Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-07-07
The Dynamite P!otters
MT. Stone Says the Whole Brotherhood is Involved.
SEVERAL MORE ARRESTS MADE.

ion of the "n." in Custoly-suspect = Broderick Denies All Knowledge of
 a Conspiracy to Damage tho Burlinx.
 toms Property.
 CHICAGO, July 1.-Two brotherhood men from Creston, Ia.. who have called to see MT. Hoge at the National hotel, are of tho opinion that the man Bowles, arrested in connection with the dynamite plot against the e." was Pinkerton operative.
 'He claims to be il brotherhood man." said one of the mon, "but don't think he is We shall investigate his case and find out who he is. He overdid himself in Commissioner Haynes office. His cry of outrage and his yells for bail have aroused suspicion"
 'Of course can't say anything about the letter that was thrown from the train," said District Attorney Ewing. II have not said that the letter contained any information that would prove criminal intention on the part of the men, and will not say so now"
 In their conversation with Hoge and the attorneys Frederick and Wilson told a story that differs somewhat from the published ac- counts They positively and emphatically denied, even when they did not know a re- porter was within ear shot, all knowledge of the dynamite They did not have 1t, they said, and did not know who brought the stuff into the car. Frederick said speaking of the arrest:
 ''We were on our way to Chicago to see what chance one would have of getting work on some eastern road. met Bowles Thurs day morning, and he told me he was going to West Virginia, where he said he could get work. I said would come in to Chicago and make inquiries, and might possibly go with him. We got on the train, and Wilson and sat together, and Bowles sat alone on the other side of the car. A man, who I learned afterwards was Pinkerton detective, came in and sat beside Bowles. When we were about sixteen miles from Aurora this man stood up and tapped Bowles on the shoulder, and another man came beside us and did the same thing and told us they were detect ives and had a warrant for us. We did not know what the charge was, and then they handcuffed us. After were handcuffed Manager Stone came into the car and then one of the detectives reached up to the hat rack which was over the seat that Wilson and sat in and took down package wrap ped in piece of newspaper. He opened it and found the sticks of what they said was dynamite. l never saw the package of dyna- mite until saw it ill the detective's hand. It wasn't on the sat between me and Wilson, but was taken from the hat rack after We were haudcuffed. threw letter out of the car window, but it was nothing relating to the strike or dynamite. It was something 1 didn't want to get into the papers They stopped the train and detective ran back a milo or two and got it. When 1 saw him:come running in all out of breath laughed at him, and he said It seems funny to you, doesn't itf II said was having the most fun out of it. A change in the position of the speaker prevented the hearing of what explanation Ennft f,,l. | hating caps said to have been found ill his l pocket. Wilson and Cowles confirmed Brod- 1 erick's story. Nothing will be done in the l case till the preliminary examination before l Commissioner Hoyne.
 The officers who arrested Bauereisen re- l turned to Aurora at noon and at , p. m ar ] rived in this city, having in custody Alec { Smith, who was taken over to the jnil and l to-day will be put under bonds like the rest l He is striking fireman on the Aurora divi- l sion, a young man of 26. who has lived in l Aurora some time. He is.said to have also
 handled some of the dynamite cartridges
 Baueresen's trial was set for July 13 and he
 was released on 5000 bonds
 1 It is given out that within the next few
 days a large number of locomotive engineers 1 belonging to the brotherhood will be ar
 rested, and by the day of the trial there will
 be quite an array before the commissioner,
 to answer the general charge placed against
 those already under arrest. The three mon
 arrested Thursday night are still In jail, hay
 ing been so far unable to get bail.
 It is surmised that the recovery of the let
 ter which Broderic1 threw out of the car
 window, after he was placed under arrest on the Burlington train, was the cause of the
 arrest of the fourth man. Neither the dep-
 uty marshal who made the arrest nor any of the "Q' officials would say what the letter contained but thcy spoke of it in such 6
 significant way that it is almost certain the
 letter contained the names of some promin ent
 members of the Brotherhood
 General Manager Stone, of the Burlington
 has given out for publication the folowinc sensational statement of facts:
 1 "A few days after the middle of May last.
 said MT. Stone, "the company was informed
 that attempts were to be made to damage it property and trains by use of dynamite anC '! that Bowles, the brotherhood engineer wht
 was arrested Thursday afternoon with dyna.
 mite in his possession, was about to leave i own to put the plan in operation.
 II During this time Frederick and Bowie Y thad been furnished with funds and letters O
 introduction to various members of tn,
 brotherhood stating that they were on secre l. business of the utmost importance to th
 brotherhood and asking corporation ill ever,
 possible way from all members to whom the,
 were presented. Letters of this character
 were found on their persons when they wer
 arrested. Broderick before going to tn train at Aurora on Thursday afternoon wen to the hall of the Brotherhood of Locomotiv Engineers and there got the package of dy namite which was afterward taken by him BowIes and Wilson on tho train with them ''This package of dynamite had been take
 by John A. Bauereisen, spoken of above q being the chief engineer of the Brotherhoo of the Aurora division to the Brotherhoo hall for Broderick. He was therefore aI rested by the United States marshal as a accompl!ce."
 On April 16, Mir. Stone said, MT. Hoge the chairman of the general grievance com n,ittee, issued circular to the chief CT gineers of number of divisions of tn 3 Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, say F ing that the C., B. aud C. road had onl - about half as nlany men as it had prior , the strike, and that from 400 10 800 mor l engineers were wanted.
 The circular then asked for one or tw 8 men from each division to apply for jobs O r the s'Qn under assumed names, and us 500