Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-12-19
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STATE OF TERROR
FIRES FREQUENT AND OFFICERS
THREATENED WITH
DESTRUCTION.
ANOTHER SOLDIER IS ARRESTED !
Evidence Against Minister and We.
man Said to u s'isht-Lons
Series Of Islssndiary

Junsston city,. Kan ~ Dec. ~ 4
Trnmpster john Grill bf Battery e
Sixth }fsld artillery. Was arrested "a
connection withsthe Dynamite sxplo.
i ions and frsssat Fort Riley which
cost the government $1,000 o00as Grils
Is the 'si1thssoldier placed under ar.
rest since the Investigation ofsthe sex-
plosions became public, following Pri.
vate Michael Quirks confession that
he caused the explosions at the insti.
cation Of Rev. Charles M. Brewer. fors
Fmer chaplain-a the fort. r,s-T.Ss
The arrest Of Grille and the release
of Mrs. Anna Jordan at. Kansas City
before Deputy.. Y nited States Marshal
~. E..Meed arrived there forsher were
THE Developments I'D the case. Com
missioner Chase SAID he would, haysa
warrant issued: stsonce for Mrs. Jor
dan's arrest anu woald have it served
through the Uniteda States smarsha1's
Office at Kansas City. r---,.-rsss'
The few army officers who could be
induced to. talk q: the EXPLOSIONS de.
claredsthat Fort Riley has been for
nine months as near a state Of terror
as a we'll disciplined army post can
get. Not only we're there frequent in.
,cendiary fires, but the commanding Of.
sficers of the post had received ire
squent letters threatening them With
death and the fort with destruction.s 81
js3E Under Double Guard.
Night and day since early last
spring Fort Riley has been under
more than double guard, sentries have
been posted constantly at the homes
of the commissioned officers and
guards have spent each night in the
cellars of these homes an order to
Illustrate possible plans 10 destroy.the
housesb dynamite. a I
The arrest ofsRev. Mr. Brewer and
Of Mrs. Jordan appears to have been
made without any real evidence Of
their guilt. So far as can be ascer-
tanned, there is nothing to connect
them with the series of crimes. Z
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1t is estimated that the destruction
wrought at the fort since last March
has cost the government million
dollars. The biggest loss was sus.
tanned when the quartermaster store.
house, apart from other buildings, was
burned on the night of March II.
When~the alarm was given the"buiid'
ing was entirely in FLAMES. The
structure, which 4cost Pa approximately
$25oo0o, was astotaf-foss: '''e'7's'' ~; ts'r'
Another fire followed on March 20,
the cavalry building being ignited.
This building was saved and the loss
was small.
On June: 81, attempt was, made. to
burn building, containing soldiers.
Mattresses sbaked with. kerosene were
placed against the mess room door and
set on FIRE! Early discovery of the
flames saved the building and perhaps
many lives. This fire started at II
O'Clock at night. The government
bridge across the Kaw river was dy.
fnamiteds on that side of the river
farthestss away from the forts water
mains. n was necessary to tear away
part Of the bridge in order to save
any of it.
No. troops were in the fort when
fire destroyed the Troop A stable and
killed q sherses. ION June %. The
troops had been ordered out on a
forced march. "A detachment of sol.
diers was hurried back to the post as
soon as the flames We're discovered,
but they could not save any of the
burning property.
Officers are firm in their belief that
the plotters planned to cut the fort off
from water when they blew up a
water main on the night of Aug. 9.
! The fort was left without water one
day.
One other fire on Sept. 9 was dis.
covered, but 1t did little damage. The
flames started in trash can.
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