The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-07-18
TURNING InFoRmERs.
Tne "o'' Road Dynamite Conspira-
tors Weakening.

ss1teEs~ai vas made by United states les- I
trict Attorney E~ing Immediately upon the 1
arrziEumsnt Of SIX Of the accused, Chief /
Baae-eisen and his comrades Geiiag, VIII /
son. Boxies. Br0ieriek and Smith Tie 4
preseai- -lent canse,l great sensation among .
the crowd OF railrDad niea, lawyers and ~ 4
p.orters that filed every inch Of roosn in the 1
Cozrr. The statement Of the District Atlor- Z
Rey Was apparently hzssd largely On : CON
fs-ssion by one Of tie six, Alexande- Smith, I
The latter sai apalI from the Other defsnd- /
ants and. notwithstanding the ef5ogts Of his /
brother. Ehe vas present in oourt. GogEealy 4
declined to Dc represented by the Brother 4
hood attorneys or have anything 10 DO with I
them. Afier Commissioner Hoyne lad re- 1
fused tie Defendants fsr a SEPARATE examina- +
ton for each Of them the District Attorney (
a-ose. and in 3 =laiieT-offact way. wi1ho1I .
any attempt Al defamation, Teciied the facts /
that he proposed to prove. Daring /
the examination the cheeks Of BauereiSen I
and Cooling fairly seemei 10 burn. The 9TH 1
e-s I'D not betrzy InncL If any surprise, and /
maintained q cool GeusaBo-.
J. J. Kelley, Secretary TO Chairman Hoge, {
was placed on the stand, and told how
Dowles had brought dynamite to H0ses
room in the Grand Pacific Hotel The pack
age was opened in tie presence Of Hoge.
Th0mas and Matter M4rkley sent out
yesterday in company with Burlington
elnploye TO take = photograph Of the wreck
ei train which was derailed by mob We'd
uessiay night ct Western avenue and Indiana
street They we're not molcsied while taking
their negatives. but when they had left the
yards a mob Of r0aga looking men sur
roundei them and demanded the negatives. {
This demand being refGsel the three young
men were set upon and b-iiialiy beaten The
mob then broSe up tho instruments which
the photographers had left. By the tmeihe
police had arrived on the scene eyerythiHs
was peaceful and 10 signs cf a crowd could
he saen
on request Of the Darlington road police
men have once more been detailed o. accom-
paay each switching crew day aud night. \
force OF police will also patrol the q yard
to guard against further acts Of violence.
Cu,cAeo. Jaly a. Bowles. the man in the
conspiracy against whom the testimony Civ
en yesterday wa most conclusive. has. it Is
stated. maIe j fun confession q hi- share in
the conspiracy. lie says that IN lis case
there was little hope Of escape froIa o5Dyic-
,i.a. and early this morning il was made
known to District Attorney Ewing that
B5wies was ready 70 "sgleal.' Arrange
nents wcre at once made 70 take down Ais
statement. and lie was conveyed 10 Mr- Nv
iug's Office 20 tell al he knows
Ano,be7 Of The arrested men Cooling, Il j.
said. also concluded 10 come into camp and
all that he knows about the plot agains, the
Burlington will be told. The ease Of Chair
man Hoge and Murphy, which was 10 have
come up before Justice Lyon this morning,
was postponed for one we,k-
THE EaIIEosD oFTIcsl.s AFrEE HosE.
il Is understood that Bowles h4e told the
. prosecution facts which Will make tie con-
yictiou Of Hoge certain. Chairman Hogs 1t
woud seem. is tue man they are really after,
not only as q blow they wish to strike ct tie
Brotherhood. but because the rpaI officials
dislike him personally. The other defend
. ants they are fivoTably disposed io'sa-I.
Tie tex; Of the -g8eal1 was no, made
pu5iic, but ]. was importan; enough 10 ne
ccssita;c t!Ie post fonemeni Of the case before
1 thc Federal Cont a. well as in the STATE tn
l,anal Il Is certain that when the three
F jail prisone5s-B5wles. Brolerick and VII
-on-weTe brought over from the jail this
morning AMI put in the casc ia the Mar
shal's office, Bogles sent word that he want
. el to see the District Attorney lie was tax
cn 10 NJ. Kwias's oiioe, and there confessed
10 General Manager stone. inspector Bon
Geld and Attorney Collier. The only direct
information a. 70 the nature Of the coaiss-
sion was a we!l-defned rumor that United
States warrant hai been issuc,l for the arrest
( Of Hosc, who is out on sIJjJ bonds uulsr
the conspiracy charge brought under the
State law.
Sr-NE IN CJrEE-
The crowd waiting in the Federal court
I room was again large and chiefly composed
of Bro,neriicJI ,nen, whose lo0Ss of sympa-
thy cast Oh the prisoners a. they wese
brought in indicated ilseir appreciation Of
the d1rgar their comrades were in Bowles
came in with the Distric; Attorney and took
G seat beside him opposite the other prison
ers. who flashed viudictiye and c3niemrtu-
Gus looks at him lie was yisbly asi;aled
and moved re9glcs-ly in his seat, keeping his
eyes bent upon the floor. Before the attorn-
eys for tie Brotherhood had chance 70 IN
te7Pose, Bowies. s'ii' trembling. was induced
by the District Attorney to Use quickly and
waive examination. : sensaiioua! scene en-
sued.
The Bro.hcrhooi's attorneys, Donolae
and David, protested loudly that they had
been treated with great uufairness and given
80 show frorn the very or,sel of the trial.
lawyer David hoily denounced Commission
e. Hrync. declaring I'VE coaid expect
nothing else in this Court, AMI have received
nothing else
The Commissioner ordered DasiJ % Je ar
rested by the Marshal, but the latter i;l not
At oncc comply, and David subsequently
made a pickwickian apoiugy to the Court
B0wio> was released oE $500 bail After
court adjourned the heretofore reticent p.is-
oner, Wilson. savaecly denounced Bowles,
ridiculins the idea that The latter was inno-
cent. and exclaiming: The chicken-heart,
hc las laid down"
Tie court then adjourned until Monday.