Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-07-19
THE DYNAMiTERS.

One of the Alleged Burlington Dynsmiters'
Said to Have Confessed-The Attorneys
Charge.
CHICAGO, July IA startling outline OF
the case against the members of the
Brotherhood of locomotive engineers and
6remen, accused Of completely in the huge
dynamite plot against the Chicago, Bur-
lington & Quincy railroad was for
mally presented in court to-day. The
statement was made by United States
District Attorney Ewing immediately
upon arraignment of six of the accused,
Chief Bauereisen and his comrades,
Goding, Wilson, Bowles, Broderick and
Smith. The presentment caused great
sensation among the crowd of railroad
men, lawyers and reporters that filed
every inch Of room in the court. The state
ment of the district attorney was appar-
emily based largely upon confession by
one of the six, Alexander Smith. District
Attorney Ewing said:
MAY it please the court, desire TO say,
in presenting this statement Of what ex-
pect to prove. that think it will appear
from the evidence, that on or about May
y last at the town Of Eole, four or hve
miles from Aurora, there was dynamite
cartridge placed on the track Of the Chi
cago, Burlington & Quincy road and ex-
ploded.
''The evidence will show that few
days prior Bowles, one Of the accused,
went into the room OF Chairman
Hoge of the Brotherhood, at the lat
ter's rooms in the Grand Pacific Hotel,
Chicago, and showed him a number OF
dynamite cartridges, and that they talked
there about the use of these cartridges.
very few DAYS afterward, this explosion
| took place at Eola. 1t will appear further
| that some three or four days before that
explosion, and after the conversation be-
tween Bowles and Hoge, Bowles met
Smith, one of the defendants, and talked
with him about the use of dynamite
him how it could be used, told him some
! thing of its explosive power and invited
him to go with him and they would fix one.
''The evidence will further show that on
the night of the 18th day of May last,
somewhere about nine O'Clock, Bowles pro-
cured buggy and a horse and with SmitL
drove down to the town Of Eola. On the
way down Bowles showed Smith the dyna-
mite cartridge which corresponds with the
cartridges found in the possession of these
defendants. They drove into the little
town, drove fifty or sixty yards from the
railroad, when Bowles got out of the buggy,
went over to the track and put the cart
ridge on the rail, coming back and report
ing that he had done so, that they drove
back to Aurora and just as they were near
ing the town the explosion took place and
part of that engine was wrecked.
| "a day or two later Bauereisen met
Smith on the street and said that Bowles
| left a package for him at Peck's Hotel.
Smith went to the room Of the hotel as di-
rected by Bauereisen and found the cart
ridge and case. A few days after that
Bauereisen met Smith on the street again
ard asked him if he had set off any
of that stuff yet-this was on the 14th
day of June, the day of the Brother
hood picnic. Smith told him he had not
and Bauereisen replied that would be
pretty good night to do it. Smith got the
cartridge and went down 70 South Aurora
and put the cartridge on the track of the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy. The next
day after he did that he met the defendant.
| Bauereisen, and Bauereisen again asked
him if he had let off any of that stuff. He
| told him that he had, and Bauereisen told
him he thought so because he had heard
the explosion.
snow the evidence will show that on
that night there was an explosion at that
place. We pass now from that time to g.
couple of weeks later, between the l4th day
of June and the 1st of July. Bowles was
away and there was correspondence be-
| tween him and Bauereisen and some others
| concerning his whereabouts and what he
was doing. That correspondence, in the
| handwriting of Bauereisen, showed Bowles
was doing some business that was very
| secret. that he must be careful that nc
one is watching him; that if he believes
that the man he suspects is really watch
ing, is really following, to shoot him, and
then telling him mot to buy any more of
the stuff at present, for obvious reasons"