The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-08-07
ANARCHISTS ON TRIAL.
The Evidence Against tile Anar-
chists Grows More Sensational.
Detective Tells the Result OF Ills rnvcsti-
gatIons-witnesscs who Saw spies Ig-
mite the Fuse and schnaubcit Throw
=. the Bomb at the Police.
HARD HITS AT THE ANARCHISTS.


CHICAGO, July 2L-1n the Anarchists
trial yesterday Detective johnson was sub
jected to a rigid cross-cxamination by
counsel for defense, but his evidence given
on Saturday remained mistaken. Joseph
Gruenhut, city inspector of factories and
tenements was tho next witness. His tes-
timony was mainly corroborntiye of that
fhursday ss ass reagDnssr was pres
ent at two interviews between Wilkinson
and Spies, In which the latter gave an ac-
count OF tho preparations mnde by the
armed section and their experiments with
oS Mantle on various occasions, also of the
plans adopted for street warfare. He also
proved that Spies wrote the "Revenge"
circular and corrected the proof. His
evidence also tended to show that
was nsnmea by in he the Anynrahse
ostensibly Us an eight-hour meeting, but
really as an 'indignation" or riot meeting
to denounce the police.
Counsel for the prosecution then read va
rious incendiary articles from the Alarm,
Parsons paper, all Of them bearing on the
use Of dynamite as the means for the COM
ing revolt Of the masses. The articles
were objected to by the defense on the
ground that they were signed communica-
lions for which the editors were not re-
sponsibe but the court held that the ques-
tion of whether they were printed or
copied as matters Of news or Endorsed as
editorial opinion Was for the jury to de-
eide.
CHICAGO. July 2S.--In tho Anarchists
trial yesterday a number of reporters and
detectives testified further regarding the
incendiary utterances of Spies, Parsons
and Fielden at the Haymarket meeting.
volvers waved in the air during the cheer
ing which followed certain remarks of the
speakers. Percy English. a reporter, took
notes OF the speeches in shorthand. These
he. read on the witness stand and they
fully corroborated former testimony on
this point
On cross-examination English stated
that he had heard Parsons, Spies and
Fieiden speak frequently; He thought
rather more mild than usual. They did
not say that night that they were going to
use force then. Parsons said they were
not ready, and Spies said the meeting was
Wards words calling on tho crowd to dis
perse, but did not hear Fielden say "There
come the bloodhounds," or 1--WE are peace
able"
The stories told by Detectives McKeogh,
Haas and Mr. Heinemann proved beyond
much chance Of contradiction that the
bomb-throwing and shooting by the An
archists commenced simultaneously, aud
both occurred before the police had fired a
shot.
Il. NJ. Thompson an employe of Mar
shall Field a. Co., was called to the stand
and said he was handed a tRevenge" cir
cular on the night of May 4, and went up
to the Haymarket meeting. He asked a
just then Schwab came along and was
pointed out. A little later Spies got on the
wagon and called for Parsons. Witness
continued:
"Then he got down, and pretty soon !
sew Spies and Schwab enter The alley near
(CrQne / STANDING
by them and heard the words pistol and
police.' Iheard either the word pistol
or police twice. Then heard Spies say
Hadn't RS YOU We tSn bottsr ess pas sdm. is enoash
heard schwab say: Now, when %
they come we will so for them, and Spies
said i don't think they will dare bother
Parsons, and the three seemed to crowd up
together saw Spies pass something to
the third man. and he put it in his right
hand pocket. Then they separated and
"Did you see that third man after thatl''
Eyes. saw him OH the wagon"
"Look at that picture and say if it looks
like the third man" Handing witness q
photograph OF Schnaubelt]
"Yes: l should say that is a picture of
Spies, and on the wagon. His whiskers
were longer then, think. though"
The testimony OF this witness created
quite sensation in court, and the defcnd-
terested. They craned their necks for
ward to catch every word. Counsel
for the defendants consulted for several
minutes before beginning the cross
ssaminstion sa,a "a Finally Mr.; Foster ', took
long and rapid fire of questions to shake
understand German The conversation he
heard was in English; He did not hear
them tn hyyrny say any thing about about schwab goag
didn't hear Spies ask il one speaker
ut that meeting would be enough
The question by Spies: Win one be
enough" in tho conversation overheard
with reference to the meeting at Deering.
He would swear positively that he saw
Spies and Schwab talking together that
night. Spies used both of the words "pis-
top and police, Mr., Foster questioned
and Schwab went, and learned that they
went together on Randolph street
as far as Halsted and then
came, came back Witt, Witness I said he followed them
about five i've blocks He , passed them at at
Union street on the way back and heard
Schwab say: snow when they come we
will give it to them" He could not say to
whom, Schwab had reference. Spies an
will bother U.S." When he got back to the
corner of Randolph and Desplaines he saw
the two still talking together; and that
was the last he saw of Schwab, but saw
Spies got on the wagon. This was about
twenty minutes past eight O'clock
When they got back to the streets Just
mentioned they met the third man, Schnau.
belt, who came from tho east, as il from
around the corner in the alley. Witness
was on the sidewalk facing Spies, and
about ten feet distant from him when they
stopped and entered into conversation.
Mr.. Foster, in an excited tone, asked wit
ness why, il Spies was facing him he
did not see him. Witness calmly. re-
piled that he might have seen him;
At that time witness did not hear word
from any of them. He saw Spies hand
Schnaubelt something. but could not tell
what it was. He next saw Schuaubelt on
the wagon, and he staid there about an
hour. Witness was not present when the
bomb exploded.
CHICAGO, July 29.-In the Anarchist trial
yesteroay Harry Gilmer swore that he en-
tered Crane's alloy while Fielden was
speaking ut the Haymarket meeting; that
there was a little knot Of persons in the al
lev; that man came from the wagon to
the alley just Immediately after cry OF
Here come the police;" that this man
lit a match and touched it to fuse
held by another man; and that this
latter man flung the burning fuse and its at
tachment out into the street. The man who
lit the match he identified as Spies tho man
who held and threw the bomb he identified
by a photograph as Schnaubelt. Fischer he
In tue alley;. and he believed Schwab was
tha man at tho and nf tha xyaUnu vuho,u