The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1908-01-24
WOULD Harm FLEET
HORRIBLE PLOTUNEARTHED AT
RIO DE JANEIRO.
Reported That Anarchists of Different
Nations Intended to Damage Amerl-
can fleet but Had Been Forced by
Detectives to Flee to the Interior
People of Brazil Ignorant of Plot.

Rio de Janeiro, Jan. 21.-The Bra.
lillian police have discovered an anar-
chistic plot here having as its object
the destruction of part of the Ameri.
can fleet o lying in the harbor. The
conspiracy. while centerlng in Rio de
Janeiro and Petropolis, has ramifica-
tons in Sac Paulo and Minas Geraes.
An individual named Jean Fedher, who
resides in Petropolis, was the chief
conspirator here, although it is under
stood that foreign anarchists are deep
ly involved in the plot. Fedher is be-
lieVed to have fed to Sac Paulo, and
the police who know him have been
sent to that place for the apprehension
of him. One of the detectives, who
was well acquainted with Fedher, hav-
ing served on the police force at Pc
tropolis for some time, returned from
that place today after having made in
v~estigation there, and had a long con-
ference with the chief of police at Rio
de Janeiro. The latter gave it to be
understood that the Sac Paulo police
are on the track of the archconspira-
tor and expect to arrest him O
Chief of Police Talks.
In an official note the chief of police
says:
Some time before the arrival of the
American feet at Rio de Janeiro the
Brazilian government received word
from Washington and Paris that the
anarchists of different nations intend
ed to damage n or several of the
ships of the American fleet. The
names and addresses of the conspira-
tors were indicated by information
which the police here had received
previously from France and Germany.
The police of this district are working
with the police of Sac Paulo and Minas
Geraes and every %precaution will be
exercised and the most rigorous vigi-
lance observed, both on land and at
sea, to prevent any injury being done"
The chief of police after having
made this official statement said he did
not feel he should go into any further
details with regard to the conspiracy,
but he authorized the statement that
the plot was organized by Fedher and
he added that the 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 ig-
norant of the details of the plot to do
injury to the visitors, although there
has been some slight inkling of the
matter. The impression which the
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.
Officer Hamman Knows Little.
A special dispatch from Petropolis
gives an interview with Officer Carlos
Hannah, who, it was declared, had
been sent to Sac Paulo to arrest Jean
Fedher, the alleged anarchist. Ham
man is quoted as saying that the only
information he has concerning a con.
spiracy was learned from the news
papers. He admitted, however, that
he had been to Sac Paulo and Santos
during the last 10 days, but declared
his business had been entirely person
al at these places. The dispatch adds
that the police of PetrOpolis, upon or
der from Rio de Janeiro, were observ-
ing the utmost vigilance and are keep
ing suspicious persons under constant
surveillance.