The Detroit times., 1917-12-13

work from now on would be chiefly
20 corroborate and weld together
into a complete narrative tho whole
thrilling history Of The amazing dyn.
amlte plots In connection with
which the defendants have been in
dicfed.
II l-Ed Anhesnn- -Nlce president
7d general manager of the Detroit
Testing laboratory. went on The
stand FOR q few minutes Thursday
morning 20 amp'ify statements be-
made Wednesday afi ifraoon when
DE Identified the dynamite and
bombs dn~ up recently as explosives
of highly active properties
James J Middleton. ~ Fort VIZ
Nam. Ont formerly ~ Nippigon
where he was a bartender I'm the
Nipigon inn was the ncxt witness
He said that IN March. 1915, two
men who registered as Charles
schmidt and Carl Stevens. both a.
whom have been indicted entered
'he barroom and talked TN an ur
fftfone of wrecklrg the Canadian
Pacific railway bridge He said
they asked him Tho direction OF thr
bridge ard he pointed ~ out Hn
sald they als1 asked II they could
reach u on the ice in the bay. H
said they won't our toward the
hrifro that morning and dld not 70
turn until evening
Ephraim Kirkpatrick. who wa
then constable in Np.gon. testified
that be met the two mon on N
railroad track LEADING 20 the bridg
that day. and turned them back. tel
in- them that they could not pro
ceed further IN that direction. and
that they then went on the ice to-
ward he bridge lie said he suq-
pected the men and when they r.
turned IN the evening and took a
train for Port Arthur. be also board
ed the same train after having tele.
phoned the police chief Ia Port Ar
thur The chief boarded the train
and questioned The two suspects
They were searched and revolver
was takcn from the man who reg
istcrcG = stevens
Kirkpatrick identified pictures of
Carl Schmidt and Gustave Stephens
"a tho two men The witness said
that each of tho two men had type
written documents describing Cana
dian towns and points along the G.
2 r. from Detroit % Winnipeg He
also said that Schmidt had piece
0t fuse such as is used IN exploding
bombs lie identified tho fuse
which was produced IN court.
He declared the bartender In the
inn told him The two guests talked
with German accent and had IN.
CURED their way % The bridge. n
was then. he said that ho went out
along the track 20 see WHIT the two
strangers were doing From mat
time on ne kept on their tran until
they rot 70 Port Arthur. when he
met Sergt Blnley, OF the Port At
thur police lie said he met ]. Her
bert cole agent of the department,
of Justice IN Detroit. who went 20
Port Arthur IN October. whom tho
wiinsss told Mt. Cole about the same
story he told on the stand He
testified that the two men were
found guilty OF carrying concealed
weapons In Canada.
Ronald Chisholm. station agont ~
The G. p r.. IN Nippigon, testified
hat Schmidt and Stevens bought
tickets from him on the occasion ot
their VISIT and that he telephoned
10 the chief OF police in Port Arthur
about the suspicious men. He ldent'
Ged Carl Schmidt rs one OF the men
he saw IN Nippigon.
sergt Harold L. Burley. OF tic
Port Arthur police force. testified
that he arrested Gus Stevens and
Car. Schmidt on the train passing
thru Port Arthur lie said they We're
going Co Winnipeg. Stevens. ne said.
admitted that he had revolver and
handed 10 over. while Schmidt's re-
volvcr was found ia his grip
schmidts revolver and also piece
~ fuse found IN his pocket were
Identified by the Canadian police ~
dccr Burlcy said the mon first told
him they were travelling. selling car
for tho Tate Electric company
When they had no evidence OF bcilg
travelling Bnlesmen they said they
were going 90 Winnipeg from DE-
troit 10 pay p debt 81 SOS Do said
Schmidi had sff4 lin bits pr-tct--