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Show OFF ALL RULERS Anarchists in United States and Europe Select Men to Assassinate Heads of Warring Nations. CHICAGO THE CENTER Branches in Many Cities Assassins As-sassins Picked by Lot for Crime Great Secrecy Maintained. Chicago, April 7. Existence of an international plot to assassinate all rulers of Europe has been discovered here, according to a formal statement Issued today by Maclay Hoyne, state's attorney of Cook county. Acqprding to tho information which reached the state's attorney offico the plot was known to anarchists in various vari-ous cities In tho United States as well as In Europe. One man from each city was said to have been delegated to the work of assassination. Mr. Hoyne- said a written statement state-ment had been written to him by an anarchist giving the details of tho alleged al-leged plot. Officers said that tho headquarters of tho band of conspirators was said to havo been in tho downtown district here with branches in other cltlos. According to Mr. Hoyne's informant, infor-mant, the Mundeleln banquet poison-lug poison-lug was planned by the group which sought the death of tho European rulers. rul-ers. Tho state's attorney refused to di-vulgo di-vulgo tho Identity of the man who revenled tho alleged plot and said that his Investigators were seeking to con firm the statements. "This man said that secret meetings meet-ings have been held in Chicago and a number of other cities." said Mr. lloyno. "Ho said he attended a meeting meet-ing In thlB city at which lots wore drawn for the purpose of picking the assassin and that tho meetings were so guarded that only the man chosen for the crime and leader of tho Individual In-dividual group knew the particular ruler singled out." Tho assassins were to use poison, according to the prosecutor's information. informa-tion. Bombs were not to be UBed unless it was "absolutely necessary." Mr. Hoyne. said he was told "the , whole plot is supposed to havo been worked out In a way that had some assurance that the plans would not, miscarry." The anarchist who sifpplied tho information in-formation is not under arrest but the state's attorney said he could easilj reach him whenever he wanted to. Information given tho state's attorney attor-ney was expected to be turned over to tho federal authorities. The prosecutor said that his Informant Inform-ant Intimated that secret meetings had been held in New York at about the time of the Chicago meeting. |