New-York tribune., 1886-07-18
TRIAL OF THE ANARCHISTS.
STATEMENT OF ONE WHO CARRIED BOMB
ONE WITNESS DENYING HIS FORMER CONFESSION


'front.' OF the Criminal Court long before Judge Gary
made mis- appearance this morning while the loDoies
ar"sys and first and second floors crowded with
busy oiicials. witnesses and curiosity seekers Ibo
disclosures OF Gotfried Waller were OF character TO
excite the interest Of the public the highest pitch
Inc appearance OF Waller as he his testimony was
! peculiar He Is medium sized man. with dark hair
| and luIurfant. but weltrimmed whiskerA He has
| droopins nose and clear brown eyes His race
was pale and bore expression OF
sname and terror he unfolded MS
sensational tale revealing the OF the Lehr-und-
Aohr''erien When court opened to-day Waller was
aIan placed on the stand. He testified that the bonus
gwen him BY Fischer Thanksgiving Day. 1888, with
Lsrucons to use 1t the police IL they interfered
WITH the meeting to be held that evening at the Market
street square. he kept In his house for two weeks
aud then exploded in the woods. He went to the
Haymarket meeting armed with dynamite oonb. Az
this point he Was shown photograph Of an Anarchist
named Schnerbitt which he Identified. and 1t was paced
III evidence He said that schEerbtt was at the meeths'
"Did scnnerbtt say nything at the meetingi
"He said We should tell the members what we
had decided to do. Ho said tho thing should begin In
other places also"
"What do vou mean by thlngi"
"The revolution"
The witness testified that at a meeting hold In Bono
mIan Hall sunday May Engel and Fischer two OF
the defendants. and number Of other Socialists were
present. lie continued
AS II came To conflict between the police and the nort-
western groups bombs should be thrown into the police
stations Then the rifemen OF the Lehr Und Wehr
Neren TO be posted distance and shoot all who
should come out Of the station houses That was 10 bo
Kept up TIL reached the city. We TO kill every
body " no opposed some in the meeting opp0seu
the plan. don't know the but he said it would oe
better the crowds the city and then Kill the
people right and left Another man opposed this plan
He said We could not know neghbors in the crowd
We might Kill our friends by mistake. EnSers plan was
finally adopted by the meeting"
"Look at the book now show you" said States ~
torney Grinncl. "Hive you ever seen copy OF this
book befOrel'
NO"
The book OF Herr Mosrs publications. This
concluded the direct examinations The counsel for tho
defence, after conference, asked to have walters
testimony stricken out. The court overrned this. The
witness severely uned but his tes tmony
remained unshaken Ho said that offers mad been
made TO him induce him to testify on the redirect
examiration Waller WAS asked
"Have you been solicited by the defence within the
past ten days TO 20 back your original state
and meet them place outside OF the city or
at Lincoln Park and agree another story ~
The defence exctedy objected and the objection was
In the afternoon the state introduced another
informrr. This Bcrnharit Schrader who, on the
night preceding the bomb throwing mad been present IN
the conspiracy meeting at which Waller the previous
for the prosecution had pres led Schraier Is
carpenter and has lived in this country five years He
IN Russia. HIS pownrfll frame surmounted by
diminuye head his retreang forehead, AMI his wea-
sci eyes at once attract the gaze OF tho COURTROOM
schraier's bronzed face gradually became asnen as
slowly, through an interpreter sentence by sentence
the Assistant states Attorney ELECTED from him
statement concerning the meeting Monday night In
Grie,s Hall, where Waller WAS chairman schrader
sad he reached the hail at9p IN The NEE ting was AL
ready In order Waller presiding. There were thirty
o. forty present 1t was agreed that II the police at
,cked any meetings. then the Anarchists were mutually
to assist each other to destroy the ofhcera The mem
bers OF the north group should to the Wicker
Park station in case should make an attack
II any member had anything with him he should It,
Nothing said about bombs. Tho attorneys for the
State each other and seemed slightly annoyed
The next question was:
"Was any thing SAID about dynamteP
shake of head the response and the faces OF
the prosecuting attorneys Heightened perceptoy An
other question was put
In tho meeting did you hear any reference to the
word 'Ruhe n"
Again a shake OF the head. The subject quickly
changed. schrader told Of attending the HaymarKet
meeting lie was a Randolph-st. saloon when the
homb was thrown lie left the speakers because drops
of rain had begun fall He then described his connec-
ton with the Letr md Wohr. rerein They drilled once
a week with >prnsfeld rifles. He was No. 3D. There
were four companies in the city
At this point Mr. foster, Tor the aelehce DeBau 'no
cross aninatiOn
Nothing was SAID about bombs" the witness con-
tinned either the sunday or Monday meetings pre-
cedlng he explosion OF the bomb"
Tnrn I'm these two meeting no agreement WAS made.
