The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-14
The Movements of the Engineers
Claimed to Be Known in Detail.
The Dude Kelly Tells Something He
Knows-Chairman Hoge is In a Bad
Box-Bowles IL in a Worse
one-Testimony.

line OF the case against the members OF
the Brotherhood OF Engineers and Fire
men, accused of completely in the huge
dynamite plot against the Chicago, Bur
lington & Quincy road, was formally pre-
scented in court today, Thestatcmcnt was
made by United States District Attorney
Ewing upon the arraignment Of six Of the
accused, Chief Bauercisen and his com
rades, Cooling, Wilson, Bowles, Broderick
and Smith. The presence Of tho men
caused great sensation among the crowd
of railroad men, lawyers and reporters
that filled every inch Of room in the court
The statement Of the district attorney
was apparently based largely on confess
sion by one Of the six, Alex. Smith. The
latter sat apart from the other defendants,
and, notwithstanding tho efforts Of his
brother, who was present in court, dog.
gcdly declined TO be represented by the
brotherhood attorneys, or TO have any
thing TO do with them. After Commits
sioner lIoync had refused the defendants
request for a separate examination for
each Of them, the district attorney arose
and in matter OF fact way without any at
tempt at defamation, recited the facts that
he proposed TO prove. During the exam
inaiion the cheeks Of Bahercisen and God
ing seemed 10 burn. The others did not
betray much II any surprise, and main
tanned n cool domcanor.
District Attorney Ewing spoke as fol-
lows
"May Il please the court, desire TO say,
in presenting the statement OF what | cx-
poet TO prove, that think II will appear
from the evidence that un or about May
- last, nj the town OF Eola, -four or five
miles from Aurora, there was n dynamite
cartridge placed upon tho track Of the Chi
cage, Burlington x Quincy road aud ex-
plodcd. The evidence will show that n
lew days prior 10 the explosion at Eola,
Bowlcs, one Of the accused, went into the
room Of Chairman Hos, OF the brother.
hood, ut the lnttcr's nouns in the Grand
| Pacific hotel, Chicago, and showed him a
number OF dynamite cartridges, aud tina,
thcy talked about the iisc OF these cart
ridges. A very few DAYS aitcrward this
explosion took place atEola. II will ap,
pear further that some thrcc or four day.
before the explosion, after the converse.
tion between Bowlcs and lIogc, Bowlcs
met Smith lone Of the dclcndantsl and
talked with him about the use oi dyna-
mite-told him how II 0ouldbc used: told
him something Of lis explosive power aud
invited him 20 60 with him and they
would fix some. The evidence will further
snow that on the night OF the Goth Of MAY
last, somewhere about y o'clock, Bowlcs
procured buggy aud horse, aud with
Smith, drove down 10 this town OF EOla.
On tho way down Bowlrs showed Smith
the dynamite cartridge. which corresponds
with the cartridges found In the possession
Of these parties They drove 90 this little
town, drove fifty OF sixty yarls from the
railroad, when Bowlos got out u the buggy,
went over 10 the track aud put the cart
ridge on the rail, coming back aud
reporting that lao had done ~,
that they drove back 10 Aurora
aud Just as they were nearing the town thc
explosion took place, and a part Of that
BancTcsen met Smith on the street, aud
said that Bowles left plug for him n,
Pcck'u hotel. Smith went a. the room 81
the hotel M directed by Baucpiscn and
found the cartridge ant caps. A lew days
uitef inai bAutitiHfh lNtN TNlliu Nu lNt
street again aud askcd him II lac had set
oil any " that stuff yet. This WIS ON the
llth 81 June, the LAY Of the brotherhood
picnic. Smith told him he had not, and
Raucrcscn replied that that would be- q
good night 10 do II. Smith got the car.
fridge aud went down 30 South Aurora,
aud put the cartridge on tho track Of tho
g., n 80. The mex day after ho met
/ the defendant, Baucrcison, aud Bauorciscn
again asked him II ho had let Oh any OI
/ that stuff. lie told him he had, and
Baucrciscn told him he thought 10. be-
cause he had heard the explosion. Now
the evidence will shoS that ON that night
| there was an explosion NJ that place. w,
pas now from that tlno 10 couple III
| weeks later, between tho llth day Of juno
/ and the lst Of July. li0wlcs was away,
and there was correspondence between
| him and Bauercisen ani some others con
corning his whereabouts aud what ho wn'
/ doing. That correspondence. IN the hand
| writing OF naucfcisen, showed that BOWLS
was doing some businas that was yefy
secret. that hc must b. careful that no ON,
h watching him. that L hc believed that
the man lac suspected II really Watching
Him b. shoot the I'D duy dog and then
telling him no, 10 bus any more Of IA,
stuf NJ present Tor Obvious reasons
The district attorney further stated that
July 5th Cooling gave smith a letter ~ hil
wife and that on presenting i she gave
Smith a package containing cartridges, ius'
and caps smith pot another papc
around the bundle au,l delivered Il Ia th'
brotherhood hall NJ Aurora. At the hal
there be met Brodcrick, B0wlcs aud liau
cfcisen aud said 10 one Oi them, "tha
package Il out In tho anic.room."
The evidence viii show that yer,
little while after Bfodenek. llowles. Bauer
cisen and Wilson all went out Of tho hal
together, that Brodefick had the packag
Ia his arms, that they went down 10 th
tmin 10 get Il coming g. Chicago and ~
three leaving Banerison took the irai
10 come herp aud carried that package In
~ the train aud they we're arrested upo
the train and when that plug was exam
inod Il was found b. contain four ha
pound dynamite cartridges and Ia llrodoi
ick's possession were number ~ thel
Eliminating CAPS that can ~ used for n
other purposes that know oi on earth, bu
10 rSplnir llri internal sinH. y
The remainder Of the districts attorney
statement was taken AZ by describing III
deadly nature Of the cartridges ~ dcinof
straied by experiments made by him an