, 1888-07-19
A REVELATION.
Trial of the Burlington Dyna-
mite Case.
A Sensation Sprung Upon the
Defense.
Detective Mulligan Reveals
Himself.
A REVELATION
Trial of the pynamtters.

CHICAGO, July lS.-Another sensation
wa sprung upon the defense in the 20"
dynamite case to-day. John Wilson, one
of the prisoners who was arrested with
Broderick and Bowles as an arch con
splrator and as a brotherhood engineer,
coolly left his seat in the group of which.
Broderlck and Bauereisn were members,
and walked over to the side of the room
where the prosecuting attorney sat. Will
son took a chair beside Mr.. Dawes, attor-
ney for the Burlington company, and be-
gan to chat In a friendly manner. Then
it was DEVELOPED that Wilson was not an
engineer, not a brotherhood man, and
not even Wilson. HIS name is John
Mulligan and he is a Pinkerton detective,
and not only is this the case, but it APP
pears that he had the confidence of all the
prisoners and their attorneys.
The expose was brought about by the
lawyers too closely pressing the cross ex-
animation of Superintendent McGinn of
the Pinkerton agency, who was on the
stand. He had the alternative of refus-
ing to answer pertinent questions concern
ing Wilson or causing the latter to show
up in his true colors. McGinn chose the
latter and Wilson, or Mulligah, obeyed a
signal and quickly sprang across the room
to the side of the prosecution. When
the commotion subsidized Superintendent
McGiinn related the circumstances of
Broderick, one of the conspirators, throw
ing a mysterious letter out Cd the car win
dow at the time of the arrest and the sub
sequent recovery of the letter. The nc
tive Of Broderick in Kidding himself of the
missive is not apparent, as the letter is
entirely non committal.
Rnmlau tho shS1uaaIar - II nnrf NIT
ness. He began by telling of a secret
meeting of the brotherhood in Aurora.
He said: "Chief Bauereisn made a state
ment hat we should do something. That
the company was getting ahead of US. He
said that 1t would not do for him to do
anything in regard to the use OF dynamite,
but it could be used with great effect.
! After the meeting was over | made a
settlement that | knew how to use it; had
seen it used in gravel pits, He wanted
to know if | could get any of it and | told
him | thought | could. He gave me
81. so and told me to get it. That was
two weeks after | was initiated. Cooling,
one of the defendants, was among those
at the meeting"
The informer told of his expeditions to
Indiana to purchase dynamite, and how
Bauereisn had sent him with it to 6 gorge
Clark of Galesburg, the leading engineer
who was arrested. They went out to-
gether to place it on the track, and it was
some of this dynamite that Bowles buried
and which was dug up yesterday. Bauer
eisn told me, continued, witness, that
in a certain part of Aurora there was a
frame house, and that under it there was
a sewer running across the street. The
house was a "scab" boarding house.
Bauereisn wanted Alex Smith and myself
to get under the house by this sewer and
place a bomb there to blow up the house.
| told him that would be murder, and
would not do It,"
Witness further implicated Geo. CLARK
by telling of a letter from Bauereisn IN
which the latter said that Clark wanted
some of the goods" (dynamite) and for
him (Bowles) to hurry up and give Clark
some. Witness thereupon bought two
pounds of dynamite and gave it to Clark.
He received another letter from Bauereisn
telling him to hurry up with the goods
to Creston. He then went to erosion and
delivered four pounds of dynamite to
Broderick. Witness then presented a
letter addressed to him June 81, signed
j. A. B. The letter informs him hat he
is being watched and not to do anything
suspicious and if he thought best to go
home or look for a situation somewhere
and give up the iobbing business. Bowies
could not swear that the letter was in
Bauereisn's hand writing, but from the
fact hat they had correspondent about the
matters mentioned he was satisfied Of its
authenticity.
Bowles also explained the contents of a
letter received from Bauereisn at Mobiles
vile, Ind. enclosing money and instruc-
tions to take plenty of goods to Creston.
Under cross examination Bowles admitted
hat he had told the attorneys for the de-
tense while in jail that he was innocent;
that he knew nothing of the use of dyna-
mite and that he had lied repeatedly as
to his innocence and other matters. When
the cross examination was concluded Mr.
Ewing arose and said that the state would
rest at this point. Court then adjourned
till tomorrow.