Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-08-08
FIELDEN TESTIFIES
For His Side of the Trial al Considerable
Length.
HEDID NOT WISH TO KAKBA SPEECH
At the Haymarkst and Did Not Incite
Any One.
4 MAN WHOSAWTHE BOMB THROWN.

Any Une.
A MAN WH0SAW THE BOMB THROWN.
CHICAGO, August There was another
crush of spectators present at the resump-
tion of the trial of the Anarchists before
Judge Gary to-day. 1t was intimated that
the defense would close their testimony by
this evening, but this could not be stated
with any degree of certainty. This would
contemplate that none Of the remaining
defendants would be placed on the wit
ness stand to give testimony. Samuel
Fielden was called to the stand again this
morning, and was questioned by Mr.. Fos-
ter, of the defense.
"Do you know Detective BOnield?" he
Was asked.
Yes" replied the witness in low
voice.
Odd you state to him that you ran
through Cranes alley? A.-NO, sir, l
never stated it to him or any one else.
Q.-You say you were born in England?
said Mr.. Ingham, on the cross-examina-
ton. A.-Yes, sir.
! Q.-How old were you when you came
to America? A.-Twenty-one years.
Q-When did you become Socialist?
An 1874.
Q-When did you become an Anarchist?
A.-Well, about the same time.
Q.-How long have you believed in over
turning the present form OfgOyernment by
| force? Al do not know as | have ever
believed in changing the present govern
ment by force. have believed that in the
nature of things the government would
have to be changed by force.
Q-How long have you
! PREACHED ANARCHY?
The question was objected TO and disll
lowed.
Odd you ever know Of any English
speaking Group except the American
Group? A.-No.
Q.-YOu have delivered SOcialistic and
Auarchistic speeches during the past four
| years? Al have made many speeches,
but not always OF SOcialiStic and Anar-
chiStic tendency. Some were strictly from
| a wOrkingmens standpoint.
Q.-Where were those speeches deliver
ed? A.-On the lake front, on the Market
square, and ut Griet7s Hall.
! Q-Were you stakeholder in the
! .Itarml Al believe l had two dollars
worth of stock.
Odd you take part in its manage
ment?
Captain Black made an objection. The
objection was Overrulcd.
Captain Black then rose and said: -
think Twill advise the witness" and then
stopped. Then consulting with his brother
attorneys, he modified his remarks and
took an exception.
! The witness said he was named rs one
of the persons to whom communications
could be addressed as to the management
| of the paper He said he read some Of the
translations from the Freheit printed in the
! Harm.
The witness said he went to the office OF
the .lrbeiter Zeitung
ON THE EVENING OF MAY 4,
arriving there ten minutes before eight
/ O'Clock. He said there were twelve or tit-
| teen members of the American Group pres
| ent. He said they remained until nearly
nine o'clock, when BalthauSer Bau report
| ed that there was large meeting at the
/ li.ymarkct and that speakers wereheeded
/ The witness said he went to the meeting
with Parsons and aman named Schneider
/ He said Schwab left for the Haymarket
prior TO that time. The witness Sald he
did not wish to speak.
| The witness SaId he did not regard his
| Haymarket speech rs incendiary. He de
1 clared that he certainly
DIDN'T INCITE ANY ONE
that night to any specific overt act. He
made a general attack on the present social
system. Certain people might regard that
as incendiary while Others would not. lie
said he desired TO keep out of the way OF
| the police that night because he
| knew they would arrest all
persons connected with the
meeting TO find out who WAS the guilty
prrson. On the redirect examination,
| Fielden declared that in his speech he said
| that Washington, Jefferson and John Brown
/ had occupied the same position toward
abuses of the Government that Socialists
} did toward the present social system. In
/ urying wOrkingmen to organize, he only
contemplated that they would be likely by
J this means to obtain greater share OF the
| products Of the country.
MORE EVEN DIVISION
of the fruits of labor He had no knOwl-
edge that any immediate violence would
be employed lie had no intimatiOn that
| a dynamite bomb would bC thrown.
States Attorney cid nOt.pursue the cross
examination and Fielden left the stand.
Henry Spies again took the stand, and
testified that he sustained bullet wound
in striking down q revolver aimed by some
one nj his brother. He could not say
whether it WAS policeman or not, who
| fired the shot.
Earnest Neindorf, who testified for the
State, was called by the defense. He said
that he was
AT ZEPF'S HALL
ON the night of May 3. He said Lingg was
nresent. and as far as the witness knew,
was there during the entire meeting. The
meeting continued from eight until eleven
II
! o'clock.
ON the cross-examination he said there
were eight hundred or one thousand per
sons present, and that people were coming
and going all the time. The witness was
recalled in an effort to show that Lingg
was not present at the sO-called conspiracy
meeting on the same night at No. 81 West
Lake street, near Zepf7s Hall.
Jacob Sherman said he was present at
the meeting in Zep7s Hall and saw Lingg
there during the meeting.
Fielden was recalled and asked if at the
eoroner's inquest anything was said about
his firing at the police. Objected to and
1 disallowed.
Mrs. Neebc, the wife of one Of the de
PENDANTS. was called, but her testimony
was objected to and she was excused.
Heinrich Quinemeyer, the kalsominer,
MAS recalled and shown dynamite found in
the Arbeifer Zeitsag Office and said he did
NOT see il when he seached the closet in
that office on the morning of May 5.