Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-10
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| The State objected and the remark was
ruled out.
The witness said he attended the Hay
market meeting. He saw a copy OF the
circular closing with "Workingmen come
| armed"
THE LINE ORDERED OUT.
He said he could not attend the meeting
unless the line was taken out. Fischer
was sent to the printer to have the line
! taken out. The witness said he went to
the meeting in company with his brother
Henry. Arriving there he saw nothing
to speak from, and saw wagon
near the corner of Randolph
street. Some one suggested
that the wagon should be taken to Ran
dolph street, but he said that the crowd
would Interfere with the street cara there.
Before he began TO speak he asked where
Parsons was aud was told that be was
addressing meeting at the corner of
Randolph and Halstead streets, and he
went there with Henry Spies and Sohnau-
belt to find him,
BACK TO THE WAGON.
The witness said he then returned TO
the wagon with Schnaubelt. He did not
see Schwab, as Schnaubet said he had
gone to Deerings TO address the meeting
| there.
"Did you go into the alley with schnau-
! belt?'
"No."
The witness stated that Schnaubelt
could not speak English aud he could not
nave conyersed with him in that language,
| Spies said he made an ordinary speech at
the Haymarket. He said he told the
| meeting that the masses were degraded.
PARSONS SPEECH.
He then saw Parsons, ard the latter
| 10 H..
portant portions OF Parsons speech, but
| could not remember what Fielden said
lie said he remained on the wagon during
all the speaking. He saw the police on
Randolph street, and heard Capt. Ward
give the order TO disperse. He said that
he was helped off. the wagon by his
brother Henry and another man.
THE EXPLOSION.
When he had reached the sidewalk he
heard the explosion, land thought" said
the witness THAT the police were firing a
cannon to frighten the people," He said
he went to ZepPs Hall when the firing be-
gan.
"Did you light the bomb7" the witness
was asked.
Spies smiled, showed his teeth, and re-
piled, II never did.O
He said he did not sec Schnaubelt in
the alley, and denied Gilmer's story. He
said that the interview which Wilkenson, +,
the reporter, had with him last January,
was substantially true,
THE CHILD OF THE FUTURE.
Spies said he had had two dynamite
shells in his office for three years. They
were given to him by man who sailed
| for New Zealand. lie told reporter in
January, as printed, that there we're 5000
| armed Socialists in Chicago, and de-
scribed TO him how the police and soldiers
| could be fought. He had told the re-
porter, as stated on the trial,
| that dynamite was the ''child
of the future" and would
prove "a great leveler." Spies then made
what the prosecution claim Ia a fatal ad-
mission, fully corroborating their claim
that the armed section had secret eau
Gus, and had prepared for an attack on
the police.
THE WORD RUHE.
Spies said he wrote the word "Ruhe,"
which appeared in the Arbeiler Zeitung
on May 4. He said that the night before
he received the following letter:
Mr.. EDITOR-Please insert in to- days letter
box the word Ruhe IN prominent letters.
He said that he did not know it had any
| import, but the next day BolthauZer and
Rau said it was decided by the armed SEQ
| ton TO have the word as a sign OF warn
ing that they should keep their powder
| dry for use against the police. He told
Rau that that was foolish and asked
! Fischer to inform the armed section that
| it was a mistake. Spies then described
| his arrest by tpe police. He declared that
| the superintendent OF Police called him
| "a Dutch cog" "hound" and "whelp,"
| and made an attack on him. Spies said
he kept dynamite in his office TO expert
ment with, and carried revolver, think
it was good thing to be armed. He de-
clared that on the night OF the Haymarket
riot, however, he had left his re-
volVer with ex-Alderman Stautfer.
SPIES CROSS EXAMINED.
Spies was cross examined at the after
noon session OF the court at great length.
He said Schwab and himself were edl-
torial writer's on the Arbeiter Zeitun9,
but not responsible for the character OF
the expressions used In the paper. He
| (Spies was In charge of the Alarm for a
| short time when Parsons was absent. He
| had four bombs in bis office. They were
brought to him some some three years Ggo
by man who said he was from Cleveland.
| They were iron bombs with percussion
caps. He never saw the man again. He
said be was going to New Zealand.
"When did you get these Gar bombsY
81 never got them. That is an inven-
ton OF the reporter. A man came there
while was at dinner and left them there.
He left the bombs with the booskeeper. l
never saw him before or after"
HIS SUPPLY OF DYNAMITE.
"How much dynamite did you have in
your Office"
..Two small packages. / got 1t OF the
powder company because | had read u
great deal about dynamite. | thought /
would like to investigate further"
"Whyp
"On general principles. l can't say
further"
"Did you ever experiment with bombsW
sNo, sir.'
"Was dynamite distributed from the
ArbeIter Zeitung ofiiceV
s.The office was not run for that pur-
pose. No bombs were ever distributed
from there. never told or reported they
were"
The witness said he had been member
Of the American group Of anarchists, aud
had considered himself an anarchist for
about eight years. He admitted that he
had addressed a great many meetings,
but he could not tell what proportion OF
his listeners had been anarchists. He
never handled any bombs except as al
ready testified TO.
KNOWS HERR MOST.
slave you known Herr Mostp
"Yes.v
"DId you receive this letterP' (banding
the witness letter addressed TO him and
signed by Herr Most.)
II did"