Bisbee daily review., 1914-08-11
MORE PRISONERS ARE CAUGHT IN POLLS OF
 PHOENIX DRAG NET
Authorities Continue lnyestiga-
 tiOn of Conspiracy Planned to Raid Banks and Business
 Places Here and Equip Forces
The air craft Russia.

PHOENIX. Aug. 1O.-Through the activity of Sherih Jerf D. Adams. Con stable Jim Murphy. Chief of Palice George o. Brisbois and the men oper- ating under their instructions, a con spiracy has been unearthed in this county which had for its object the capture of the City Of Phoenix by hordes of banditti, the rifling of the stores and banks and the gradual spread of the condition of anarchy into other portions of the state, to- gether with an armed attempt by a combined force of Indians and MeXi- cans against the government of the United States. starting from this sec ton. Nine men are now in the county and city jail charged with complicity in the offense and more arrests are being made hourly
 The meat Of the conspiracy was to obtain sufficient arms and ammunl- tion and dynamite to make such force as the conspirators could gather to- gether formidable and with this to raid all the food stores of the city l following this with a raid on tho banks. and after this to go after such of the stores and business houses of the city as the consplrators might then think would give further and more extensive operations. Gradually | the conspira'ors were gathering to- gether their arms and caching them | providing for ammunition after the | first issue was expended by making more themselyes-relo and aug menting this punative provision by making dynamite bombs of the usual | Mexican sort of tomato cans, loaded with dynamite caps and iron or steel slugs and bits of nails. Enough dy- namite would be placed in these bombs to almost wreck a modern building.
 Coming upon the trail of this con. spiracy by chance. the officers of the county and city have been workina upon it for nearly two months. final ly within the last three weeks having gotten it into such shape as to be able to scoop up many of the ringleaders and land them in durance vile and pur some of those in custody through a course of cross examination that has lea to the intimate knowl, edge of the plot now possessed by ! Sheriff Adams and hisl deputies and Chief Brisbois and his officers When it was found that the conspiracy was against the government. of the United States. and involved as we'll the wards of the United States, the Indians or l the sacaton reservation, the case wa' turned over tc the United States dis. trict attorney and Wiley Jones has been working since then in the strict ! est confidence with the local officers | Four more of the bold banditti were scoopad in by the efforts of the sher ifrs office, aided by Superintendent
 Thackery of the Sacaton Indian reser
 walton yesterday The first man appre hended was 0iie who had been largely
 desired by che officers because of hi
 alleged leadership in the conspiracy to rob the stores, blow up the banks and create general constenation 1T the city. His name is Juan Rivera
 and his house has been used, it is al
 leged as a rendezvous for the would be outlaws. Rivera was apprehendeo by Uncle John Rudd, constable a' Glendale.
 The other three men caught are In