The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-22

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! be meeting, and that everything was to be
turned upside down. The word .Ruhe' was a
| sig1al for all of the armed men to assemble on
| the West Side; the word was selected to give
| the men notice that there was TO be trouble.
| IIingg and went to Neff's Hall again. where a
anumber of others were. Herman said to Llngg
| in 8. worry angry tore of voice: You are the
cauge of it all Then some one told OF the Hay
| market affair, and said that a bomb had killed
| great manv. Lingg said nothing On their
way home Lingg said that even now he was
| seolded and gibed az for the work he had done;
that his brothers in the cause did not appreciate
| him. We hid our bombs under the sidewalk.
II was about midnight when we reached
| home-'
| The witness identified a number of imple-
/ Dients used by them in the manufacture or
/ their bombs, and described how the dynamite
/ and other stuff brought into the house
| The witness knew Engle, and they belonged to
| the same Socialistic group. He had often heard
| Engle make speeches, saying that every working
! man should make bombs
| Mr. Ingham here held up piece of gas pipe
and asked, "Is this the way bomb looks when
/ itSis ready to go offln
| The court asked. us that loaded"
4ssYes, your Honor"
| ''Ihis is no place for it," said Judge Gary
| The spectators evidently very nervous
| over the production of the implements of social
very much alarmed The prosecution assured
| the court that they were not dangerous. In
/ spector Bonfeld offered to take them into the
| next room and take off the caps, but the court
| said the next room was no place for s1ch work,
and the bombs were taken to the lake front for
| this operation.
The witness resumed his story. During the
car-drivers' strike last year, the delegates from
| the different groups used to meet every week at
| the Arbciter Zeitung ofice-Neebe, Schwab and
Lingg were members of the group. The North
| Side group had rifles and drilled with them. The
| witness identified copy of Herr Mosts book.
| Flse defense moved to have the testimony all
stricken out on the ground of 'irrelevancy,
| This was oyerruled, and the discrimination
! was begun. The witness said he had been made
| nopromises by the States attorney or officers
| who simply told him he had better tell the truth
| He did not know that his testimony or state
| nents would prevent his being tried for murder.
! The cross examination severe and searching,
| but the wtnesss testimony remained unshaken
| and at o'clock recess was taken.
Not dull moment elapsed during the morn
| ing. Jury, lawyers judge and spectators were
kept fxedly, without the slightest relaxation, at
| the same high tension to which they were raised
when the days exciting developments began in
the early morning hours. Each juror and all
| the defendants were provided with broad palm
| leaf fans, but despite the heat of the room, the
cooling articles were given scarcely thought
| while their owners, with beads of perspiration
| on their faces. listened with strained attention
When Mr.. Foster had resumed the cross exam
ination of SellfEer after the recess. the conduct
| of Liugg was study. AS it gradually became
| evident that the main part of the informers dis,
! closures was over and that the lawyers for the
| defense were inaugurating a vigorous series OF
attacks to break the force of the mans evidence,
Lingg slowly recovered part of his composure
/ His eyes were furtively raised from the floor
| Then the just visible down on his upper lip was
softly stroked as the lawyer began to entangle
the witness regarding minor features of the tes-
| timony. Finally, Lingg rested one heel on the
| lower round of his chair, and drew the other
| foot up in such manner as to form a support
| for large pad of paper, upon which he proceed
ed to draw caricatures of the informer. He was
! i'll at ease however, and pursued the occupation
! ftfully. Apparently in spite of himself
| his attention went to the witness, and it was
necessary to resort to other expedients than the
| dra~ing board to succeed in the effort to main
| tain an attitude of indifference. The favorte
one was to develop an admiration for the bright
| rc1sRS.oS % the hose showing above the neatly
| polished shoe that had been studiously placed on
his knee. One question pleased Lingg i'm
| mensey aud the lawyer repeated it in differ
ent form whenever the Spirits of the youngest OF
| the defendants seemed particularly low
| 'You are sure" Mr.. Foster would ask, shat
| Lingg is the man who said the bombs would be
| the best of fodder for capitalists and polices"
/ frightened yes" always followed from the
informer and Lingg invariably chuck!ed with
| the most intense delight. A determined attempt
was made by the defense to show that bombs
| manufactured on the afternoon of the day on
| which the massacre occurred, had no necessary
|
"Was it agreed between you and the men who
had the bombs that night at Clybourne avenue, "
| asked Mr.. Foster, 'that any one Of you were to
go to the Haymarket meetings"
] "Stop right there thundered the attorney for
| the Anarchists to the trembling figure in the
| witness chair. NO. yes or no. Do you know
| of the manufacture of bombs by any person to
| be used against the police on the night of the
4th of May2'
''Yes-no; cannot say" The witness was in
| state of abiect terror.
Then it was not agreed by you and the men
who made these bombs that any of you were
| going to the Haymarket?
| There was plenty said about going"
| 'But no particular person said he was going2"
"Non
| So faint had the response become that the in
| terrreter, who was standing almost beside the
nformer could hardly catch the menosyllables
! that fell from his lips. II think" interposed
Judge Garry, ''that this has proceeded far
| enough. The witness has not testified of his
1 own knowledge that the bombs, or any of them,
we're taken to the Haymarket. He has simply
| given evidence that they were taken to a certain
| plumber, of Clybourne avenue, on May 4, and
that they were to be used against the police that
evening The cross examination must be re-
| stricted to those statements"
| A new line queries was quickly substituted by
| Mr.. Foster, the object being to impeach the
creditability of Seliiger and place him in as
odious light as possible before the jury.
You say money has been paid to you by Capt.
| Schaackp suggested Lawyer Foster "I)o you
know of money having been paid to yorr wife
since your arrestq'
YES think $50 or $25."
Ever since you have known Mr.. Lingg,
| against whom You have testified to-day he has
been member of your familyP
YES"
| The witness caught the drift of the question,
and added with shrus, HE only boarded at
my house."
NOW, you have said that you voluntarily
| made a statement to Captain Setback. Before
you made it didn't Setback hit you onceF
/ The witness denied having been abused by the
! police, and insisted that the only inducement of
fered him hint from the officials that it
/ would be best for him to tell the truth. When
arrested the witness was not placed in any one
/ cell.
Mr. Foster bent over while he and Captain