Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-07-15
THE DYNAMI7ERS
4 CONFESSION DUPLICATING HOGE.
Another Big Sensation in the ''Q Case
Yesterday.
rHB PLOrTERS ARB PRESSED HARD.
Bowlss Wsaksns---An Exciting Scens in the
Court Room.

CHICAGO, July 14.-Auother Dig pom
has been scored by the Burlington in tb
dynamite conspiracy case.
Bowles, the man against whom the testi
mony given yesterday was most conclu
sive, has made full confession of his shar
in the conspiracy.
He saw that in his case there wss httl
hope of escape of conviction, and earl!
this morning it was made known to Dis
trict Attorney Ewing that Bowlss wa
ready to squeal. Arrangements were q
once made to take down his statement
and he was conveyed to Mr.. Ewing's offic'
to tell all he knows.
Another of the men, Godding, also con
cluded TO come into camp, and by noon al
that he knew about the plot agains
the Burlington was told.
1t is understood that Bowles has TOLD
the prosecution facts which will make thu
conviction of Chairman Hoge certain
Hoge, it would seem, is the man they are
really after, not only as blow they wish
to strike at the Brotherhood, but because
the road officials dislike him personally.
The other defendants they are favorably
disposed towards. The text Of the
''squesl" was not made public, but it was
important enough to necessitate the post.
ponement of the case before the Federal
Court a. well As in the State tribunal.
1t is certain that when the three prison
era, Bowles, Broderick aud Wilson, were
brought over from the Jail this morning
and put in the cage in the MarshaPs office,
Bowles sent word that he wanted to see
the District Attorney. He was taken to
Mr.. Ewing's Office and there confessed to
General Manager Stone, Inspector Bon
field and Attorney Collier. The only di-
rect information ss to the nature of the
confession was well defined rumor that a
United States warrant had been issued for
the arrest of Hoge, who is out on $l,5OO
bonds under the conspiracy charge brought
under the State law.
The crowd awaiting in the Federal court
room was again large, and chiefly COM
pose; OF Brotherhood men, whose looks OF
sympathy cast on the prisoners as they
were brought in indicated their apprecia-
ton of the danger their comrades were in
Bowles came in with the District Attorney
aud took seat beside him, opposite the
other prisoners, who flashed vindictive and
contemptuous looks at him. He was visi-
bly, sgitsted and moved restlessly in his
seat, keeping his eyes bent upon the floor.
Before the attorneys for the Brotherhood
had chance to interpose, Bowles, still
trembling, was induced by the District
Attorney to arise quickly and waive ex.
animation. A sensational scene ensued.
The Brotherhood attorneys. Donohoe and
David, protested londly that they had
been treated with great unfairness, and
given no show from the very outset of the
trial.
Lawyer David hotly denounced Com
missioner Hoyne, declaring: 1--WE could
expect nothing else from this court, and
have received nothing else" The Com
missioner ordered David to be arrested by
the Marshal, but the latter did not at once
comply aud David subsequently made a
Pickwickian apology to the court. Bowles
was released on S., 900 bail.
After court adjourned the heretofore ret
icent prisoner, Wilson, savsgely denounced
Bowles, ridiculing the idea that the latter
was innocent, and exclaiming: The
chicken heart, he has laid down."
The case OF Chairmen Hoge and Mur-
ply, which was to have come up before
Justice Lyon this morning, was postponed
for one week.