The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-08-02
Another Chicago Dynamiter Arrested.

a gunsmith named Rudolph Sevic was ar
rested at Chicago, and is now behind prison
with being the individual who furnished
dynamitet to the conspirators who intended
to assassinate the three law officers most
prominent in the Haymarket prosecution.
Sevlc acknowledges that he has been illegally
dealing in dynamite and that he. has sold
over fifty pounds of tile explosive t"
various persons within a year. He
viii only admit having sold ten
pounds to- Chicago anarchists, and
assets that he either never knew them
or cannot remember who they we're. Inspec.
tor Bonfeld 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 Bonfeld said he was
probably the most dangerous dynamiter in
the city. The Inspector appeared as prose
cutor and said:
Sevfc is q Bohemian gunsmith and q friend
of Chapek, Hronek and Chleboun.- June 81,
1887, he bought twenty-five pounds of dy-
Mantle OF the American Powder company.
He told me that hehad sold this twenty-five
pounds to a farmer living in Minnesota. /
don't believe his story and lave reason to
Chicago. On May 90, of this year, Sevfc
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 O more dangerous man than any
OF the three, and / ask that he be held in
larger bonds.
Sevic protested total ignorance of English,
although Inspector Bonfeld said that he
knew it possibly well. Judge Lyon explained
the case to the prisoner through an inter-
prefer, and then assented to Inspector Bon
fields motion to continue the case q week in
bonds Fl $1,000.
"There is no doubt of sevic's connection
field subsequently. THE identity of the
dynamite itself proves that. Then Sevic Is o
friend and countryman of Hronek, Chapek
and Chleboun. This comes pretty near prov
ing Sevic's connection with the plot. The
bombs made from this dynamite we're of the
tdevilish pattern One of them might have
killed fifty men,"
The police say that the discovery of the
bombs, which are doubtless the product OF
Sevic's handiwork, is an link in the
chain of evidence a~gains<Hrouek, Chapek and
C%hleboun. The bombs were the invention of
Hronek, and their manufacture by q practi-
cal gunsmith goes far to show a 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 gunsmith. Sevic
is tw~enty-eight years old and Of intelligent
appearance. He understands and speaks but
little English. Inspector BonHeld
also captured several Internal ma.
height, of cylinder shape, ~ inches in diam
eter. Inside of these cylinders are others OF
equal height, about an inch In diameter.
These inside cylinders are filed ithdynamite,
and between them and the outside covering
the space is filled full of cut glass, lead sluga
and broken iron. In the tops OF the inside
cylinders Illuminating caps are placed with
fuses attached. Inspector Bonfeld will not
say whether or not these machines we're In
Seyic's house.