The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-07-29

The witness acknowledged he was afraid
of his life, and SO had written letter, the
substance of which was that Setback had
extorted information from him under
threats He swore that this was untrue
that he had boon voluntary informer,
hoping to escape by. making q
I clean breast of all he knew. He had
never been promised immunity for making
further showed that Lingg knew before
hand that there would be an explosion at
| the Haymarket meeting, and was anxious
| " awaiting tidings at the time il occurred.
| The witness had been in Jail or in hiding
\ almost all the time since, being afraid OF
an attack by one OF his quondam brethren.
Seliger's examination occupied almost
| five hours, aud then his wife took the stand
and corrolorated the chief facts OF his tcs-
tmony. The only new thing in her evil
\ dence was that Lingg tried 20 make hid
4 ing-place for the bombs within the wall of
his room, and that she preyentrS him. She
acknowledged that She hated the whole
| business and would have boon glad to
/ throw all the bomb-makers into the street
that Tuesday afternoon.
| CHICAGO, July s3.-Nesterlay' evidence
at the Anarchists trial very materially
forwarded the cass for the State. The pros
ecution occupied the day in producing
proofs of the bloodthirsty mouthings of
Spies, Parsons Schwab and Fielden at
the lako-front and other meetings. The
central distributing point of Anai chs sup
plies, including dynamite, arms and revo-
lutionary literature, was further empha-
sized by the introduction of the load of
dynamite and other explosive materials
found there.
The first witness yesterday was NJ. II.
Williamson, newspaper reporter, who
testified to the action of the Anarchists ON
the occasion of the opening of the new
Board OF Trade building Parsons and
IL. L..
of the 4rbeiter-zdtHhg Office. had offered
to lead an attack with bombs aud all
other available weapons on the large stores
Of the city, Marshall Fields and G. Z.
kelloggs being mentioned as proper
places 10 begin with. The Board of
ject of attack, aud Board of Trade
men were to be murdered because they
were tho seoundrelly robbers Of the work
ing-men and had butt that edilics from
the earnings OF the poor Parsons and
Spies showed the witness bombs and dyna-
The witness testified TO various
meetings wliero dynamite had been
preached by Spies Fielden, Parsons aud
Schwab. Parsons explainedto the witness
the methods Of street warfare with bombs
and boosted OF the strength and perfect or
ganization of the Anarchists OF the city.
Several witnesses testified TO Anarchist
supplies found in the ATbefiei'- ZeitinHq office,
and an expert in the use Of explosives
gave testimony AS 10 experiments he made
with the dynamite seized ut the Office of
the paper, and showing its powerful char
acter. Officer Weinko, who appeared with
bandaged head, having been shot during
the Haymarket riot, detailed the substance
of a speech made hy Engel one Sun
day afternoon last February at an open
meeting at No. 703 Milwaukee avenue
Engel advised the crowd TO save up a small
sum, so that each might be armed with a
three or four dollar revolver, that kind
"being good enough to shoot police with
John j. Ryan testified TO speeches made by
Spies, Parsons, Schwab and Fielden at va
rious times when rifles, pistols and dyna
mite had been recommended. Parsons
had stated that twenty-five cents worth
OF dynamite would demolish the Pullman
building, and advised that act. Harry
Wilkinson, a reporter, testified to stories
told him by Spies rs to the use OF bombs
and dynamite, aud the condition and
objects OF the organization in the city.
Joe Gruenhut, OF the City Health
Department, described as a Socialist
and writer of Socialistic literature, had
introduced the witness 10 Spies and had
been present at the principal inverview.
Spies told what was TO he done and Gruen-
hut fixed the date IL would occur-May |
or within n few days thereafter when
many worlling-men would be idle through
an attempt to enforce the Eight-Hour law.