River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-07-29

meeting aud his understanding that there
was to b. bomb throwing. Officer John
Wessler testified to seeing Fielden fire a
pistol twice. l. V. Moulton testified 10 a
conversation with Spies in February when
the latter outlined such a revolt as trans
pired.
Among the witnesses were several So
cialists who appear in the character of in
formers and have told OF the plottings of
the men undergoing trial. Vim. Seliger
and his wife are of this class. Ii wss At
their house the bombs were,made bv I4ingg,
Engel and others, and those throw n at the
daymarket were made there. Two repor-
tiers, Williamson and Wilkinson, were
good witnesses and told OF visits TO the
office Of Spies of speeches made by Par
sons, Fielden and the Others, all breathing
I the same murdarous spirit. and of seeing
/ in their hands bombs. dynamite and other
missiles and having their uses and powers
explained. Officers Shea and Duffy and
some others, have testified TO finding in
/ Spies office bombs, dynamite, pistols. dag
/ & -, the type on which the Revenge circu-
! lar was printed, 80 that the chain is per
/ feet. there being no link absent to weaken
| il in any part. When Andrew &. johnson,
/ a Pinkerton detective, appeared in the
/ witness box, Spies regarded him with sur
prise and great alarm. This witness in
/ volved Spies, Fielder, Parsons and Fisch-
| er in murderous threats and declarations,
and created the utmost CONSERVATION
! among them by the clear revelation of
/ their conspiracy, the advice of Spies to
shoot policeman Wright, of Fielden to
/ blow up the board of trade building and
/ how each of the defendants had advocated
/ attacks on the militia and police, and-par-
/ ticularly the use OF dynamite. Parsons in
a certain speech had sand 81 lived on
snow balls all last winter, but by G-I
won't do il this v inter-
] Important testimony is being given by
men employed by Plnkerton at the in
stance OF party of large property own
ers to investigate Just what aud how
much was meant by the anarchist crowd
/ in their speeches. One OF five witnesses of
this class has testified connecting Spies,
| Fielding ana Parsons with conspiracy to
murder and destroy property. AS these
men were not employed tC accuse or convict
| anybody more weight attaches To their ties
| timOny than to that of detectives
these men, penetrated their most secret
conclayes and listened to their instructions
to their dupes. He heard Fielden make a
speech declaring that the government
could be overthrow by force only, and he
! toll witness this "force" was TO be used
| May LIST, this year Persons in speaking
of the Street Car trouble said that il In
spector Bonfield was shot, the social revo-
luton would inauguated. He heard Spies.
/ say contemptuously that the militia did
not amount to much and few dynamite
bombs would scatter them in all direc-
tiOns. He said Parsons in his Haymarket
speech frequently cried ITO Arms He
saw Parsons. Spies and Fielden on the
wagon Just before the bombs were thrown.
Joe Gruenhut, a socialist agititor and wri-
ter, though in the employ OF the city gov
eminent, testified that he saw Spies write
the Revenge circular ar heard him de
scribe how the police could be decimated
by dynamite.
| Four newspaper reporters. one for Ger
I man paper, and two detectives of the city
force, occupied the witness stand Tuesday.
The incidents they related identified Fiel-
den, Parsons, Spies, Schwah and Others
with Haymsrket riot of May 4th. and with
the conspiracy by addresses made on vari-
Gus occasions, before the outbreak. A
matronly woman, dressed in white lawn,
appeared at the morning session OF the
court and as the prisoners were brought in