Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-10
A PRECIOUS PAIR.
Spies ard Schwab Tell Their Steries
Of the Bloody Business
In Chicago.
A Large Crowd Assemblies 20 Hear What
These Mid hammered deptlsmen
Have 20 Say.


: and Michael Schwab were both on II
witness stand to-day. rumor had bee
current that Spies would testify au
served to attract the largest crowd tbs
has thus far visited Judge Garey's cour
Schwab was put on the stand first.
"where do you liver" asked Mr.. Eos
ter.
"Cell lO7, in the county jail (laugr
ter.
"Now, II this is repeated" said tn
court, very angry, "I'll clear the room.
Schwab then went on with bis story
My family lives at 81 Florimond street
l left home on the evening Of May 1. a
| 7;40. / looked at the clock before de
| parting from the house; am sure of The
time. Then | went to the Arbeiter Zelt
ung Office. There a Communication was
received over the telephone requesting
that a speaker be sent TO Deerlng. Spies
was the speaker wanted, but he was al
bay-market, and / fastened there To
fud bim, but failed. Saw his brother.in.
law, Rudolph Schnaubalt, then took car
east TO Clark street; boarded another go.
Ing up Clyburne avenue TO Deering. Did
not know what time reached factory, but
spoke to strikers about twenty minutes,
hen stopped In saIoon and had a glass of
beer and some lunch. Got back home
about II o'clock"
"Were you ever In the 1llay at Crane
Brothers that night with Spies9n
"No, sir"
ibid you walk west on Randolph street
with Spies two blocks, then return with
him?n
"No sir"
"Did you see Spies that nightpn
"No sirn
"Did you see Spies hand your brother
in law package that night in the alley
at Crane Brothers, and did you say a1y-
thing like this; If that won't be enough
shall we g I another?'"
''No sir"
"Dld you see Spies in the alley that
night2"
ono, sir"
when did you see him at ali for the
last time that day?"
"In the afternoon. / didn't see him
again until next morning"
On cross-examination Schwab said he
had been member of the International
list society since its organization
'Are you an anarchlstY'
at depends on what you mean"
"Answer my question-are you an an
archstP"
81 can't answer that
Schwab WAS excused, and Spies took
the stand. he appeared thoroughly self
possessed. He said he was thirty.one
years old, and that he came to this coun.
try In 1872. Had been a member OF the
Socialist Publishing society which CON
trolled the Arbeiter Ieitung. Had been
editor of that paper for six years and
received salary of SIS a
week. Was at the "Black-roadn
meeting May at the invitation of the
committee from the Lumber Showers
union. There was crowd of 1000 per-
sons present. My speech was common
place. told the men to stand by the
union. While speaking, some one cried
out IN an unknown language, and 500 or
400 men detached themselves from the
slsling 5 ans s %Rffh G ebtGks9Ra fr
a short time, when he, too, went toward
the factory. Said he saw some persons
behind some railroad cars and others run
ming, while the police were firing at them.
The sight of this, said Spies, made my
blood boil. The witness declared that
while he was standing there, young
lrishman came to him and told him that
six men we're dead and that thirty had
been wounded Spies then went to the
Arbeiter Zeltung office and wrote an article
which appeared next morning headed
"Blood."
"Did you write the revenge" Grey
lar2"
eyes; only did not write the woh
revenge"
"Can you tell how it happened to be b |
the circular"
III can't" |
GLOW many circulars were distribt- !
ed?"
"About twenty five hundredn |
"How soon was it written after youle. |
turned to the ofllce?n |
"Immedlately,"
"At that time were you eScitedp"
al was | know from the expeTidce |
OF the past,n said the witness, In ring |
voice, "that this butcherlng of the peole !
was done for the purpose Of defeahg
the eight-hour movement"
The state objected, and the remark as
ruled out
Witness said he attended the by
market meeting aud saw copy ofhe
circular closing with; "Workingntu,
come armed.n lie said he chld
not attend the meeting uIess
the line was taken out Fischer was
sent to the printer to have the line tlken
out. Witness said he went TO the beet.
ing in company with his brother Harry
Before he began to speak he &ked
where Parsons was, and was told thlt he
was addressing a meeting at the cbrner
OF Randolph and Halsted streets and
went there with Henry Spies to fnd him
Witness said he then returned 10 the
wagon with Schuaubelt. Did not see
Schwah, as Schnaubelt said he mad gone
to Deerng to attend the meeting there.
"Did yougo into the alley with Sthnau
heltG"
mo sir"
Witness stated that as Schmubel
could not speak English,he could not hav,
conversed with him In that language
Spies said he made an ordinary speecl
at hay-market. Said he remained on III
wagon duiing all the speaking; saw pole
on Randolph street; heard Captain War
give order to disperse; was helped 81
the wagon by his brother Henry and al