The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-08-05

projected enterprise that night by Yiotous
persons which would cause him TO hold
tee Des PLANES station IN reserve. On
cross examIn atom GFInnell asked witness
whether he had not been advised of the
attempt to burn the Chicago, MIIWaukee
g st. Paul freight house. Objected to by
defense.
The state attorney asked what rumors he
had heard. The mayor said that Inspector
Bonf1eld had been advised that the meet
ing before il adjourned would attempt to
burn the Milwaukee q St Paul depot.
The inspector had, also. been advised that
this meeting hal also been called 20 dts
tract attention to others quarters. When
he left the police station the inspector had
been given discretionary power a. TO the
dispersal of the meeting or 10 quell any
other disturbance. The mayor said he
had made up his mind 70 prevent q recur-
renee Of the scenes at McCormick's IL Il
was in his power TO do 80. This closed
the examination of the witness.
Martin Simonson, e travelling salesman,
was at the Hsymarket meeting. During
the afternoon he was given q circular BY
some one on west Lake street. The circular
submitted by the prosecution. 1t was
. copy. of the "Revenge" circular except
that it had the heading Attention Work
ingmen" instead Of Revenge and omit
ted the line "'VorkIngmen come armed
Appear in full force" which appears in the
"Revenge" circular. Witness was present
ct the HeYmarket LAeeting about z 80. At
the meeting be met Captain Ward of the
police, who introduced him 70 Inspector
Bonfield ct North DesPlaines station. Wit
ness met Mayor Harrison and introduced
himself TO the mayor. From the station
witness returned to the meeting and
mounted an IRON stairway near the speak
ers' wagon and renamed there during the
meeting and until after the explosion of
the bomb. Witness heard q portion OF
Spies speech and all of Parsons and
Fielden's speeches His version OF Spies
speech did not materially differ from the
shorthand reports of it. In Parsons
speech he heard him say TO "armsi" He
heards persons in the crowd cry ''shoot
Gould" Parsons said in reply that il was
not individuals they wanted to kill but to
Overturn systems. He said Fielder spoke
very loud and said there was no use for the
people to attempt to do anything by legis-
lation. During Fielden's speech
the crowd began to leave. While FIelden
journ to the hall". Fielden told them he
was nearly through. About this time
witness saw police approaching and he
heard some one Wsrn the crowd to dis
perse. Some one on the wagon said
this is a peaceable meeting. The bomb
exploded within second or two after
wards. Witness did not hear any one ex-
claim: Here comes the police, blood
hounds" or any exclamation of that kind.
He heard no pistol shots prior to the
explosion of the bomb. Witness saw the
bomb thrown. The man who threw the
bomb stood behind some boxes near
the sidewalk, about twenty feet from the
alley. He was positive IL was not thrown
from the alley. Immediately after the ex-
plosIon of the bomb there was pistol firing
which came from the police force. After
the explosion witness Joined the crowd
at the foot OF the stairway and ran west on
Randolph street.
CHICAGO, Aug. 3.-Mrs. Black, wife OF
chief counsel Tor the anarchists, appeared
in the court room promptly, as usual, and
SYSTEMATICALLY presented Defendant Spies
with large boquet of flowers and pro-
ceeded to supply the remaining defend
| ants with illustrated weeklies and Local
dailies.
Witness Frederick LIebeI took the wit
ness chair and was subjected 20 cross-ex
| animation. He has only been in AmeTlcI
| two years. He saw the bomb in the air
| It was apparently thrown from the side
walk south of the alley.
James d. Taylor, who said he had liveS
in Illinois for nearly tory five yeare, tn
/ last three wears In Chicago. was at HAY
4
| the bomb exploded and watched him a
long as he could, but did not see him u.s.
| a revolver Witness said the bomb wa
thrown from behind some boxes abOu
twenty feet south of the alley. The bomI
| went in q northwcsterlY direction ant
landed about even with the mouth of tn
alley. He didn't see any one in the Grove
fire at the police. Witness said he was
socialist and had attended many Of thei
meetings and had spoken at q mum
Der of them. On cross-eXamInatIol
witness said he did not take his eye OF
Fielder from the time the police cam
until some time after the boml
exploded and felt certain that Fielder
would be one of the first to be hit by th,
bomb. His closing testimony was of
very confusing character DuIing It b.
| witnesses for the defense. A number o
witnesses were introduced by the defens
who testified that the reputation of Gil
man, who saw Spies light the bomk an
SchaubeI throw il, for truth and varaclt,
was bad. THIS testimony did not h2vl
much weight, as il was all hearsay.
Franz Steiner, a machinist, was near tn
wagon during the time that Parsons ant
Fielden were speaking. When Captain
Ward ordered the crowd 20 dIsperse Fiel
den said 1--WE are peaceable."
On cross discrimination Steiner testifeC
that when the police came up Fielder
cried out: "Stand." The witness salt
that he attended the meeting Of tn
metal workers on the night preceding
the Haymarket MEETING, when SOMEBODY
| exhibited and circulated the revenge cir.
cular. He saw Fielder and Spies on tn
| speakers wagon, but could not sweA
| that he saw SchnAub2l. Court then ad-
| jOurned till 2 p m.
The first Witnees this afternoon wa
Jno. Nutcher, shoemaker. He Wa
ahOt ct the Haymsrket but he saw ne
shooting except what the police did A
his testimony was so obviously biased hs
was soon allowed to 60.
| Frank Laab, baker, told story verJ
similar TO that Of the preceding witness
| MIR. Urban, q compos1tOr on thu
Arbeiter- Zeitung, was present ct tn
Haymarkes. He heard Fielden say q
the close Of his speech, 'tan are peace
able" but heard no euch language q
here come the bloodhOunds," or s'yoI
do your duty and we will do OURS"
| Mr.. Gleason, q shoemaker, specis
agent Of the states trade snd lAbo
board, said the firing came from tn
police and he saw no shots fred from
| the crowd.
| Gross -examined-Dtd you come to M
Office after the arrest of the defendant
and say that you knew nothing about tn
Haymarket riot but were acquainte'
with Neebe and wanted to see him
asked Grinnell.
I do not remember.
Did not tell you that you yoursel
were suspected and had better kee]
away from the building? that the gram
jury had your name and might hav
come use for you? ssid GTinnelL.
You told me something Of the kind
but thought you were joking.
However, You left the building at ono
did yea notg
Yes, / went with . friend Of mine
The witness left the stand, having con
veyed general impression that he wa
willing witness indeed for the defence
The examination Of the witness whoE
the defence evidently expected to I'm
peach Gilman was the feature Of the q
1ernoon and the strained attention Of q
the defendants showed how impoRtaE
| they believed the results to be.
CHIcA6o, Aug 4--The UeusI crowd va
IN the criminal court rI0m this morniD
, when the trial of the eight anarchists va
resumed.
II Conrad MosseF declared that he went I
Zaph's hall, the socialists headquarters