Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-07-28
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EVENTS OF TEE WEEK.
Chicago Anarchist Trial.

at Chicago has proceeded to. point that
envelopes the accused with chain of tes-
tinony that is SO complege and unbroken
that Chicago paper says ''enough has al
ready been presented, so far as q careful
observer can judge, to hang at least four of
the prisoners. Spies, Lingg, Fielden and
with unbroken front inguldng one after
another Of the anarchists at the bar"
VIM. 6eliger and his wife, living at 40
Sedgwlck st., testified that bombs were
made at their house by Lingg with five or
six assistants and that on the afternoon of
May 4, the time Of the Haymarket riot 40
or 50 bombs were made. The testimony in
detail showed that some of these bombs
were used On the night of May 4. NJ. Il.
Williamson, a reporter testified to
the action of the Anarchists on the occasion
of the opening of the new Board of Trade
Building. Parsons and Fielden, speaking
from the windows of the Arbeiter-Zeitung
bombs and all other available weapons on
the large stores of the city. Marshall
Fields and G. P. Keuogg's being mention
ed as proper places to begin with. The
Board OF Trade was also proposed as an OBJ
ject OF ATTACK, and Board of Trade men were
scoundrelly robbers of the workiugmen and
had built that edifce from the earnings of
sthe poor" Parsons and Spies showed the
witness bombs and dynamite in the Ar
bs!yere9eitung otsoo. Tho witness testified
tn-arious meetings where dynamite had
been preached by Spies Fielden, Parsons,
and Schwab. Parsons explained to the wit
ness the methods of street warfare with
bombs and boasted of the strength and per-
feet organization of the Anarchists of the
city. Chief of Detectives Shea testified to
the seizures at the Arbeiter-zeitung Office,
these including the galley of type from
which the 'Reyenee" circular was printed.
he also related conversations he had with
some Of the prisoners, particularly Spies
and Fischer. Then came F. L Buck, an ex-
pert in the use of explosives, who had con
ducCed experiments showing the powerful
character of the dynamite seized at the Ar
beiter-Zejtung office. A piece the size Of a
hens egg had broken heavy bars OF iron in
to fragments, these fragments being hurled
over a large area and every thing in the vi
cinity of the explosion pulverized. Lieut..
Hubbard gave bis version Of the oft=told
story OF the Haymarket explosion and riot.
He vividly described the "little quivering
tail of fire' that whirled through the air,
and how a circular swath was moved down
in the ranks of the police; how the men
rallied in a disorderly line and returned the
murderous fire rained on them by the mob
subsequent to the explosion. Officer
Weinke, appeared With handagel head.
Weinke had received bullet wound in the
skull at the Haymarket riot. He detailed
one Sunday afternoon last February at an
oren meeting at No. 703, Milwaukee ave-
nue.. Engel advised the crowd to save up a
small sum, so that each might be armed
with a 50 or 81 revolver, that kiud ''bei2g
good enough to shoot police with" De-
tective jones, who came next t.prQduced two
bars of dynamite, a large coil of fuse, and
l<>11 o~~l off f,,I,,
mits) caps, oil of which he had found in
Spies desk at the Arbeiter-Zeitung Of
fee. He also produced tubes aud car
tridges no found at Fischer's residence.
Detective Duffy produced sack of dYna-
mite-probably about fifteen pounds
wrapped in MANY folds Of greasy paper.
He had found it on a shelf IN the rear edi-
Alarm oftice) of the Arbeiter-zeitungb build
ing. Detective Flynn produced cigar-box
filed with letters taken from Spies desk.
The letters we're placed in evidence, but
not read. Many Of them are from An
archist Most, and some Of them prove, a
connection with European Nihilists. John
j. Ryan testified to speeches made by
Spies, Parsons, Schwab, and Fieldep at
| various times when rifles, pistols, and dyn-
amite had been recommended. Parsons
had stated that 25 cents worth of dyna-
mite would demolish the Pullman building,
and advised that act. At one of the pic
MICS, Parsons exhibited some dynamite in
a milk can, and explained its 4ses Harry
Wilkinson, a reporter, testified to stories
told him by Spies rs to the uso of bombs
and dynamite, and the condition and OBJ.
jects OF the organization in this city. Joe
Gruenhut. Of the City Health Department,
described as Socialist and writer of So.
cialistic literature, had introduced the wit.
ness to Spies, and had been present at the
principal interview. Spies told what was
to be done and Gruenhut fixed the date it
would occur-=May or within few days
thereafter, when many workingmen would
be idle through an attempt to enforce ar
eight-hour law.