Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-23

II don't think he Will ever need them
again." answered MIR. Grinnen.
Spies eyes started out at this, and the
court took a recess.
The first witnesses this afternoon were
! officers Jones, McKeOgh and Flynn. They
testlhed to the finding of several thousand
! copies of 1.-THE revenge" circular in the
office OF the Arbeiter Heitung, and great
many copies OF other circulars calling
| worktngmen TO arms.
DYNAMITE EXHIBITED.
! Several pounds OF dynamite in one pack
age were also discovered. The witness
! (Ohicer Duffy then got down from the
! chair, 9nd opened IA package of dynamite
! on the floor At the feet OF the jury.
| "lt is not dangerous" the witness said
reassuringly to the jurors, who were be-
ginning to evnce a disposition to edge of
triile from the location of the dangerous
compound. Judge Gary expressed
marked displeasure.
Take that dynamite away" he or
1ered, and the bulky pile of explosive was.
! hurriedly carried out.
"Did Spies say he knew where the dy-
Mantle package came from ?" asked law
! yer Foster In behalf of the defense.
Yes" answered the witness, "Spies
said he did not put 1t on the shelf In the
Ollice, and inslnuated that the police OIL
GERS put 1t there"
|
In the ArbeIter Ieitung office about an
hour after Spies arrest. He saw the
package produced lying open and exposed
to view.
IN SPIES DESK.
Particularly pointed testimony regard
| ing the finding OF dynamite materials in
the Arbeiter Zeitung office was given by
! Officer Flynn. He and Officer Jones
| searched Spies desk. They found fuse,
! caps and number OF sticks Of dynamite.
John Ryan, "A retired officer OF the
| United States navy, was the next witness.
lie had heard Spies, Parsons, Fielden,
| Schwab and NeeDe speak at the Sunday
! afternoon meeting on the Lake front.
! Their speeches were of similar tenor
| Ine witness, at the suggestion of the
! counsel on both sides, tnstanced the par
| ticular meeting, ana described it in de-
! tail. Parsons was speaker. Parsons
! declared TO the crowd that the police and
| constitutional authorities were the
! natural enemies OF the wOrhingman. He
! advised each Individual present to pur-
| chase rife. h money enough could not
| be had for rife, lethtm buy q pistol. II
pistol was out of the question then let
| him remember that he could get enough
! dynamite for DC. to blow up building
the size of the Pullman headquarters.
AN EXPERIMENT.
been experimental with by young Ger
man at II Socialist picnic few days be-
! fore. He hat it in tomato can and
| threw it into small pond or lake ia the
| picnic grounds. The speaker told the
| crowd in glowing terms OF the destruction
| the experiment showed could be wrought
| by very little dynamite. Spies said the
same things. The Witness was about TO
| cease this narrative when his eye acct
! dentally rested on Mrs. Parsons. He
| said Mrs. Parsons was one OF the most
| violent of the speakers. The wife Of the
| anarchist editor stood proudly erect.
Harry Wilkinson, reporter for the
| Daily News, was the next witness. Mr..
| Wilkinson's testimony was principally in
| relation 90 a number Of conversations had
with Spies in January last. The witness
had been detailed TO investigate the plac-
ing Of antnternal machine upon ,he steps
| OF Judge Lambert Trees residence.
SPIES DENIAL.
spies denied that the explosive could
| baVe come from the hands OF any Socialist
| in the city. Neither could the bomb found
In the Offices OF the Chicago, Burlington
| and Quincy railroad have been left there
| by any Chicago anarchist. Spies proceed.
! ed to prove MS assertion by showing that
| the bomb manufactured for the Chicago
| groups were of an entirely different
make. The witness was given by Spies
| small spherical bomb, an exact duplicate
OF the one exploded in the Haymarket,
| which Spies described as ''the Car" and
| went on to tel OF its superior destructive
power. Several thousand had been manu-
! tactured iu Chicago. They were some
times distributed through the Arbeiter
Isitung office, but generally only few
were kept there for samples. The com.
mon dynamite OF commerce contained
only about go per cent. Of explosive.
THEIR OWN IMPORTATION.
The Chicago groups imported their own
fusOrial earth and obtained an article in
which the explosive figured at fully 20
per cent. When there was conflict witt
the police at a public meeting at the inter-
! section OF two streets, and the meetings
would invariably be held at such inter
sections, the crowd was TO open in the
shape Of q letter V. Then the bombs
would be hurled from "A house top Joining
and if possible an Internal machine would
be exploded IN tho midst Of the police
from the manhole OF a sewer. The an
archlsts had prepared maps of all the
prominent street corners, the means Of
access to adjoining house tops, and
were thoroughly posted in regard TO the
various underground systems throughout
the city. IT the wOrklngmen were 10
strike To enforce the eight-hOur move
menL q conflict would probably occur
then. The witness was cross examined
briefly, when the court adjourned.