Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-07-27

of officers surrounded Hronek's house. CAPTAIN
Bonheld would not risk tho lives OF his men in
fed castle, 30 waited until Hrcnek came out,
when he was Immediately arrested He was
completely taken by surprise, and made little
made. In his bed were found a 3s-caliber re.
volver and knife with seven-inch blade
which Hronek has boasted is tipped with poison
empty-were found in the room. Tho bombs
were made of y cast-ron pipe, cut in pieces four
inches long. They are an inch and half in
Icing considerable shorter. Some were closed
at the ends with wooden plugs and had apertures
for fuses or caps. small portion Of dynamite
in the original packages labeled "-Etna No. g"
was also found in the room.
chapek was captured while in bod and made
home. On his premises wero found eight one
half pound packages of Etnn No. Q dynamite, u
londed bomb of the pattern found with Hronek,
and u Illuminating cap
After the men had been secured Capt. Bontleld
undertook to pump Hronek
He ut first denied that he knew whore Aldine
Square was. l asked him what he was doing
there. sold: 'Chupek ought to know, and he
says you were there He at once admitted that
he had been seen there, and then said they had
looking around. It isn't likely they would come
mile and a half or two miles just to stroll
around a little park like Aldine Square,
u asked him where he got that dynamite He
after the Haymarket riot, and gave it to him.
How much was there Of it? I asked
,awa "A whole ,o1;a box he answered it comes in
and we w onS t wash s suan GSnd
asked what he had done with. it. He
We had ascertained previously that he
had distributed it among other anarchistic
groups. then asked him where he got his
bombs, and he told me that they had been given
him by some friend-the one who gave him the
| dynamite He said he had thrown them into the
| river. Also Hronck did not ut the time know
that his house had been searched and large
quantities of dynamite found in and about the
| house, especially beneath the floor Of the room
| in the rear of the house."
Mr. Bonfeld says that litt1e by little, he has
picked up the story of the plot, and many of
| its details remained to be unearthed. A num-
Gated. but he declined to indicate whence
they would come: The distribution of
twenty pounds of dynamite gives the
detectives clew to further details.
is said that many of the old anarchists re-
ceived it. Captain Bonfield thought some of it
| might be traced very close to members of the
Central Labor Union, which interested itself in
money and sympathy for the anarchists
detectives that the present plot will i'm
plicate the whole brood of anarchists. Some
| of the early plans of the friends OF the
| convicted and executed mon have been in the
| possession of the police for time and this
| development is expected to lay bare the entire
plans of the schemers and plotters. In the ram
| ihcations of the plots ore included US proposed
victims, Edmund Furthmunn, Capt. Shaack,
| Frank Walker, NJ. E. Stone, Witness Seliger and
| members OF the jury which convicted the an
| archists.
| For months after the trial and execution the
persons and residences of Judge Curry, MIR.
Grinnell, Capt. Bonfeld, aud Capt. Schaack