Huntsville gazette., 1886-07-31
DINGSFELDERED.
The Tactics Of the st. Louis Detec-
tives Discounted.
How Pinkerton Detectives Got Into the
Innermost Recesses of the Chicago An
archist Circles and Took Notes,
Coming Out at the Trial.

CHICAGO, July 25.-E. B. Washburn
and Ex-Governor Bross had seats with
Judge Gary at the Anarchist trial yester-
day morning. The usual crowd was pres
lent.
Geo. B. Miller was the first witness
He is member of the fire department
and says he found the three bombs
which Seliger put under the sidewalk
when given him by Lingg. There was
also some fuse on the gsound. Two of
the bombs were made of gas-ppe; they
were about eight inches long. The third
! bomb was round, made of lead and had a
! bolt running through it. The bombs and
fuse were found in front of the witness
| house. No. 81 Siegel street. On cross
examination the witness said the house
was about mile and a half distant from
| the Haymarket, and that from the appear
ance of the earth near by the bombs
must have been abandoned by some one
who threw them down in hurry.
James G. Miller, an attorney, knew
| Fielden. He saw him on the lake front
/ last fall and heard him address a crowd
| there. In the course of his speech
! Fieden said the workingmen were justi-
| ted in obtaining that which was theirs
and which was withheld from them by
the rich He said equality of possession
was what was wanted, and that to obtain
| this the laborers were justified in using
force. There were 200 or 800 persons in
The crowd.
William M. Knox, reporter, was the
| next witness. He saw Spies, Schwab
and Fielden on the night of May 5, and
| interviewed Spies at the police head
quarters that evening in the presence,
| part of the time, of Detective Bonfeld.
Spies, after recounting his personal his
| tory, asked the witness what the coroner's
| Jury had done. He was told they held
! him without bail on the charge of mur-
der. Spies expressed surprise at this,
saying he did not know how they could
do that. He said he didn't want to go 10
the Haymarket. He told it to Schwab,
and that finally when he got
there he made a quieting speech.
| lie said he did not know where the
| "Revenge" circular was printed.
! AS soon as the explosion took place he
went to Zepp's Hall and there met Mrs.
| Parsons, who was waiting for her hus-
| band Spies said he was standing on
| the wagon moment or two before the
| bomb went off. Some one, he thought
it was VIM. Liechner, told him to get off
the wagon. Spies also said that he had
some bombs and a quantity of fuse in
his Office, but he kept them there solely
to show them to reporters.
The witness (Knox) testified that Spies
declared in this interview that he mad
not intended to 20 TO the Haymarket,
and only did so as an after thought.
Spies claimed to have been surprised
when the bomb was thrown.
John Ashenbruner. assistant foreman
of the Arbeiter Zeitung office, was at his
ost at five O'Clock on the evening of
Nav 8, and saw some men set up the
Revenge" circular. The witness helped
make up the form. 1t was set up in two
different galleys-one in English, the
other in German. After locking the
form, the witness went home. On the
morning of May 5, the witness saw re-
voIver and belt belonging to the Lehr
and Weir Vereln in Fischer's dra wer on
the fourth floor. He told Fischer to take
hem away. Fisher put the belt about
lis waist, the revolver in his pocket and
was going down stairs when detective
arrested him.
George Num- type setter, set up a
portion of the ''Revenge" circular in the
drbeiter office. About twelve men in all
worked on the circular.
Mrs Johanna Sullivan, of No. 81 Sigel
street, found two pieces of gaspipe filed
with dynamite near her house, which she
rave to Mr.. Miller, the first witness this
morning.
w. G. Smith, a newspaper reporter, saw
Yingg, Eneel and Fischer at Grief's hall,
No. 81 West Lake street, May |, 2, and
I. The witness was at the hall all Mon
day and saw the "Revenge" circular
about six O'Clock that evening. Tie cir
culars were brought by man on horse
back. The basement OF Grief's saloon
was lighted, but when the witness at
tempted to enter he was ordered away.
The court then adjourned until p. m.
Intense excitement was caused about
the courtroom in the a ternoon by re-
port that the innermost councils of the
Anarchists were to be revealed through
some mysterious agency. Just what the
methods that had been employed were
was not known, but 1t was rumored that
six of Pinkerton's best men had been for
months in active communication with
the leaders of the Anarchists as members
of their order. The calling OF Pinker- |
ton detective was believed to be the be- |
ginning of the revelation to which the |
other startling evidence was only pre- |
lude. Profound attention Wss given as |
the witness commenced his testimony. |
A few moments had previously been |
consumed in taxing the evidence OF !
r. S. Barnum, August Goerke and |
Richard Reichel. The first proved that |
an advertisement in Parsons hand |
writing was published by an evening |
paper May 4, calling an Important
meeting of the American group at 80 |
o. M" The time set was about three
hours prior to the throwing OF the bomb.
Gnerke and Reichel, who were employees |
of the ArbeiterZt ing, testified in effect |
that Spies wrote the Revenge circular
and caused it to be printed. This |
circular was the call for the meeting at
the Haymarket.
sensation was here created among
the Anarchists by the appearance in the
witness box of Andrew c. Johnson, one |
Of the Piukerton detectives. Spies re-
yarded him with an expression of sur |
Prise and alarm, and Immediately began !