Wichita eagle., 1888-07-14
DYNAMITERS IN COURT.
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shown witness, which were taken from
broderick: Bowles spoke Of working it,
on the Fulton branch of the 90" He told
witness that he laid the cartridge on the
track, using sheet of lead to keep it on
the rail, and the caps for exploding it. He
mao four cartridges and half dozen caps.
heiy's cross-examination developed
had been fireman and engineer. and for
several years worked on the 90" He was
secretary for Hoge and had memoranda
showing dates regarding this and other
things. He was receiving $40 a month
from the brotherhood at the time he
went to work for Mr.. Hoge. He made
memorandum about the Bowles talk
the brotherhood did not allow acts of vio-
lence. He did not report it to the police
because of his relations to the brotherhood.
He had privately told friends about the
dynamite talk. He had been in police
custody since arrested and had conferred
with Inspector Bonfeld, Attorney Collier
and Mr.. Stone. He was not testifying IN
der any promise of immunity, had not
been promised his liberty, and did not ex-
pect it on account Of his testimony. He
mad not been given any money or promised
any and did not expect any. He expected
to be put on trial for conspiracy. He had
no counsel. Lawyer Donahue tried to get
in questions whereby he said he could
show that the witness was not what he
professed to be, but the questions were
ruled out and they were not allowed to
shoh, as they claimed to be able to that
when witness worked for Hoge he was
really acting as a spy.
Thomas c. Lloyd said that he lived at
Noblesville, Ind, dealt in hardware, and
had seen Bowles, whom he picked out from
among the defendants, in his store about
June l. Witness sold him five pounds of
dynamite put up in rolls. The brand was
called the Hercules powder and he identi-
fed that in court as the same brand He
sold him more two weeks after and again
on June %. Illuminating caps and fuses
were bought with each lot and picked very
carefully by special directions.
Andres E. Barnes, clerk for Mr.. Lloyd,
also identified Bowles, having seen him
several times in the store and sold him dy
Mantle, besides that bought of Mr.. Lloyd.
Kirk Howe was clerk in Swayne and
Pierce's hardware store at Westfield, Ind,
six miles from Noblesvllle. He identified
Bowles as man to whom he had sold dy-
Mantle about six weeks ago. The brand
was what they called Atlas powder, and
the sticks shown him in court were the
same as those shown Bowles. Fulminat-
ing caps and fuse shown were similarly
identified.
w. E. Thomas, of Aurora, locomotive
engineer, the next witness. was pulling
train No. II on the night of May 20,
through Aurora. At 10:47 when about a
mile from Eola he heard loud report
and saw very bri ght light, like an
electric light flash up beside the cab. The
jar of the explosion knocked off the head
light and the cab light and cut one and
a half inches from the fange of the right
forward truck wheel. Witness felt the
shock for two days afterward. The train
ran into Aurora without stopping and the
full extent Of damage was only discovered
then
John Queenan, q" engineer, had the
of June 4, while running between Aurora
and Streator. a half mile west Of Aurora
The examination was here suspended
until 10 o'clock tomorrow. The prosecu-
ton has still a number of witnesses to
bring on.