The Nicodemus cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Graham County, Kan.) 1887-1888, 1888-08-10

CHICAGO, IT,, July 1S.-The greate,t 49,
yet assembled to witness the court prore.a
inSs against the Burlington dynamlter, -.
present 10 day. Further examination q =
former Alexander Smith was waived. Th~-
John Wilson, one of the men arrested M
BrS4.rck and Bowles as an arch consplr,l.-
and brotherhood man, coollT left hls 80
in the group OF which Broderick and Bar
eisen we're members, ~alked to the Oida =
the room where the presenting attospeV
sat and took chair beside 1ss DaweA WllA
whom he began to chat in friendly name.
Then 1t was developed the be was Cct an e.
gineer not O brotherhood man and Irc1 even
| Wilson, but John Mulligan, q Pinkerlon as
tective, who had gained the confidence oN nn
the prisoners aud their attorneys
The expose was brought about BIZ the lav.
| yefs too closely pressing the cross-examlnn.
ton of Superintendent McIinn OF the PnkeR.
| ton agency. who was on the witness stand
| and had the alternative of an awkward refue
al to answer pertinent questions or caunn
| Wilson to show up In true eoorA He choon
the latter, and Wilson, or Mulligan oheyed
signal and quickly walked across the rom
to the side of the prosecution
When the commotio2 had subsidized SUM.
intendent Mc(iinn related the circumstance
of Broderlck one Of the coLsplratoT2 throw.
ing a mysterious letter out Of tie car window
at the time of his arrest and the subsequont
recovery OF the letter.
THE THROWN AWAY LETTER
Broderck's motive in Kidding himeelf g
the missive and the extreme secretiveneua @
the officials in guarding Its contents y noa
apparent 1t is rs follows:
TON Broderick: Dear Sir and Brother.
l Just received a letter from Bowles ffcm
Glenwood junction, Mo, and don't know
. where to write to him so he will get my letter.
You should have made arrangements win
him when he was at Creston. l will let yOn
| know IL | can get him as soon as poealba
Let me know where to address you every
q time YOU write. will always write 70 The
r comb man and you can get your mal IRON
there; that is the surest way. l VIII direct
: YOU In care of them and tell them 10 return
5 the letter If you have left there. will try u
[ find j. A. b. as soon as l can and gcs him %
e work. Ifyou hear OF him tell him TO coma d
t Aurora, unless you want him with you Your
: hard striker. y. A. bAuERklskM
r up. S.-May be j. Bowles ia gone to BROOK
n field; he said in his letter he would wFilo
Y soon again. He says they are getting % Y
: him.
The letter was written on one Of the brotheE.
hood letterheads, was dated at Aurora, June
90, and was addressed to ION DfouerlcL.
/. Kansas City, Mo-"
Is INFoRMER BowLEs TEsTIFIEs
II Bowles, the engineer who accepted N0!l
Y from the Burlington company after the etfl1.
y began and subsequently became member g
- the brotherhood, was the next witness o. ~
: portsnce. He began by telling Of secie
u meeting OF the brotherhood In Aurora aey
i, ing: "Chief Bauereisen made stAtemen
le That we should do something; that the con
~ nanv was getting ahead OF us lie said
~ would not do for him to do ANYTHING IN reEts
1o to the use Of dynamite, but It could g 49,
~ with good effect After the meeting wasove
some conversation passed between MN d
I'D I adj attainment
| knew how TO use It; that had seen u zee
lis in the gravel pit He wanted TO Know =
he could get any of 1t and told MIN inoaks
a. | could. He told me to 60 ana get ~ 4
Ia gave me 81. 50 10 get IL. That was Two 49,. =
OF after was initiated. was Initiated Apnh :
he Gooding, one of the defendants was Ams
m those at the meeting 80
tly The inforner then told OF his expe0lsloN
,er to Indiana country towns 10 purchase Z.
of mite and how Bauereisen had sent "
IN with 1t to George Clark OF GalesoufR. q.
C.. ing engineer, who was arrested yestelns
Ily They went out together TO place II on
IN ira ok and IL was some OF this dynamite ~
rer Rowles buried and which was dug up yesp
nd day. .., 80
eer pAUEREIsEN AND CLARK INVOLVED.
oW Telling OF HE talk with Bauereisen DO
the explosion on the q track near huIv1lA
witness said that Bguercsen said y 70.
have good effect "He told me "eontlnusl
s'that i'm a certain part OF the town these !
IT'S a frame house, aud that under II was q.
est running across the street The house w.
the 'scab' boarding house, ana Was n aIss.A .
b. 'scabs.' Bauereisen wanted Alec smith
loie me to get under the house by the sewer -
Use, MACE n bomb there and blow up thal TO-
eek I told him that would be murder ana i"0'
ige not do it, A.L.r
the Inc ulFect eAa l. 1 ,rtan The crosse
red anJ III Vas concluded. Mr.. Ewing ~
ing and said Your honor, the state VII 80
nds this point. This Is our case. N"A'
the then ADJOURNED unth tom0'0"'