The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-07-30
Trial ofthe Chicago Bomb rnro~er.

At the trial of Fielden, the Chicago
Anarchist, Lieut.. Stanton, one OF the
officers wounded at the Haymarket, de-
scribed in detail the events OF the night ol
May 4. Officer II. Il. Kruger, OF Lieut.
Steele's company, was the next witness
He was in the front rank. He heard a
voice say: Here comes the bloodhouncls, u
ana thought this remark was made by the
speaker who was addressing the meeting
" heard some onesay, We are peaca ble ~
The witness identified FielCen as the man,
ana SAID he fired two revolver shots and
then hid behind wagon. II returned his
fire, then he started into the crowd. ]
shot at him again. saw him limp off. ]
was wounded in the knee'
Officer John Wesser, OF Lieut.. Steele's
company, testified:
He saw n man. having big. bushy whisl.
ers, slip down from the wagon occupied by
the speaker and drop behind wheel
Every moment or two this man jumped ur
ana tred revolver point blank at the po-
lice. Wessler saw this mans face He was
sure it was Fielden. Two or three times
Fielden got up, and after emptying one
chamber OF his revolver he would
duck his head down again. Wessler the
third or fourth time got a bead on Fielden
and fired at him. He saw Fielden drop,
and knew from that he was wounded.
fielhen tumbled under the wagon.
Officer Foley corroborated the testimony
'ot the other policemen concerning Fielden.
CHICKENS COME HOME TO Roosr.
Luther V. Moulton, a Knight OF Labor
'oi Grand Rapids, Mich, who presided at a
meeting at which Spies spoke, testified:
Mr. Spies, in explaining to me the object
OF thesoclalst organization, said it was to
give the laborlng man n more equitable
snare In the fruits OF his product; that he
advocated force in the attainment Of this
object; that crime, when successful, was a
welcome means OF delivery; that there were
enough socialists in Chicago to capture the
city, and were Chicago thus taken the
country at large would fall into line
George w. Shook OF Grand Rapids, Mich,
testified:
spies told him their secret organiza ton
numbered 5,000in Chicago, and they pro-
posed to revolntionize society in general;
that it was entirely useless to attempt leg
lslation. Hc used the word explosive" in
connection with their mode OF warfare.
Lieut.. Bowler followed His testimony
simply,ooncided with that OF the other men
who participated in the fight. Officers
Bonner and Stanley were the first wit
nesses MT the aftern oon session. They gave
clear. direct testimony thnt Fielden drew a
revolver and fred into the ranks OF the
police. James K. Magic testified concern.
ing t. meeting in the West Twelfth Street
Turner hall Oct. IL. He said
Spies and Fielden were present, and the
former proposed resolutions which were
supported by Fielden and passed, recon-
mending the use OF force and arms instead
ot the ballot to redress the wrongs oflabor-
ing men.
Thomas Grife, owner of the saloon at "a
West Lake street, the anarchists most no.
ted place OF meeting infinitely described the
premises, but when asked for details OF the
meeting said he was too busy with custom
ers to notice the proceedings. The social
lists called themselves "Ipsions." Officer
John E. Doyle, who received thirteen
wounds in the riot, identified Fielden
as the man who said to the mob,
"Now's your time" Detective James
Bonficld detailed the arrest OF Spies
in the Arbeiter Zeitung office. Ad-
iourned. The Lehr and Wehr Verein, the
military organization whose intention was
to fight the police, was organized and in
corporated under the laws OF the state in
1875, but was rendered illegal by the state
militia act OF 1879. The incorporators
were thirty German and Bohemian social
lists, and the membership is now between
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