The Tribune. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, February 26, 1909 Page: 3 of 8
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i DYNAMITE TRIO
Mmmmm By GEORGE T. PARDY
A True Story Unrevealed for Years.
Washington Whisperings
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ALL, dark and for-
bidding, on the
banks of the St.
Lawrence river
loom the massive
stone walls of King-
ston penitentiary
where the desper-
_ ate criminals and
all long term con-
cts of the Province of Ontario, Can-
a, are confined. Within its gloomy
eclncts, occupying separate cells,
« three men whose sentences are
life. English law, just but merci-
es, has seized them in Its Iron grip,
grip never to be relaxed until the
ngel of death strikes the fetters from
the limbs of the prisoners.
The crime for which these three
men are undergoing expiation was no
ordinary one. It Involved a conspir-
acy against the British government by
^hlch, through the use of dynamite, a
ilgn of terror was to be Inaugurated
roughout Canada, and thousands of
Innocent lives sacrificed. The inter-
vention of fate, Providence—call it
what you will—prevented the outrage
from being successful, but the failure
of the plot was not owing to any lack
of seal on the part of the human In-
struments employed to carry out the
design. To Detective John Wilson Mur-
ray Is due the credit of having gath-
ered together the evidence which shed
light on the past careers of the "dyna
mite trio.” Evidence which proved
them fe be outside the rank of ordi-
nary criminals who execute desperate
deeds In the hope of financial gain,
placed them in the category of
men who would willingly wade
through seas of blood to accomplish
their political aims.
At seven o'clock on the evening of
April 21, 1900, the little Canadian town
of Tborold, lying along the waterway
of the Welland canal, within easy
walking distance of the Niagara fron-
tier, was shaken to Its foundation by
two terrific explosions.
Masses of solid rock were torn up
by the shock. Immense spouts of wa-
ter leaped high In the gir, window
panes were shattered lbto minute
crystals and for a few awful seconds
the firm earth trembled as though In
the throes of an earthquake. For miles
around the people, terror stricken and
amazed, waited dumbly for the after-
math, a descent of death and destruc-
tion, which would sweep them and
their homes Into the black chaos of ob-
livion. But it did not come, the blind
gods of chance had averted a calamity
almost too horrible to contemplate.
A One of the eye-witnesses of the ex-
plosion was Miss Euphemia Constable,
a 16-year-old girl who lived with her
parents about 300 yards from the lock
She was going to see a friend
the canal about 6:20 o’clock,
J>en nearing the bridge, which Is
by the lock, caught sight of two men.
yk ThSn came the thunderous roar of
Wthe first exploding charge. After the
first shock Miss Constable lost con-
sciousness and knew nothing of the
second explosion. Both of the valises
lowered Into the lock contained dyna-
mite. They were fired by fuses and
the explosions were not quite simul-
taneous. They broke the castings on
the head gate, tore up the banks on
both sides of the lock, knocked peo-
ple over who were sufficiently near,
smashed windows and shook the coun-
try roundabout. Water surged upward
in huge volumes, but the gates held.
The dynamiters had blundered by low
erlng the dynamite Into the gate pits
instead of into the gate holes. Exerts
later showed that there was not suf-
ficient resistance to the explosive mat-
ter, and this fact alone prevented the
dire disaster that would have followed
If the dynamite had done the work
planned for It and had smashed the
gateB.
A third man who had been seen
around with them before the explo-
sion, and who was staying at the Hos-
1! house, at the falls, was also ar-
rested. The third suspect gave Ills
name as Karl Dallman, and the two
men first secured declared themselves
to be John Nolin and John Walsh. The
three prisoners were taken to Welland
Jail and guarded by soldiers, while
other soldiers patrolled the canal.
Murray, who had been sent for imme-
diately after the explosion, arrived on
the scene and hastened to the jail.
He communicated at once with Scot-
land Yard and sent descriptions and
photographs of the prisoners to the
police of London, England. Nolin and
Walsh seemed unmistakably to be
from across the sea. and Walsh had
particularly the manner and speech of
a man Just over, in search of Infor-
mation regarding the movements of
the men on this continent he visitod
New York apd saw friends there, both
In and out of the polype business. He
also made Journeys to Philadelphia,
Wash'ogton, Virginia and other points
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Roosevelt Is Ready for Moving Day
WASHINGTON—The Roosevelt day
Vt in the White House Is fast near-
ing Its end. On Pennsylvania avenue
directly in front of the president's
home the carpenters are at work build-
ing the stand from which In a few days
the next president of the United States
will view the parade marching in his
honor. Within the White House , Ihe
packing of the household belongings is
practically completed. The presiden-
tial books, pictures, rifles and "shot-
guns, rods and whips, and odds and
ends of everything known to a man of
diversified tastes and pursuits are
ready for shipment to Oyster Bay.
