The Dynamite Disclosures THE JUBILEE PROGRAMME. THWARTED BY THE POLICE

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 232, 10 December 1887, Page 9

The Dynamite Disclosures THE JUBILEE PROGRAMME. THWARTED BY THE POLICE

LoxtiOx (via Albvxy) Octobot 28. The inquest on an liishman named Cohen, alias Brown, -who died suddenly in South I London, led to the publication oi pat ticmais of an extensive dynamite plot, w Inch \va intended to be carried out (luring the Jubilee rejoicings. The persons implicated in the plot by the police evidence duung the inquest three Ameiictns named | General Millcn, Mehille, and Michael Hawkins. After the inqucbb the assistant Commissioner of Police furnished the papers with a statement 1 expecting the supposed emissaiies of the CLm-na-Uael, whom the authorities believe to have been until recently in London, with the object of effecting outrages. The commissioner arfserts that the head of the gang, who^e operations began in the spring, wa& Millcn, whose antecedents weie Fenians. He was a member of the Ckui-na-gael, and w as wtlLknown to the police. This man aimed in EuropeinAprillastwithinstiuction&irumthe Clan-na-gael to bring off the outrage at the time of the Jubilee. He took up hib quai tei s in Paris, and moved to Boulogne, with the object, no doubt, of being ncarJ3n»land, and was under close thoughun^uspected obt-un ation all this time by the metropolitan police. He never bet foot on English soil. Had ho done so, a policeman would have arrested him ; bub befoie the Jubilee the police i paialysed operations by sending an officer to him at Boulogne, warning him that they knew what he was about. The General accepted this warning apparently without .serious resentment, but withdrew from Boulogne and letmned to Paris, where he has been until within the last few days. After the death of Cohen, alias Brown, the Geneial lelb Paris for America, travelling via Brussels and Rotterdam to Amsterdam. On the 23rd October he sailed in the steamer Edai with his wife and daughter. This warning by the police completely upset Milieu's arrangements, and his mission as regards the outrage at the time of the Jubilee, much to the disgust of his employeis. Then, ib is said, there was a fuibher scheme of outrage in which Melville came to London as the agent of Millcn. Nothing, however, could be done, as JVJiJlen had spent much money, and his employers were reluctant to part with more until it was arranged what the positions which Millen, who had failed, and Melville, who was to be tried, were respectively to fill in the future plan of operations. Meanwhile Melville was discovered by the police whil&b visiting on two occasions at the House of Commons, where he called upon Mr Joseph Nolan, M.P., by whom he was shown o\er the House. His companion on those visits was a man named Harkin or Hawkins, who was examined at the inquest. Both had been in the company ot the third man, who has been identified as the dead man Cohen, alias Brown. It its believed the plotters intended to dynamite Mr Balfour, or to assassinate him by other means. The account which Melville gave of himself, that he had been on a business visit on behalt of Mr Phillips, in Philadelphia, was found to be entirely false. Meanwhile, Melville went to Paris under ob&er vation. Here he met a man named Dennechy, who was connected with the Chin-Da-Gael. Melville returned to London, and on this occasion took up his quarters at the Hotel Metropolcs. He spent money freely, and took a- tour in Ireland, and iinally, nob appreciating the constant observation of bhe police, he abandoned his fictitious commercial enter prise on behalf of the mythical Phillips, and hurriedly left for Paris ; bub he was still under bho observabion of bhe police, although nob aware of ib. In Paiis ho called on Millen ab the Hotel Dv Palais, and was also seen in a cab with a man strikingly resembling Cohen. ' Melville was finally seen to sail for America from Havre on September 17th. On the arrival of the vessel ab New York Melville and Miss Kennedy, who accompanied him, attempted to smuggle a large quantity of goods ashore, bub failed in bhe attempt to defraud the revenue, and were detected by the Customs. The action of the police and Melville's hurried departure letb his London agents in a lurch. They had beon awaiting instructions. Meanwhile one of

them, the man Cohen, died under suspicious circumstances, and the inquest brought) matters to a crisis. Harkings, alias Scott, alias Brown, admitted that he knew Melville, and that he called with him at the House of Commons. Harkings also admits that he wrote, a few days ago, for money to A. B. Burcholl, of Philadelphia, Melville's employer. Burchell, of course, denies all connection with Harkings or Melville.