The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-14
TRIAL OF THE @" DEMONS
a STARTLING OUTLINE OF THEIR
MURDEROUS PLOT.

A Woman Implicated.
CHICAGO, July ia startling outline
Of the case against the members Of the
Brotherhood of Engineers and Fire
men, accused of completely in the huge
dynamite plot against the Chicago, Bur
ington and Quincy road, was formally
presented in court today The statement
was made by United States Attorney Ewing
Immediately upon the arraignment of six
of the accused-Chief Bauereisen and his
comrades Gcding, Wilson, Bowles, Brod-
erick and Smith. The presentment caused
great sensation among the crowd of rail
road men, lawyers and reporters that
| filled every inch of the room In the court.
BASED ON THE CONFESSION.
The statement of the district attorney was
apparently based largely on the confession
of Alex Smith. The latter sat apart from
the other defendants, and Notwithstanding
| the efforts of his brother, who was present
in court, doggedly declined to be repre-
sented by the brotherhood attorneys, or to
have anything to do with them. After
| Commissioner Hayne had refused the de
! PENDANTS request for a separate eXamina-
tion for each of them, the district attorney
arose and in matter of fact way, without
any attempt at defamation, recited the
facts that he proposed to prove.
During the examination the cheeks Of
Bauereisen and Cooling fairly seemed to
burn. The others did not betray much, if
any surprise, and maintained a calm de-
meanor.
MIR. EwING's STATEMENT
District Attorney Ewing spoke as fol-
| lows: MAY it please the court | have to
| say in presenting statement of what
| expect to prove, that | think it will appear
from the evidence that on or about
May 20 last, at the town of
Eola, four or five miles from
Aurora there was a dynamite cartridge
placed upon the track Of the Chicago, Bur
lington and Quincy road and exploded.
The evidence will show that n few days
prior to the explosion at Eola, Bowles, one
of the accused, went into the room of Chair
man Hoge of the Brotherhood, at the lat
ter's rooms in the Grand Pacific hotel, at
Chicago, and showed him number of
| dynamite cartridges, and that they talked
there about the use of these cartridges.
THEN CAME THE EXPLOSION.
A very few days after this the explosion
at Eola took ylace. 1t will appear further
that some three or four days before tn at
| explo ion and after the conversation be-
tween Bowles and Hoge, Bowles met
Smith (one of the defendants) and talke cd
with him about the use of dynamite, told
him how it could be used, told him some
thing of its explosive power and invited
him to go with him and they would find
some. The evidence will further show that
on the night of May 20 last, somewhere
about Q o'clock, Bowles procured horse
and buggy and with Smith drove down tC
this town of Eola.
PUT ON THE TRACK.
On the wav down Bowles showed Smith
dynmate cartridge, which corresponded
with the cartridge found in the possession
of these parties They drove to this little
town, drove fifty CT sixty yards from the
railroad when Bowles got out of the buggy,
went over TO the track and put the cartridge
on the rail, coming back and reporting that
he had done so They then drove back tc
Aurora, and just as they were nearing 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 package for hin
at the Heck's house.
FOUND THE EXPLOSIVE.
Smith went to the room of the hotel, al
directed by Bauereisen, and found a cart
ridge and caps. A few days after that
Bauereisen met Smith on the street again
and asked him if he had set off any Of that
stuff yet. This was on June IA, the day OF
|
that he had not, and Bauereisen replied that
that would be pretty good night TO do it.
Smith got the cartridge aud we.t down 81
South Aurora and put the cartridge on the
track The next day after he did that he
met defendant, Bauereisen, and the latter
again asked him il he had let Off any OF
that stuff He told him no had, and Bauer
eisen told him ne thought 50, because he
had heard the explosion. Now the evidence
,xyilI Iuhnt haf IN buf oh WI n
explosion at that place.
BowLEs ON A TOUR.
1--WE pass now from that time to a couple
Of weeks later, between June IA and July
TO- Bowles was away and there was cor
respondence between him, Bauereisen and
some others concerning his whereabouts
and what he was doing. That correspond
ence, in the handwriting Of Baueresen,
showed that Bowles was doing some busi-
ness that was very secret. that he must be
careful, that no one is watching him, that
if he believes that ( tue man ne suspects is
really following him 70 shoot the - --
-, and then telling him not to buy any
more Of the stuff at present for obvious
reasons"
A WOMAN IN THE SCHEME.
The district attorney further stated that
on July B Cooling gave Smith letter to b q
wife, and that on presenting 1t, she gave
Smith package containing cartridges, a
fuse and caps.
Smith put another paper around the
bundle and delivered IL 10 the Brotherhood
hall at Aurora At the hall there he MET
Brodelick Bowles and BauereIsen, and
said 10 one Of them. THAT package is out
In the anteroom."
The evidence will show that very little
while after that Broderick, Bowles, Bauer
eisen and vii on all went out Of the hall
together; that Broderick had this package
In his ARM that they went down 10 the
train together coming to Chicago, and the
three, leaving out Bauereisen, took a train
10 come hore and carried that package on
10 the train, and were arrested on the train.
FOUND on THEIR PERSONS.
When that package was examined il was
found TO contain four half pound dynamite
cartridges, and In Broderick's possession
we're "A number Of these Illuminating caps
that can bo used for no other purpose that
know OF on earth but 10 explode that in
ferahl stuff.
The remainder Of the district attorneys
statement was taken up In describing the
deadly nature OF the cartridges az demon
strated by experiments made by him and
tho United States marshal yesterday.
AN AGENTS TESTIMONY.
Samuel G. Madden, agent for the Atlas
dynamite company, testified that the cart
ridges taken from the prisoners contained
~ per cent OF nltro-gl yoerine The fulmi-
mating caps found on Broderick were do.