The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-08-14

Gilmer mistook the witness for Spies and |
afterwards concluded that Spies was light |
ing a bomb, when it was really Krumm
g IGN his s pipe hrum mn was Pos
the alley The witness was greatly
confused in crossexamination. He swore
that there were no boxes on the side
walk and that the bomb fell, twenty feet
south of the alley, both of which state.
ments were undoubtedly wrong William
Albright corroborated krumm's evidence,
and also swore he heard shot before the
bomb exploded and that it camo from the
direction of the police.
Fred Groh, tho secretary of the Carpen-
ters' Union, and August Krause, chairman
of the meeting Of the union at which En-
gel spoke, were called to prove that Engel
did not recommend his hearers to save up
money to buy revolvers, nor did he say
that revolver at three or four dollars
was good enough to shoot police with. This
was. in contradiction of officer Wienke's
testimony
The defense also tried to get in some tes-
timony showing that Bailif Kelly of the
Desplaines street police station had
warned O friend against being at the
meeting, the inference being that the at
tack was premeditated by the police re-
CARELESS of what the speakers might
say, but this was ruled out. An attempt
was also made to show that Seliger, the
informer, had stated that his confession
was extorted from him by the police under
threat of punishment and by promises Of
liberty, and that the substance of it was
false This also was ruled out In rebuttal
of Gilmer's statement that he saw, OF
thought he saw, Schwab at the speakers
wagon when Spies was lighting the fuse in
the alley, or about that time witnesses
laI tn hot Sohv
in Lake View, having addressed meeting
Of the Deering employees ON the prairie
there the same night.
CHICAGO, Aug. 6.--In the trial of the An
archists yesterday, the first witness was
NJ. I. Malkotf, formerly reporter for the
Arbeiter- Zejtung and at present correspond
ent for a paper in Moscow, Russia. He saw
Parsons, and Mrs. Parsons and Mrs.
Holmes in the saloon at Hepfs Hall for ten
minutes prior to the explosion. Mr.. Grim
nell in cross-examination tried to show
| that the witness was Russian Nihilist,
but did not succeed. Mrs. Grubb swore
that H. l.. Gilmer boarded with her for two
months this year, and that she would not
believe him under oath. Henry Lime
meyer swore he was at work calcimin.
ing the upper rooms OF the Arbeiter-
Zeitnng building the Sunday, Monday and
Tuesday preceding the riot; that he kept
which the dynamite was found; that he
| lost brush Tuesday and searched the
closet thoroughly forit, and that there was
no dynamite there, nor any greasy spot on
the shelf, as described by the detectives.
Theodore Lehnert swore that he,
Schnaubelt and August Krueg-
er were together about ten O'Clock, or
twenty minutes before the bomb exploded.
on Desplaines street, near Randolph, and
that Schnaubelt went away with Kruger.
Witness was an Anarchist, member
of the Lehr and Weir Verein, and ac-
quainted with all the prisoners except
Lingg The next witness was taken from
the county Jail, where he has been inn
INJURED for connection with the conspiracy
since May S. His name is William Schnei-
der He and Fielder and most of the
others present adjourned to the Hay.
market He was on the wagon when
the bomb exploded, and he and Field
en- jumped off together and ran together
into the alley. He was positive Fielden
had no pistol and fired at nobody with
any thing. He swore there was no armed
section OF the American group. There was
Rifles" but they had no rifles or arms
of any kind; they merely practiced march
ing for picnic occasions. Thomas Brown,
who was also confined in the Jail becauss
! of his connection with the conspiracy, had
seen Parsons in Zepf Hall when the ex-
plosion occurred, had never heard of the
signal "Ruhe" and was men,
Der of the American group. The
cross-examination showed that he had
lent Parsons five dollars the night
of the riot to help him to get out of the
city. The witness also corroborated most
of Schneider's testimony. Henry W. Spies
a brother of the Anarchist on trial. told q
sensational story to the effect that some
one tried to shoot his brother August as
he was jumping off the speakers wagon
when the bomb exploded; that he
Henry struck down the revolver and
received the ball himself, and that he
knocked the revolver out of the assailant's
hand clear under the wagon. He swore
that he followed his brother and Schanu-
belt from the wagon to Union street and
back while they were looking for Par
sons to speak to the meeting, and
that Schwab was not with his brother al
any time. Neither did his brother enter
Crane Brothers alley. He acknowledged
having told the State officials and de
tectves string of falsehoods as to hi
whereabouts that night August Kruger
said he was with Schnaubelt about ter
o'clock the night of the riot, walked
with him to Clinton street, on Randolph
and saw him start for home before the ex
plosion occurred. John f. Waldo, a printe
and member of the American Group, saiC
the police did all the firing. In cross-exam
ination the witness swore that the police
fired two or three shots before the explo