Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-07-18
THE ANARCHISTS.
CONTINUATION OF THE TRIAL OF THE
CHICAGO DYNAMITARDs.
A Crowded Court Room-The Sensational
Testimony Of Gottfried Waller
Remarkable Revelations.
my telegraph to the pIspatch. !

CHICAGO, July 1.-THE courtroom
where the trial Of the Anarchists is
progressing was packed to-day. The
disclosures Of Gottfried Waller were Of
a character to excite the interest Of the
public TO the highest pitch. The ap.
| pearance Of Waller as ne gave his testi-
mony was very peculiar. He is me-
dium-sized man, with dark hair and
luxuriant but well.trimmed wh'skers.
[ lie has dropping nose and clear brown
eyes. His face was very pale, ana
bore an expression of shame
and terror as he unfolded his
sensational tale, revealing the secrets
Of the Lehr- and Weir Verein. When
the court was opened to-day Waller
was again placed on the stand. Wit
ness testified that the bomb given him
by Forsche on Thauksgiving-day, with
instructions TO use it on the police II
they interfered with the meeting to be
held that day at Market-Street Square,
be kept in his house two weeks, and
then exploded it in the woods. Wit
ness continued his testimony, saying
Schonerbett was at The meeting.
"Did Scbonerbett say anything at
The meetingg"
"Ho said we should tell the other
members what we had decided 20 do.
lie said the thing should commence 10
other places also"
what do you mean by the thing"
The revolution"
Witness testified that at meeting
held in Bohemian Hall Sunday, May
Cd, Eugel and Fischer two of the de-
fendants) and number OF other Social
lists were present. Engel submitted
plan, according TO which, as soon as it
came TO a conflict between the police
ard the northwestern groups, bombs
should be thrown into the police-sta-
tions. Then riilemen Of the Lehr- and
Weir -Verein were to be posted at
distance and shoot all who should
come out Of the station-houses. That
was to be kept up till we
reached the city. We were to kill
everybody who opposed US. EnGel's
plan was finally adopted by the meet
ing.
This concluded the direct examina-
ton.
Counsel for defence, after conference,
asked to have Walters testimony
stricken out. The Court oyerruled this,
and the cross-eXamination Of tho Wit
ness was begun.
Witness was severely cross-eXaminod,
but his testimony remained mistaken.
lie said that no offers had been made to
induce him to testify.
Absorbing as had been the morning
session, the afternoon far surpassed 1t
in interest. The first move ON the part
of the State was the introduction OF
another informer. This was Bernhard
Schroeder. who, the night preceding the
bomb throwing, had been present IN a
conspiracy meeting, ut which Waller,
q previous witness for the prosecution,
had presided. The second infOrmer,
Schroeder, is a carpenter, and has
lived in this country five years.
He was born in Russia. lie has pow
erful frame, surmounted by diminu-
tive head; has retreating forehead,
and his weasel eyes at once attracted
the gaze OF the courtroom. Schroder's
bronzed countenance gradually became
ashen as slowly, through an interpre-
ter, sentence by sentence, the as
sistant State attorney proceeded
10 elicit from him statement
concerning the meeting Monday night
in Griefs Hall, where the iniormer
Waller was chairman. Schroeder said
he reached the hall at o'clock. The
meeting was already in order. Waller
was presiding. There were thirty or
forty present. 1t was agreed that if
the police attacked any meeting then the
Anarchists were TO mutually assist each
other to destroy the officers. The mem
bers Of the northwest group should 90
to Wicker-Park station in case the 20
lice should make an attack. If any
member had anything with him he
should use it. Nothing was said about
bombs.
The attorneys for the State looked at
each other ard seemed slightly annoyed.
They said a." Was anything said about
dy Mantle: :"
4 shake of his head was the re-
spouse, and the faces Of the prosecu-
ting lawyers heightened perceptibly.
Another question was put 81 In the
meeting aid you hear any reference to
the word ruhe ?" Again a shake Of
the head. The subject was quickly
changed. Schroeder told OF attending
tho Baymarket meeting. lie was in
Rsndolph-street saloon when the bomb
was thrown. lie left the speaking be-
cause drops of rain had begun to fall.
Witness then told in detail of his con-
nection with the Lehr- and Wehr-Ve.
rein. They drilled once a week with
Springfield rites. lie was No. 80.
There were four companies in the city.
The total number he did not know.
At this point Mr.. Foster, for the de-
fence, began to crOss.eXamine. Nothing
was said about the bombs, the witness
continued, either at the Sunday or Mon
day meetings preceding the explosion
of the bombs.
"Then in these two meetings no
agreement was made" asked Mr. Fos-
ter, "to throw bombs at llaymarket?"
"Not while was there"
"Then it was not agreed to use dyna-
mite to destroy the police at Haymar-
ket?"
"Not that I am aware. Nobody
asked me to take bomb to the meet
ing. I knew that when the police
should come each one should help him
self--nOt with bombs--that | know.
did not anticipate any trouble at
Haymarket after left. When the
bomb was thrown was quietly sitting
in a saloon. The sign of Greek let
ter was the signal for meeting for
months previous to the Haymarket
fight. IL was not agreed that there
should be trouble that night only we
knew that if the police made an attack
then there might be trouble"
Again the prosecution took the wit
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