Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-10

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II DID,
@WhYT
sBsaanss 4 seemed ridisnlona and
wonlo keep paopis away froM the me9t
he lnaleaa e drnuinR them % &
b1t gou Wrole t1e ezple1to1, WuEk-
inRman, 10 afmsF
-Weil-yea, aidp
~WhY did yoa % fhatfs
~beeauas wfshad % AROUSE TIE iRno-
Eenf working psopls % q rsaliEslion q
he WrunNg heaped upon ahem- lwro1e
whnk mnny Before ms have written and
urred uhal oihoFa havs urged, What tie
Oonseisulinn allows, tham o. urRe, and
wnat Win Be adsoaated until soms COED
has resnifedp
uYon intanded 70 exeisa year readers
. frenzy and provoke the revelation
.bout uhioh you haye 90 oftsn pesae cd
did yuu near
Tie defense ohisotsd. Beth The e.
tofney and the witness bad beoome
exeitad and we're speaking loadly and
sehe1ently. Tia Stats vas finally al
lowed 70 present TIE letter absVa refer
red 20 IN evidsnes. Il vas signed ~yohan
Most. " and referred % the HookinQ
valley tr0ubses and % some s'modiaine'l
whieA he wished 30 eend the uiners,
vhiah be thoughi would hslD thsu more
than The ballot Ik asked for diroetions
SOW % saip the stuH, and said that ne
dirsotiena f0g iis npplisafioa Wsnld Be
necessary. The postal card vas also
presented and uaa as follows.
a. 6pies, f0y FIN Arelus, ChscaQo,
kAiHoas: had scarcely mailed my letter
yesterday when tbs telegraph bTouRht
neua from the a. v. One doesn't
know whetheE 20 reicies over this or NOT.
The advances in itaalf h elsVafinR,
ih0uah sAd Is tie circumstances. Is
vii remain l0cal and therefore might
not have 9 result. AZ any rate these
paople make q het1aR impression ekan
the foolish voters on this and she ether
side. GREETINGS and shake. Yours, J. ~
~. S.-DFury, ! suppose (Popol can
row receive upon tickets"
When The lstto an& postal card had
been read. the Wttnaas waa excused.
1he lawyers for the defense then en-
tered uD0n whispered oonanltsfioa,
which lasted until the Court requested
that they proceed. Captain Black 70
spOnoed b. calling Parsons 10 the
stand. His msnmer vas In odd contrast
70 that Of Spio1. ft vas saaVe and oou-
cliial0Fy IN the extreme. Few questions
we're asked and the witness vas allowed
70 tell his story unaided, aRd Il vas ex
tEamely commonplace, apparently being
copied closely from the teBtimsny re-
Rardine his movements given By the
illnesses for tbs defense. After be
had told how be had attended the Hay
maxk-t meeting from she one held
ah0rtly pEevi0us ak the ones Of the
Arbsitsr ZeitnnQ, IN answer 20 q request
for speakers, and how, having made his
spaech, be interrupted Fielaen 70 anQ-
gest an adjournment % Zepp's Hall, as
Is looked like rain, and getting the
speakers reply that be uas about
through, the witness aid: 81 then went
TO q saloon near Zapp'e Hall, where Mrs.
Parsons and Mrs, Holmes had ureceaed
ne. ! met With q Me-. Browne; suggest
ing 10 him that Get somsthing 30
drink, as speaking had made me very
thirsty. Whea We arrived at the salosn
Eisohsr was there. We draRk, and
after oonversinR little while, began
70 wonder Nhy the crowd did not ap-
paar. After Q little while We went 10
the door and shortly saw E fash and
44afN l4uu t1Htoat4Ns
what did you observe theni''
II saw large number Of what ap
peared TO be repeating r.volvers raised
IN the cir illustrating with his handl
and saw them emptied Of their charges.
one after another, a. rapidly a. posi-
bic. when the TsvolveFs appeared to
be empty, the irinR ceased"
Captain Blaok--N0w, Parsons, tell the
10 y, or repeat 10 them, the tenor Of
Eoar remarks during your speech a. the
hay saKket.
The witness vas nov In his element.
he held IN bis hand quantity Of notes
and as enoe assumed an attitude fami-
liar 70 al who have heard him making
bis numerous speeches on the Lake
Front and at 81 Lake street 70 tbs So
sislists Of the city. His speech Oeen-
pied nearly an hour. Al the conclusion
81 u, be vas turned over TO tho State.
The witness told GFinnell be vas horn
In Montgomery, Alabama, and had been
IN Chicago thirteen years.
~W1at has been your occupation for
The pass three yuarsgn
II have been editor Of the Alarm.n
"Did yoa, IN y0uF spasah al the Hay.
market, tell your andieroa THAI the
Iisaes had advocated the putting Of
Itgychnine Ia the bread Of WoRkingmen,
that Scott, of Pennsylvania, bad ad-
vised controlling them With rifles. and
hat the Times had been the first dyna-
mitsr in this oountryf"
"Yes, sir
"Did yOa advocate retaliation ~ the
8ame meanai1
''No. sir; ] simply told them 70 defend
lhemaelvea.n
'Whas did yoa mean then by the ex-
preston, To aFmsi 70 aFmsFh
I" ] referred 10 the eondition OF the
strikes as ". Louis and said, II you
are struck down By capital and your
wives and children are trampled apo1
Ike dogs, thsu, II necessary, arm and
defend yourselves.
The witness exhibited no little
in evadinR the questions Of
lhe States AttoEnaY and the eoross- exam
nation vas brief e. above Indicated.
he was excused and couEt adjourned.
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