Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-08-02
eAGGED BY BcNFIELD.

The Chicago Police Inspector Succeeds ir
Running Down Another Dangerous
Character Who Deals in Dynamite and
Makes Exceedingly Wicked Bombs.
CHICAGO, July 25.-The drag net of the
law enmeshed to-day another of the An
archists who sought revenge upon the
representatives OF the law in the person
of Bonfield, Gary and Grinne1l. A gun
smith, named Rudolph Sevic, was arrest
ed before daylight this morning, and is
now behind prison bars, under bonds OF
$1,000. He is charged with being the in
dividual who furnished dynamite to the
conspirators who intended to assassinate
the three law officers most prominent in
the prosecution of the Haymarket con-
spirators. Sevic acknowledges that he
has been Illegally dealing in dynamite,
aud that he sold over fifty pounds of the
explosive to various persons within q
year. He will only admit having sold ten
pounds to Chicagoans, and asserts that
he can not remember who they were. In
spector Bonfeld says he has proof that
the ten pounds, if not more, went to
Hronek, Chapek and Chleboun. 1t is
definitely known that Sevic bought, on
May 26, from the American Powder Com
pany in Chicago, twenty-five pounds OF
dynamite. 1t is ten pounds of this pur-
chase that has been traced to the recent
ly-arreated trio of assassins. Sevio
claims ten pounds of the twenty-five
went to a farmer in Nebraska. On the Sd
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 to locate him. Inspector
Bonfield is positive that Sevic was in
league with the three dynamiters arrested
few days since, and sold them the ex-
nj cfya WIT so1, ofaI 20 do
stroy Judges Grinne1l and Gary.
Sevic is a Bohemian, twenty eight years
of age, and of intelligent appearance. He
understands and speaks but little En-
glish. Inspector Bonfeld last night also
captured several Internal machines.
They are of zinc, four and one-half or
five inches in height, of cylinder shape,
two and one-half inches in diameter.
Inside Of these cylinders are others of
equal height about an inch in diameter,
These inside cylinders are filed with
dynamite and between them and the out
side covering the space is filled full of cut
glass, lead slugs and broken iron. In the
tops Of the inside cylinders fulmin ating
caps are placed with fuses attached. In
spector Bonfield will not say whether or
not these machines were found in Sevic's
house.
Sevic's arrest was kept secret until the
moment when he was arraigned in court
this morning. Meantime he had been
subjected to vigorous pumping process
by Inspector Bonfield. The proceedings
in court occupied but few moments and
consisted of simply putting the case on
record and fixing bond heavy enough to
hold the gunsmith and continuing further
proceedings for a week. The grand Jury,
already impaneled to take up the case of
before that time, it is expected, have
formally indicted all concerned in the
diabolical plot.
The police say that the discovery of tbs
bombs, which are doubtless the product
of Sevic's handiwork, is an important
link in the chain of evidence against
Hronek, Chapek and Chleboun. The
bombs were the invention of Hronek, and
their manufacture by a practical gum
smith goes far to show deep-lai 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 ex-
plain the use of the large quantities Of
dynamite handled by the Bohemian gun
smith.
There was no blare of trumpets when
Sevic was marched into the dock, but In
spector Bonfeld said he was probably the
most dangerous dynamiter in the city.
The Inspector appeared as prosecutor,
and said:
'sYour Honor, this man Sevic is a Bohe-
milan gunsmith, and friend of Chapek,
Hronek and Chleboun. January o. 1887,
he bought twenty-five pounds of dynamite
of the American Powder Company. He
told me that he sold this twenty five
pounds to a farmer living in Minnesota.
don't believe his story, and have reason
to believe that the dynamite never went
out of his charge. On May % of this year
Sevic again bought twenty five pounds Of
dynamite of the American Powder Com
pany. This dynamite was of exactly the
same grade and had the same stamps as
that found in possession of the three con-
spirators. I consider him a more dan
gerous man than any of the three, and I
ask that he be held in larger bonds"
Sevic professed ignorance of the En-
glish language, although inspector Bon
field said that he knew it passably we'll.
Judge Lyon explained the case to the
prisoner through an interpreter, and then
to Inspector Bonfeld's motion
to continue the case week in bonds Of
81, 200.
''There is no doubt of Sevic's connec-
ton with the conspirators," said In
spector Bonfield subsequently. "The
identity of the dynamite itself proves
that. Then Sevic is friend and coun-
tryman of Hronek, Chapek and Chile |
boun. This comes pretty near proving
Sevic's connection with the plot. The
bombs made from the dynamite were of
q 'devilish pattern. One of them might
have killed fifty men."
This afternoon Sevic was carried, with |
Hronek, Chapek and Chleboun, before
the grand jury, who Immediately took up |
the case. The proceedings were guar ded
with the utmost jealousy. The first half
hour was occupied by Inspector Bonfe Id |
in unfolding to the jurors the details Of |
he conspiracy.