The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-07-23
WHOLESALE SLAUGHTER.


Further Details IF tile Diabolieal Plot
An fhformer Who Does Not ProEe a
Good Witness for. the State-Pioof that
Fielden Fired tile First Shot:
!, CHIcAGo, July 1g,-In the Anarchists
trial the examination Of WALLET was
proceed with Saturday morning.
Engel and Fischer, the defendants, were
present. Engel proposed the plan accord
ing to which, whenever it came to
conflict, bombs should be thrown into the
police and the rlfemen should post
came out of the police stations. 1t
should proceed in that way till they got
into the city, and the fight should SOM
fnefice ID EARNEST. There, VAS sSItie 9gto=
sition to the plan. Cine man Thought there
were too few, and it would be better if
they placed themselves right in the middle
of the crowd in the city, and commenced
the tight right there. There was opposi-
ton to that, as they could not tell who
might be their next neighbor in the crowd.
He might be friend. Engel's plan was
finally accepted.
Captain Black moved to strike out the
entire evidence of this witness. overl'Uled.
Cross-ekAinined by Mr.. zeislef- Witness
was member of bhe verein. for four OF
five months. When he joined he was not
Informed of the object of the society He
had never seen a copy of the constitution
and bylaws. He knew the objects of the
society were the physical and mental de-
yelopment of the members, He did not
know il SchMab Was member. Engel or
Fischer or any of the defendants were not
members.
Engel laid the plan before the meeting at
witness request Engel Gaid that the plan
was to be followed in case the police
say it should only be followed
when the police attacked them by
brutal force to interfere with their right
of free assembly and free speech.
They did not anticipate that the police
would come to the Hay market square, and
no preparations were made to attack the
police there.
The sole object of the Hayriarket
meeting was to protest against the action
of the police in firing at the Mccormick riot.
No preparations were made for meeting an
attack of the police at the Haymarket
meeting. Engel did not say it had
been piece of nonsense what they did on
the Haymarket; that the police were work
ing-men as we'll as themselves. twas wit
ness that said that and then Engel as
sented Engel did not say that
revolution must arise from the
people-if the police and militia saw
that the people rose in masses then they
would throw away their arms, and they
could accomplish their purposes without
bloodshed. Engel did not say he would
never give his consent to such butchering
as that on the Haymarket. He did not say
any thing of that kind at all.
Witness knew he was indicted for CON
spiracy. He was arrested and taken to
Chicago avenue station. He first saw Cap
tain Setback and then Mr. Furthmann. He
was released on the same evening. He did
not ask to see any warrant when he was
arrested. They told him they were not
arresting him; that Captain Setback
wanted to see him. He was not arrested
since his indictment. He had been noti-
fed to go to the police station four or five
times in all. He did not see and have a
conversation with Mr.. Furthmann about
what he should testify here every time.
He was not told that he had been in
dicted. He saw it in the paper He told
the same story at the police station as he
did here Friday. No offers were made TO
him to induce him to TESTIFY here
He knew Folz Hall on Wells street
and Chicago avenue. He remembered
being there on Wednesday, June
.. There were number there all
indicted for conspiracy. Mr.. Grin
Furthmann was there. The conspira
tors were not told that if they testified to
what they had told in the police station
that they would be provided with work
and taken care of. They were told that
they should tell the truth; that that would
that they were indicted for conspiracy,
and by telling the truth they would do
themselves more good than any thing else
they could do. They were asked who had
work and who had not, and he thought
one gentleman present provided work for
Que man who had none.
On the redirect examination witness
stated that at the meeting in Folz Hail,
June 9, Adolph Schilling addressed the
meeting and said that the 4th of
May meeting was disgrace to the
German nationality, and it was now time
in this country that the laboring men
should secure their rights by agitation
and proper legislation. Witness had
been solicited by some of the conspirators
to go back on the story he had told to
Captain Setback, and that all the con-
spirators should meet in Lincoln Park and
agree upon the story that they should tell
on the witness stand.
because the acts of the oonspirators had
nothing to do with the defendants. The
question was stricken out.
At two o'clock the State called Bernhard
Schrader, a cabinet maker of 5S1 Milwau-
kee avenue. He, like Waller, is under in
dictment for conspiracy. He testified re-
luctantly. He said that on the evening of
May he went to the Haymarket with
several other members of the Lehr und
Weir Vereln and remained from 7:3op. IN.
until the bomb was thrown. When this
occurred he was in saloon at 173 West
Randolph street, whittier he had gone in
the fear that rain-storm was about
to break Schrader said his number in
Che Lehr und Wehr Verein was 80.
They drilled weekly at Thalia Hall
with Spr ngfeld rifles. The cross-examina-
ton of Schrader was conducted by Mr..
Foster The witness said he did not hear
bombs or dynamite mentioned at the Sun
Monday bn had
at the Haymarket; did not know of any
one who had, and did not expect any
trouble on that occasion.
Mr. Ingh.m said that Schrader had con-
tradicted the statements he had formerly
made to the police and insinuated that he
had been manipulated by the defense
Judge Gary would not allow the State to
ask the witness what he had told to the
detectives
Lieutenant Edward J. Steele of the West
Chicago avenue station, testified that as
the police approached the meeting on Tues.
day evening he heard some one in the
crowd in front cry out: Here comes the
bloodhounds. Do your duty and I will do
mine" Seven of his company were in
jured.
Lieutenant Michael Quinn said he heard
sFielden make the remark quoted by Lieu
tenant Steele, and that he saw Fielden fire
pistol at almost the same instant that
the bomb exploded. Quinn was of the
opinion that Fielden was the first man to
fire. OF his company of twenty-four men
fourteen were wounded. Two of these,
Hansen and Flavin. had died.
report was current Immediately after
Schrader was dismissed that he had been
arrested on the charge of conspiracy 1t
was said that this arrest would not have
been made If he had not testified as he
agreed The statement that he had caused
Schrader's arrest was however, indig-
NJ g., Al
ecution.
Defaulter Thomson Confesses.
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