The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-07-20
STORY OF AN lNFORMER.
Smith Details the Working of the Con-
spirators Against the Burlington Road
His Testimony Puts the PIotters in
Deeper Hole.

Smith Details the Working of the Con-
spirators Against the Burlington Road
His Testimony Puts the PIotters in
Deeper Hole.
CHICAGO, July 1.-THE sensational de-
velopments of Saturday attracted large
crowd to the Government building who
were anxious for another sensation to
occur In the present case, however,
it is hardly possible that any thing more
of startling nature will occur, as the
prosecution has already obtained all the
knowledge that Bowles, Broderick and
Smith possess. This was outlined in the
opening speech of the district attorney.
Whatever has been learned since then will
be kept quiet until the time comes to try
the men on the q arge Of conspiracy.
Alex Smith v 5 sworn and his testimony
was substantially as follows:
My name is Alexander Smith. have lived
in Aurora twenty years. and live there wllenl
am at home. l am a locomotive fireman,
and worked for the TO- road four years
l quit work on February %, but have since
been working for the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers or, rather, have been
getting paid by them for being idle. I know
Broderick, Cooling and Bowles Slightly, ana
Bauereisen well. I met Bowles first at the
hall in Aurora, where the stikers held their
buggy and went with him for drive. We
drove to the railroad track. and for the first
time saw dynam tie. Bowles had several
sticks OF 1t and some caps He got a twig OFF
tree and bored hole in the end of stick OF
the dynamite. 1t was the night of the Eola
explosion. Bowles said: I gness We'll give
them scare Bowles got out of the buggy and
put the dynamite on the track Then we drove
away and when we got one and half miles
fro, yVah no rdf 10 Hyyro on n
next day Bowles asked me if had heard any
thing and told him no. The next day he told
me he'd leave a cartridge with me and that
l should put it on the track. He told me to do
it the night he went away or they would sus-
pect him of doing it. p
:" I met Bauereisen shortly afterward, and
he told me that Bowles had left package
for me at Heck's Hotel. In the package were
dynamite and caps. ,Bauereisen told me to
give them scare that night June IA. 1 took
the cartridge that night and put it on the Bur
lngton track near the depot at South Aurora.
The next day met Bauereisen, WHO asked me
il had been out the nj ht before. told him
that had, and he remarked that he thought SO,
because he had heard the noise of the ex-
plosion. On July saw Bowles, and he
told me to get some caps and dynamite
from Cooling. I found Goding told him what
wanted and he gave me an order to his wife,
who handed me a wooden box containing
dynamite cartridges and caps and fuse. These
I gave to Bowles that day. L saw Broderick,
Bowles, Bauereisen, Wilson and another
man the same day. Either Broderick or
Bowles then told me to go up to Cooling S
house and get some dynamite. Then they saw
Cooling on the opposite side of the street and
called him over. One of them told him that
was going up to the house for the stuff. don't
remember who it was. Cooling and I then went
To lie oct T
it to the reception-room of the brotherhood
hall. Then told Broderick that it was there
and we all went in. Shortly afterward Brod-
ericl1, Bowles and Bauereisen left the hall.
After the witness had identified the
dynamite found in the car as that taken
from Goding's house he was turned over to
the defense for examination. After
long string Of questions which did not
materially effect the evidence the cross
examination ceased and the court then adj
journed till 2 O'Clock
The afternoon session was brief and
without sensation. Smith was recalled
and acknowledged having received several
visits from his brother during the time he
has been in custody, but he denied ever
having told that he had not even seen any
dynamite on July 4 or 5. 'tNor," said the
| witness, With come littlo onaetion, did l
| tell him was an innocent man."
| After Smith had told how, since his ar
rest, he had slepG part of the time in the
| Government building and at other times at
| Pinkerton's, it was announced that an ad-
| journment would be taken until Wednes-
day morning. This was by agreement and
| ON account of the illness of District-At
| torney Ewing.
Bowles did not appear in court. 1t is
| said that he knows so much that he is still
| "squealing" A result of this will be a
number Of new arrests, some of which will
be from circles supposed to be without the
| radical element. The people to be taken
| into custody will not be apprehended I'M
| der any Federal statute, but under the
broader charge of conspiracy, as arranged
| for in the State laws.
| A conference was held between the
| chairman of the grievance committee of
| locomotive engineers and firemen and the
chief officers of the Burlington road which
| promises to result in the strike against that
road being declared off within very short
| ti11oa.