The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-22

Spies, Felden and Parsons Indicted for
Conspiracy to Commit Murder.
The Evidence Obtained Said To Be Ample to
Secure Conviction-The Bomb ThrOwer
Not Identified Held for Trial.

(HICACO, May zL-Omccr McNuity, VINO was
injured in the Haymarket riot, and has been
lying at the County Hospital. is reported as be-
ing very low this morning. and the physicians
say that he can hardly live through the day.
Should McNulty die he will be the seventh VIC
tim OF the bomb.
The grand jury is now in possession OF all the
material facts in the dynamite conspiracy, so
far as the Prescriptions show the guilty par
ties to be August Spies, Schwab, Parsons and
Fielden. Evidence that would implicate others
not yet apprehended and among them the man
who hurled the bomb, has been withheld by the
authorities for their own reasons The testi-
mony, at the hour of adjournment yesterday
noon, when most the Arbeiter Zeitung printers
had been examined, made it plain that for
months past the Anarchists had been secretly
preparing to attack the police with dynamite and
other agents of destruction The jury desired
to know the extent of this conspiracy before in
dieting the lesser conspiritors whose guilt might
be equal to the others if the evidence was forth
coming The police many of the jurors thought
were keeping something back, perhaps
to make their case the stronger
when brought into court. One juror said: "The
evidence is overwhelming but he meant tie
evidence against the elder Spies, Schwab,
Fielden and Parsons. There is little evidence
thus far that would warrant the jury in indict-
ing Lingg and three or four others for the same
offense alleged against the first named. At the
same time there is good reason to believe Lingg
and his fellows are as guilty as the other crowd
Strong testimony tending to support this view
we piv NV r FY11lo fha ms for
Pribyl Bros. dealers in guns and fixed ammun l.
ton. He testified that for some time previous
to the riot purchases of guns and heavy revolv
ers were made at his store by poorly-dressed-
men, whose actions excited the firms suspicious.
Sometimes these men would call in party, four
or five of them together, and lay out their money
for weapons and ammunition. These the
men who, some members of the grand jury
think, accordingto Judge Roger SIS instruction,
can be indictedfor capital offense, provided
the police disclose more evidence. The 20 lice, 1t
is understood claim to have the bomb thrower
in custody. 1t is further said that the evidence
by which they hope to convict is made up mostly
Of the confessions of Anarchists who were in
duced to talk on the promise of immunity. The
police deny this.
This morning Theodore Fricke, secretary of
the occ iia..st;o Iin.:ng Company. went before
the grand jury. He took with him the books of
the Arbeiter Zeirung The jury wanted to find
out how much money had been expended by the
managers of the paper outside Of the regular
line of the publishing business
George Duffett salesman in the employ of
Prbyl Bros, took the sales book of the firm into
the Jury ROOM He gave some important evil
dence. Last July, ne said, m an who gave his
name as Schnable visited the Pribyl Bros store
and bought two Winchester rifles; he bought
eight Winchester rifles subsequently, and it was
afterward learned that they were for the Lehr
NT4Ln 1,fan -
the Socialists. Schnable was arrested few days
after the Haymarket riot. but as he told pref
ry straight story he was released. Now the
States attorney is eager to see the man again.
He is supposed to have left town. At the time
of the mans appearance Manager fuller, of
Pribyl Bros, notified Comptroller Quincy of
the fact that the Anarchists were negotiating for
the purchase of weapons, but no action was
taken in the matter.
Further testimony tended to indicate that
Schnable was the man who threw the bomb. He
"a a brother-inlaw of Schwab. He formerly
wore long, flowing beard, but when appre-
hended, after ..ha massacre in the Haymarket,
was clean shaver. he also cc"responded closely
to the man whom a witness named krendal saw
in company with Parsons and Spies, on Ran
dolph street, the night of the tragedy.
indictments for conspiracy to murder and
melting TO riot were informally decided upon this
evening by the grand jury in the cases against
August SpieS, Sam Fielden, and A. r. Parsons,
the Anarchists These three were the speakers
at the Haymarket meeting which provoked the
bomb-throwing and riot on May A. Investigation
as to others accused OF completely in the crime
has not yet been completed
John A. Henry. the printer who was arrested
for distributing socialistic pamphlets IN the
streets. was before Judge Collins this morning.
when his petition for release on a writ Of habeas
corpus was argued The Judge refused to grant
it. Henry was before Justice Mech this morE~
ing, and was fined $15
The Arbeiter Zeitung has again made it's ap-
pearance in its old form-a large quarto-and is
very similar in looks and contents to the old pa
per, when Spies, Parsons, Schwab and the other
Anarchists were personally conducting it. To
days issue has some eight columns of advertis-
ing, including numerous calls for meetings from
various labor organizations, and several warn
lngs to different trades not to work in certain
shops. as those employed there regularly find
themselves on a strike The communications
are signed The Strikers" and Executive Com
mittee." The paper makes strong appeals for
subscriptions for the defense of the Anarchist
leaders now under arrest.
This morning detectives were detailed to look
for Gustave Lehman. The man is regarded by
the authorities one capable of giving the iden-
tity of the bomb-thrower. The detectives sue
ceeded in arresting Lehman at an early hour
this morning In his possession and on the
premises which he occupied at the time of his
arrest were found three round dynamite bombs,
exactly similar to that used at the Haymarket
riot, two boxes of dynamite, sgiant powder"
caps and two coils of dynamite fuse The
bombs had the fuse attached, and seemed to be
ready for immediate use.
Most Held for Trial.
New YORK, May 2L-Recorder Smythe heard
arguments to-day on the demurrer entered by
Herr Most's counsel to certain counts of the in
dctment against his client. but finally overruled