The Washington herald., 1919-10-30
S MORE MAY DAY
PL0TTERS HELD
Cleveland Police Believe
Seven Arrested There
May Clear Mystery.

Cleveiand, Ohio. Oct. 29.-In the ar.
rest of six men and a woman and
discovery Of a quantity Of explosives
nefs. Cleveland police today believed
a big step had been taken in clear
ms up the mystery Of the nation
vide bombings OF last May and June.
The arrests were made In four stimuli
taneous raids in different parts of
;ie city. According to Chief of Po-
lice Smith. the signal for action
came in a tip from the Chicago pc
lice. Smith said he believed the six
were members of one OF the most
dangerous bands of anarchists in the
country. The identity of only two
of the prisoners was made known.
Theodore Leover, IS, formerly a ship
worker. Is charged with having high
explosives and weapons in his pos
session without a permit. Steve Ma
tejka, 40. a machinist. is under a SIM
: liar charge. A nan supposed to lie
George Feeder is said to be one Of
those held.
Chicago police informed Smith that
an attempt was to be made to blow
up the police station here. His own
men. he said. had been trailing the
prisoners ever since the home of
Mayor Davis, of Cleveland. was
blown up. June ..
Men Had IneompIeted Bombs.
smith said his men took from the
prisoners one completed bomb, several
unfinished bombs, three bottles Of nj
tro-glycerine and other articles used
iu the marufaS ture OF Internal ma
chimes.
From what we hear one OF the
men was TO get job as a policeman
on our force and blow up the Cen
traI station when all the men in the
DISTRICT were assembled" Smith said.
Police Captain Martin Lavcllc.
Cleveland. who worked on the case
since the home OF Mayor Davis was
bombed here last June. said his men
discovered a list of names of Cleve-
land policemen marked for death as
t..e first step in the attempt to cap
5gre the city government. Much OF
e correspondence was with officials
Of the Left wing of the Socialist
party. LavClle said.
Well Supplied With Funds.
These letters indicated the men un-
k!er arrest weT- well supplied with
FUNDS Part o. the correspondence,
police said. was with a Cleveland
mai. well known in the ranks of the
Left wing Socialists. and who was at
a..e time a candidate for mayor. In
.pector Sterling. in charge of some OF
The police activities in the case, said
he had information showing that at
least Loo Cleveland citizens. among
them leaders In politics. business and
professional eHdeavors, were marked
for death.
Smith said he has communicated
information to police OF other cities
:. hich will result in Wholesale ar
T. Sts OF foreigners.
According to Information obtained
hy the police. the alleged reign of
0 lrOr was schedu for next May.
- ice said the plOtters planned to
'ttG'n hundreds OF revolveTs, clubs,
knives and shotguns and launch an
4, un =T.E e large scale that Il
-'' de-. arIZe the Cleveland po-
ice force.
Planned 10 Mobilize Army.
low many persons were to take
part in the offensive, police say they
Hfe unable to discover. But from
the Information they obtained, they
S9iGed the impression that the lead
- planned to mobilize an army OF
large size. Il was planned. police
I'D. 20 obtain $500 steel bludseOns
aud $500 huge knives, in addition to
as o. revOlvers and other
,,capOns
any Of the details were already
'rIeted. one of them providing six
extra magazines OF cartridges for au-
.-'ratic pistols for each person so
armed.
Much radical literature was also
az nd. Police said he prisoners
re in communication with radicals
"a other cities aDd that the plot
against Cleveland may be one of a
: ~ cunspiracies affecting cities
JN-'0ughOut the country.
Three OF the prisoners are held on
% ,-cs Of, having explosives in their
possession and the others were
nU,.ned OF charges of supicin.