The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-07-21
A DYNAMITE PLOT.
Three Men Arrested on q %" Train
Armed With Dynamite
Cartridges
nix Aen Now Held for Completely ID
the Plst--Their Arraignmest
nnd Commit mcnt.


men were arrested with the deadly explosive
In their possession under circumstance
which warrant the charge against them or
conspirfng TO destroy the propSty Of the
Chicago, burlington & Quincy failresd.
several -ayitators" whose movements cor
responded with some Of these attempts upon
the company's property We're put under
special surveillance. II was then discovered
that dynamite was used in several 'insucce~~-
ful attempts To wreck trains within the past
month. The principal suspects were then
not allowed 10 make move without being
under the watchful eve Of an officer. IL was
impossible az first 10 locate the dynamite, but
positive Information was rccciy ed that Thurs
day was the day chosen for "A grand attack
upon the company property.
superintendent OF motive power q. w.
Rhodes swore out warrant Thursday, and
Deputy Marshal Burchard proceeded with IL
10 Aurora la company with Assistant super
intendent Metiinn, Of Pinkerton's forre.
Their men were located and Swallowed 10
the afternoon train TO Chicago. Thomas
Frederick and J. A. Bowlc>, two brotherhood
ex-engineers Of the 20" were seen 10 board
the train I'm company with man not known
To the officers. A fourth man they were
looking for was not identified. The strange
man, who proved TO be John q. Wilson. took
double seat beside Frederick while Bowles
sat Just across the aisle.
The train had barely started when the OFF,
GERS tapped the men the shoulders and made
them prisoners. They had taken on their
coats, and under the two coats lying between
Frederick and Wilson upon the seat was an
innocent-looking package wrapped in news
paper. While they Were cutting the brace
lets on the prisoners Broderick quickly
snatched u letter from his pocket and threw
II out OF the window. McGinn sprang TO
the bclLrope and stopped the train. Run
ming back half mile along the track ne
found the letter. IL u now In the possession
OF District Attorney Ewing.
A valsc was taken from Bowlcs and sew
eral letters and papers. These were taken
To the District Attorneys office with the
newspaper package, and the latter was found
Ia contain four dynamite cartridges each
about ten inches long and an inch and a
quarter square. Mr.. Rhodes estimated that
each contained about pound Of dynamite.
In Brodcrick's pocket IN purse were found
several small dynamite Illuminating caps.
United ststes Marshal Marsh was nj the
depot to meet the prisoners and had them
taken at once before Commissioner Hoync.
1--WE arraign these defendants" said the
District Attorney, "undcr section 5,aSJ of
United States Revised Statutes, which reads
Every person who knowingly transports. or
delivers, or causes To be delivered nitro
glyccrine, nitroleum or blasting oil or nitrate
oil. or powder mixed with any such oil, or
fiber saturated with any stch substance or
article, on board any vessel or vehicle what
soeycr employed In conveying passengers by
land or water between any place IN foreign
country and any place within the United
States or between place in one state, Ter
ritory, or District Of the United states and
place In any other state. Territory, or
District thereof, shall bc punished BY u fine
OF not less than $1,000 nor more than 81 900;
one-half To the Use Of the inforlner.''
"Lct them bc held under 5000 bonds each
for examination" said the Commissioner.
Two more men were arrested Friday
charged with being concerned In the plot 10
blow up more or less OF the property Of the
Burlington railroad with dynamite. One OF
these was John Bauercisen, who lives ~ An
rora. lie i chief engineer 81 the branch III
the Brotherhood OF Engineers which has it,
headquarters at Aurora II one OF the strikers,
and wrote the letter which Broderick, one of
the three men arrested on Thursday with the
| dynamite packages In their possession, threw
out OF the car-wlndow This letter the rail-
road officials Will not yet give UP. but IL IL
understood that n does not refer 90 the dyna-
mite plot IN terms. though II y said to have
| an important bearing on the ease. Baucrci~-
en- l. also believed To have taken the dyna-
| mite cart ridge, To the place where the three
men got them before going 10 the train.
The officers returned TO Aurora and at p.
m. arrived In Chicago. having in custody
Alec smith, who was taken over To the Jail
aud held for examination in the same bonds
\ ~ the Others. lie j. young man OF -.
I striking So fireman, and the charge against
him viii bc that he handled the dynamite
1
| Wilson.
George J. Godding. one OF the striking en-
| ginecrs on the 20" road. was arrested al Atl-
/ rorn Monday ON warrant similar To that on
which Frederick. Wilson, Bowlcs, Bauereisen
\ and smith were taken. Godding's name
I appeared In the warrant ON which Bauercisen
I was arrested, hut he could not then De found
about Aurora
tiodding was taken 10 the United states
marShars office. whcrc,. for upward Of an
/ hour, he was In the hands III District Attor-
ney Ewing MesSr<. Collier n Dawes, counsel
| for the 90" Then Goddng WAS taken he
fore United States Commissioner Hoyne.
who, after statement from Mr.. Dawes held
the prisoner under bonds of $4,000.
Godding refused to make any statement TO
the press, but Il \ understood that In the
presence Of his inquisiors he ~tcadfastly de-
! clarrd his Innocence OF any knowledge OF q
dynamite conspiracy, or completely with any
| persons having such an object la view. lie
/ member Of the brotherhood. belonging 10
| post - 40 Aurora. lie i n splcndid-iOOking
fellow, "a yrar~ of age. and has been In the
employ OF the Burlington road for seventeen
years.
A dynamite bomb, exploded under Bur-
lington coach could not have occasioncd great
or CONSERVATION than did the arrest Tuesday,
for conspiracy, OF Chairman stewart T..
Hoge ~ the grievance committee ~ the
I Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and
john N. Murphy, chairman OF the grievance
committee Of the brotherhood Of Firemcn.
! The statement By Mr.. ilOgc that the arrest OF
himself would result in the stopping OF every
brotherhood locomotive wheel In the Union
seems to have been accepted almost a. a chal-
lcngr, and hardly had the statement been
given 90 the world before the officers of the
law confronted the leaders with WAR
rants for their arrest. There were war
rants OF being accomplices against John j.
Kelley and John II. Mct;ilscry. both en-
gincers who have been clerks M the head
quarters Of Mr.. flogr.
Later In the day these clerks, who have
/ llnrn cnnNnrsnnI with All the hil.innss Of tho