Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1919-02-26
SPANISH PIIOTNERS ARRESTED.
Hints at Possible Plan to Assnssinntc
Wilson at Boston.

members Of the Spanish branch of
the !. w. w. We're arrested by secret
service mon and members of the
rolicc bomb squad in two raids here
late to-day. While they are charged
formally with having seditious litera-
'ufe III their possession, government
agents claimed to have evidence they
wore Matching a terrorist plot.
FRANK Francisco and Edward J.
Dowd, OF the secret service, as we'll
rs New York detectives who assisted
mem III the raids, declared they had
optained evidence which would be
"sea III an attempt to prove the pris-
oners had planned to assassinate
PRESIDENT wilson in Boston to-mor-
row, put this assertion was dis
credited by Capt. .'cter Rubin of
thc secret service, who directed tho
raids. 'o
Admit Annrchist Charge.
According to police the two ph,,o-
delphla men, who readily admitted
they were anarchists, stopped here
ON their way to Boston and intended
10 go TO that city tonight.
me grave nature Of the alleged
piot and the imminence Of the at
tempt TO carry II into execution, It
was declared, made 1t essential the
men DE imprisoned at once.
After being questioned ut police
headquarters, where their finger
prints were taken, the prisoners we're
locked up without bail pending ar
raignment before United States
commissioner tomorrow.
Meanwhile mechanical experts
have been assigned to assemble a
complicated machine found dis
1n1 IN, Df& H.
The secret service agents said they
were at a loss to explain it's purpose.
TranslatOrs were put to work on g.
mass OF papers and pamphlets seized.
One OF the houses raided he'd been
under police surveillance for several
days as result of meetings held
there, 1T was said.
Eleven Of the prisoners, when
booked at the police station, gave
New York addresses, two said they
lived in Philadelphia and third
said his home was i'm Elizabeth, N. y.
All the men, 1t was said, are Spanish
aliens who have come to the United
States during the past three years.
According to the secret service
men, man rs years Of age. who
Eave the namei oi Jose Grau, Is tho
chief organizer Of the Spanish I. w.
w. here, and Is the editor OF a radi-
cal Spanish newspaper published in
New York.
Branch Under Surveillance.
II was explained that the Spanish
branch Of tho l. w. w. in this coun-
try had been watched closely for
months by the secret service and
most Of the members are avowed an
archists. SO far as could be learned,
however, there was no general round
up Of the members to-day. 1t was in
tfmated the raids here were the re-
suit Of the information indicating a
carefully framed terrorist plot about
to be carried into effect.
The prisoners were questioned for
several hours at police headquarters,
but for the most part maintained
sullen silence. The police declined
TO divulge what information. If any
had been obtained frcfl them. While
they have not definitely determined
the purpose OF the machine seized in
TIE raid, members Of the department
lieve it was to be used in the manu-
facture Of bombs:
On the wall Of the club OF tho 7.
w. w. in building on Lexington
Avenue, one Of those raided, was
picture OF Dr.. Karl Liebknecht, the
Spartacan leader recently assassi-
Lated.
Arrests in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, FEB 24.--Ten
Cubans and Spaniards we're arrested
here early to-day by agents Of the de-
partment OF justice on Information
received from New York. A quantity
Of alleged seditious literature was
seized and the authorities say the
men arrested had some connection
with those taken into custody In New
York Sunday.
DR.. Mary Walker Dead.