The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-07-30
DINGFELDERED.
The Tactics Of the st. Louis Detec-
tiVeS Discounted.
How 2inlzerton Detectives Got Into the
1nnermOst Recesses OF the Chicago An
archist Circles and Took Notes,
Coming Out at the Trial -

CHICAGO, July 25.-E. B. WashbUFn
and Ex-Governor Bross had seats with
Judge Gary at the Anarchist trial yester-
| day morning. The usual crowd was pres
lent.
Geo. B. Miller was the first witness.
He is member of the fire department.
and says he found the three bombs
which Seliger put under the sidewalk
when given him by Lingg. There was
also some fuse on the ground. Two of
the bombs were made of gas-pipe; they
were about eight inches long The third
bomb was round. made of lead and had a
bolt running through it. The bombs and
fuse were found in front of the witness
house. No. 81 Siegel street. On cross
examination the witness said the house
was about mile and half distant from
the Haymarket, and that from the appear
ance OF the earth near by the bombs
must have been abandoned by some one
who threw them down in a hurry.
James G. Miller, an attorney, knew
Fielden. He saw him on The lake front
last fall and heard him address a crowd
there. In the course of his speech
Fielden said the workingmen were iuSti-
fed in obtaining that which was theirs
and which was withheld from them by
the rich. He said equality of possession
was what was wanted, and that to obtain
this the labOrers were justified in using
force. There were 200 or 800 persons in
the crowd.
William M. Knox, a reporter, was the
next witness. He saw Spies, Schwab
and Fielden on the night of May 8, and
interviewed Spies at the police head
quarters that evening in the presence,
part of the time, of Detective Bonfeld.
Spies, after recounting his personal his
tory, asked the witness what the coroner's
jury had done. He was told they held
him without bail on the charge of muir
der. Spies expressed surprise at this,
saying he did not know how they could
do that. He said he didn't want to go to
the Haymarket He told it to Schwab,
and that finally when he got
there he made a quieting speech.
He said he did not know where the
"Revenge'' circular was printed.
As soon as the explosion took place he
went to Zepp's Hall and there met Mrs.
Parsons, who was waiting for her hus-
band. Spies said he was standing on
the wagon a moment or two before the
bomb went off. Some one, he thought
it was VIM. Liechner, told him to get off
the wagon. Spies also said that he had
some bombs and a quantity of fuse in
his office, but he kept them there solely
to show them to reporters.
The witness (Knox) testified that Spies
declared in this interview that he mad
not intended to go to the Haymarket,
and only did so as an after thought.
Spies claimed to have been surprised
when the bomb was thrown.
John Ashenbruner, assistant foreman
of the Arbejter ZeituHg office, was at his
post at five O'Clock on the evening Of
May 3, and saw some men set up the
''Revenge' circular. The witness helped
make up the form. Tt was set up in two
different galleys-one in English, the
other in German. After locking the
form, the witness went home. On the
morning of May 5, the witness saw a re-
volver and a belt belonging to the Lehr
and Wehr Verein in Fischer's drawer on
the fourth floor. He told Fischer to take
them away. Fisher put the belt about
his waist the revolver in his pocket and
was going down stairs when q detective
arrested him.
George Mum, a type setter, set up a
portion of the ''Revenge" circular in the
Arbeiter office. About twelve men in all
worked on the circular.
Mrs. Johanna Sullivan, of No. 81 Sigel
street, found two pieces of gas-pipe filed
with dynamite near her house, which she
gave to Mr.. Miller, the first witness this
morning.
w. G.. Smith, a newspaper reporter saw
Lingg, Engel and Fischer at GTief's hall,
No. "a West Lake street, May l, 2, 3 and
4. The witness was at the hall all Mon
dav and saw the ''Revenge' circular
about six O'Clock that evening. The cir
culars were brought by man on horse
back. The basement of Grief's saloon
was lighted, but when the witness at
tempted TO enter he was ordered away.
The court then adjourned until 2 p. m.
Intense excitement was caused about
the courtroom in the afternoon By q re-
port that the innermost councils of the
Anarchists were to be revealed through
some mysterious agency. Just what the
methods that had been employed were
was not known, but it was rumored that
six of Pinkerton's best men had been for
months in active communication with
the leaders of the Anarchists as members
of their order. The calling of Pinker-
ton detective was believed to be the be-
ginning of the revelation to which the
other startling evidence was only pre-
lude. Profound attention was given as
the witness commenced his testimony.
A few moments had previously been
consumed in taxing the evidence of
r. S. Barnum, August Goerke and
Richard Reichel. The first proved that
an advertisement in Parsons hand
writing was published by an evening
paper May +, calling an '' Important
meeting of the American group at 80
p. MS The time set was about three
hours prior to the throwing OF the bomb.
G0erke and Reichel, who were employees
of the Arbeiter Zejtung, testified in effect
that Spies wrote the Revenge" circular
and caused it to be printed This
circular was the call for the meeting at
the HaYmarket
A sensation was here created among
the Anarchists by the appearance in the
witness box of Andrew G. Johnson, one |
of the PiukertOn detectives. Spies re-
garded him with an expression of sur
prise and alarm, and Immediately began |
an earnest conversation with his attor-
neys.
The witness began his testimony by |
stating that he was a member of the |
American branch of the International |
Workingmen's Union and belonged to /
the armed section of that force. Contin- /
uing, Detective Johnson said that he had /
joined this organization for the purpose
of finding out their objects and taking (
secret notes of their proceedings. He |
all the meetings of the union
from February %, 1885, to January,
1886. He took written reports OF the
and turned them over to w. A.
superintendent OF the detec-
tive agency. The witness stated he had
since learned that other Pinkerton men
uAu DGeH uelilteu on LliS oAli4S SCI VIZ 1
Hss own attendance at the meetings of
the armed section was confined to two
occasions. At a meeting Of the American
group, the date of which was given by
he witness Fisher, one of the defend
ants introduced a resolution denouncing
man named Wright, who il was alleged
lad escaped punishment due for some
rhine, by means Of his high standing in
society. Spies opposed the resolution say
ng: "What is the use of passing resO-
utions? Now is an opportunity for
ome of our young men to 90 and shoot
Wright" At another meeting, April J.,
spies, in similar manner, advised the
hOoting of O police sergeant who had
zen tried upon q serious charge, but ac-