The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1886-08-12
NOW FOR THE OTHER SIDE.
The Prosecution Ia the Case of the Anarchist
Through With Testimony.

Through With Testimony.
In the trial Of the anarchists at Chicago,
On the morning OF the 31st, the court room
the session was taken up in the reading OF
articles in the Arbeiter-Zeitung, which ap'
peared before the massacre, urging working
men to arm themselves and advocating the
use OF dynamite. The issue Of April 2 re-
ferred to the street car strikes in New York
and Brooklyn, in which it was stated that
the month OF May might bring about many
things undreamed OF that day, and the
workingmen were called to buy arms as the
LIST OF May was coming. April 81 said that
police and soldiers must be met with armies
OF ~workingmen, and whoever OF these had
not money to buy arms were called upon
to sell their watches and chains and buy
them. The issue OF April 80 spoke OF the
secret orders the police had received for the
trouble expected on the following Satur-
day. May 1 called on comrades to destroy
all rolls OF membership and minute books,
and to clean their breech-loaders n arm
themselves.
There was lots of other matter of this
kind read, after which Detective Bonfiefd
WAS TtCdllCu. Il Hdu 5edICutu Vic al
better Zeitung office and found a number OF
banners. These banners were brought into
court and placed in evidence. Most oil
them were red. The notices were peculiar
and the witness read them off. When
called upon the witness testified that he
found the tanners in the Arbeiter Zeitung
building in the small room that was used
as "a library. The prosecution then rested.
Captain Black and the other attorneys
for the defense said they would like the
court TO Instruct the jury to bring in a YER
dict OF not guilty in regard to Oscar Neebe.
There was no case against Neebe, and moth
ing in the evidence to show that he was in
any way connected with the massacre on
Haymarket square May 4.
The judge, after listening to the counsel
for some time, said he was not inclined to
interfere in the case at all.
Mr.. Solomon then made the opening
statement for the defense. He presented
his case in a clear and concise form. He
claimed that the defendants were not on
trial for being socialists or anarchists.
They simply belonged to an organization
which was opposed to the existing laws OF
society. They were charged with the MUIR
der OF Officer Dugan, but the throwing Of
the bomb was not contemplated by them
and they could not be held liable as con
spirators. On this principle it might be
held that they were accessories to the man
who threw the bomb. If this principle
could not be proven they could not be held
as accessories. Mr.. Solomon said they ex-
pected to prove that Fielden fired no shots
and never owned a phi to, that Neebe was
was in no way concerned, that Spies
did not fire the fuse, that Gill
MAJ lied, and that Lingg was at
home on the night OF May 4. They also
proposed, he said, to show that Engel was
at home on that night, and that one OF
the defendants knew anything about bomb
throwing. The meeting at Haymarket
square was a peaceable one and was held
under the right of American citizens to dis
cuss topics OF the day. The police went
there with an express purpose OF killing
some of those men. The defense expects to
show that the bomb thrower was a crank
and was not acting under the advice OF the
defendants.