Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-07-26
THE WICKED WORLD.
Enmeshed in the Drag-Net
of Justice.
BULLETS AND sTRYCHNINE
A Rejected Suitor Seeks Summary
Revenge-Other News Not
So Bad.

Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD.
CHICAGO. July 25.-The drag-net of
Justice enmeshed to-day another of the
anar ,hists who sought revenge upon rep
resentatives of the law in the persons of
Bonfeld, Gary and Grinnell. A gun
smith named Rudolph Sevic, was arrest
ed before daylight this morning, and is
now behind the prison bars, under bonds
of $1,000. He is charged with being the
individual who furnished dynamite to
the conspirators who intended to assas-
sinate the three law officers most prom
inent in the Haymarket prosecution. Sc
vic acknowledges he has been illegally
dealing in dynamite, and that he has sold
over fifty pounds of the explosive to va
rious persons within year. He will
only admit having sold ten pounds to
Chicagoans, and asserts he either never
knew or cannot remember who they were.
Inspector Bonfeld says he has proof that
ten pounds, if not more, went to anarch-
lists Hronek, Chopek and Chleboun. 1t
is definitely known that Sevic bought on
May 26th, from the American Powder
Company, in Chicago
TWENTY-FIVE POUNDS OF DYNAMITE.
1t is ten pounds of this purchase that
has been traced to the recently arrested
pounds of the twenty-five went to a
farmer in Nebraska On the third day
of June he purchased twenty-five pounds
more, which he claims to have sold to a
farmer in Minnesota, but is unable to
give his name or locate him. Inspector
Bonfeld is positive that Sevic was in
league with the three dynamiters arrest.
ed few days ago and sold them the
explosive with which they expected to
destroy Judges Grinnell and Gary. SeviC
is Bohemian, % years old, and of in.
telligent appearance. Inspector Bon6eld
last night also captured
SEVERAL INTERNAL MACHINES.
They are of zinc about five inches in
height, of cylinder shape and two and
one-half inches in diameter. Inside OF
these cylinders are others ofequal height,
about an inch in diameter. These inside
cylinders are filed with dynamite and
between them and the outside covering
the space is filled with broken glass,
lead, slugs and broken iron. In the tops
of the inside cylinders Illuminating caps
are placed with fuse attached. In
spector Bonfeld will not say whether or
not these machines were found in
Sebic's house.
sEBIC's S ARREST
Was kept secret until the moment he was
arraigned in court this morning. Mean.
time he had been subjected to vigorous
pumping by Inspector Bonfield. The
proceedings in court occupied but few
minutes, and consisted of simply putting
the case on record and fixing the bono
heavy enough to hold the gunsmith, and
continuing further proceedings for week
BOMBS OF DEvILIsH PATTERN.
The police say the discovery of the
bombs, which are doubtless Sevic'f
handiwork, is an important link in the
chain of evidence against Hronek, Che.
pek and Chleboun. The bombs were
the invention of Hronek and their manu-
facture by practical gunsmith goes
far to show deep laiG
conspiracy. 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 o.
the large quantities of dynamite handled
by the Bohemian gunsmith. Bonfeld
says the bombs are of such devilish
pattern that one would be sufficient te
kill fifty men.
BEFORE THE GRAND JURY.
This afternoon Sevic was carried with
Hronek, Chopek and Chleboun before
the grand jury, who Immediately took uI
the case. The proceedings were guarded
with the utmost jealousy. The first hall
hour was occupied by Inspector Bonfielo
in unfolding to the jury the details of the
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