Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-03-23
FIVE SUSPECTS n. Y.
BOMB PLOT HELD
BY j. s. OFFICERS
DELIVERED TO OFFICIALS ~
CAPTAiN Of FREIGHT
STEAMER.
WERE ARRESTED At SEA
Shackled Hand and Foot Men were
Rushed From Boai TO Prison In
New Orleans; Skipper Makes
Statement.
By Associated Press.

W NhAorlnteu ffeaas
NEW ORLEANS. March ?2.-Iicld In
separate cells In the orleans Parish
prison tonight were five men who
classified themselves M Acamen. but
who II was indicated through state.
ments 0f Captain ]. II. B. Van Weel,
dcrn of the New York and Cuba line
frcighter Rushyillc. and implications Of
department of justice officials. might
be- wanted IN New York In connection
with the investigation ~ the Wall
Street bomb plot of September 10. last
Shnckled hand and foot. the men were
taken from the steamer RuHhvlllc 10.
day. hustled to the Parish prison. book.
ID under the following names. Phillip
Bender, Lionel kucbrcczuff. Rudolph
Dorsh, Hans Randn and Henrik Pipan.
then held In communicate.
After Captain Van Wceldern related
the panner In which the men were cap.
tured and the difficulties encountered
In moving from Rio DE Janciro 10 New
Orleans. he too became uncOmmunica.
tive. and tonight would make no fur.
ther statement Department ~ Justice
officials said they were awaiting In.
strucil0ns."
Last Saturday. when the Rushvillc
was approaching this port. the master
wirclcsscd the department of justice re.
questing that they care for five icon.
suiar prisoners" The captives were
treated ns desperate men from the time
the federal officers took them over
from the ship guard which had them In
charge.
Orders by the master ~ the Ruch
willie were that no member of the crew
should discuss the prisoners with out
siders under penalty of salary dcduc
tions The Captain. however. related
circumstances leading up to his nc
ceptnncc ~ the men. M involuntary
passengers
Late last MONTH according to Cap
tain Wecldern. the United States ship
ping board steamship city of Alton
then nearing Rio DE Janciro. received
"a wireless presumably from officials Oi
The United States government. request
INK arrest of the five men a fight
started and according Ia Captain Van
Wceldcrn. Il was with extreme diff
Guilty that the men were subdued
placed In irons and taken tn Rio d,
Janeiro Captain Van Wecldern re-
duestcd the Munson Line steamer
Yoro. Ia take the qulntette 10 New
York. Still heavily guarded. the mcr
were placed aboard the Yoro. and II
some manner. according a. the Rushvill'
Captain started furious fight. Th'
Yoro's master speedily returned then
Ia the Rio de- janeiro Jail About TIM
time the Rushville came into load cof
fee for New Orleans Vice Consu
Thomas managed Ia persuade Captain
Van Wcoldcrn to attempt tranHporta
tion of the prisoners
1--WE accepted aud here they are.
the skipper concluded
The prisoners. apparently bctwcei
, % and % years uf age. wcr. said to b
for the most part. well educated. som
| speakinR several languages.
No indication was given NJ a. whc
( the prisoners would be- taken H. ScN
? York.
. Aside from reporter from ncwi
2 paper who managed to talk a. one q
a tn, men and WAS able 10 peer throug
I some ~ the baggage before he was e,
, cludcd from the uarish prison. no ON
;. outside Of federal officials has talkc
\ with the men