New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-07
The BURLINGTON PLOT
ANOTHER ALLEGED DYNAMITER CAUGHT

THE HEAD OF DIVISION or THE BROTHERHOOD
OF ENGINEERS ARRESTED AND RELEASED ON
BAIL-TuE ACCUSED MEN DECLARE THEIR
INNocENcE-FivE RECENT ATTEMPTS
To WRECK TRAINS.
fBr TELEGRAPH TO THE TRrnUSy.]
Chicago July 6.-The powerful element Of dyna-
mite has now entered into the difficulties which
have existed between the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy Railroad Company and its old employees
of the Brotherhood Three men, Thomas Brodcr-
ick, ]. A. Bowles and John G. Wilson, having in
their possession package containing four large
dynamite cartridges powerful enough TO wreck
the largest building in Chicago, were arrested
yesterday afternoon on Burlington train. and this
forenoon another member Of the consplrators one
]. A. Baucrieisen, was arrested at his home IN
Aurora. All were taken TO Commissioner lloyne's
office, where their bail was fixed at $4,000 each
and hearing set for July l3. Being unable to
furnish bonds, Brodcrci, Bowlcs and Wilson were
lodged in jail, where they are now. BauerleiScn
secured bail shortly after his arrival at the Com
missioners office, Martin A. Fielder OF a. d.
Fielder & Sons, signing as surety.
! Baueriesen is chief engineer of the Aurora Divi-
sion of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
/ lie is man of influence among
engineers all over the country, and Is
man Of moderate wealth When the
| Pnl1crton men were shadowing the strikers at
Aurora, they became convinced that Bauerieiseh
was well informed concerning all they ala. 1t
| was even suspected that he directed certain al-
tempts which made to injure property As
| soon az the three men were arrested last night
| and il was known that newspaper pubhcity WIS
to be given to the suspected plot complaint was
made out before Commissioner Hoyne against
Isauericisen by Godfrey W. Rhodes. an o1lcer
of the road. With warrant for thc
arrest of this wcll-to-do citizen oil
Aurora in his pocket, Deputy Marshal
Ira Barchard went to Aurora early this morning
| lie went to Bauereiscns house before the owner
was yet awake, and put him under arrest III MS
own bedroom. This morning Barchard and MS
prisoner came to Chicago
| Two brotherhood men from Creston Iowa, who
called to see Mr. IIogc at the National Hotel TINS
morning are of the opinion that the man Bowles
arrested yesterday Is a Pinkerton detective lie
claims to be a Brotherhood man. SAID one OF the
men, but ! don't think he is We shall III
yestgatc his case to-day and find out
who he is. lie ovcrdid himself IN
Commissioner Hoyncs office yesterday. HIS
cry of outrage and his yells for ball have
aroused suspicion
| When arrested yesterday Bowles demanded that
IIoge and Alexander Sullivan be sent for at once
1 II.
%" strikers who were arrested and tried for
| conspiracy shortly after the inception OF the
strike lie is also the attorney who was to pre-
sent the strikers side Of the in the complaint
| nQainst the "Qn which WIS filed before the
! Interstate Commerce Commission MIR. Sullivan
| said
Il am not counsel for these men. and will not
| be. The Brotherhood OF Locomotive Engineers
has nothing to do with their defence and would
| not if il could, prevent the pmn'shment OF any
men who arc guilty OF the offence charged against
| them Do not understand me TO be assuming
| that the men are guilty. On the contrary, the
whole story looks suspciously like detectives
conspiracy manufactured for the occasion. All
the accused are said to be intelligent men and
competent engineers. 1t is not likely that such
"A railroad train for their own sake,
! even if they are credited with
no hi CHER sense of manhood. It looks like manu-
| factured case"
In their conversation with llOge and the attor-
ncys today the prisoners told story that differs
somewhat from the published accounts. Brodericli
| said speaking of the arrest: We were on our way
to Chicago to sec what chance we would have of
getting work on some Eastern road. We got on
the train and Wilson and sat together and Bowles
sat 4 one on the other side of the car. man, who
| | learned afterward was Plnkerton detective,
came in and sat beside Bowles When we were
about six miles from Aurora this man stood up and
tapped Bowes on the shoulder, and another man
came beside us and did the same thing and told us
they were detectives and had warrant for us. We
did not know what the charge was. Then they
| handcufTcd us. After were handcuffed, Man
| ager Stone came into the and then one Of the
detectives reached up to the hat-rack which was
| over the seat that Wilson and l sat in and tool;
down package wrapped in "A piece Of newspaper.
lie opened it, and found the sticks
| Of what they said was dynamite
never the package nor the
dynamite till saw it in the detectives hands. 1t
was not on the seat between me and Wilson, but
was taken from the hat-rack by the detective after
we were handcuffed. threw letter out OF the
car window but it was not anything relating t.
the strike nOf dynamite. II was something dld
not want 10 have in the papers. They stopped the
train and one of the detectives ran back mile OF
two and got it,
of the affair | obtained month ago, but l desired
it to ripen before took any positive steps l. was
not. however, willing to go as far as Carter liar
rison and permit an explosion and loss OF life
and property. / had three of the men
arrested yesterday afternoon as you know: The
arrest was made without any fuss; though, lust
before the handouts were slipped over Broderick 5
wrists he sprang away from the officers and
pulling letter from his pocket flung il out OF
the car window. The train stopped and the
letter found about half mile back
What was IN the letter.
Well, can't say other than that it connected
Bauercisen with the other three, beyond the
shadow OF n doubt. The dynamite was obtained
yesterday from the BrothcrhoOds hall at Aurora.
Do you imagine that the heads OF the Brothcr
hood had anything to do with the dynamiters ?"
That / cannot say. Bauercisen, who is Mas
ter of tho Brotherhood Division No. 32, at Aurora
is the highest officer yet discovered TO have any
connection with the affair. Later investigation
may throw more light on the subject You may
rest assured that shall probe the conspiracy
| - the bottom and not leave a stone unturned IL
our endcavor to mcte justice 10 the offenders
There have been no less thar
five attempts TO wreck trains thu
Burlington road by the use OF dynamite
within the last few weeks. Two Of these wcr
| Crcston Iowa the last having been made las
night No great damage was done by any o
them The first was made little way east O
Aurora. The engineer OF night freight trair