Anarchists in England.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 6756, 10 February 1892, Page 3

Anarchists in England.

According to a despatch from London, dated January Bth, the police ola'tn that they have effected an important; rrest of a group of Anarchists residing at WelsrM, in Staffordshire, in connection with the recent explosion at Dublin Castle. A man who wr s recently passing a po' ; ce station in I mdon attracted the attention of the police by his peculiar manner, and ho was takrn into custody a a suspicious chart :ter. The police say they soon found ample jnotification for arresting the man. At the time of Ire arrest the man was cai.ying a parcel. When ho was taken to the police elation ho was searched, and upon his person were found papers giving the details of anarchist plots and the names of persons implicated in the conspiracies. The papers showed the headquarters of tbo anarchists wore at Walsall, and steps were immediately taken to place them under arrest. Xho result wct that a Frenchman named Victor Cailcs, a woman Maiie Iribelua and Frederick Charles, all residing in Walsall, were soon in custody. The prisoners belonged to the Socialist Club in Walsalh The clubroom and the residences of the prisoners were searched by the police, and the investigation led to meet important discoveries concerning the machinations and work of tho plotters. The prisoners were arraigned in court on the Bth inet., aud charged with having in their possession explosives which

they intended to devote to unlawful pur poses The Magistrate discharged Marie Pibelue. Probably she made a co-jfessioa, and it is the intention of the authorities to use her as a witness agninst the other prisoners, who had in their possession matrices which were used in making bombs. They are of a conical shape, and four or five inches long. The models of other parts of the paraphernalia used in making bombs were also found in the possession of the prisoners. The Chief Constable asked for an adjournment of the case, hinting at tho same time that it was probable that other arrests would shortly follow. The Magistrate granted the request, and the prisoners wore remanded for a week. The police discovered tho foundry ‘for the manufacture of bombs and the place where the explosives were made by the anarchists. The Walaell Club, to which tho prisoners belong, has been the centre of an Anarchist propaganda for several years. It has transpired that the police for a long time have been suspicious of the members of the Club and that for three months they had been watching tho Club rooms day and night. They did not fe'el warranted in making arrests, however, until the arrest of the man in London and the incriminating documents found on him established beyond doubt that the members of tho Club were engaged in unlawful practices. Among the articles seized by the police in Walsall is an abundant supply of anarchist pamphlets teaching the manufacture of explosives, besides a quantity of material for bombs and bolts.