Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-15
AFTER LEADERS IN PLOT
TO KILL AND BURN
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Detectives Nicholas Hunt and Deputy
/ Chief of Police Herman Schuetler an
nounced to-day after studying trans
lations of letters written in Italian
/ found in Allegrini's rooms that they
regarded as established the existence
| of an anticlerical organization headed
by a Committee of fifteen" of which
Crones and Allegrini are believed to
have been members. Police are search
ing for Crones. who is former assist
ant chef at the University Club. Allie
| grini is in Jail. charged with con-
spiracy to commit murder.
Had Plans of BUILDINGS
| The police were guarded in making
/ public the contents of Allegrini's cor
respondence, but ii was stated plans
and specifications were found of sew
eral large downtown buildings in Chi
cago which, it is said, had been
marked for destruction by the COM
mittee- These included the People S
| Gas, Light and Coke Company build
! ing, one of the largest office buildings
| in Chicago. the Union League Club
and Federal building.
The attempt to wreck st. Patrick S
| Roman Catholic Church in New York
year ago is believed by Captain Hunt
to have been a part of the alleged
| plot. According to the detective who
did the translating, certain leaders in
a conspiracy which is said to be inter-
national in scope have headquarters in
! Rome. He added that some of the let
| ters contained detailed descriptions of
bombs used by the conspirators. Some
| of these, he said, were designed to
wreck buildings, others to kill police
men and still others to spread death
among churchgoers when they are
walking away from church discussing
| the sermon"
Names of these committee of fif-
teen" are said TO be in the hands of
/ the police and il was predicted that
the arrest of some of the committee
members would be made before night.
| Chief of Detectives Hunt has COM
municated with Nashville, Tenn, Sail
! day. Col, St. Paul and Louis in the
hope of apprehending Crones in one of
| those cities.
Police working on the case pointed
out to-day that the illness of fifty
guests who attended the knights of
Columbus banquet on October last
might have been due to the activities
| of the alleged conspirators. AT first
it was believed that the illness of the
| banqueters was caused by ptomaine
| poisoning, but discovery of the plot TO
| poison guests at the Mundelin dinner
| has given strength to the belief that
the illness of the other banqueters
may have been due to a similar plot.
Many Churches Fired
In connection with the alleged plans
| of the conspirators to destroy public
! buildings ana church property, police
records show that two score or more
| Chicago churches have suffered fire
losses within the last few years. At
the Moody Church, it was said, no
less than six fires said to have been
of incendiary origin have been dis
covered and eXtinguished with small
| loss during the last year. Other
churches in which incendiary fires
have been discovered include Grace
| Episcopal Church, which was de-
stroyed September 90 last; Oakland
Methodist Church, Norwood Park
Methodist Church, Auburn Park Meth
odist Church, St. Sebastian's Roman
Catholic Church. Evangelical Lu-
theran, st. Nicholas Church, Trinity
Reformed Episcopal Church and three
Episcopal churches, st. Chrysostom's
All Saints and ST. Adams.
! one of the interesting developments
in the case yesterday was the finding
of a letter in Allegrini's pocket in
which reference was made to a fund
collected for the widow of Gaetano
Bresci, who assassinated King Humbert
OF Italy. Subsequent developments
have led the police to believe that
Crones and Allegrini may have had
knowledge of the plot to assaSsinate
! the Italian monarch.