The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-07-28
THE ROPE TIoATENs.

Chicago.
CHICAGO, July 9O.--1p the Anarchist trial
Lieutenant ]. q. Stanton described the
march of the police to the Haymarket
meeting On the night Of May T. There
were eighteen men in his command. Five
seconds after he reached the place he saw
the shell coming. He called to his men |
"Look out, there is q she'll coming" and |
Just as he spoke the bomb exploded. All his |
com pany were wounded except two, and |
two died. These were Degan and Redan. |
Witness was wounded In eleven different
places.
was No. 1, front rank, to the right Of Lieu
tenant Steele's company. He was within
eight feet Of Lieutenant Staunton. When
he came to the halt he heard SOME one
h' ae 'hfy s' Ssdsn sas 'laSS sss
1--WE are peaceable." in response
to Captain Wards orders to disperse. He
saw him get down from the wagon, step to
the side walk, then crouch behind the wagon
and begin firing Witness got his bullet
In his right knee, and then returned the
fire. The bullet produced was tins one
got in his knee.
Officer John wessler, testified to the
| same effect and corroborated the other
witnesses in the statement that he saw
Fielden firing at the police.
When halt was ordered and the mo-
ment after the bomb exploded Wessler saw
| q man having big bushy whiskers slip
down from the wagon occupied by the
| speaker and dodge behind wheel. Every
moment or two this man jumped up and
fired q revolver point-blank at the police.
Wessler saw this mans face he was sure
it was Fielden. Two or three times Field
en- got up and .emptying one chamber Of
his revolver he would duck his head
down again. Wessler, the, third or
fourth time got bead a on ,hs Fieldea e1;.;.. and
! ton Of seeing Fielden drop. and knew
from that he was wounded. Fielden
tumbled under the wagon. The witness
! paid no attention to the man, as at that
the ranks at once. More. firing followed.
After the bullets ceased flying witness
went back to the wagon to see his man,
but he was gone
at Grand Rapids, Mich. He was an officer
in the Knights OF Labor. He saw Spies in
his house in Grand Rapids February %
1885. spies came to witness house in COM
pany with q man named Tanler. Spies
came. there to lecture: Spies was intro
duced as prominent Socialist by Tanler.
Tanler said he was there for the pur-
pose Of lecturing, and requested witness to
Introduce him to the meeting.. Witness
the organizations and the means by which
they were to be accomplished. Spies said
their object was to reorganize society
upon more equitable basis, SO
that the sh work woEEnSmsn, asn,- ,sS%. you'd sIgs get
expressed the opinion that the use Of force
and arms was the only wav to accomplish
their purpose. He said they were prepared
for such a demonstration in Chicago and
had 1900 members and he expected that
they would rapidly gain accessions
from the ranks Of the laboring men.
He thought there might be blood
cases Of revolution; that that would be
considered criminal il they failed; that
George Washington would have been pun.
ished had he failed. He mentioned that
explosives might be used. He said the
movement would be made in connection
with the attempt Of the workingmen te
introduce the eight-hour system.
Mr.. James K. Magic was put or
the stand. and testified to being pres
, Street Turner Hall October ii last. HI
/ said that Spies and Fielden were present
and the former produced resolution
! which was passed, recommending the use
OF force and arms instead Of the ballot te
redress the wrongs OF laboring men.
Mr.. Magic said he opposed the resolu
tions in u speech, and Spies replied to him,
, but the only thing he could remember wa.
that the latter called him political vag
: meeting and the resolutions were adopted
with a very few dissenting votes.
: Detective James Bonfieid said he arrest
!, ed August Spies, Michael Schwabl ant
the Office Of the 1r6siter zeitung. He sail
E he examined the building two or thre
E times that day. At one Of these visits, il
, Spies Office, he found piecs Of fuse abou
! Ave inches long, a Illuminating cap and I
large, double-action revolver
) Detective BOntield was asked II he hat
, those articles with him. He stepped fron
the chair and drew from under the coun
sells table u wooden box. fourteen inche
long. Ave inches wide and q foot high. HI
placed it on the table and from it drew {
!, roll Of crumpled newspaper, q shining re
volver a foot long, dirk made from a file
, a small brass cap an inch long, piece o
gray fuse and several cartridges
| "This revolver" he said. II found unde
washstand in the Office. laid in this news
. paper. That dirk file lay beside IT.. Thes
: caps are used to explode dynamite, nitro
I glycerine and gisnt-powder found thi
] where ! arrested Spies The revolve
. is Of 44-caliber, of uncommon size.
. took some reporters to see Spie
{ IN the cell: under the City Hall OF
/ sation which followed Spies claimed tina
. at the Haymarket meeting the polio
. opened hre, and were the aggress0rs. H
ran into the alley and came out on Ran
dolph street He said he approved Of tn
that the time had hardly arrived to star
the revolution or warfare. Fielden woul
b not talk much. 4lt--
i "A few days after Fischer's. arrest
= searched his house, and although thor
were mo- gas fixtures in his residence,
!. found . piece of gas pipe about three fee
, In length. Once In tho detectivs's Office
) asked him to explain h'w be came b.
posls ltslmIns'ns Il: .sa cap HSrs fav. in b
5 to him at the Arosilsr Zsii,s.s otic
four months before, but he did no
I know its use. After awhile he acknowl
3 edged that he knew what it was, and ha,
. read of its use in Most's book, The Sc
) once of War; The cap was new and th
3 illuminate fres and white He said b
) was at the Haymarket meeting until fe,
: moments previous to the explosion of tn
bomb, when he went to lept's Hall. h
admitted that hs got up the Revenge CHI
cular."
! Captain Blacks questions ON cross-exan
! ination were Intended to uphold the theor
) Of the defense, that the explosive
! \ Isitsr Zsisxsv ofics by the police. Bonfiei
. | said he made the arrests about nine q m
and found the reyolvers, caps, fuse an
r file ON the occasion Of his third visi,
, about two or $3.50 In the afternoon
He said he had no warrant to arrest th
D men and NO search warrant whom he wen
; through The building; Hs was detailed b
. head about further warrant On hi
!. fourth visit he 'ok . lot OF red dags foun
In the library, IN the rear of the second hool
-
Two Young Ladies' Drewnsd.
Q 81. PAUL. MIMI. July 2O.-A sad drown
/. ing accident occurred al tut five o'cloc