River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-07-19
STORY OF AN INF6RMER.

Smith Details the Working of the Com
spirators Against the Burlington Road
His Testimony Puts the PIotters in a
Deeper Hole.
CHICAGO, July 1.-THE sensational de-
velopments of Saturday attracted a large
crowd to the Government building who
were ahEioHs for another sensation %
occur. In the present case, however,
II is hardly possible that any thing more
OF q startling nature will occur; as the
prosecution has already obtained an the
knowledge that Bowles, Broderick ana
Smith possess This was outlined ID the
opening speech of the district attorney.
Whatever has been learned since then will
be kept quiet until the time comes to try
the men on the charge of conspiracy.
Alex Smith was sworn and his testimony
was substantially as follows;
My name is Alexander Smith. l have lived
IN Aurora twenty years. and live there when
am at home. am locomotive fireman,
and worked for the "a road four years.
quit work on February %, but have since
been working for the Brotherhood OF Loco
motive Engineers, or, rather, have been
getting paid by them for being idle. l know
Frederick, Cooling and Bowles slightly, and
Bauereisen well, l met Bowles hrst at the
hall in Aurora, where the stikers held their
meetings The next time met him he got
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drove to the railroad track. and for the first
time / saw dynam te Bowles had several
sticks Of IL and some caps. He got twig on
tree and bored a hole in the end of a stick of
the dynamite. II was the night of the Eola
explosion. Bowles said: L gness we'll give
them a scare Bowles got out OF the buggy and
put the dynamite on the track. Then we drove
away anu when we got one aud half miles
from there we heard the dynamite 90 or. The
next day Bowles asked me if 4 had heard any
thing and told him no. The next day lie told
me he'd leave cartridge with me and that
should put it on the track. He told me TO dc
II the night he went away or they would sus.
pect him OF doing it.
Il met Bauereisen shortly afterward, and
he told me that howles hsa left package
for me at Heck's Hotel. In the package we're
dynamite and caps. Bauereisen told me to
give them a scare that night, June IL. / took
the cartridge that night and put il on the Bur
lngton track near the depot at South Aurora.
The next day met Bauereisen who asked me
II had been out the night before. / told HIM
that had, and he remarked that he thought so,
because he had heard the noise OF the ex-
plosion. Ga July l saw Bowles and he
told me 10 get some caps and dynamite
from Cooling. found Cooling told him what
wanted and he gave me an order to his wife,
who handed me wooden box containing
dynamite cartridges and caps and fuse. These
gave TO Bowles that day. l saw Broderick,
Bowles, Bauereisen, Wilson and another
man the same day. Either Frederick or
Bowles then told me TO go up 10 Goding's
house and get some dynamite. Then they saw
Cooling on the opposite side Of the street and
called him over. One Of them told him that /
was going up TO the house for the stun don't
remember who il was Cooling and then went
up 10 his house and got the package. / took
II to the reception-room OF the brotherhood
hall. Then / told Broderck that 1t was there
and we all went in. Shortly afterwarC Brod-
s-ick, Bowles and Bauereisen left the hall.
After the witness had identified the
dynamite found in the car rs that taken
from Goding's house he was turned over to
the defense for cross,examination. After
4 long string of questions which did not
materially effect the evidence the cross
examination ceased and the court then ad-
iourned till o'clock.
The afternoon session was brief and
without sensation. Smith was recalled
and acknowledged having received several
visits from his brother during the time he
has been in custody, but he denied ever
having told that he had not even seen any
dynamite on July 4 or s. Nor" said the
witness, with some little emotion, did |
tell him was ali innocent man"
After Smith had told how, since his ar
rest, he had SLEPT part Of the time in the
Government building and at other times at
Pinkerton's, it was announced that an ad-
iournment would be taken until Wednes-
day morning. This was by agreement and
on account of the illness of District-At-
torney Ewing.
Bowles did not appear in court 1t is
said that he knows so much that he is still
"squealingn A result of this will be a
number of new arrests, some of which will
be from circles supposed to be without the
radical element
A conference was held between the
chairman of the grievance committee of
locomotive engineers and firemen and the
chief officers of the Burlington road which
promises TO result in the strike against that
road being declared off within a very short