The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-07-19
THE RED FLAG MEN,
OF CHICAGO ANARCHISTS,
A Day of Exciting Events, RrIStlIng With
Points Showing the Determination of the
Socialists Evidence CrimlnatIng the
Bomb!Thrower-E Exciting Scene.

CHICAGO, July ia crowd had gather
ed in front Of the Criminal Court long be
fore Judge Gary made his appearance
\ this morning, while the lobbies, stairway
and first and second floors were crowded
with the busy officials, witnesses apd
Curioaltyseekers.
The disclosures Of Gottlrled Waller were
Of character to excite the interest Of the
public to the highest pitch. The appear
ance Of Waller as he gave his testimony
was very peculiar, He is o medium.sized
man, with dark hair and luxurisnt buI
well,trlmmed whiskers, He has droop'
ing nose and clear brown eyes, His face
was very pale, and bore an expression Of
shame and terror as he uniolded his sen.
aationRl tale, revealing the secrets Of the
I@hr and Wehr Verein.
When court was opened to-day Waller
was again placed on the stand, Witness
testified that the bomb given him by
Fischer, Thanksgiving Day last, with In
struCtiona TO use 1t on the police II they
intetiered with the meeting TO be held
that evening at the Market Street Square,
he kept in his house for two weeks, and
then exploded 1t in the woods, Witness
went to the Haymarket meeting armed
with dynamite bomb.
At this point Waller was shown pho.
tograph OF an Anarchist named Schnar.
bett, which he identified, and 1t was
placed In evidence. Witness continued
his testimony, saying that SChnarbett was
at the meeting.
meeting2'
"He said we should tell the other mem.
bers what we had decided 10 do. He
said the thing should commence In other
places ALSO"
"What do you mean by thing"
"The revolution"
Witness testified that at a meeting
held In the Bohemian Hall Sunday, May
2, Engel and Fischer two Of the delend-
ants) and number OF other Socialists
were present. Engel submitted a plan
according to which, as soon as it came
to conflict between the polics and the
Northwestern groups, bombs ahould be
thrown into the police stations. Then
the riaemen Of the Lehr und Weir We.
rein were TO be posted at distance and
shoot all who should come out Of the
station.houses. That was to be kept up
until we reached the city. We were 10
kill everybody who opposed us.
Some one in the meeting opposed the
plan. don't know the man, but he said
It would be better 10 60 into the crowds In
the city, then kill the people right and
left. Another man opposed this plan. He
said we could not know our neighbors In
the crowd; We might kill our friends by
mistake. Eugel's plan was finally adopted
by the meeting. y,
'"Look at the book l now show YOU"
ssid States Attorney Grinnell. "Havo you
ever seen copy Of this book beioreH"
The book was copy OF ono Of Herr
Most's. This concluded the direct exam.
ination.
The counsel for the defense, after con.
ference, asked 10 have Waller's testimony
stricken out.
The Court overruled this, and the cross
examination Of the witness begun.
The wituess was severely Cross.exam.
indd, but his testimony remained I'LL.
shaken. He said that no offers had been
made to him TO induce him 10 leEtify.
On the redirect, Waller wss asked;
"Haye you been solicited by the defense
within the past ten days to go back on
your original abatement and meet them
some place outside the city, or at Lincoln
Park, and agree on another storyW
The defense excitedly object and the
objection was sustained.
Witness lB again Cross.examined, alter
which the court takes recess.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Absorbing as had been the morning ses-
sion, tho afternoon far surpassed II in in.
terest The first move on the part Of the
State was the introduction Of another In.
former. This was Bernhardt schrader,
who, the night preceding the bomb.throw.
ing, had been present in the conspiracy
meeting, at which Waller, the previous
witness for the prosecution, had presided.
The second informer, SChrader, Is a car.
penter, and has lived In this country FIVE
years, He was born In Russia. His pow.
erful frame, surmounted bya diminutive
head, his retreating forehead and his
weasel eyes, at once attract the gaze ol the
court.room.
The war.bronzed countenance gradually
becomes ashen, as slowly, through an In.
terpreter, sentence by sentence, the As
sistant States Attorney proceeds to elicit
from him q statement concerning tho
meeting Monday night in Grefs Hall,
where iniormer Waller was chairman.
schrader says he reached the hall at 0
o'clock. The meeting was already In or.
der. Waller was presiding. There were
thirty or forty present. II was agreed that
| II the police attacked any meetings then
the Anarchists were to mutually assist
each other to destroy the officers. The
members Of the Northwest Group should
% to the Wicker Park Station In case the
police should make an attack. II any
member had anything with him he should
use Il.
Nothing was said about bombs. The
attorneys for the State look at each other
and seem slightly annoyed. They say.
"Was anything said about dynamite2" A
shake Of the head Is the response, and the
faces Of the prosecution lawyers lengthen
precepubly. Another question is put;
TN tho meeting did you hear any refer.
ence To the word 'ruheH p" Again shake
Of the head.
The subject Is quickly changed. schra.
der tells Of attending the Haymarket meet.
ing. He waBin the Randolph street saloon
when the bomb was thrown. lie left the
speakers stand because drops Of rain had
begun 10 fall. Witness then tells In de.
tall Of hia connection with the Lehr and
and Wehr Verein. They drilled once q
week with Springfield rifles. He was No.
| S2. There were four companies In tho
city. The total number ol members lie
did not know.
Al this point, Mr.. Foster, for the dc.
iense, began 10 oroSs.examlne. Nothing
was said about bombs, tho witness con.
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