The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1886-07-25
THE DEyILIsH ANARCHISTS.
Another Interesting Day Of the Great
Trial at Chicago.

Trial at Chicago.
CHICAGO, July 24.-Intense excitement
was caused about Judge Gary's court room,
this afternoon, by report that the inner
most councils of the Anarchists were to be
revealed through some mysterious agency.
The calling of a Pinkerton detective was
believed to be the beginning of the revela-
ton Breathless attention was given as
the witness commenced his testimony A
few moments had previously been con-
sumed in taking the evidence of r. S.
Barnum, August Goerke and Richard
Reichel The first proved that an adyer-
tisement in Parsons handwriting was pub
lished by an evening paper, May 4, calling
an important meeting" of the American
Group, 7:30 P. NJ. The time set was about
three hours prior to the throwing of the
bomb Geerke and Reichel, both employees
of the" Arbeiter Zeitung, testified in effect
that spies wrote the g Revenge circular,
and caused il to be printed. This circular
was the call for the meeting in the Hay
market.
sensation was here created among the
anarchists, by the appearance in the wit
ness-box of Andrew G. johnson, one of the
Pinkerton detectives. Spies regarded him
with an expression of surprise and alarm,
and Immediately began an earnest CONVEX
sation with his attorney. The witness be-
gan his testimony by stating that he was
member OF the American Branch Of the In
terDational WorkiDgmens Union, and be-
longsd to the armed sections Of that force
He said that he had joined the organization
for the purpose of finding out its objects.
and taking secret notes of its proceedings.
He attended all their meetings frem Febru-
airy %, 1885, to January, 1886. He took
reports in writing OF the meetings, and
turned them over to W. A. Finkerton. Sup
erintendent of the Detective Agency. He
stated he had since learned that the Pin
kerten men had been detailed on the same
service. His own attendance at the meet.
ings of the armed section, was confined to
two occasions. At the meeting of the
American Group, the debate of which was
given by the witness, Fisher, one Of the
defendants introduced resolution denoun-
ing man named Wright, who, it was
alleged escaped punishment, due of crime,
by means of his high standing in society.
Spies opposed the resolution, saving
sWhat is the use of passing resolutions !?
Now is an oppor tunity for some of our
young men to 80 and shoot Wight" At
another meeting April l, Spies in a similar
matter advised the shooting of a police
sergeant, who had beeatried upon a serious
charge, but acquitted On the testimony of
brother officers. AS further sam
pie of the leading anarchists.
Witness then took each separate meet
ing Of the American Group, Of the Interna-
tional Working Peoples Association, be-
tween Feb. %, 1885, and Jan. %, 1885.
when, where, now otter, and under what
| circumstances each of the defendants had
advocated attacks on the militia and police.
and particularly the use of dynamite. II :
cidentally Detective johnson, told how
Parsons in certain speech had said, 6 I
lived on snow-balls all last winter, but by
Ga | wont do it this wintet." At the mar
ration of this sally of her husband Mrs.
ParsonsI laughed till the tears ran down
her cheeks, and then SYSTEMATICALLY wiped
her eyes with flaming handkerchief.
The alarm that had manifested itself
among oight defendants upon the first
appearance Of the detectives on the stand,
had by this time somewhat Isnbsided. It
had entirely disappeared at the end of the
line at which Lining and { n gle, who knew
where little English were stationed Be-
yond the latter grizzly looking anarchist
sat his pretty 17-year-old daughter. She
leaned her elbow on one arm of her fathers
chair. upon the opposite arm of which
rested on the elbow of youthful, good look
ing Louis Lining. The old man sat bolt
upright between them apparently lost in
thought
szThe detective told how he had joined o
company, been drilled and shown box of
bombs. Parsons was elected Lieutenant.
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