Show TO KIDNAP vanderbilt plan pian F of a desperate gang of anarchists foiled BY DETECTIVE GARD tho the conspiracy was to nold up the train carrying cornelius vanderbilt and chauncey Chaunc cy depow it lu x the san joaquin valley cal and kidnap vanderbilt and hold him for ransom all killed if necessary one of ill the e gang gave the scheme away san francisco april C G goorge E garil gard late chief of 0 the southern ra ciale companas comp anys detective service comm canio up from los lo angeles last night and cave publicity to what li it probably one of gave f tile the most remarkable of 0 an anarchist plot tint that was ever heard in san francisco r ran cisco the plot acci according aling to mr card was nothing less leas than ii a con bracy lr acy to hold bold up the vanderbilt arpe caal train an and abduct correllus Con rellus vanderbilt der bilt and it transpires that the boffl claas 0 of the southern pacific company who wore were informed through afir ir gard before the vanderbilt patty reached rl HI paso took all possible precautions to prevent the carrying out of the plot piol shortly before the vanderbilt party reached el paso mid bald I 1 mr air gard card 1 I received a letter NN which blob detailed in some degree the plans of 0 a gang ot of extremists tre mists tor for making money out of 0 the ot of cornelius vanderbilt As to my informant I 1 do not think it Is to say more than th that at he Is in san francisco the letter was written from here and the men inen who were icing out the lite plot so I 1 was given to understand were making san francisco their base 0 of operations the letter went on oil to say nay that the men had been conspiring for some time but had not been able to agree on any plan rot or making a haul until the announcement appeared in the papers that vanderbilt and depew were on their way to california they immediately picked out vanderbilt tor for a shining mark and proceeded to lay PLANS FOR A HOLDUP HOLD UP my informant nas N as one of 0 the g gang ang and in his letter to me inc he said h he L aou would id continue to rot act in the role of 0 conspirator and keep me informed of 0 their movements and liny any further developments lit in their plans tile the letter was the epistle I 1 ever received but I 1 was convinced immediately of 0 its genuineness for or I 1 knew the person who wrote it j us well list 03 his history and associations I 1 lost no time in going coins to J A muar superintendent ot of tile the southern pacific at los angeles and laying the whole case before him we deemed the communication muni cation ot of such startling importance that we ne immediately entered into telegraphic communication with the officials of the general office of 0 tile the southern in this city mr cuir 2 telegraphed the facts contained in the letter I so that the officials in the general office might have plenty of 0 time lime to take such buch precautionary measures as the occasion demanded from what I 1 could judge by the letter the conspirators had at that time perfected no fians further than to to agree among amon themselves to told hold up the special train at some point in tre the gin an joaquin valley an and 1 I make the lest haul possible I 1 it f no money was to be had any other way cornelius vanderbilt was to be and every one else in the party was w to be killed if necessary in the accomplishment of oc the end in view jurt juet what phat steps were pore token by the railroad company to prevent the holdup after coins being V nt TELEGRAPH from los angeles I 1 have not been lully fully advised it was suggested that a pilot engine be b sent out ahead of the special train but so far ar as I 1 know this was not done tile the anarchists illets it 1 they may bo be called such will hid Is laid their 11 1 I lans jails to hol holi hold I up tile the train at some convenient lenient point in the san joaquin valley and it therefore seemed unnecessary to fear any violence below be low bakersfield As everyone who kept track of the vanderbilt party will remember the visitors i remal 4 over night in their train in bakersfield after visiting santa barbara and came up through tho the sin san joaquin valley by daylight da light on oil tuesday lout last this or some ot other her cause upset the plans plan of the robbers tor for the train was not held up and cornelius vanderbilt was rot not abducted I 1 am rather inclined to think that thai the me men n who concocted the plot became frightened into an abandonment of their plans detective garil card enjoys the distinction ot of being probably as well acquainted with anil and clocks cloak of other stripes as any other man in california nikl and the statement that ho be knows the person who assisted in the conspiracy and then divulged the plans of the conspirators to him can hardly be doubled neither mr vanderbilt mr depew no nor r an any y of the members of the visiting 0 party were informed of the anticipated anticipate d holdup hold up and they loft tile hie city last evening on oil their way kast east without learning that they had been the objects of a conspiracy by EL a gang of 0 desperadoes KNOW or OF IT sin april C the officials of 0 tie ilia southern tern pacific railroad bay they know nothing of the alleged plot to hold if ui the train upon which chauncey M and cornelius vanderbilt were riding last week and abduct mr jr vanderbilt the story was IMS piloted in this city and an interview was uns riven given with ith detective gard formerly in the employ of tho the southern pacific who sal sali nail I the plot had been revealed roveal cd to him by a man who at first arst intended to participate in the crime detective gard card Is well known in call cali orni lid his big reputation for veracity has as 91 r been questioned |