Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-07-14
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The District Attorney further stated that on
The 18th Of June 6oddipg gave Smith letter
TO bis wife. and that on presenting II abe
gave Smith packages containing cartridges,
fuses, and caps. smith put another paper
around the bundle and delivered II TO the
brotherhood Hall at Aurers. At the ball he
met Boderick, Bowies, snd BAuerelsen, and
said 10 one OF them that "the package Is out
IN the ante-room.v The evidence will
show that q very little while after that
Frederick, Bowles, BaueTeisen, aud VIII
son all went out OF the ball together;
that Frederick had this package In his arm;
that they went down 10 the tram together
coming 10 Chicago, ani three. leaving out
Bauereisen, took the train 10 come here aud
carried that package on the train, and were
arrested upon the train, and when that
package was examined 1t was found 10 con-
tain four haf-pound dynamite cartridges,
and In Broderick's possession we're num-
Der OF these Illuminating caps" that can be
used for no other purpose that / know OF
on earth but 70 explode thst internal stuff.
The remainder OF the District Attorneys
statement was taken 10 by describing the
deadly nature OF the cartridges as demon
straicd by experiments made by MIN and
the United States Marshal yesterday.
samuel {. Madden, agent for the Atlas
Dynamite Company, testified that the cart.
ridges taken from the prisoners contained
so per cent. OF nitro-glycerlne. The
Eliminating caps found on Broderlck were
declared 70 be designed to explode dyna-
mite.
John J. Kelly. secretary TO Chairman
Hoge. OF the Burlington Strikers Grievance
Committee, testified that last May he saw
B0wles At The parlors OF the striEers In the
Grand Pacific Hotel. Kelly told bow Bowles
came TO the strikers room vi the Grand Pa
cItc with a package said TO he dynamite
The package was opened by Bo0les IN the
presence OF Hoge. a man named Fouler. and
witness. twas marked Hercules" with
red stamp. Bo@les had the caps IN
bis pocket wrapped in paper. They were
Ike those shown witness which were taken
from Frederick. BowIes spoke OF "work-
ing II" on the Fulton branch OF the 90"
lie told witness that he laid the cartridge on
the track, using 4 sheet Of lead 10 keep 1t on
the rail- and the caps for exploding II. lie
bad fosr cartridges sDd halI-dozen caps.
The defence demanded that General Mana
ger Stone, OF the Burlington, be excluded
f,on the room during the crOss-quesIioning
OF toe "squesler."
On cross-examination he said that he was
secretary for Hoge, aud bad memoranda
showing The date OF the beginning OF this
and other subjects "if It bias not been stolen
sIpce my arrest as several other papers were"
Here II was disclosed that some one bad
raided Kelly's room while he was locked up
down town, aud II was charged that the de-
fence now had documents taken from his
room, lie said he had made memo
randa OF BoWles's talk about dynamite
al the time because the Brotherhood
] ~ vtalar.aA did
not report II to the police because OF
bis relations 10 the brotherhood. lie bad
privately told friends about the dynamite
talk. lie had been in police custody since
his arrest and bad conferred with Inspector
Bonfield, Attorney Collier, and stone. lie
was not testiyiug under any promise OF i'm.
muntv had not been promised bis liberty,
and did not expect II on account OF his testi-
mony. lie had been kept 10 the county
building In Officer Plunketps care had not
been gwen any money or promised any and
did not expect any; he expected to be put
on trial for conspiracy; be had no counsel.
Thomas G. Lloyd said he dealt IN hard
ware and had seen Bowles, whom he picked
out from among the defendants, Ia his store
about June lst.
AT tins Identification Bowles turned pale
and was quite nervous afterwards.
Witness sold him five pounds OF dynamite,
put up in rolls. Their brands were No. 2.
No. 9 :, and No. . S 5. Their brand was
called Hercules powder, and be identified
that in court az the same brand. He sold bin
more two weeks after and again on June 23a.
Illuminating caps and fuses were bong be
with each lot aud packed very carefully by
special directions.
Andrew T.. Barnes, clerk for Lloyd, also
identified Bowles, having seen him several
times in the store aud sold him dynamite
besides that bought OF Lloyd. 1t confined
from 40 10 90 per cent. OF nitr0-gly cerine.
Kirk Howe was clerk 10 Swayne u Per-
cie's hardware store At Wesiheld, Ind. lie
identified BOWles as the man TO whom be
| had sold dynamite about six weeks ago.
! The brand was what they called Atlas pow
der, and the sticks SHOWN him in court was
the same as sold Bowles. IL was boxed up
for him with particular care.
W. B. Thomas, OF Anchoria, locomotive
engineer, the next witness, was pull
ing 4 tram on the night OF May 29th
through Aurora. At 1910, when about a
mile from EoIa, he heard loud report and
saw bright light fash like an electric lisht
up bf.lde the cab. The Jar OF the explO.
sion Knocked of the headlight aud cab-lIght
and rut one aud a half inches from the ilange
OF the right forward truck wheel. Witness
felt the shock for two daN> after. The train
ran TO Aurora without stopping and the full
extent OF the damage was only discovered
then.
John Queenan, go" engineer, had the
same experience as Thomas on The night OF
June 18th, while running between Aurora
and Strealor, half mile west Of South Aurora.
The examination was here suspended until
tomorrow.