Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-08-06
THE nOMs
ro,DAY's TESTIMONY ON THE TRIAL o
THE HIoAG ANARCHISTS.

O-0 . llIlCNI oN IL lh1hAo vi
THE CHICAGO ANARCHISTS.
Chicago, August Elm the anarchist
case this morning, DIR. John NJ. Flem-
ing was the first witness. He said he
was one of the physicians who was in at
tendance upon the wounded at Des-
PLANES station on the night of May 4th.
| Tho witness said there were about twelve
| citizens in the station who had sustained
INJURIES. He said he extracted q bullet
rom the knee of an officer whom he
thought vas Officer Kreger. The wit
ness said the bullet correspondent, as
near as he was able to judge, with the
revolver bullets used by the police.
The CONSUL said he desired to show
that Kreger remarked that the bullet
came from a police revolver.
Objected to and Objection sustained.
The witness said he extracted q bullet
from the shoulder OF a shoema ker and it
appeared to be the same as that taken
from Kreger. A bullet was taken from
the body of q dead man brought to the
police station, which also appeared to
correspond with other bullets.
On cross-examination he said he
would not be able to testify as to the
calibre OF the bullet, or as to what kind
of a revolver it war fred from.
Otto Wondrey. who could not speak
English. testified that before the Hay.
market meeting concluded he and the
| ae!esass Fischer .%%esSS: sc Zssffssss hall
and were there drinking beer when the
bomb exploded. He testified. that be
also saw Parsons there at the same time.
He did not see Mrs. Parsons there. This
latter assertion contradlcted other wit
nesses for the defense.
On GROSS examination he said he
belonged to the group of information
alists of which Fischer and Engel we're
members.
Edward Preesier testified that
Schwab arrived at Deering to make
a speech shout $3.50 on the night of May
4th and addressed o meeting at Deerinp
about 9:45, speaking fifteen or twenty
minutes, and when he concluded speak
ing Schwab went with the witness to s
drinking saloon and renamed there ter
or fifteen minutes! Schwab then tool
q car and returned to the city.
According to thie testimony Schwab
could not have been at the Hay.
market meeting later than nine
O'Clock ut night and could not have
returned to Haymarket earlier than ten
O'Clock.
On cross-examination the witness
said he was o carrier for the Arbei.
ter Zeitung. He could not state tht
me precisely.
Fritz Slater was also present at the
DeeEinE meeting and heard Sohwas
speak there that night.
Herman Beckner, who lives on Ran,
doiph street, neal Haymarket, saw
Schwab a few minutes after eigh,
O'Clock on the night of May 4th ant
afterwards saw him take a street car anG
go. esst.
The testimony Of these witnesses di
rectly c%ontradicts that of the state, ex
| eer. c. Cline VIC stated that no 5a '
him in company with Spies Just prior t.
the explosion.
Phineas n. Adams testified that b,
would not believe Gilmer under oath
He could not specify any particular faotl
80 base his opinion upon, except that b.
had spoken in that way Of him.
Henry Witt, who could not speak
English, testified that Spies was request
ed to make o speech on "BIackroad'
to a meeting, May Sd, which resulted :.
the Mccormick riot as a resul
of that occurrence. He declared tina
Spies, when the attack was made upoi
Mccormick. urged his hearers not t,
Join in the attack.
On examination the witness sale
he knew Lingg and that Lingg ioinet
IN the deliberations of the lumbe
showers. He said the lumber showers
meeting was not called to take an,
action against the Mccormick employees
MIhe defense introduced q witnes
named William Murphy. who testife,
that he was on the wagon at Haymarke
when the bomb exploded and did no
see Fielden display a revolver.
Court then adjourned till s p. m.
Propose to Consolidate.
st. Louis, Aug. 6-The Comm1cio De-,