The Worthington advance., 1888-08-02

Of by their agents or captains, which should
now belong to the United States There were
also two powerful rams. built by Laird & Co.,
on the Mersey, ostensbly for the Chinese
government, but inspected and tested by
Confederate officers They were seized by the
British authorities and were finally disposed
OF oy the Confederate agents in charge, and
are now in the British navy. Powerful Clyde
built steamers and rams we're built in Franco
Tor the Confederate government, Two new
Clyde,built steamers. the City of PETERSBURG
and the old Dominion, which were built
the Confederate government and paid for ,
it, are now running between Liverpool
Dublin.
Mr.. Littlepage files IN itemized statere t
OF confederate property unrecovered by
Unated states government, amounting u
$3O.OOO,O 600, most of which is in English
han hands; nco He estimates that there are &c.
10000 worth in the United States, not in
cludlnG the value Of many millions of dollars
worth OF cotton belonging to the Confeder-
ate government shipped from Brownsville,
Galveston and Matamoras since the war.
Another Chicago Dynamiter Arrested.
A gunsmith named Rudolph Sevic was ar
rested at Chicago, and is now behind prison
bars under bonds of - 900. He is charged
with being the individual who furnished
dynamite to the conspirators who intended
to assassinate the three law officers most
prominent i'll the Haymarket prosecution.
Sevlc acknowledges that he has been illegally
dealing in dynamite and that he has sold
over fifty pounds of the explosive tn
various persons within year. He
will only admit having sold ten
pounds to Chicago anarchists, and
assets that he either never knew them
or cannot remember who they were. Inspec-
tor Bonfield says he has proof that the ten
pounds, it not more, went to Hronek, Chapek
and Chleboun. When Sevic was marched
into the dock, Inspector Bonie!d said he was
probably the most dangerous dynamiter in
the city. The inspector appeared as prose-
cutOr and said:
Sevic is O Bohemian gunsmith and a friend
OF Chapek, Hronek and Chleboun. June 21,
1887, he bought twenty-fves pounds of dy.
n1mlte OF the American Powder company
He told me that he had sold this twenty-five
pounds to a farmer living in Minnesota l
,'! don,t believe his story and have reason to
Deiieve that dynamite never went out of
Chicago. On May 26, of this year, Sevic
again bought twenty-five pounds of dyna.
mite OF the American Powder company,
This dynamite was of exactly the same grade
| and had the same stamps as that found in
possession OF the three conspirators:, l con.
slider him q more dangerous man than any
of the three, and ask that he be held in
larger bonds.
Sevic professed total ignorance Of English,
| although Inspector Bontied said that he
knew it possibly well. Judge Lyon explained
| the case to the prisoner through an inter-
prefer, and then asscnted to Inspector Bon.
field, motion to continue tho case a week in
bonds of 81 900.
'"rhere is no doubt of Sevics connection
with the conspirators,' said Inspector Bon.
field subsequently. "Tho identity OF the
dynamite itself proves that. Then Sevic is
| friend and countryman OF Hronck, Chapek
and Chleboun. This comes pretty near PROV
ing Sevic's connection with the plot. The
bombs male from this dynamite were Of the
'devish pattern Ono of them might have
killed fifty men,"
The police say that the discovery of the
bombs, which are doubtless the product ot
Sevic's handiworE, is an important link in the
| chain of evidence against Hronek, Chapek and
Chleboun. The bombs were the invention OF
cal gunsmith goes far to show deep-laid con.
! spiracy. 1t is thought by the police that
! many more of the bombs are in existence, as
there is no other probable theory to explain
the use of the large quantities of dynamite
handled by the Bohemian gunsmth Sevic
! is twcnty-eight years old and of intelligent
appearance. He understands and speaks but
little English. Inspector Bonfeld
also captured several internal mo-
chimes. They are of zinc, ~ or 5 inches in
height, ofcynder shape, 2H inches in diam
eter. Inside of these cylinders are Others Of
equal height, about an inch in diameter
These inside cylinders are filed with dynamite,
and between them and the outside covering
| the space is filed full Of cut glass, lead sluge
and broken iron. In the tops of the inside
| cylinders Illuminating caps are placed with
| fuses attached. Inspector Donield will not
say whether or not these machines were IN