at Rio. The
latter gave it to be understood later
that the Sac Paulo police are on the
track of the arch conspirator and ex-
pect to arrest him soon.
Police Chief Warned
In an official note the chief of police
says:
Some time before the arrival of the
American fleet at Rio Janeiro. the Bra
lillian government received word from
Washington and Paris that anarchists
of different nationalities intended to
damage one, or several, of the ships of
| the American fleet.
"The names and addresses of the con-
spirators were indicated by informa-
tion which the police here had re-
ceived previously from France and
Germany The police of this district
are working with the police of Sac
Paulo and Minas Geraes and 1 am sure
every precaution will be exercised and
the most rigorous .igilance observed
both on land and at sea, to prevent any
injury being DONE"
No Further Danger
The chief of police, after having made
this official statement, said he did not
feel he should go into any further de-
tails with regard to the conspiracy,
but he authorized the statement that
the plot was organized by Fedher, and
he added that tie people of the United
States could rest easy, as all of the
conspirators had taken refuge in the
interior.
AS yet the people of Brazil are igno-
rant of the plot to DO injury to the
visitors, although there has been some
slight inkling of tie matter. The inn
preston which thO exposure of this
plot will create here will be a profound
one, because it is the first anarchistic
conspiracy that has ever been known
in Brazil.
A special dispatch from Petropolis
tonight gives an interview with Officer
Charles -Hamman, who is was declared
had been sent to Sac Paulo to arrest
Jean Fedher, the alleged anarchist.
Hamman is quoted as saying that the
only information he has concerning a
conspiracy was obtained from the news
papers.
He admitted, however, that he had
been to Sac Paulo and Santos during
the past ten Gays, but declared his
business had been entirely personal at
these places. The dispatch adds that
the police of Petropolis upon orders
from Rio Janeiro, were observing the
utmost vigilanc and are keeping sus-
picious persons under constant surveil-
lance.