THE DYNAMITE CONSPIRATORS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 941, 12 May 1883, Page 2

THE DYNAMITE CONSPIRATORS.

On April 5 the police made a raid on suspected localities in Lensem street, Lady-wood (Liverpool), and discovered a Fenian nitro-glycerine factory in full operation. The premises were taken two months ago by Whitehead, an Irish-American, who had a sign hung out in front of the place indicating that his business was that of a paperhanger. A considerable quan tity of nitro-glycerine was seized by the" officers at the same time. Information now in the-hands of the detectives tends to demonstrate that this place is the central manufactory for explosives, and the most important depot of all the infernal contrivances in the Kingdom. • At his examination evidence was given showing that the police detectives had followed Norman, who was arrested in London, from Whitehead’s house to Liverpool. He took away from Whitehead’s a box. Among other materials seized at the so called paperhanger’s were eight gallons of mysterious liquids in tins, some sulphuric acid, and a quantity of nitro-glycerine. Whitehead, when arraigned, assumed an air of indifference, and also refused to answer any questions. The man first arrested in London near Fleet street had engaged rooms on Southampton street, at the corner of the Strand. He gave the name of Ormund, and stated that he was a medical student, but subsequently he said his correct name was Norman. The first inquiry for rooms was made by an elderly man. The bag of explosives was taken to Norman’s lodgings by a person of rakish appearance, who looked more like a tramp or street idler than a porter or friend of a student. It is believed that this individual and the elderly men have been captured in the persons of two men arrested at Lambeth. One of these men had in his pockets and sewed up in his clothing a large sum of money, a portion of which was in American coin. One Lambeth prisoner had secured lodgings , in. the name of Wilson. His movements excited so much suspicion among his neighbors that he left his, room yesterday, saying that it was ' his intention tp go to Wolverhampton. When he returned at noon he was surprised to find five detectives

availing undoubtedly carne direct from Birmingham. Whjere he was stbppin|g was Just over office in which- is printed the “Coiurt Circular,” The proprietor of that sheet recently received a letter containing dire threats* the.origin of which he now has 'no difficulty in tracing to the prisoner. The fourth arrest was Henry DaUqn, who came from the United States tWo weeks ago. He was found in the rooms of the American Exchange, He made no resistance,. Dalton was' in gaol at Stockton Yards! .. i

There was no less sensation in the House of Commons when the arrests were announced than elsewhere. IjJir William Harcourt, in a brief speech outlining the facts, confirmed what had up to this time been mere rumor—that Norman had been arrested. He addjed that 1501 b of highly explosive liquid had been found in Norman’s quarters, stored in Jskilfully-devised rubber bags. He also confirmed the discovery of the dynamite manufactory at Birmingham. He said, further, that considerable amounts of the same kind of explosives had been discovered in the rooms 'of the Lambeth prisoners, and part of the money on one of these men was iin American bank notes. Dalton is suspected of being the perpetrator of the outrage at the office of the Local Government Board at Westminster. Norman describes himself as a coachman, Wilson claims to be a clerk, and Gallagher a physician. . .