New-York tribune., 1885-02-17
DYNAMITEURS IN COURT.
CUNNINGHAM AND BURTON ON TRIAL.
rv,DrNcE THAT THEY CAUSED THE EXPLOSION Al
TILE 1rNnrpCROIrND STATION.

EVIDENCE THAT THEY CAUSED THE EAPLosioN 90
THE UNDERGROUND STATION
IoxpoN. Feb l6.-Wben the Bow street roi'o
Court was opened this morning for the reeN"n'N' g
tion of Cunningham and Burton on inc cn',Eo -
having caused the explosion at tno NV" H.
Aon surprae was occasioned 10 tho p"o ~
rotices rconspicuousy posted upon thei cooi' uooi
vays that no person carrying Dag wooio o0
,ntted TO enter the building In addition to TINS,
tho not,ces warned everyone that the police would
sea,ch all persops whose appearance or conduct IN
drced those officials to place them under suspicion.
Refore the proceedings were formally begun Mr
Onilliams of counsel for Cunningham, announced
that Burton was too ill to defend hlmscii' anu 'ha'
Cuunnghams counsel would defend both prisoners
The Grown proceeded to produce testimony IN
orlnat;no the prisoners in the Underground Railway
expIosion at the Cover Street Station on january
o Policeman Seward testified that he was on inc
train which reached the Cover Street Station AT inc
t;,ne Of the explosion He boarded the train at
Bishopscate. He then saw Cunningham ieahihg
from the window of the brake. The prisoner asked
The witness for match. The policeman looked into
the brake and saw what appeared to be a basket
full of workinan's tools.
: Policeman Crawford testified that he saw three
men alcht from the brake at Cover Street station
at the time of the explosion there. 10 the DeSt VI
nv beliefD said the witness, Cunningham anu
Rnrton we're two of them" Before going upon the
stand Crawford had identified Cunningham from
among a crowd of nine persons, and had singled
Burton out from crowd of fifteen.
Joseph Meyers, an auctloneer Oh Ciaphaih' tes''
sea that he tried to enter the brake compartment
and that three men who were in 1t prevented MN
from doing so, and that one of the three men was
Cunningham Cunningham immediately arose
from his seat and shouted at the witness, You are
n liarD! When the prisoner had been silenced, Mr.
Movers continued. The witness had basket, and
when he tried to enter the brake. Cunningham re-
fused to let him in. When Mr. Meyers demonstrated
and alluded to the fact that there were only threc
in the brake and attempted to enter Cunningham
leaned over the door in such a way as TO prevent
anyone from entering. Witness then went INTO
another carriage.
Taylor the assistant guard on the tram from
which the dynamite was thrown. testified that be-
fore the explosion he two men In the brake ana
identified Cunningham one of them. Taylor
singled Cunningham out from among twelve other
men, TAYLOR testified that he thought he had seen
Burton before, and believed it was at Aldgate, but
upon some other date than that of the Gowerst ex-
plosion.
The dynamite which caused the explosion was
thrown from the train that drew the brake Just
as the train approached the Cover Street Station
all the people aboard the train when it was brought
10 q stop Iubt dltcL lut tAPioS'oh S"N'''"''''''y
passed police scrutiny except the three occupants
of the brake who managed TO escape. Experts be
lieve tlat the dynamite was thrown from the brake
Seward and Meyers not only testified that Cunning
ham was of the three men III the brake bnt
Seward also testified that when the tram was
stopped Cunningham left the brake through VIII
dow and said that the prisoners questionable man
ner of leaving the on the arrival OF tie train at
the station caused bin TO ts ke better look at the
man than he would have otherwise done -
At the conclusion of the hearing Mr. Quilliam
called the attention of the court to the barbarity
exercised by the police officials upon Barton Tor
the purpose of compelling him TO allow them 70
secure good photograph OF the prisoner lie dld
not wish to be photographed and refused 70 race he
camera The prison warders had seized nm ana
four of them held him and forced him into such
nostions as the artist required 10 secure Portrait
Judge Ingham replied to the protests OF the counsel
against these cTuelteS TO his client, tnal the court
could not interfere.
Elizabeth Baaan, age thirteen, testified that she
had been rendered almost entirely Oeaf by tre eX-
poson III the Tower. Annie Dunn age iiiecn. anu
Ernest Stratton age eleven, testified that tDey were
present when the explosion III the Tower occurred.
All three of the children had their heads baidage
as a result of burns ami cuts caused by the cx-
plOsOn. -,
Herbert George another lad. is confined to his bed
through injuries received IN the l0"er
James MunrOe, n beefeater" " IN the Tower.
identihed Cunningham as a person he saw IN the
Tower on January ~. and who was there once be-
fore in the earlier part of January. The witness
also saw Barton in the Tower some time IN January
before the day of the explosion.
Mr. Quilliam requested an interview win the
prisoners after the examination, but his request was
refused by the magistrate. Cunningham ana
Burton were again remanded for week