Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-01-24
PLAN VILE
DISASTER
TO AMERICAN FLEET BY
ANARCHISTS.
RIO DE JANEIRo REPORTS SUCH
HAS BEEN DISCOVERED BY
THE LAWS OFFICERS.


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 now lying in the harbor. The
conspiracy, while centering 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
vestigation there, and had 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 soon.
Chief of Police Talks.
l In an official note the chief of police
l says:
t Some time before the arrival of the
: American fleet at Rio de Janeiro the
Brazilian government received word
l. from Washington and Paris that the
n anarchists of different nations intend
e ed to damage one or several of the
d ships of the American fleet The
r names and addresses of the conspira-
. tors were indicated by information
J. which the police here had received
e previously from France and Germany
e The police of this district are working
with the police of Sac Paulo and Minas
'e Geraes and every precaution will be
a exercised and the most rigorous vigi
v lance observed, both on land and a
at sea, to prevent any injury being done.
The chief of police after having
ly made this official statement said he die
er not feel he should go into any furthe
's details with regard to the conspiracy
y, but he authorized the statement tina
ed the plot was organized by Fedher an
er he added that the people of the Unite
i'll States could rest easy. as all of tn
is, conspirators had taken refuge in tn
OK interior.
or, AS yet the people of Brazil are il
ID norant of the details of the plot to d
re- injury to the visitors, although Their
has been some slight inkling of th
DIS matter The impression which tn
as exposure of this plot will create her
an will be a profound one, because it
IRIS the first anarchistic conspiracy tn;
les has ever been known in Brazil.
Officer Hannah Knows Little.
III A special dispatch from Petropol
ne gives an interview with Officer Carlo
ne Hannah, who, it was declared, ha
re- Fedher, the alleged anarchist. Han
ne man is quoted as saying that the on
W information he has concerning a co
" spiracy was learned from the new
asI papers He admitted, however, TIL
er- he had been to Sac Paulo and SAINT,
-he during the last 10 days, but declare
on' his business had been entirely perso
Ine al at these places. The dispatch adj
ooi that the police of Petropolis, upon {
III der from Rio de Janeiro, were obser
u ing the utmost vigilance and are kee
ing suspicious persons under consta
surveillance.
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