Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-07-14
TuE GREATDYNAMITE PLOT.
Presentation OF the Case
Against the Prisoners.
lBy telegraph TO the Dispatch-l

CHICAGO. July ia startling outline OF
the case against the members Of the Brother
hood OF Engineers and FiTemen accused OF
completely In huge dynamite plot against
the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy road
was formally presented in cOnrt to-day. The
statement was made by United states District
Attorney Ewing Immediately upon the ar
rsigument OF six Of the accused-Chef
BaueriSen and ms cOmrlde', GOdding,
Wilson, Rowles, BrodeTlck. and Smith. The
uressutment caused great sensation among
She crowd Of railrOad-moD, LAWYERS, and re-
portcrs that Glled every inch Of room in the
court. The settlement OF the District
Attorney was apparently based largely on the
confession Of Alexander Smith. The latter sat
apart from the other defendants, and not
outstanding the efforts Of his brother, who
was present In court. 6oggedly declined TO
be represented by the Brotherhood attorneys
or have anything 10 do with them. After
Commissioner How're had refused the de-
fcndi request for a separate examination
lor each Of them. the District Attorney arose
and IN a mliter-0i-fact way, without any At
temUt 40 defamation, Iecited the facts that
bee proposed 10 prove. DuriOg The eXamina-
non the checks of Bluereiscn and Godding
fairly seemed to burn. The others did not
betray much II any surprise, and maintain
I'd q calm dcmeInOr.
District Attorney Ewing spoke as follows {:
May Ii please the Court, desire 10 say in
presenting the statement OF what | expect
90 prove that | think Il will appear from
evidence thai on or about MAY 2)th last, NJ
t1c town Of Lo.a, four or 1--WE miles from
Aurora. there VAS. dynamite cartridge
placed upon the track OF the Chicago, Bur
iugt0n and Quincy road and exploded
he evidence will show that few DAYS
prior 10 the explosion at Eola, B0wles, one OF
She accused, went into the room OF Chairman
H0go, OF the Brotherhood, at the latter's
rooms in the Grnnd Pacific Hotel IN Chicago
and showed him a number OF dynamite
cartridges, and that they talked there about
She use Of these cartridges. A very few
DAYS afterwards this explosion nj Eola took
place. II will appear further that some
three or four days before that explosion aud
after the conversation between B0wles and
liOre, Bowie, met smith Zone OF the de-
.rndanis) aud talked with him about the use
Of dynamite. snd told him how il could be
used; tod han something Of is explosive
power, aud invited him TO 90 With hlm and
they would ind some.
lbe evidence will further show that on
Ore night o. the 18th day u Nay last, some
where about O'Clock. B0wles procured a
horse and buggy aud with Smith drove
down 10 the town OF Eola. On the way
aoan RoWles showed smith \ dynamite
cuiudse which corresponds with the car
ridges found in the possession OF these par
ties. They drove 10 this little town, drove
iHy or sixty yPTGs from the railroad, wien
bowles got out Of the buggy, went over the
hack add put 0 caFlridge on the rail, coming
back aud reporting that he had done so.
They drove back 10 Aurora and jpSt - they
place, aud a part Of that engine was
wrecked. A day or twO later Bauereisen
met Seth on the stree and said thai Bowlcs
IN 4 package for bin at Heck's house.
,nrh wen. 10 room OF the hotel a. al
ieeei by Bauerisen and found the car
uilgts and caps.
a iew DAYS after that BauereiSen met smith
on ite street Sgaiu aud asked him II ne hsu
- OF any OF that stuff yet. Tbs was 90 toe
Jan day Of June. the day OF the bfoiher-
hood Picnic. Smith told BIN be bad moi,
and E4uefelsen replied that that would be q
pretty good night to DO It. smith got The
caflfiege and went down 10 Sontn Aurora
ana PVT The cartridge Gu The track. The next
o'y alier he did that be niet the defendant
bAuereisen, add the latter again asked BIN II
ne lad let OF any Of that stun. lie told hlm
NAT he bad, aud Bauereisen told him be
teongbl 20 because ae had heard the expo
ION Now the evidence will show ibat on
'asl nigal there WAS an explosion st that
We pass now from that line 10 couple
we ~ later, between The 18th day OF June
hnu 'he lst OF July. Bowles was away, ana
sosIs was correspondence between hin
~ bAuefeisen and some others concerning
IN "hefeADouis aud what be was doing.
aua' eoffeep0ndenos, IN the handwriting OF
bauereisen, showed That Bowles was doiag
some business that was very secret; that be
mu-t De careful tbst no Que ID watching
llb; That II he believes that II the man be
'a''0ess Ia really following him, 10 shoot the