Omaha daily bee., 1886-07-29
THE DEVILS IDENTIFIED.
The Trial of the Anarchists Develops SEN
sational. Testimony.
A PAINTER DRAWS A PICTURE
Spies, Fischer and SchnaubeIt Rccog-
nized as the Men Who Fired the
Fatal Bomb-The Wrctches
Turn Pale.
The Men VINO Threw the Bomb.

| by the state in the anarchist trials yesterday
and given by the witness named
NJ. NJ Thompson was only the
| prelude to the thoroughly damning testimony
| of Henry s. Gilmer, which was given today.
| This witness, whose evidence thus far has
proved thoroughly credible. did not testify
| before either the cOrOners Jury or the grand
| Jury, but was kept in the back ground The
| story he related in court to-day, ii it is cred
tied by the jury, places August Spies, the rec
ognzed front of the offending anarchists, in
the category of the actual murderer of the
| police. The witness, Gilmer, stated that he
saw Spies join group of four or five men in
| in the alley. Whcl the cry was heard that
| the police were coming, he saw Spies light
| match which fired the fuse and bomb which
| caused the murder of the police. The bomb
| was thrown, as heretofore outlined by
the state, by the missing brother-in law
| of Michael Sshwab, known as Rudolph
| Schnaubet. In the group in the alley the wit
ness recognized Fischer as having been one
of the number. The evidence of this wit
ness is in precise accord with that previously
| given, and from the Matching of the conSpir-
acy in the Arbeiter Ieitung Office to the man
| ufacture of the bombs by Lingg and Ensel, to
| the lighting of the fuse of the bomb in the
| Havmarket, the chain now appears to be
| can be controvertcd Spies, Fielden, Engel,
Lingg and Fischer all had direct agency in
the manufacture and firing of the bomb,
| while Parsons urged on the murder and
| Schwab has been convicted of taking direct
| part in arranging for the attack on the po-
| lice.
In the court room the defendants look more
| bleachcd and wilted every day. The jury APP
pears ineXpressly wearied, but pays good at
tention, and about half of them take notes of
| all the evidence.
Judge Gary was asked as he passed into
the court room how his health held out, and
he said Il guess it is all there. haven't in
quired about it. Oh, l never have any
trouble with my health on account of my
work."
When asked how he thought the the jury
was standing it, he replied: "'rhey are weary
| of confinement, of course, but have no idea
| that any of them will break down."
One OF the little pieces of routine that the
| Judge goes through every morning as soon as
the court has been opened is the opening of
all mail addressed to the jurors. The judge
rips the letters open reads them, announces
aloud the general drift of the contents, and
then hands them to their owners. One OF the
letters examined one day last week and
passed to Il juror was love letter.
With the exception that Spies wore small
bouquet on his lapel The anarchists
,yfGe Te5s left Tne to-day papers Mth0"5 peranne GTn
to the trial for to-day on the state sattorney's
table, made a pile about two feet square and
six or eight inches high, from which it can
hardly be amiss to infer that the documents
pertaining to the whole trial, on both sides,
when finished, will fill an express wagon.
All of these will have to be copied into the
record in case of conviction and the time re-
quired for making up such a record and for
the supreme court to read it, or even the ac-
companied printed abstract, and the money
required to pay for it, VIII be something pro-
digious and Unprecedented III this country.
The scene in the court room was thoroughly
dramatic when Gilmer pointed out Spies as
the t%at sctqal ERter sung Of the bGm
turn turned I'''' ghastIy white and rose
to his feet, then sat down quickly again when
he saw how he was possibly injprlng his
at his short moustache. He even recovered
himself partially after awhile and smiled in
his foxy way, showing his fine, white teeth;
Fischer turned pale but kept better control
over himself. The counsel for the defense,
Foster, lost control OF himself, the same as
on yesterday owing to hisinabilityto change
the current of the witness story. The state,
before the close of the court proceedings, dis
| closed the implements with Which Engel and
| Lingg fashioned the bombs
| THE EVIDENCE IN DETAIL.
II. l.. Gilmer, who caused such a sen
riying at the Haymarket at 045 o'clock,
corner of Desplaincs and Randolph streets.
He saw the wagon Occ%pied by the speak
| ers. Fielden was speaking Witness saw
some one leave the wagon and start to-
wards the alley, where four or five persons
were concealed. Witness was at the mouth
OF the alley At that moment moment some one ,
man who had left the wagon and joined the
parties in the alley, lit a match, and placing
it against something held in the hand of one
| of the persons, the fuse BEGAN to SizZle, and
| Immediately thereafter the bomb was thrown.
Witness was shown a picture of Shnaubelt
and recognized it as that of the man who
| threw the bomb.
"llow many men were there?'
| "FOur or iYe."
You say man came from the wagon and
joined this group? Can yo9 recognize any OF
the defendants as that man?'
Yes that is the man, pointing at Spies;
| When Spies was pointed out he displayed
great and paIpable agitation:
| DO you recognize any OF the remaining
as composing any part of that grOup?"
'l es that man there was.on of the group"
pointing to Fischer.
This occasloned the most profound sensa-
tion in the court room. Witness on cross
examination said that prior to coming to Chi
cago he lived in Des Moines, La. lie came
here in 1879. Foster inquired everything
about the history of the man who gave such
frlghtful testimony against his clients. lie
asked witness when helearned that reward
had had been offered for conviction In this case;
had ''Pssn been 'o offered sr w Witness Explained
satisfactorily as to his whereabouts.
He did not appear at the coroner's inquest,
but did report the facts W the police a few
days after the tragedy after having told some
of his friends, He went TO the Haymarket to
look for friend who had gone there He
did not note particularly what Fielden was
saying. In conclusion he was asked:
'You say 1t was Spies who left the
wagYGasy"' waagYss."
Continuing the cross examination Gilmer
replied that he thought he saw Schwab near
the wagon.
Where were yon that evening before you
went to Haymarket?7
II was at the Palmer house"
"What were you doing there"
II desired TO see Ex-Governor Merrill and
Judge FORD"
Witness was piled with all forms of ques-
tiOns, but answered apparently satisfactorily.
-. And you say that i was Spies who left
the wagon, Joined the group in the alley and
lit the match which fired the bomb which
caused the explosion in the Haymarket?"
II do"
Apparently baflied and exhausted the cross.
examination ceased aud the court ad iourned