The cartoons, and there must be 29
or 30 of them that have had places of
prominence on the tops of the low
bookshelves in the library, doubtless
will have places of equal prominence
in the big “den” in the Oyster Bay
home. These cartoons are prized by
Mr. Roosevelt above many of his more
costly belongings. They are among
the few presents he has consented to
receive.
The cartoon which has held the spe-
cial place of honor is one showing an
old farmer, representing the American
common people, seated before his open
fire reading the president's message.
The cartoon Is called "His Favorite
Author.” It was to this farmer Mr.
Roosevelt/ once pointed when he said
In effect that be could not stand for a
'second elective term” as president be-
cause "that man wouldn’t like it.”
The president has declined to re-
ceive say gifts of great Intrinsic value
since he has come Into high office. He
has had things given him which
money cannot buy. at least from him.
Authors have sent their books with
their autographs inscribed upon the
blank pagl. These almost invariably
have been taken gratefully and in
most cases there has been a return
gift of a copy of one of the Roosevelt
books, generally "The Wilderness
riunter.”
Thousands of valuable presents have
been offered that have been declined
courteously, but firmly. There have
been some things which have come
■from monarchs, articles of an innocu-
ous kind, and they have been taken in
the spirit in which they were given.
King Menellk's gift was Innocuous as
long as H was kept behind bars. It
consisted of two lions which are now
In the Washington zoo.
If President Roosevelt had taken all
the horses offered him he would have
as many as a Sioux Indian chief baa
ponies, and that would mean enough
to eat up all the bunch grass in half a
day's trail. He has been content with
two or three favorites of his own pur-
chasing.
Tom Cat Is Devoted to His Old Home
HT EACH END OFTHE LOCK
JT00D ONE OF THE TTEN • AND
EACH MAD A WMJ5E.
whither the trail led. The results of
his persistent quest were as follows:
In the year 1894 three young men
set sail for America. They were John
Nolin, a young machinist. John Row-
an, a mechanic, and John Merna, a
mechanic. They arrived in New York
and on May 17, 1894, Merna declared
bis Intention of becoming a citizen
of the United States, took out his first
papers and gave his residence as No.
41 Peck slip, New York. Nolin went
to Philadelphia.
The four Johns, after spending a
few days in Philadelphia, went to New
York. They Btoftped at the lodging
house of John M. Kerr, 45 Peck slip,
and hung about New York until De-
cember, 1899, when Rowan returned
to Ireland, and went to work at his
trade In Dublin. Nolin and WalBh ap-
plied to the South Brooklyn branch of
the Amalgamated Society of Machin-
ists for donation money, which
amounts to $.1 per week for those out
of work, atid the request was complied
with by John A. Shearman, secretary
of the society, who worked in the
Pioneer Machine works in Brooklyn.
In the latter part of this month Nolin,
Walsh and Merna went to Washing-
ton, D. C. Nolin remained there a
short time and then went on to Rich-
mond, Va., where he obtained a job as
fitter in a foundry.
On Christmas day, 1899, Merna
went to work as bartender in a Wash-
ington saloon, at 212 Ninth street, of
which Joseph McEnemey was pro-
prietor, and on January 1 Walsh was
given u similar position in the same
saloon. They relieved each other at
the bar and shared a room together
over the saloon. They worked as bar*
tenders for McEnerney through Janu-
ary and February and along Into
March, while Nolin stayed on in the
Richmond foundry. Early In March
Karl Dallman had registered at the
Stafford house, In Buffalo, and had
then gone away.
On Monday evening, March 12, Melo-
ns was found dead In his room over
the saloon.
Somewhere about April 10, 1900,
Nolin received a communication from
a lodge to which he belonged, known
In secret circles as the Napper Tandy
club. It was a Clan na-Gael organi-
sation and the members met at Tom
Moore's hall, corner of Third avenue
and Sixteenth street, In New York.
Nolin and Walsh were both affiliated
with this club, having been introduced
into It by a man named Jack Rand’, a
sailor. Nolln’s Instructions, sent to him
In Richmond, were to go to Washing-
ton, get John Walsh, and go with him
to Philadelphia, where, at the Phila
delphia & Reading railroad station, at
7 p. m. on Saturday, April 14, they
would meet a third man who would
give them further instructions. Nolin
obeyed the summons promptly and
hastened to Washington from where,
accompanied by Walsh, he went to
Philadelphia as instructed. As they
stood In the station at the appointed
time a well-dressed, stout man came
up and accosted them. Their replies
being satisfactory the stranger said:
“I am the man you want t8 see,” and
engaged them In earnest conversation.
