The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-06-25


IT has Just leaked out that during the
Hast six months a gang Of anarchists
have. been at work in Kenosha and the
details Of one, of the most dastardly
plots ever Matched are. now in the hands
of the district attorney of the. county
and the state fire marshal and an eff
fort is being made to locate the mel
! back of The plot and prevent their
WORKING in any other city. r..
The plot which was formed during
the srecent strike at the plant Of the
Badger Brass Manufacturing Company
hadefor its object the blowing up of
| the plant and the possible destruction
of the men who were at work in the
plant who are said not to have been
friendly with the anarchists who hatch
| ed the plot. This was not a plot of
Union men though the men supposed
to have been connected with it are
said to have been members of union.
| 1t is declared however, that it. is not
thought that the leaders of the Union
had even the slightest idea that these
wool anarchists, nad any idea Of seek
| ing the destruction Of property or the
killing. of any men employed at the
plant. K a~ss& ,.t ,s~s>ss. ..s. s.
Detectives in the employ of the Bad
ger Brass Company unearthed the en-
tire scheme and the evidence much of
which was captured in the room of one
of the alleged anarchists in Kenosha
latter he had left the city is now in
! the hands of the district attorney. It
is said that the ring-leaders in. the gang
have left the city and that they may
never be captured.
During the early part of the strike
the managers of the company had de-
tectives at work at the plant and while
| these men had no idea of looking after
such evidence, they accidentally stumbl.
ed onto the details Of the plot. They at
once seized a trunk in the room of one
OF the. men connected with the plot
and this trunk proved a rich find and
most Of the evidence now in the hands
of the district attorney was taken at T.
plan of the buildings of the Badger
Brass Company ,as well as drawings of
internal machines. It seems that these
machines were to have been placed in
ventilators in the foundation Of the
building. II The ventiiators are directly
over that portion of the building where
large number of men were employed
at the time. The detectives discovered
that the men had connections with lead
ing anarchists in Chicago and it is even
declared that at one time they were in
close communication with Emma Gold
man, the high pFiestess of anarchy. It
is not alleged that the Goldman woman
was in any way connected with the
Kenosha conspiracy.
At the time of the discovery of the
plot the men had been sent to Chicago
to purchase the materials necessary for
the making of the internal machines.
1t is known that these men assembled
at the Palmer House and while in that
hotel they prepared number of
letters to- be sent to prominent
men in Kenosha in which these men
were to be threatened with death. At
least one Of the letters is now in the
hands of the district attorney The
nipping of the conspiracy came Just at
the right time as it is evident that
the plans were nearly completed and
the men had arranged to blow up the
plant anu make their getaway.
Since the matter has been laid before
the district attorney the men directly
connected with the plot have managed
to get out of the city. The conspiracy
was brought to light through the recent
visit of the deputy, state fire marshal
to the city to investigate the recent
fires in cottages on Elizabeth street. Tt
was evident that these fires were not
started by amateurs and as they were.
directly in front of the plant which
had been threatened it was thought pos
sible that members of the same gang of
anarchists whose identity had not been
discovered might have been connected
with the crime. In order to give this.
clue to the state department the man
ayers of the plant turned over to him
through third person the facts in re-
gard to the conspiracy.
The plans for the building of the in
fernal machines and the plans of the
plant now in the hands of the district
attorney show that the men connected
with the plot were experts in their line.
1t. is not known whether any action
will be taken, but the men come ted
with the plot are known to the officials
and it is pretty certain that they will
be closely watched should they return
to Kenosha.
The Pirates defeated the Browns at
Grond Uiovu d;opoooJ C,1T dow 81