The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-26
IN B0NFIELD'S DRAG NET
GUNsMITH SEBIC IMPLICATED IN
THE DYNAMITE PLOT.

His Bond Fixed at S7,OOO-He 1s Said
to Have Furnished the Explosive to
the Conspirators Arrested Last
Week 49, Several Internal Machines
Seized.
CHICAGO, ILL, July 25-The drag net
of the law enmeshed to-day another of the
anarchists who sought revenge upon the
representatives of the law in the persons of
Inspector BOnfield, Judge Gary and Judge
Grnnell. gunsmith named Rudolph
Sebic was ARE jted before daylight this
NOR ing and is now behind prison bars
under a bond Of $1,000. He is charged
with being the individual who furnished
the dynamite to the coHspirators who in
tended to assassinate the three law officers
most prominent in the Haymarket prosecu-
ton. Sebic acknowledges that he has been
illegally dealing in dynamite and that he
has sold over fifty pounds Of the explosive
to various persons. He will only admit
having sold ten pounds TO ChicaGoan and
asserts that he either never knew or cannot
remember who they were.
BONFIELD'S PROOFS.
Inspector Bonfield says ne has proof that
ten pounds, if not moro, won't 10 Kronek,
| Chapek and Chle.orn. 1t is definitely
known that Sebic bought, on May 20, from
the American powder company, in Chicago,
twenty-five pounds Of dynamite. 1t is ten
| pounds OF this purchasr tnGt has been
| traced 10 the recently arrested trio of asSas-
| Sins Seblc claims that ten pounds Of the
twenty-five went to a farme" in Nebraska.
On June he purchased twenty five pounds
more which ne claims to have sold to
farmer III Minnesota but is unable to give
his name or locate nm. Inspector BOutield
is positive that SebC was in league with
the three dynamltcrs arrested a few days
ago, and sold them the explosive with
which they expected TO DIES roy Judges
tirlnneIl and Gary. Sebric is a Bohemian,
% years of age, and Of intelligent appear
ance. He understands and speaks but little
English
INTERNAL MACHINES SEIZED.
Inspector BonfieIJ last night ais captured
several Internal machines. They are of
zinc, four or five inches in hight, of cylin-
der shape, aud two and half inches in di-
ameter. Inside these cylinders are others
of equal hight. about an inch i'll diameter.
These inside cylinders are filled with dyna
mite, and between them and tho outside
covering the space is full of cut glass, lead
slugs and broken iron. In the top
of the inside cylinder fulmi-
mating caps are placed with fuses
attached Inspector Boafeld will not
say whether or not these
machines were found in Sebic's house
Sebic's arrest was kept secret until the
moment when he was arraigned in court
this morning. Meantime ne had been sub
Jected to vigorous pumping process by In
SpectOr Bonfeld. The proceedings in court
occupied but few moments, and con-
sisted of simply putting the case on record
and fixing the bond heavy enough to hold
the gunsmith, and continuing further pro-
ceedin. S for week. The grand jury al
ready Impannellod to take up the case of
Sc les alleged coconspirators, will, long
before that time, it is expected, have for
mnlly Indicted all concerned in the diaboli-
cal plot.
INDICTED FOR CONSPIRACY.
Indictments for conspiracy to commit
murder were found by the grand jury to-
| day against the four anarchist conspirators.
Chlebun was the moSts important witness
! for state fits story was a complete con
| 1ession OF the plot, and he also told Of visits
| on July and 1, TO Justice Grinnell's house,
| or Aldiue square, aud Judge Gary's
| house, on the north side The
state has his confession in full, and it is
| expected that the evidence against tho
| other cOnSpiratorS IS 50 cOmplete ms to war
| rant cOnvictipn. II is thought that an in
| dictment will be returned against Chlebun,
and that he will be granted immunity in
consideration of testimony 10 be given by
him at the trial. Chapek
and Sovic are in Jail, the
Others being out on bail No fears are ex-
pressed tnaJ they will make any attempt TO
leave the country as they claim that they
cannot be convicted on the evidence of
Chlebun The indictments will probably
be returned tomorrow.