At the conclusion of their talk the
stout man handed $100 to Nolin, With
two railroad tickets and sleeping car
coupons from Philadelphia to Buffalo,
over the Lehigh Valley railroad. He
then left them and Nolin and Walsh
took the Lehigh Valley train for Buf-
falo. They arrived in the latter city
at noon en April 15, went direct to
the Stafford house land registered as
John Smith of New York and Thomas
Moore of Washington. They were as
Blgned to room 88, and Immediately
ordered up drinks. While waiting for
the refreshments there was a knock
at the door, and Dallman stepped into
the apartment. He introduced himself
and a satisfactory understanding was
reached between the trio. Dallman told
them to prepare for an early start next
day, and after breakfast on the follow-
Ing morning, April 16, he gave to. No-
lin and Walsh two canvas grips, or
telescopes.
In each of these grips were about
80 pounds of dynamite, mixed to the
consistency of stiff dough. Fuses
were with each cake, lying on top,
but unattached. It was shortly after
this that the near-catastrophe occurred.
Karl Dallman, the arch plotter In
the conspiracy, turned out to be an
even more picturesque character than
Murray had suspected before com-
mencing his Investigations. For, fol-
lowing up one clue after the other, the
detective became aware that the so-
called Dallman of Trenton, New Jer-
sey, was none other than Luke Dillon
of Philadelphia, who had figured
prominently In the world-famous Cro-
nin case. Dillon was a member of the
executive committee of the Clan na-
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Gael, and defended that organization
and publicly championed it, achieving
more than national notoriety when, In
his official capacity, he went to Chica-
go at the time of the murder of Dr.
Cronin. At that time he denounced
Alexander Sullivan, raised funds for
the prosecution of those accused of
Cronin’s murder; advocated the throw-
ing off of the oath of secrecy, so far
as necessary to run down the assas-
sins, went on the witness stand, and
by his testimony revealed the secret
of the Triangle, the chief three who
had ruled as t^e executive of ^he Clan-
na-Gael; made public the charges
against Sullivan and fought through-
out on the side of the antt-Sulllvan
wing. The identification was made
absolute and final. Men who knew
Luke Dillon, who had worked day by
day near him, visited Karl Dallman
and identified him positively as the
former high official of the Clan-na-
Gael.
But above all Murray’s careful, un-
erring tracing of the chief suspect's
career convinced the Canadian gov-
ernment that Dallman and Dillon were
one. Originally Dillon was a shoema-
ker. In 1881 he was working at his
trade at 639 Paul street. Philadelphia.
The members of the dynamite trio
were brought up for trial on May 25,
1900. With the mass of damning evi-
dence accumulated by Murray's pa-
tient efforts and submitted to the
court, there could be but one result.
As the clock struck six on the even-
ng of May 26, the Jury retired to con-
sider the verdict. Pour minutes later
they re-entered court and the three
prisoners were declared guilty. The
dynamiters were sentenced to Impris-
onment for life and taken to Kingston
penitentiary.
For two years after the trio entered
upon their prison life the general pub-
lic knew nothing of the identity of
Karl Dallman. Then a Buffalo paper
made known the fact, telling of his
connection with the Cronin affair. The
story was denied by some of Dillon’s
friends, who asserted that he had
been killed during the South African
war while fighting with the Boer ar-
my against the British. But the real,”
grim truth is that the once famous
leader of the Clan na-Gael Is buried
kllve within the walls of Kingston pen-
itentiary.
(Copyright. 1»08. by W. O. Chapman.)
(Copyright la Groat Britain.)
a N EXAMPLE of devotion seldom
A witnessed in a dumb animal is
enacted every day by an old white cat
that strays about the corner of New
Jersey avenue and C street.
'>Born In the old Baltimore & Ohio
railrd&ll station, that occupied that
site forv?^£r8. Tom, the untamed
feline, has ne’W£left the corner, and
even while the old4f,ructure waa beiuK
razed Be managed to makeUtsTetTm1
the building until the last wall had
been pulled down.
Now that the site has been com-
pletely filled up and graded, leaving
no vestige of the once famous depot,
this old cat still remains and makes
his home beneath the chair of the
switchman at this crossing.
At night Tom quietiy leaves his
friend when the last car has passed
and wanders off down C street to a
near-by lumber yard, where he has
made his bed since the destruction of
his birthplace.
