The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-07-26
CHICAGO.
Some of the Dynamiters are
Bound Over to the
Grand Jury.
The Brotherhood CLAIMS that
Bcwles and Broderlck are
Also Detectives.

CHICAGO, July 19.-Much curiosity was
expressed to-day as TO what the defense in
the Burlington dynamite case would be.
At the opening of the court Lawyer Dono.
hoe, for the Brotherhood, asked District
Attorney Ewing if the prose sutton rested
its case.
Ewing nodded his head afirmatively.
"Then we rest our case" said Donohoe,
'and are prepared to discuss the proofs"
Ewing declined to make any argument,
saying: eve simply ask that the de-
PENDANTS be held on the evidence"
FIEND CoNFEssEs.
CHICAGO, July l9.-Frank Cheblon, the
brown-haired, blue-eyed, sweet voiced
fieud, who, with John Pronek and Frank
Chapek, schemed to murder Judge Gary,
Judge Grinnell and Inspector Bonfield, ,have
made full confession. Oheblon was not
locked up at the armory yesterday as
we're the other two, and when Uhapek was
taken to the central station and Pronek
to Jail Cheblon was sent to an outlying
police station. He was not subjected, "a
were the others, to the ordeal of having
his picture taken for the rogues' gallery.
Last night Inspector Bonfeld, accom-
panied by two of his Bohemian secret
service operatives, clad in workingmen's
suits with soft black hats and blue flannel
shirts, visited the innocent looking pris-
oner. The preceding day he had inti-
mated that he was ready to tell oil that he
knew, and last evening the inspector went
to hear his story.
Through interpreters Cheblon went
into the whole story from his first meet
ing with Pronek and Chapek. His confess
sion was that Pronek had unfolded his
plans for revenge, and had told of bomb
which he (Pronek) had invented. 1t was
small, not larger than base ball, and it
was to be loaded with dynamite and bits
of broken glass; it was denied by Cheblon
that the plot was TO murder the judges
and inspector. That is, ne heard of no
such a definite scheme. They were talked
of, as was Captain Setback, and he
understood that he was to pay
more attention to the captain than
to anyone else. There was no
concerted plan of action, but it was
agreed that when all the preparations
were made he and two others were to be
informed by Pronek just what they were
to do in the way o. reyenging the death
of the martyrs. About July l he was
visited by Pronek, who brought him two
bombs, of the broken glass variety, and
two sticks of dynamite, from which he
was to make bombs of gaspipe, after the
usual pattern. The other two men were
also supplied with bombs and dynamite.
He had the stuff in his house for about a
week, and then grew so afraid that it
would be discovered that he made away
with it by throwing it in vault.
This was the substance of the confes.
sion which Inspector Bonfeld to-day
placed in the hands of typewriter oper-
ator for the purpose of having it in shape
for use in court. The confession is much
more in detail and covers about thirty
closely written pages. BY his confession
it is understood Cheblon has virtually
secured immunity from prosecution. He
is in reality much less guilty than either
Prodek, Chapek or one of the men not YET
arrested. He has agreed to give his testi-
mony in open court, where it will cor
roborate other evidence secured by the
inspector against the conspirators. The
two other men are still at large, but may
be arrested at any time.