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Show HELLISH PLOT W IIP Governor Flower of New York With an Infernal Machine. A BOX SENT BY MAIL FILLED WITH GIANT POWDER And - So Arranged as to Explode Upon Being' Opened. DETECTIVES TRYING TO TRACE THE SCOUNDREL. A Letter Giving Warning of the Coming Com-ing of the Box Aroused the tsus-: tsus-: picion of the Hotel Ken and They Turned the Deadly MUsile Over to the Police, Who Soaked It in Water Before Opening It and Making the Discovery of the Contents. Con-tents. New York, Sept. 17. The life of Governor Gov-ernor Flower has been threatened by an internal in-ternal machine sent him at Winter's hotel a couple of days ago. The police officials are very reticent over the affair, but a large number of detectives are working on the case. The box was sent Governor Flower by mail, but he being absent it was not touched for a couple of days, ' and when. the wrapper was taken off the box it was such a queer contrivance that it was deemed best to turn it over to the police. The inspector, after soaking the box in water for two hours, raised the lid and discovered dis-covered within a cigar box filled with giant powder and matches, so arranged that if the box was opened under ordinary circumstances circum-stances it would have exploded. The deadly machine contained enough giant powder to have blown the governor into eternity. It is said a letter was received by Flower before the package was left at the hotel warning him to be careful care-ful if he received a box and implying that an attempt would be made on his life. This aroused suspicion when the box was received. There was great activity at the detective bureau this morning. The inspector would not admit anything in connection with the ipternal machine. He claimed that the box I fined nothing but seed oysters, hence " 'j?M3S9JScc with it. |