The Red Cloud chief., 1888-07-20
II pYNAMnERS.

Ore Of the Alleges Burlington Dynamiters
Said to Have con~fessed-The Attorney
Charge.
CHICAGO, July IA startling outline of
the case against the members Of tho
Brotherhood Of locomotive engineers and
firemen. accused Of completely in the huge
dynamite plot against the Chicago, Bur-
lington & Quincy railroad was for
mally presented in court to-day. The
statement was made by United States
District Attorney Ewing Immediately
upon arraignment of six Of the accused,
Chief Bauereisen and his comrades,
Cooling. Wilson, Bowlcs, Broderick and
Smith. The presentment caused q great
sensation among the crowd of railroad
men. lawyers and reporters that filled
every inch of room IN the court. The state
n.ent of the district attorney was appar-
entity based largely upon a confession by
one OF the six. Alexander smith. District
Attorney Ewing said:
MAY il please the court. / desire Ia saw,
in presenting thi. statement of what | ex.
Esect t. prove. tkat l think il will appear
from the evidence. that on or about Nav
-. last a: the town OF Eola, four or five
niles from Aurora, there was a dynamite
cartridge placed Oh the track of the Chi
cago. Burlington & Quincy road and ex-
IloGed.
The evidence will show that a few
days prior Bowles, one of the accused.
Went into the room Of Chairman
Hoge of the brotherhood. at the lat
teI's rooms in this Grand Pacific Hotel,
Chicago. and showed him a number of
dynamite cartridges, and that they talked
there about the use Of these cartridges. A
very few Laws afterward. this explosion
took place az Eola. L, will appear further
that some three or four DAYS before that
explosion. and after the conversation he
tween Bowles and Hoge. Bowles met
Smith. one of the defendants. and talked
with him about tha use of dynamite-tOld
him how it could be used. told him some
thing cf its explosive power and invited
him TO so with him and they would nix one.
The evidence will further show that Oh
the night OF the 18th day of May last.
eere about nine O'Clock, Bowles pro-
cured a buggy and a horse and with Smith
drove down to the town of EOla. On the
way down B"wles showed Smith the dyna-
mite cartridge which corresponds with the
cartridges found in the possession of these
defendants. They drove into the 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 cart
ridge on the rail, coming back and report
ing thai he had lone SO, that they drove
hack to Aurora and just as they were near
ing the town the explosion took place and
II part of that engine was wrecked.
"A dav or two later Bauereisen met
Smith on the street and said that Bowles
left a package for him at Peck's Hotel.
Smith went to the room of the hotel as di-
Iected by Bauereisen and found the cart
ridge and case. A few days after that
Bauereisen met Smith on the street again
and asked him if he had set of any
OF that stuff yet-this vas on the 1Ath
day of June. the day of the Brother
hood picnic. Smith told him he had not
and Bauereisen replied that would he a
pretty good night to do it. Smith got the
cartridge and went down to South Aurora
and put the cartridge on the track OF the
Ch ago. Burlington & Quincy. The next
' dd9 pfter he did that he met the defendant,
Bauereisen. and Bauereisen again asked
him if he had let off any of that stuff. Ike
told him that he had. and Bauereissn told
him he thought SO because he had heard
the explosion.
WOW the evidence viii; show that on
shat night there was an explosion at that
place. We pass now from that time to a
couple of weeks later, between the lithday
of june and the LIST Of July. Bowles was
away and there was correspondence be-
tween him and Bauereisen and some Others
concerning his whereabouts and what he
.xas doing. That correspondence. in the
handwriting of Bauereisen, showed Bowles
was doing some business that was very
secret: that he must be careful that no
one is watching him: that if he believes
that the man he suspects is really watch
ing. is really following, to shoot him. and
then telling him mot to buy any more OF
the stuff at present, for obvious reasons