Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-07-16
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A Sensation in Court.
ATraignment of the Alleged
So Conspirators.
.B0WLES MAKES CONFESSION
Cooling Also weakens and Tells What He
Knows of the rtatter--The Prose-
tion Secure Postponement to
shape New Evidneee.

tion Secure Postponement to
Shape New Evidnece.
CHICAGO, July 14.--In the arraignment
of the men charged with conspiracy
against the go. - after Commissioner
Hoyne had refused the defendants re.
quest for a separate examination for
each OF them, the district attorney arose
and recited the facts that he proposed to
prove. He said that his evidence would
show that the dynamite cartridge placed
ON the Burlington tsack at Eola, Ills,
May 30, was put there by Bowles and
Smith. A few days prior to the explo-
Z nion Bowles went into Chairman Hoge's
room at the Grand Pacific and showed
hfI3 q number of these cartridges, and
they talked together regarding their use.
A day or two later Ballriesen told Smith
that Bowles had left package for him
Mt a certain hotel in Aurora, Smith got
the package and it contained dynamite
cartridges, and by Bauriesen's advice he
exploded these on the Burlington tracks
June IA July 5, by the direction of the
defendants, Smith took letter from
Goding to his wife, who gave him q
package containing dynamite cartridges.
These Smith took to the Brotherhood
hall at Aurora, where he met Broderick,
Bowles and Bauriesen, and told them
that he had left the dynamite in the
ante-room Broderick put the package
under his arm and the men all left the
hall together and took the train to Chi
cago, excepting Bauriesan. On their
way they were arrested. The package
contained four half-pound dynamite cart
ridges.
j. J. Kelly, secretary to Chairman
Hoge, was placed on the stand, and told
how Bowles had brought the dynamite
to Hoge's room In the Grand Pacific
hotel, The package was opened in the
presence of Hoge.
The cartridges alleged to have been
taken from the prisoners were brought
into court. Samuel @. Madden, agent of
the Atlas Dynamite company, was put
: upon the stand, and testified that the
4 'artridge contained 20 per cent. Of nitro
.Aycerine. The Illuminating caps found
@on Broderlck were shown the witness,
and were declared to be the kind used 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
Poole's cross-examination was conducted
with view to showing that the car in
which the prisoners were arrested had
been attached to the train at Quincy,
5 that it carried no passengers from point
outside of Illinois, and did not come
within these statntes.
john D: Kelly, secretary to Chairman
Hoge, OF the grievance committee, testi-
AL hot r, ly,.e
and saw hin in the rooms of the strIk-
ers In the Grand Pacific hotel; that
Bowles came to the strikers room at the
hotel with a package said to be dynamite,
and opened It In the presenee of Hoge
ard a man named Fowler. Itwas marked
Hercules with red stamp. Bowles
had caps in his pockets. They were like
those taken from Broderiok. Bowles
spoke Of working itn on the Fulton
branch of the 60" Hc told witness
that he had laid a cartridge on the track,
using q 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 twenty eight years old, Ameri-
can born, had been fireman and for
several years worked on the Burlington
road, He was secretary for Ho9e,
and said that he had a mem orAn-
dun showing dates regarding this
and other subjects If it had not
Z been stolen since his arrest, as several
other papers had been. Here 1t was dis
closed that some one had raided Kelly,s
room while ne WAS locked up down town,
and IT was charged that the defense had
the documents taken from his room.
Witness said that he made niemoran-
dunn of Bewles' talk about dynamite at
the time, because the Brotherhood did
not allow acts of violence. He did not
report it to the police, because of his re-
1ations to the Brotherhood He said that
since his arrest he had conferred with
Inspector Bontield, Attorney Collier and
Mr.. Stone, but was not testifying und er
promise of immunity, and that he ex-
pectedt to be put on trial for conspiracy.
Thomas g. Lloyd testified that he lived
at Noblesville, Ind, and dealt in hard
ware. He had seen Bowies in his store
about June l, and had sold him ave
pounds Of dynamite, putup in rolls. The
brands We're known as the Hercules,
powder, and he identified that in court
as the same brand. He sold him more
two weeks later, and again on June 20.
II Illuminating caps and fuses were bought
with each lot and packed carefully by
special directions. Bowles told him on
the first occasion that he was stopping
with Mr.. Sapper in the neighborhood.
Andrew Il. Barnes, clerk for Lloyd.
also identified Bowles, having seen him
In the store several times, and sold him
dynamite about p. M on June 90.
Bowles then got package of dynamite
put up for him by Lloyd.
Thomas Jester of Noblesyille. Ind.
had seen Bowles when the latter was
stopping at Sapper's. They talked about
the strike, and BowIes told him that he,
was going to Creston, Ia, ito raise hell
among the boys, y
klrke Howe, o clerk in Sawyer &
Pierce's hardware store at Westfeld.
Ind, identified Bowles as the man to
whom he had sold dynamite about six
weeks ago.
nowIes Confesses.
q CHICAGO, July 14.-Bowles, the man
in the conspiracy against the Burlington
road, against whom the testimony given
is most conclusive, has made full con-
fession of his share in the conspiracy.
He saw little chance to escape and Dis,
triot Attorney Ewing was informed of
Bowles Willingness to squeal Arrange
ments were atonce made and his statement
was taken down. Goding, another ar
rested man, has also concluded to come
into camp, and by this time he has told
81 ne knows OF the plot against the Bur.