The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-07-23

nFsI, ana aItef InaC we coulQ 90 as we
pleased"
"Wa9 anything said about dynamite or
bombsP''
eyes. 1t was said that dynamite and
bombs would give US the easiest means
OF destroying the police. Engle said
that"
The witness, continuing, said that it
was resolved to call meeting at eight
O'Clock next night in Haymarket square.
sit was decided thatas body we should
not participate in the Haymarket meet
ing, but should meet at our regular
places, while only committee would be
at the Haymarket. If the committee re-
ported that something had happened, we
should attack the police where it
had been arranged for each group
to do so. In addition to the po-
lice, we would attack the militia and
fire department. It was planned to de-
stroy the North avenue station so as to
prevent the police interfering if there
should be fight in the city. Attacks
were to be made on all sides at the same
time. No preparations were made if the
police should disperse the HaymaFket
meeting. We were simply instructed to
shoot the police in case there should be
trouble. In case trouble should arise in
the day time the committee would cause
the word ''Ruhe" to be published. If it
was at night they would report to us at
our houses. The word ftRuhe' was to
be published in case of a downright
revolution, and was to be signal for the
armed TO meet.
left the meeting about half past ten
and went home. Next night I came
down to a meeting of the furniture
workers at Zepp's hall, and while there
the bomb was exploded. After the bomb
exploded 1 went home. On the way !
stopped at Engle's house and told him.
He said it would be better 10 go home.''
'Did you ever have any bombs?"
eyes. About six months ago Fisher
gave me one. 1t was a piece of pipe six
inches long. I don't know what it was
filed with. 1t was at Thalia Hall. Fisher
had q large number of bombs, and dis
tributed them among members of the
northwest group. All the members of
the Lehr and Wehr Verein were known
by numbers. My number was 10. Quite
number of US took bombs that day
remember Fisher, Engle, Breitenfeld,
Huber, Rheinholdt, Lehman, Herman
Schradei, Gruenswald and Huebner."
At this point in the witness testimony
the court adjourned.
During the whole of the teStimon the
prisoners kept their eyes fastened on the
witness. Their appearance was anything
but pleasant as they stared at him, but
he stood the scrutiny bravely.
'FThat man, said States Attorney
Grinnell after adjournment, ''is in con-
slant danger of his life. His testimony
is going to convict the prisoners, and
friends of the Anarchists would be only
too glad to kill him. We have him con-
stantly guarded, SO that any attempt
would be instantly detected and the as
sassins would be=convicted.
A Batch of RascaIes Turned Ont the
Treasury Department.
WASHINGTON, July 17.-Captain Peck,
of New York, chief of the division oi
issue in the office of the Comptroller oil
the Currency, and J. Edward Desauld:
and Charles B. Hinckley, of the District
of Columbia, 81, 400 clerks in the same
Office, have been dismissed for tamper
| ing with examination papers. The dis
missals caused quite a sensation. 1t was
stated this morning on official authority
that the department has suspected
for some time that crooked work wa:
being done III the examinations
A Treasury official said to a representa-
tive of the United Press to-day: 'We
were quietly waiting to catch somebody
being convinced that frauds were being
perpetrated in that line. Why, right here
III my ueSh now Is dH examination paper
that was handed in and in which The an
sWers given to the questions are word for
word the same as the answers furnished
by the examiners. There has been a
number of such instances, and they
opened our eyes to the fact that some
thing was wrong. Yesterday, when
| this chief of division was charged
with having furnished answers to
his two favorites he denied it up and
down, but when he was confronted with
list of the answers in his own hand.
writing he could say no more. OF course,
after he had acted that way and then lied
to US, summary dismissal was neccs-
sary. In order to prevent such frauds in
the future a committee, consisting OF
Messrs. Trenholm, Maynard and TOunor
has been appointed to institute safer
method of examinations"