New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-16
INEW DRYDOCK FLOODED STATE Of TERROR At FORT
Another Arrest in Connection
with Explosions at Post.
DAMAGE PUT AT $1,000,OOO
Fort Riley Under Double Guard
Day and Night in Effort to
Frustrate Dynamiters.

| Junction city. Kan. Dec 15-Trumpetcr
John Grille. Of Battery T.. 9Th Field Artil-
! lcry. was arrested late to-day In connection
| with tho dynamiate explosion and ircs al
| Fort Riley, which cost the government
| 81, 10000 Grille is tho sixth soldier arrested
! since the Investigation Of the explosions
bccame public following Private Michael
| Quirk's confession that ne caused the OK
plosions al the instigaton OF the Rev
| Charles NJ Brewer. ex-chaplain at the fort.
The arrest Of Crie and the release of
/ Mrs. Anna Jordan at Kansas city before
| Deputy United States Marshal L. +. Need
arrived there for her were the develop
ments I'm the case to-day. Commissioner
| Chase said he would have warrant is
! sued at once for Mrs. Jordan's arrest ana
would have it served through tie United
States marshaTs office at Kansas city.
| The few army officers who could be In
duced TO talk privately OF the explosions
! to-day declared that Fort Riley has been
| for nine months near a state of terror
as we'll disciplined army post can Get.
Not only were there frequent incendiary
: fires but the commanding officers Of the
post had received many letters threaten
ing them with death and the fort with de-
structOn.
Night and day since early last spring
Fort Riley has been under more than don-
ble guard. sentres have been posted con-
Stantly at the homes OF the commissioner
officers. and guards have spent each night
I'm the cellars of these homeC, in order TO
Illustrate possible plans 10 destroy the
houses by dynamite.
The biggest loss caused by the series ol
explosions was sustained when the quar-
buildings. was burned on the night Of
March II. The structure, which cost ap-
proximatcly $4,000 was total loss
Another fire followed on March 20, in the
cavalry building. but that structure was
saved and the loss was small. On June
an attempt was made 10 burn a building
containing soldiers. Mattresses soaked
with kerosene were placed against the
messroom door and set on fire. Early dis
covery 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 dynamited on the night OF June
q. Care had been taken TO explode tlc
dynamite on that side of the river furthest
away from the forts water mains. 1t was
necessary to tear away part OF the bridge
In order to save any of 1t.
No troops were i'm tho fort when hre de-
stroved the Troop stable and killed TWEEN
ty-seven horses on June IS The troops hau
been ordered ont on a forced march.
Officers are firm i'm their belief that the
plottcrs planned 10 cut the fort on from
water when they blew up water main OF
tho night Of August O. The attempt was
only partly successful The fort was left
without water one day.
Loavenworth. Kan, Dec. l5.-W. II. Mac
key. deputy warden OF the federal peni-
Tertiary here formerly United States mar
shall for Kansas. vino investigated the
explosions and fires at Fort Riley, In an
interview tonight declared neither the
Rev Charles NJ Brewer nor Mrs. Anna
Jordan was implicated I'm the crimes.
Brewer he said. was I'm Texas at the time,
and never returned to Junction city.
in explaining his investigation OF the eN-
plosion he declared the person supposed TO
be the Rev Charles VI. Brewer was an eX-
clergyman who greatly resembled the for
mer chaplain and was often mistaken Tor
him Mr.. Mackcy said:
In my opinion, the disasters were the
work of some soldier or soldiers. and the
parties accused had nothing to do with IT
I'm any manner"