The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-03-09
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~ ate criminals and
all long term con.
victs Of the Province OF Ontario. Can
ada. are confined. Within its gloomy
precincts, occupying separate cells
are three men whose sentences are
for life. English law. Just but merci.
less. has seized them IN It's iron grip
grip never to be relaxed until the
angel OF death strikes the fetters from
the limbs Of the prisoners.
The crime for which these three
men are undergoing expiatlon was no
ordinary one. It involved a conspir.
acy against the British government by
which. through the use OF dynamite.
reign OF terror was to be inaugurated
throughout Canada. and thousands OF
innocent lives sacrificed The inter.
vention Of fate. Provldence-call Il
what you will-prevented the outrage
from being successful, but the failure
OF the plot was not owing to any lack
Of zeal on the part Of the human IN
siruments employed 10 carry out the
design. To Detective John Wilson Muir
ray is due the credit OF having gath.
cred together the evidence which shed
light on the past careers OF the "dyna-
mite trio.r Evidence which proved
them 10 be outside the rank OF ordi-
nary criminals who execute desperate
deeds In the hope Of financial gain.
placed them IN the category Of
men who would willingly wade
through seas OF blood to accomplish
their political aims
At seven o'clock on the evening Of
April q. 1900. the little Canadian town
Of Thorold. lying along the waterway
Of the Welland canal. within easy
walking distance Of the Niagara from
tier vas shaken TO IT'S foundation BY
Two terrific explosions,
Masses OF solid rock were torn up
by the shock. immense spouts Of va.
ter leaped high In the air. window
panes were shattered into minute
crystals and for a few awful seconds
the firm earth tremhled as though IN
the throes Of an earthquake. For miles
around the people. terror stricken and
amazed. waited dumbly for the after.
mAth, a descent Of death and destruc-
tion. which would sweep them and
their homes into the black chaos OF OBJ
nyiou But it did not come, the blind
gods II chance had ayerted & calamity
almost too horrible 10 contemplate.
One Of the eye-witnesses OF the ex.
plosion was Miss Euphemia Constable.
= le-yearold girl who lived with her
parents about 300 yards from the lock
No. - She vas going to see q friend
across the canal about $40 O'Clock,
and when nearing the bridge. which is
by the lock, caught sight Of two men.
Then came the thunderous roar OF
the first exploding charge. After the
first shock Miss Constable lost con
sclousness and knew nothing OF the
second explosion. Both OF the valises
lowered into the lock contained dyna.
mite. They we're fired by fuses and
the explosions were not quite stimuli
taneoua. They broke the castings on
the head gate. tore up the banks on
both sides OF the lock. knocked peo-
pie over who we're sufficiently near.
smashed windows and shook the coun-
try roundabout. Water surged upward
10 huge volumes. but the gates held.
The dynamiters had blundered by low
ering the dynamite into the gate pits
instead OF into the gate holes. Experts |
later showed that there was not suf
aclent resistance to the explosive mat.
ter. and this fact alone prevented the |
dire disaster that would have followed |
II the dynamite had done the work |
planned for it and had smashed the
gates.
A third man who had been seen /
around with them before the explo-
sion, and who was staying at the Ros-
II house, at the falls, was also ar
rested. The third suspect gave his
name as Karl Dallman, and the two
men first secured declared themselves
to be John NolIn and John Walsh. The /
three prisoners were taken to Welland I
jail and guarded by soldiers, while
other soldiers patrolled the canal.
Murray. who had been sent for imme-
dtately after the explosion, arrived on
the scene and hastened To the jail.
He communicated at once with Scot.
land Yard and sent descriptions and
photographs of the prisoners to the
police OF London, England. Nolin and
Ia. L.
from across the sea, and Walsh had
particularly the manner and speech OF
3 man just over In search OF infor-
nation regarding the movements of
Me men on this continent he visited
rev York and saw friends there, both
n and out Of the police business. He
alao made journeys to Philadelphia,
washington, Virginia and other points