asked Foster "to throw bombs at the iaymarKet
Not while was there" . ,
"Ihen IL was not agreed to dynamite to destroy
the police al the llaynarket T. Al.
{" Not that [ am No. nobody asked me 10 take
a bomb to tue meeting | knew that wnen tho police
should come should help himself No. not win
bombs that know OF. No. did not anticipate any
rnmb.e at the Haymarket alter left. When the bomb
was hrown was quietly st ng in Sao1p shs, o,gb oDy
knew that the police made ap attack 'hcn 'nere
again the prosecution took the witness in hant Mr.
Iugnan. holding long manuscript up to view sud eye
ny schraier In sharp manner, askeu aHrup.y writ
"Dld you not make to Police Captain scnaacA wiz
zen statement I" 49, - .., |
iecnce. hot discuss on ensucd Az ienst' ,r ~ ue
peraton The assistant the States Attorney Dlurted
ave wish to show that time and time again the Wit
iess has SAID that he heard tho word rune used L.,
.elved The testimony oil scrader was not what they
iad expected him to give. Mr. lnghan' his lace fed
1T evident from action of the witness and from
he action OF iuse tnat Schrader is their Witness
Pole Ientenant steele took the stand. He was IN
.r,. n; a cn,nn,nv az twent 1--we officers In the Hay
market He gave "A href account Of the massacre The
,oice their revoyers IN their pockets CLUBS III 'nr
ne akers wagon some one in he crowd shouted a
7" Here tho blooihounds You do your duty IL
Tnrn the bomb was thrown. smaller explosion fol-
ed IKE the report ofs pistol ON
-st,n-d that th. erprrssUn :" Here couc the Dlood-
ounds luu do your duty aud III 40 mine. caino
rom the man tly waLOn who was addressing tuc
ru w Every eye IN tbs turned upon AparcDst
Firden up his char And ared SUI
suly the witness The Lieutenant. continuhs us s.
Of events that night IN the Hay narAot
to his feet 10 better Illustrate hIs re-
marks lie said: "Capiain Ward was just orie ing l.
/ lspcrsr, the speaker was climbing ir"ih suo b
Sagon. Turning toward the police the man yelied
re p-acefIir aud pulled "a revolver from Ms MP anu Il
on bla ok fired at Ward Bon o aud the officers DehIhu
lrm. lhe bomb exploited Almost tne sane isdamt insH"
the nrst euce that any ram heIchuah.
All directly ATTEMPTED murder IN the aymarset.
ush fell the audience attorneys and PRISONERS I"t
moment not person In the room stirred ahu tho S'
huge picture. In the centre o Tue Hreat
elevated above the the groups of lawyers a"
porters. outlined the tall spare ngure oi tue
snanI. suddenly mntOness as statue fieiden starteu
ayrriy his his right hand htrV"uSD Ia
uing his shaggy beard. his eyes strangeJ ii-h'e w
ud "A grim smile on his lips. Even the luio'no >,
,f rose In their seats Slowly feseri'h u
,onent passed and the gradually suDsdd
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