At five o’clock every morning back
he comes and takes his accustomed
place beneath the chair, where his
saucer of milk awaits him. No matter
how inclement the weather, Tom al-
ways manages to find his way to the
switchman’s stand, and there remains
all day.
Tom was the only member of a
family of six kittens who refused to
depart from the depot when workmen
began to demolish it, and despite the
fact that nothing remaim. to mark the
once famous t structure, \*hls feline
creature Is so strongly attached to the
surroundings that he cannot be ln-
home for luxurtona
During the recent
lasted two or three days, said Mr.
NlcholB, the cat was late one morning
in reporting at the little platform
where the chair is located, and he was
Just preparing to go down the street
to bring him out of his loft when he
heard the wanderer calling for help.
He was stranded In a pile of snow
and trying vainly to resume his jour-
ney to the favorite spot on the corner.
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House Parliamentarian No Longer Shy
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ASHERC. HINDS, parliamentarian
• a of the house of representatives, is
by nature one of those modest and re-
tiring men who can tell a speaker how
to bring consternation to his political
and parliamentary antagonists when
the speaker does not know how to do
It himself, and the next moment meet
those confounded face to face, to hear
some such an expression as this:
"Well, Hinds, If we had had you on
our side we would have won a mile.”
Somehow or other the things Hinds
does to members of the bouse through
the mouth bf the speakei in carrying
out his official duties, which are to
help the speaker control the parlia-
mentary procedure of the house at all
times, never start a riot, and never
create animosities, resentment or an-
tagonism to himself.
But Mr. Hinds is rapidly getting
over his modesty. Recently he received
from the presses eight large volumes
labeled “Hinds’ Precedents,” each of
which is as large as the standard doc-
tor’s beok, usually found in all well-
regulated homes. These volumes are
full of the lore of parliamentary pro-
cedure In the house of representatives,
and out of them Mr. Hinds has already
demonstrated to the satisfaction of
Representative Gardner of Massachu-
setts, at any rate, that “a prepon-
derance of the testimony” in favor of
any ruling by the chair can always be
found to rest on Hinds' side In any
controversy. Recently Mr. Hinds wrote
what he declares was a 10,000-word ex-*
planation of the rules of the house,
and one well-known newspaper boiled
the manuscript down to two lines.
A newspaper man has paraphrased
the old song, “Jane of Maine,” so that
it runs as follows:
Hinds of Maine, ho never looked the.
same;
When he went down to Washington he
was shy. shy, shy.
But alas and alack, when Hinds caiae
back.
He had a naughty little twinkle In his
eye.
Mr. Hhtds declares he now has the
publicity germ as certainly as have
most congressmen.
Washington an Expensive Municipality
Kp czpUT
T HE pending appropriation bill for
1 the cost of running the District of
Columbia one year carries $11,974,033,
being at the iwte of $35.21 for each in-
habitant. This does not include the
cost of new buildings for the govern-
meht Itself or the maintenance of such
as now exist, excepting the approprla
tlon of $220,000 for new buildings for
the district.
The 1908 population of Washington
was 339.000. The latest figure* ob-
tainable from the oensus bureau show
the cities nearest Washington In slse
to be Buffalo, Pittsburg. Cincinnati, De
trolt, Milwaukee, New Orleans, Newark
and Minneapolis. In none of these
does the per capita cost of main-
tenance equal that of Washington.
Milwaukee, with a population of 317,-
908, has a corporate expenditure of
$5,548,143, the rate per capita being
$17.45.
Minneapolis, with 273,$25 Inhab-
itants, spent, according to'last reitorts,
only $5,021,530, a per capita of $18.34
Buffalo has a population of over 400,-
000. In 1906 she had 381,819. She
spent In 1906 only $7.609.061—$19 93
per capita.
Detroit spends $7,846,305 a year for
a population of 353,636 Per capita.
$22.20.
New Orleans spent $6,575,945 for a
year of city government for a popula- >
tlon of 314,146. Per capita, $20.93.
Newark. N. J., with a population of
289,634, had a budget of $6,833,196 for
1906; p^TTapita, $23 50.
Pittsburg, with a population of 375.-
082. 8pent $10,936,738; per capita.
$29.16.
Cincinnati haa 345,230 inhabitants,
and her total corporate paymenta were
$10,676,482. The per capita of $30.93
la the highest of any city In the Wash-
ington group except Washington Itself.
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The Tribune. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, February 26, 1909, newspaper, February 26, 1909; Stephenville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth881626/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stephenville Public Library.