Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-07-14
OLA PoDRIDA.
The Alleged 20" Dynami-
ters Arraigned.
STARTLING ALLEGATIONS MADE.
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CHICAGO, July 13.-A startling outline
OF the case against the members of the.
Brotherhood of Engineers and Firemen,-
accused of completely in huge dynamite
plot against the @. B. & @. road, was
formally presented in court tAday. A
statement was made by Unitsd States
District Attorney Ewing. Immediately
upon the arraignment of six of the ac-
cused, Chief Bauereisn and his comr ades,
Cooling, Wilson, Bowles, Broderick and
Smith.
The presentment caused a great sensa.
ton amond the crowd of railroad men,
lawyers and reporters that filed every
inch Of the room in the court. The state
ment Of the District Attorney was ap-
parently based largely on confession by
one OF the six, Alex Smith. The latter
sat apart from the other defendants, and
Notwithstanding the efforts of his BROTH
er, who was present in court, doggedly
declined to be represented by the Broth
erhood attorneys or have anything to do
with them.
After Commissioner Hoyne had re-
fused defendants request for separate
examination for each of them, the Dis
trict Attorney arose, and in matter-of-
fact way, without any attempt at decla-
nation, recited the facts that he proposed
to prove.
He said that his evidence would show
that the dynamite cartridge which was
placed on the Burlington tracks at Eola,
ILL.,, May Goth, was put there by Bowles
and Smith. A few days prior to this ex-
plosion Bowles went into Chairman
Hoge's room at the Grand Pacific and
showed him a number of these cart
ridges, and they talked together regard
ing their use. A day or two later
Bauereisn told Smith that Bowles had
left a package for him at certain hotel
in Aurora. Smith got the package, and
| it contained dynamite cartridges, and by
| the Burlington tracks June 18th.
July 5th, by directions of the defen-
| dants, Smith took letter from Cooling
| to the latter's wife, who gave him a
package containing dynamite cartridges.
These Smith took to the Brotherhood
hall at Aurora, where he met Broderick
and Bowles and Bauereisn, and told
them that he had left the dynamite in
the ante-room. Broderick put the pack
age under his arm and the men all left
the hall together and TOOK train to Chi
cago, excepting Bauereisn. On their
way they were arrested. The package
contained four half-pound dynamite car
tridges.
J. ]. Kelly, secretary to Chairman
Hoge, was placed on the stand and told
how Bowles had brought dynamite to
Hoge's roomin the Grand Pacific Hotel.
The cartridges alleged to have been
taken from the prisoners were brought
into court. Samuel G. Madden, agent
for the Atlas Dynamite Company, was
put on the stand and testified that the
cartridges contained thirty per cent. of
nitro-glycerine. The Illuminating caps
found on Broderick were shown to the
witness and were declared to be the kind
| to explode dynamite.
| Edward Poole, conductor of the train
on which Bowles, Broderick and Wilson
were arrested, testified that the train
was carrying interstate passengers.
with view of showing that the car in
been attached to the train at Quincy. It
carried no passengers from points out
| side OF Illinois, and did not come within
these statues.
John D. Kelly, secretary to Chairman
Hoge, of the Grievance Committee,
| testified that he knew Defendant Bowles.
He saw him in the rooms of the strikers
in the Grand Pacific Hotel that Bowles
| came to the strikers room at the hotel
with package said to be dynamite, and
opened the package in the presence of
Hoge and man named Tower. It was
marked Hercules" with red stamp.
Bowles had caps in his pockets. They
were like those taken from Broderick.
Bowles spoke of working it' it on the
Fulton branch. He told the witness that
he had laid cartridge on the track, u.s.
ing sheet of lead to keep it on the
rail and caps for exploding it. He had
four cartridges and half dozen caps.
Kelly's cross-examination developed
that he was % years old; American
born had been q fireman and engineer
and for several years worked on the
Burlington road. He was Secretary for
Hoge, and said he had memorandum
showing dates rega, ding this and other
subjects, if it had not been stolen since
LIS dIIoSt aS 50Vofdl o.u0T papers uaQ
been.
Here it was disclosed that some one
had raided Kelly's room while he was
locked up down town, and it was charged
that the defense had the documents
taken from his rooms. Witness said that
he had made memorandum of Bowles'
talk about dynamite at the time, because
the Brotherhood did not allow acts of
violence. He did not report it to the po-
lice because of his relations to the Broth.
erhood. He said since his arrest he had
conferred with Inspector Bonfeld, At
torney Collier and Mr.. Stone, but was
not testifying under promise of immunity
and that he expected to be put on trial
for conspiracy.
Thomas G. Lloyd testified that he lived
at Noblesville, Ind, and dealt in hard
ware. Had seen Bowles in his store
about June l.. Sold him five pounds of
dynamite put up in rolls. The brands
were known as Hercules POWDER" and
he identified that in court as the same
brand. He sold him more two wee ks
later, and again on June 90. Fulmina-
ton caps and fuses were bought with
each lot and packed carefully by special
directions. Bowles told him on the first