Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1886-08-19
EVIDENCE ALI In.
The Taking of Testimony in the
Anarchists Trial Concluded:
stories vi The Principal Defendants-
what the Defense Claims to Have
Proyen-Argumcnts OF the
Lawyers.
TmE ANARCHISTS.

NHltA'o, aug. ~. niec OF the AnarcntSt
| prisoners, Schwab, Spies and Parsons
were placed on the witness-stand yester
day. Schwab was examined by Mr. Foster
rs to his whereabouts the night of the Hay
market slaughter, and denied in whole and
in detail the statements concerning him
s&orn to by the witnesses Thompson and
Gilmer, and corroborated the story of his
travels to Deering and his speech making
there rs told bv the various witnesses ex-
amined in his behalf He refused to say
whether or not he was an Anarchist
Spies was the next witness lie gave an
account of the Mccormick meeting and
his part therein. The person who called
for the raid on tho Mccormick hands
stood over a hundred feet from him
ana spoke IN tongue he did not
ed " when he saw the police fir.
ing on the women and children. Some.
body told him two people were killed and
about twenty wounded. He at once came
heading it "WorlSmeu, To Arms !" He
read in the five O'Clock paper that five or
six were killed, aud then he
changed the two, in the circular
Mt the Haymarkot meeting and denied in
full the stories of Witnesses Thompson
and Gilmer as to his (Spies) having
lighted the bomb. He had had four
one man left two and another man
left two. He didn't know either
OF the men. In talking with the re-
porter, Wilkinson, he had explained street
warfare with dynamite TO the reporter,
using Market square and the tunnel i'm his
illustrations. The word "Ruhen was in
serted with batch of general an
nouncemcntS on the request of somebody
unknown. Balthasar Rau told him about
three O'Clock, May I, that II the word
"Ruhe" was in that afternoons issue of
the paper IL wa signal for the armed
section TO be ready To defend tho people
I'm case tue police prec. pitated IA riot"
The dynamite in his drawer he had bought
for experiments, and he also kept il
10 supply the reporters with sensations
when they called on him. He knew moth
ing OF the big parcel of dynamite found in
the office. lie always carried reyolv-
err" but happened not TO have one with
him the night % the riot On cross-exam-
ination witness aid that he had other OBJ
JectS than that = curiosity in his expert
ments with the dynamite, but did not
state what they were. Spies acknowledged
that he wrote the Revenge" circular 20
induce the people TO arm themselves and
resist the police. The climax in
the DISCRIMINATION came when
lngham handed Spies letter and
asked him il be had replied TO it, The let
ter was from Herr Most to Dear Spies
ana related To the proposed shipment of
twenty to twenty-five pounds of "medi-
cine tdynamite) TO the scene of the labor
troubles then going on in Hooking valley
Spies admitted having received the letter
hut could not remember that he had re.
piled To It,
Parsons next testified, and said that
after his remarks at the Haymarket meet
ing he went to Zepfs Hall, and was at the
latter place when the bomb exploded. At
the request of counsel no gave in substance
his speech made at the Haymarket He
spoke FOR n long time, and his gesticula-
non ana elocution were calcu-
lated to give the impression that
he was really addressing an audience. He
told his audience, in the course of his re-
marks, that the Chicago Times had advo-
Gated throwing hand-grenades at striking
seamen, that the Tribune advocated Civ
ing SirychiDia for tramps, and that Tom
scott advocated using rifles upon the rail
road strikers. He urged them To defend
themselves by the use of arms and
dynamite. He said that he advocated
the use of dynamite 10y working-men as n
defense against those unln wfully attack
ing thcm. When he useI the words ITO
Arms, y he meant that working-mon should
provide themselves with arms with which
To defend themselves against force, il
necessary.
In cross-cXamination he practically adj
mitted advocating dynamite-ho advo-
Gated any thing necessary TO success. 4"
Both he and Spies declared themselves An
archists without hesitation or euuiyoca-
ton.
CmCAGo, Aug. 1.-The defense called TO
the witness stand yesterday III. L. Gilmer
He was asked il lie had not, in an inter
view with w. a. Graham. reporter on
May said that the man who threw tho
| bomb lit IL himself Witness replied i'm the
negative. Graham was then called and
| said that Gilmer did tell him i'm the
interview referred to, that the bomb
| was lighted by the person throwing
IT: that that person mad his back
turned towards him (Gilmerl but he
thought he would know him il he saw him
| again. The defense then rested its case.
and evidence la Iebuttul was taken This
) consisted mainly in the testimony Of wit
nessesS who knew Gilmer EN-United
| states District Attorney Richard = Tut
| NIL, OF this city. was among those testify
] ing TO tiilmer's good character
Samuel Merrill president OF the Citizens
! National Bank OF Des Moines, Ia, Ia
| been n resident of that city seventeen
! year lie had been Governor of the
| Hnwkcyc State lie said that Gilmer', rem
! utution for truth and veracitv was good
! Cross examined, the witness SAID he had
| known Gilmer five or six wears He had en-
| ployed 6ilmer as a painter Gilmer had no
! account at the bank and witness never IN 1T
! him socially. He never hoard any one
/ say That Gilmer was truthful or untruth-
! tul. The witness was not az the Palmer
| House May q lie did not know that he
| was expected there at that time He had
not notified Mr. Gilmer that he would be
/ al the Palmer House Nav
/ Anumb'r OF policemen were next called
| 70 prove That no reviewers were displayed
/ 10y them before the explosion of the bomb
| al tine liaymarket meeting
/ Inspector honhcld swOre that he never
/ shid 10 SlmOnsun. % witness for the de-
Tense, that II he could get together a. O1l
| Soc'austs without their women and chill
drcn. he would fix them The State then
announced the close Of their case. The
| arguments viii begin 40 once
I ihc turee cnict points claimed 20 have
/ been made hy the defense in their seven
| uuys t"s iuouy were as follows:
I D mat isiimer was fnlsifpr.
lice ~
3 That Schuaubelt was not the person
/ Who threw the bomb
] Cnlcsco. Aug I2 Nh Walkers spcech
/ lu The Anarchists trial yesterday made In
| evident That while the pro-ecutiOn will
I insist That the witness GiImcr told the
/ truth about the throwing OF the bomb
. by SChnnuhelt and the lighting Of Inc
iuse hy spies they will claim Thar even
I though ttImcr'- testimony and that oi
/ thompson should not be taken INTO ac
I count there b. ample evidence 60 show that
i ~" defendants are guilty Of the crime as
/ charged Boz the Indictment Having made
| "a comprehensive statement us ~ the law
| in the case and having quoted freely tc
| sustain tine claim that when "a mum
I Der OF persons agree To- commit murder oi
advise others % DO 30 Tho time and place
not being definitely determined on the
adviser Or couspirators are guiltt/of th,
| Ohcusc when committed equally witt
/ the PRINCIPAL SIR Walker u coed
cd tu snow from tie writings puf
spec be. % the principal defendants thnt
ihoy htd organized conspiracy 81 muir
Ger in tnl- ~. Htd That they c1fin.olad and