The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-24

buy dynamite with. The witness said Lingg
was at these meetings, and bought the dynamite
In February last, the witness said, Engle made
a speech at No. SO Clybourne avenue, when he
explained how easily and cheap.y dynamite
could be made and how gas pipe could be filled.
Enge explained how to fill the pieces of gas
pipe and TO arrange FUSE, and SAID the outer
portion of the pipe should be bound with nails
and wires, SO that when exploded it would cause
greater havoc At the meeting, when Engle
made this speech, the witness was chairman.
The cross-examination of Lehman produced
nothing additional and did not change his
original statements
A reporter named Dresser described speeches
made by Spies, Parsons and FieldeD. and their
threats to blow up the Board Of Trade, and de-
claring that such men as Marshall Field, John
Doane and George NJ Pullman ought to be
killed. Court then adjourned until afternoon.
The afternoon work on the part of the prose
cution resembled nothing 80 much as the build
Ing OF great wall, in which, like solid courses
OF masonry, was laboriorsly and unalteraby
piled up layer after layer of the most damaging
evidence Attempts at examination were
for time despairiugly abandoned by the de-
Tense, and when the practice of severely interro-
eating the States witnesses again commenced
there was noticeable change in the line of at
tack. An entirely new theory OF the motives
actuating Spies and his confreres was quickly
shown to have been adopted This was that the
| defendants, far from being the dangerous char
| acters depicted by the long string of reporters
I and officers succeeding each other on the stand
had been purposely humbugging these witnesses
| at every available opportunity, but for most
| laudable purpose. They were simply trying to
/ get up scare among the capitalists so as TO
| bencft the laboring man.
Ernest Neidorff the first witness, was one or
| those not cross-examined by the attorneys Tor
/ the Anarchists He gave some important testl-
mony corroborating informer Seliigers nara
| tive of the meetings of the Socialists, including
the armed section, just previous to the throwing
| of the bomb in the Hay market Neidorf was
| chairman of the meeting in Zepfs Hall the night
| before that event. and at which Selliger was Sec
| rotary. Tho witness was not questioned as to
| the details of the proceedings, which had been
related IN full by Selliger, but in general way,
| by incidental mention of minor particulars,
added much weight to the testimony OF the man
rely.
Officers Trehorn and Sullivan followed Nei-
dorf on the witness stand. They testified that
on the evening of the formal opening of the new
Board Of Trade building they attended, in citi-
| zens' clothes, a meeting on Market square,
| where Parsons, in a frey speech, advised his
| hearers to use the rifle and the bomb on the
| members Of tho board. A procession was formed
by the crowd with the purpose of forcing its way
| into the Board of Trade. Mrs. Parsons was at
| the head, carrying a red flag Spies. Fielden
| and Parsons were in line. A carriage contain
ing lady was attacked, and the occupants Sc
| verely injured by brick thrown from the
| crowd. Both officers told how, after the
procession was turned back by the police Spies.
| Parsons and Fielden exhibited to them and re-
porter named Williamson. shells. fuses and dyna-
mite at the Arbeiter Zeitung Office. With these
weapons the three defendants said they would
| soon meet the bloodhounds, as they called the
| police
Detective Louis Haas was at this point put on
| the stand for q few moments. He described
how Neebe one of the prisoners, assumed charge
of the Arbeiter Zeitupg Office Immediately after
| the arrest Of Spies. Neebe was acting at the
| head of the establishment when the packages of
| dynamite were discovered thcre.
| Astir among the lawyers on both sides, and
subdued exchange of remarks among the pris-
oners, greeted the appearance of a dwarfsh in
| dividual, with piercing dark eyes. who was led
| in by 0ailiff just as Haas was leaving the wit.
ness chair. The new conner rather avoided look
ing IN the direction of the defendants He gave
his name as Maurice Neef, proprietor of the
saloon and hall, No. So Clybourne avenue. 1t
| was there that informer Selliger and Lngg
| had, the evening of the riot, carried
half hundred shells filed with dynamite,
| and left them for distribution to those
who were to use them that night. Neef added
materially TO the defniteness of Selliger's evil
dence. The witness testified that Lingg came
| into the saloon shortly after 3 p NJ, accompanied
| by Seilger A man named Munsenberg was
with them, carrying large satchel on his shout
/ der He put the satchel on the counter, and af-
| terward laid it on the floor. Lingg inquired if
any body had been inquiring for him, and with
outswaiting reply went out through side door
berg picked up the bag and led the
| way, followed by Selliger and Lingg The
witness had not seen Munsenberg since.
| Lipgg and Selliger were in the saloon about IL p
NJ. Huebner and the two Lehmanns, and sew
eral others whose names were unknown to the
|, witness, had just arrived and were telling ex-
citedly of the bomb-throwing in the Haymarket.
The witness gathered from the talk of this group
that they had been present when the riot
Cured. Selliger ana Lingg joined the crowd in
front Of the bar. and soon the witness heard
some one shout. That's all your fault" Lingg
was participating in the discussion when the
shout was raised.
Meet was questioned by the States attorney
regarding meeting in his hall at which Engel
made an appeal Cor money to push the pubca-
ton of paper called the Anarchist. Engel de-
clared the Arbeiter Getting was not outspoken
enough in advocating the use of dynamite, and
| therefore it was necessary to start a more
radical publication for the workingmen. Engel
declared that the nobility of France had only
yielded to the people when brought to the guillo-
| tine; that the Shareholders of the South only
| yielded to the bayonets OF the North and
that the wage slaves of the present would never
get an inch without the use of dynamite or some
thing equally effective and cheap. In making
bombs Engel told his hearers, no machinery of
a special nature, involving casting was abso-
| lutey necessary. common piece of gas pipe
would do
| A remarkably short crossexamination of Meet
was conducted by Lawyer Foster for the de-
the witness did not know, to a certainty, any of
the men who stood at his beer counter that night.
No questions bearing on any other point were in
troduced by Mr. Foster.
William Burgess and George Schiller testified
that they had printed the revenge circular
upon orders from the Arbeiter Zaitung Office.
Fred P. Rosback, machiEist, gave evidence
that Rudolph Schnaubelt, the man generally
believed to be the bomb thrower, who was in
his employ. did not do any work in the shop on
May Schnaubelt said he had other work to
do
The session of the court was prolonged nearly
an hour later than usual by the prosecution
reading from the Arbeiter Ze;tung the platform
of the International Working Peoples Associa-
ton, and lengthy extracts published by Spies