The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-08-10
Another Chicago n,..n,,ter Arrested.


A gnnsmith nnmetl Rudolph Sevic was ar
lmts under boniis Of $1,000. lie is chargrd
with lning tho individual who furnished
dyiiamit"tO tho consIirators who intended
I" assnssnnts the thre law officers most
prominent in the linymarkct prosecution.
Srvir acknowledges that llc Inns lssn illegally
'iraling in dynamite and that ho has sold
over fifty pounds Of tho explosive tn
will only admit having sold ten ion
pounds to Chicago nn,,rl,ists, mud
assets that ho either never knew then,
ar r,ii,not remember who they wer. Insms..
tor l'nntirld snys he has proof thut the ten
pounds. II not moro, went to lirOnck, ChaImk
and Chlcl,"nn. When Scvic was marched
into the dock, Inspector Bonlicld snid liz was
rntmhiy the most dangerous ,lynnIniter in
tue city. The inspector appeared ns l,rose-
cutor aud said:
S.Nic ~ Il iiohcnlian gunsmith aud friend
ofChaI~k, lirolirk uni Cllrm,n. June 81
1887. he bought twenty -iivc pounds nf ,ly
nanitr"f thu American Powder company
III" told mo TINT he hatl sold this invent y.iivt
pounds to II farmer living in Minnesota.
,in n lrl,"v" his story aud have reason ia
believe that dynamite never went out u
Chicago On May 20. of this year, Srvit
ngi,in hnrght twenty-five pounds of lyna
mite of the American Powder company
ll'is dynamite was of exactly thu same grade
','ui had the sumo stamps ns tlint found III
possession Of the three consriratnrs. ! con
slider him II more dangerous man than nny
ut Ill" thi,.', nnl ask that lie hc held III
larger bonds.
S"vir prof"ssc'l total ignorance Of English,
although, Inspector Bnnticll said that h,
knew it possibly we'll. judge Lyon explained
I h" case To tho prisoner through an inter
prefer aud then ass"ntc'l to Inspector Ion
field + motion to cOntn the ease II week in
bonds of $7,OOO
will the ronsI,irnturs," snid Inspector Bon
field subsequently,. "Thr identity Of thu
dynamite itself proves that. Then Srvic liz IL
friend and cOuntryman Of IIrnnrk Gha,mt
,ind tllrhnun. This comes pretty near prov.
ing S"vic's connection with the plot The
bombs made from this dynamite were Of til,
.'irvi!isll pattern One Of them might hav,
killed fifty men,
The polio" say that the discovery Of til,
bombs, which ore doubtless tho l,r,mluct q
Srvic's handiw"rk is an important link in the
chain of cvilrnccagaust lirouck. Chamk and
lhl"bnun. Tho bombs were he invention o
iironrk. and their manufacture l,y II practi
cal gunsnith goes firtO show n ,l.pp-laiti con
spiriry. II is Thought by the police Tint
i."1" is no Othrr probable theory to cxpluil
hr III" nf the large quantities Of dynamite
handled by tho bohemian gunsmith. Srvit
is twcnty-cght years old and of intclligcn,
appearance. lie understands nnd speaks but
little English. Inspector Boniicl,l
nlso captured several Internal ma
chimes They nrc Of zine, AZ nr :: inches il
height: ofcylin,lrr shnpr, 2ls inches in diam
etrr. lnsi,l" of these cylinders nrc others o
equal height. about an inch in diameter
These inside cylinders IRE filed will dynamite
anl l"tw,sM them and tho outside ruvprin,
the spare is filled full of cut glass. lead slug,
and lrckcn iron. In liz tops of tho insi,l,
cylinders Illuminating caps nrr placed Will
fuses attached. Inspector ls"ntirli will moi
say whether or not these machines were il
Scvic's house.