New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-14
BURLINGTON DYNAMITERS.
WITNESSES AGAINST THE PRISONERS.
THE UNITED STATES DlsTgiCT-ArToRNEY STATING
rns FACTS WHICH He EXPECTS TO PROVE
CONCERNING TnR CONSPIRACY
BEATEN BY 4 MOB.

BEATEN BY A MOB
Chicago July ia startling outline of the
ease against the members of the Brotherhood of
Engineers and Firemcn accused of completely in a
dynamite plot against the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy read was formally presented in court to-
day. The statement made by United States
District-Attorney Ewing upon the arraignmcnt
Of six Of the accused men, Baucrcisen, GOdlng,
Wilson, Bowcs, Brodcricll and Smith The state
mont was apparently based confession by
Smith. The latter sat apart from the other de-
fcndants, and notwithstanding the efforts OF MS
brother who present in court, declined 10
be rcprcst ntcd by the Brotherhood attorneys or
to have anything to do with them. After Cohi-
missioner lioync had refused the defendants re-
oucst for a scparate examination for each oil
them, the District-Attorncy rose and IN matucr-
of-fact way rccitcd the facts that he proposed 10
prove The District-Attorney SAID:
desire say In presenting the statement o. & mli ,h
expect TO prove that thi"h Nav II W 90 ~ The iown Of
Fola four or five miles from Aurora lhcc W as ny
Rnlnsion ana Quincy road and exploded. The cvi-
dencc WILL show that few days piior TO the eApoSlVl
the room of Chairman Ilogc. OF ihs Blo'herhood, az
the lattcrs rooms the Grand Pacific iioel Cmca-o
and showed him number OF dynamite cartridges ana
that they talked about the use o. these Cartridges IL
win appear further 'ha some IhCe Ur ioi a' 'cVenn
EowIcs and Iogc, Bowlcs met smith, one of the de-
ferdants and talked With him about the use of dyna
mite told him how ii could be used told him mchng
of its explosive power invited hin then TO 20 with
further show that on the night OF May %. somewhere
about Q o'clock Bowies procured buggy and horse
and with smith drove to This town OF Eola. ON The
way down Bowlcs showed Smith the dynamite cart
ridge. which corcsp ndS with the caiidgc iouEd IN ne
possession OF tnesc parties They drove 10 this
itic town. drove fifty or sixty yards from ths rail
road. when Bowles got our OF the buggy @ w Men, oyer
to the track and pu' the cartridge on The rail- coTlhs
back and reporting that he had done so. that they
The town the explosion took place ana the engine was
partly wrecked \ day or TWO iacr Eausfcsen @ lcI
for Him al Pccb's Hotel. Smith went TO the room Of
the hotel. "a directed by Bancreisrn, and found the
cartridge and caps few days after that liaucreisen
met smith again and asked him Il hc had set OF any
of that stuff yet This was on June IL, the day OF
and and nanorcScn epicd that that would be pretty
good right to do II. smith got the carlidge ana ,
went dcwn and pllt the cartridge on the
Track OF The Chicago. Burl ngion and Quincy. The
next day afie: he did that he lhe defendant Bauer
ciscn and Bauclciscn asIcd him If he had LET off any
OF that stuff lie told him that be had and Baueciscn
piosion Now tic evidence VIII show that on that
night there was an explosion at that place. , ..o,.
We pass now from that time 10 a couple OF weeks
later lctwccn the 14h day Of jane and the lst OF
July. Bovlcs away and there was correspondence
irg his Whereabouts and what he was doing That
correspondence. IN the handwriting of Bauereisen,
very secret. that he mus; be careful that no one
is watching him that If he believes that the man he
suspects is really following him, to shoot the --'
and then telling him not TO buy any more of the
stuff al present Tor obvious reasons ,,
on July Cooling gave Smith a letter to his wiic
ard she gave Smith package containing canHdgcs'
ard ca!s. Smith put another paper around tho
bundle and carried II 10 the brotherhood Ila In Ar,
FORA. At thc hail he met Frederick, Bowlcs and
Sauerelsen and said 10 one Of them. That package
that a little while after that Frederick, Bowlcs. Bau-
erescn and Wilson al went out Of the hall together,
that Broderick had this package, that they went
down TO the train together. coming TO Chicago. and
the three leaving Balcreiscn, took the train to
were arrested upon tho train and when that psckago
examined 1t found TO contain four half
session thcse Illuminating caps. that can be used
for no Other purpose that know OF on cafth hut TO
explode that internal stuff.
j. j. Kelly, secretary to Chairman Hogc, was
placed on the stand and told how Bowlcs had
brought dynamite TO Hogc's room in the Grand
Pacific Hotel The package was opened in the
presence of IIogc.
Lawyer Donohue tried to get in Questions where
by he said ne could show that the witness was
not what he proicsscd to be. but the questions
were ruled out, and they were not allowed TO show
as they claimed TO be able to, that when the
witness worked for Iioge he was really acting
as a spy. Samuel c. Madden. agent for the Atlas
Dynamite Company was called. The cartridges
alleged 10 have been taken from the prisoners
were brought into court much TO the discomfort
OF everybody in the room. Mr.. Madden testified
that they contained 30 per of nitro-glyccrinc
The Illuminating caps found Brodcricll were
shown TO the witness and were declared to be
designed to explode dynamite.
Edward Poole, conductor of the train on which
Bowlcs. Brodcricll and Wilson were arrested. tcS-
tiicd that interstate passengers were on the train
Poolc's cross-cAamnation conducted with a
view to showing that the Smokins-car, in which
the prisoners were arrested had not come from any
point outside the State, having been attached to
the train at Quincy, that it carried no passengers
from any other State into Illinois, and therefore
did not come within the statute.
Thomas C. Lloyd said he lived IN NoblcsNlilc.
Ind. dealt in hardware, and mad seen Eowlcs,
whom he picked out from among the defendants
in his store about June !. At this idcnt ntilcaton
BowlcS turned pale, and was nervous a1tcrWaIu
Witness sold him five pounds Of the dynamite put
UP in rolls. The brands were No ? 40. : >. ana
No. S s. The brand WIS called the IicrcuIes
powder and he identified that in court as the same
brand. He sold him more two weeks altcr, ana
again on June 23 Illuminating caps ana fuses
were bought with each lot and packed carefully
by sIcc al directions.
Other witnesses also recognized BowleS as man
u VIII ~ they had sod dynamite
Thomas and Walter Marklcy went out yCs'cf-
day with \ Burlington cmpoyc to take pholo-
Craph Of the train wrecked by mob on NcdncS-
day night at Wcstcrn-ayc. and Indiana-st. they
were not moleStcd while taking their negatives,
bat when they had left tho yards mob OF rough
looking men surrounded them ana demanded tle
negatives This demand being refused; the three
Young men were set upon and brutaly Dcalch'
They finally broke away from thclr aSsaiiah'S'
leaving everything behind except the three mega
fivcs They were chased several b Ochs ana peil q
with bricks stones and sticks. but fortunately
escaped without further injury. I-ach oi l'cm
was terribly bruised. and Thomas Marldey re-
ccivcd had cut on the head from hcdNy p%I0" %
dealt with a club The mob demolished me
photographic instruments which had bcch lelI
behind. On the request of the BnIlnson ro',u
policemen have once more been del"iicu =" ",
company each switching crew. day ana night a
force OF police will also patrol the - yarus
Ia spuard against further acts Of violence