The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-14

OThnu racine WIN paChdSe so'u - -
dynamite. The package was opened by
Bowlos in the presence Of Hoge, man
named Fowler and the witness. IL was
marked Hercules" with a red stamp
Bowles had caps in his pocket wrapped IN
paper. They were like those shown witness
which were taken from Broderick
HOW BowLEs WORKED 1T.
Bowles spoke of working it on the
Fulton branch of the 90" He told the
witness that he laid a cartridge on the
track using sheet of lead to keep 1t on
four cartridges and half dozen caps
The defense demanded that General Man
ager Stone of the Burlington road be ex-
cluded from the room during t1e cross
questioning of the "squealer." On cross
examination he said that he was secretary
for Chairman Hoge and had memoranda
showing dates regarding this and other sub
jects, 'if il has not been stolen since my
arrest, as several other papers have been.
HIS ROOM RAIDED.
Here it was disclosed that some one had
raided Kelly's room while he was locked up
down town ana it was charged that the de-
fense now had the documents taken from his
room. He said he had made n memoranda
Of Bowles' talk about dynamite at the time
because the Brotherhood does not allow acts
of violence. He did not report 1t to the
police because of his relations to the
Brotherhood He had privately told friends
about the dynamite talk. He had been in
police custody since his arrest,
and had a conference with Inspector
Bonfield, Attorney Collier and Manager
Stone He was not testifying under any
promise of immunity, had not been prom
ised his liberty and did not expect it on ac-
count Of his testimony. He had been Kept
| in the county building in Officer Plunketts
CARA Ha hod not haan pivnT1 anV money or
promised any, and did not expect any. He
expected to be put on trial for conspiracy.
| He had no counsel
HE SOLD BowLEs DYNAMITE
Thomas C.. Lloyd said he dealt in hard
ware and lad seen Bowes, whom he picked
| out from among the defendants, in his store
about June l. At this Identification Bowles
| turned pale and was quite nervous after
ward. The witness sold him five pounds OF
! dynamite put up in reams. Their brands
were No. 2, No. and No. . : S. The
brand was called hercules powder, and he
identified that In court as the same brand
| He sold him more two weeks after, and
again on June 90. Illuminating caps and
fuses we're bought with each lot and packed
very carefully by special directions.
Andrew f. Barnes, a clerk for Mr.. Lloyd,
also identified Bowles, having seen him sew
eral times in the store and sold him dyna-
mite besides that bought of Mr.. Lloyd. 1t
contained from 40 to 30 per cent. OF nitro
glycerine About o'clock on the night of
June % Bowles got package Of dynamite
put up for him by Mr.. Lloyd
BowLEs' BOAST.
Thomas Jester, a young man from
| Noblesville, had seen Bowles when the after
was stopping at Sappers. They talked about
the strike, and Bowles told him that he
(Bowles) was then going to Creston. Ia, ito
raise h among the boys"
Kirke Howe was a clerk in Swayne &
Pierce's hardware store at Westfeld, Ind.
He identified Bowles as the man to whom
he had sold dynamite about six weeks ago.
The brand was what they called Atlas pow
der, and the sticks shown him were the
same as sold Bowles The caps and fuse
| sold him were similarly identified. IL was
boxed up for him with particular care.
EXPERIENCED AN EXPLOSION.
NJ. B. Thomas of Anchoria, locomotive
engineer, the next witness, was pulling a
train on the night of May 90 through
Aurora At 1040 o'clock, when about a
mile from Eola, he heard loud report and
saw a bright light like all electric light flash
up beside the cab. The jar of the explosion
knocked off the headlight and cablight and
cut u inches from the fange of the right
forward truck wheel. The witness felt the
| shock for two days after The train ran 70
Aurora without stopping and the full ex-
tent of the damage was only discovered
then.
John Queenan, 30" engineer, hada SINH
lar experience as Thomas on the night OF
June IA, while running between Aurora
and Streaton, half a. mile west of South
Aurora The examination was here sus-
! pended until tomorrow.
PHOTOGRAPHERS MoBBED.
Thomas and Walter Markley went out
~ d.,
| road employees to take a photograph Of the
wrecked train which was derailed by a mob
Wednesday night at Western avenue and
| Indiana street. They were not molested
while taking their negatives, but when they
had left the yards mob OF rough-looking
men surrounded them and demanded the
negatives This demand being refused, the
men were set upon and brutally beaten.
| They finally broke away, leaving every
thing behind except two negatives, which
Thomas Markley held onto.
CHASED SEVERAL BLOCKS.
They were chased several blocks and
peted with bricks, stones and sticks but
! fortunately escaped without further injury.
| Each of them was terribly bruised and
Thomas Markley received a bad cut on the
head from heavy blow dealt with club.
Having tired Of their chase of the three
Young men, the mob returned and de-
molished the valuable photograph in
struments which had been left behind. BY
the time the police had arrived everything
was peaceful and no signs Of the crowd
could be seen.
Markley is certain he can identify three OF
the as,ailants and several detectives have
been detailed to work on the case. On re-
| quest Of the Burlington road policemen
! have once more been detailed to accom-
pany each switching crew day and night.
! A force Of police will also patrol the engine
yards to guard against further acts Of vio-
| lence.