Morning journal and courier., 1886-05-06

opicsS, CuTlS Opl06SJ Oam loIuou duu Michael Schwab, were brought into the jury room in single file with four stalwart officers on either side and were given seats on a bench to the left of the justice. August Spiess, the arch conspirator, was per fectly self-possessed and smiled sar- donically almost throughout the pro ceedings. His younger brother looked ill at ease, while Schwab, 8 typical con- munist in appearance, and Fielden, bloat- ed, dirty looking Englishman, listened atten- lively to the testimony, now smiling, again fro wning and occasionally displaying indica- tions of extreme nervousness. The evidence was first directed to proving the incendiary character of the utterances at the meeting which preceded the bomb throwing and to this Officers Haas, Hull and May and Officer Timothy McKeogh testified. handbill printed in English and German converting the meeting and urging the workingmen to rise to arms was put in evidence and read to the jury. The witnesses stated that Spiess, Fielden and Parsons (the man not yet in cus- tody) were the speakers of the night, and that while the addresses of Spiess and Field en were of an indammatory character they were more moderate than others they had delivered on the lake front and else where. The speech of Parsons was of the most violent type, calculated to incite the mob to riot, winding up with the words: ''To arms to arms! to armsl if you love your wives; if you love your children rise up against capital" From this point the inquiry was directed to the throwing of the bomb. Officer Haas was within few feet of the spot where the explosive fell and his svi- dence, which was concurred in by the other witnesses, was to the effect that it came from behind pile of boxes on the sidewalk at the corner of an alley on Des Plaines street above Randolph street. It came through the air like frecracker or squib, said the witness, and l thought it was one or the other, but the moment it touched the ground there was 8 terrific report and through the smoke I the officers mown down like grass. At the same moment firing commenced like the roar of 8 cannon. I heard some of the shots come from behind the boxes where the bomb was thrown. All the witnesses agreed that, judging from the applause and the guying of speakers occa- sionally indulged in, not more than five hun dred of the gathering were in sympathy with the anarchist sentiments enunciated. Cap tain Ward, who with Captain Bonfeld marched at the head of the police, said in answer to one of the jurymen that he had never had instruction to request the anarch- ist to desist from infammatory speeches, although he understood that such instructions Lad been given to other officers at various times. Next the inquiry was di- rected to the character of the explosive and in this branch much startling and unexpect- ed testimony was introduced. q made a search of the Arbeiter zeitung office," Officer Marks testified. 'FOn shelf on the recess ot MT. Spiess' private room found bundle marked Adams Express company This bag contained q lot of sawdust sand and nitro glycerine. It looked exactly the same as what we found on Desplaines street after the bomb exploded last night, only not so hard" The witness described the efect of it was placed. Fragments of the boulders were carried a great distance. "Most of the stuff,'' continued the officer, ''is stored in the vault and one of our men who is an expert says there is enough in it to blow up this building" The jury held all the prisoners to the grand jury without bail and apprehended that Parsons be recommended. The verdict was loudly applauded. The prisoners were returned to their cells. A sister of August Spiess came to the Central station to day and after con- siderable talking Lieutenant Ripley learned that third brother who in last nights affray was dangerously wounded at his home. It is thought he will die.
 Mrs. A. R. Parsons, the wife of the fugi- tive anarchist, was arrested this afternoon and locked up. She was present this morn ing when the officers made raid on the Ar better Zeitung, but the officers did not then wish to arrest her. They had planned to shadow her hoping she might have an ap- polntnent with her husband so the latter might be captured. In the Arbejter Zeitung building the detectives found regular ar senal of weapons. There was some sawdust saturated with dynamite and some red and black flags and two sticks of giant powder, two large revolvers and some knives made from files sharpened and pointed.
 Up to &. m nc disturbances have been reported from the lumber dis trict. An incendiary fire was started in lumber pile, but only few boards were destroyed. The anarchists in the south western district have been engaged tonight in stretching telegraph wires across the road way in order to trip up the patrol wagons.
 Parsons Past Career.
 PITTsBURG, May 5.-A..R. Parsons, whose infammatory speech in Chicago has been the melting cause of the riots in that city last night, is we'll known here. He is na- tive of Massachusetts about forty-five years of age He made his appearance here in the role of an agitator in December last winter, but becoming disgusted with his reception in Pittsburg and his experiences among the railroad and river coal miners of this vicinity he returned to Chicago. He made his ap- pearance in the coke regions during the re- cent strike of Hungarians and, it is alleged, is responsible for the riots and destruction of valuable property which ensued. He is also known to have performed the most active part in melting the Hooking Valley miners to their acts of violence. It is also known that his influence was exerted to the utmost in the recent rail road agitations in the West and Southwest. While in this city he confded to the author of this information important plans and purposes of the Socialists in various locali- ties. some of which have been verified. He exhibited specimens of bombs and explosives similar to those discovered by the Chicago Gata m ha nffiaa of fha 4 1erYro q the early part of last winter. He asserted that the bombs used by the Socialists in case of emergency were largely manufactured in Pittsburg, volunteering the information that on Sundays in favorable weather pla toons or local Socialists visited unfrequented places adjacent to this city where they prac- ticed throwing and exploding the missiles; and that the manipulators were becoming wonderfully accurate and expert. The au- thor of the above statement was for time in Parsons employ as "press agent'' for this vicinity and performed other services for his employer It is stated that Parsons is about to issue treatise on the subject of bombs.
 Citizens Arming at Tilwaukee-The e
 Militia Shoot Into Mob and Kill
 Five of Them Instantly.
 MILWAUKEE, May 5-The militia who fired over the heads of the crowd yesterday and dispersed the rioters fired on crowd of riotous strikers advancing on the North Chicago rolling mills at Bayview at 9 o'clock this morning and five men and boys were killed instantly and three seriously, probably fatally, wounded. There were many slightly injured. The mob fled, but reform ed beyond the range of the guns. One oi the killed was a school boy with his books under his arm, who had stopped in the crowd out of curiosity. The following are the names of the victims:
 Frank Kunkle, e0 who was standing in the door of his residence. He was struck in the breast by ball and killed.
 Johu Marsh, 90, laborer, unmarried, shot in abdo men.
 Robert Erdman, 19. worked ill the Northwestern sleigh factory, shot through the abdomen, dying. Marcus Jahoveski 45, married laborer dying, - Bulte, B, dying Only gave his last name Nothing known about him.
 Narack Jacques, 12, schoolboy, on his way te school and his books under his arm. Shot through the abdomen, fatally.
 The city is in state of profound excite
 ment. Citizens are arming themselves The two principal leaders of the Socialists, Pau Grottkan of Chicago, who formerly edited the Verbote there, and his adiutant, Gustav l Roessler, were arrested tonight on specia | order of the chief of police. Their arrest | has stirred their followers considerably anc now at 9:10 pm. report reaches the Fourtf I | 4<