The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-07-19
DYNAMITERS.
Startling Outline of the Case
Against Members of the
Engineers Brotherhood.
Diabolism of Bowles, Smith and
BauereIsn in the Use of
Dynamite,

CHICAGO, July IA startling outline
of the oass against members OF the
Brotherhood of Engineers and Firemen,
accused of completely in the hinge dyna-
mite plo against the Chicago, burlington
and Quincy road, vas formally presented
in the coust to-day. The statement vas
made by United States District Attorney
Ewing Immediately upon tho arraIgnment
OF six OF the accused Chief Bauereisn
and his comrades, Gooding, Wilson,
Bowles, Broderick and Smith. The pre-
sentiment caused great sensation among
the crowd of railroad men, lawyers and
reporters that filled every inch of the
court room.
The statement of the district attorney
was apparently based largely on the con-
fession by one of the six-Alex Smith.
The latter sat apart from the other defend
ants, and, not outstanding the effort of
his brother who was present ia court dog
gedly declined to be represented by the
Brotherhood's attorneys, or have anything
to do with them.
After Commissioner Hayne had refused
the defendants, request for separate ex-
animation for each of them, the district
attorney arose and recited the facts he
proposed to prove. During the examina-
ton the cheeks of Bauereisn and Gooding
fairly seemed to burn. Phe others did
not betray much surprise, and maintained
cool demeanor.
District Attorney Ewing spoke as
follows: "May it please the court, desire
to say in presenting the statement of
what expect to prove, that l think it
will appear from the evidence that on or
about May 80, last, at the town of Eola
four or five miles from Aurora, there was
dynamite cartridge placed upon the
track of the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy road, and exploded The evidence
will show that few days prior to the
explosion at Eola, Bowles one of the
accused, went into the room of Chairman
Hoge, of the Brotherhood, at the Iatter's
rooms in the Grand Pacific hotel, and
showed him a number of dynamite
cartridges, and that they talked there
about the use of these cartridges. few
days afterward the explosion took place
at Eola. 1t will appear further that, some
three or four days before the explosion
and after the conversation between Bowies
and Hoge, Bowles met Smith and talked
with him about the use of dynamite; told
him how it could be used; told him some
thing of the explosive power, and invited
him then to go with him and they would
fix some. The evidence will further show
that, on the night of May 20
last, about 8 O'Clock Bowles procured
a buggy and horse, and, with Smith,
drove down to Eola. On the way Bowles
showed Smith dynamite cartridge, which
corresponds with the cartridges found in
possession of these parties. They drove
to this little town; drove fifty or sixty
yards from the railroad; when Bowles got
out of the buggy, went over to the track
and put the cartridge on the rail, coming
back and reporting that he had done so;
that they drove back to Aurora and just as
they were nearing town the explosion
took place, and part of that engine was
wrecked. A day or two later Bauereisn
met Smith on the street aud said that
Bowles left package for him
at Peck's hotel. Smith went to
the room of the hotel as
directed by Bauereisn, and found car
fridge and ctps. A few days after that
. Bauereisn met Smith on the street and
asked him if he had set off any of that
stuff yet. This was on June IA. Smith
told him that he had not, and Bauereisn
replied that that would be a pretty good
night to do it, Smith got cartridge and
went to South Aurora, and put the cart
ridge on the track of the Chicago, Bur-
lington and Quincy. Next day after he
did that he met defendant, Bauereisn,
and Bauereisn again asked him if
he had ''let off any of that stuff"
He told him that he had, and Bauereisn
told him he thought 80 because he had
heard the explosion. Now, the evidence
will show that on that night there was an
explosion at that place. We pass now
from that time to couple weeks later,
between the 14th day of June and the LIST
of July. Bowles was away and there was
correspondence between him
and Bauereisn and some
others concerning his whereabouts,
and what he was doing. That correspond
ence in the handwriting of Bauereisn
showed Bowels was doing some business
that was very secret; that he must be
careful no one was watching him, and that
if he finds that man suspects the bust
ness he is really following, he was to shoot
the id -, and telling him not to
buy any more stuff at present, for various
reasons.
The district attorney further stated
that on July Gooding gave Smith a
letter to his wife, and that on presenting
IL she gave him package containing
cartridges, fuse and caps. Smith put
another paper around the bundle and
delivered it to the Brotherhood hall at
Aurora. At the hall there he met
Broderick, Bowles, Bauereisn and
Wilson, and said to one of them, "That
package is out in the ante-room."
The evidence will show that very little
while after that, Broderick, Bowles, Bauer
eisn and Wilson all went out of the hall
together; that Broderick had this package
in his arm; that they went down to the
train together, coming to Chicago, and
the three, leaving Bauereisn, took the
train to come here and carried that pack
age into the train and were arrested upon
the train, and when the package was ex-
amined it was found to contain four half
pound dynamite cartridges, and in Brod
erick's possession we're number Of these
Illuminating caps that can be used for no
other purposes that l know of but to eI-
plode that internal stuff.
The remainder of the district attorney S
statement was taken up by describing the
deadly nature of the cartridges, as demon
strated by an experiment made by him
and the United States marshal yesterday
j.. j. Kelly, secretary to Chairman Hoge,