The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-05-14

er~Siss nsalers - TAs Csro.srs ysry
Cn>rr~s x..sn With De1ng ehe Cause %
- slaughter. and They. wlsA ~ Eselrs
Forcs a. she ..Arhe1eer xeesung" neid
Wlsheas nsail-
CuscAGo. May e.-If any doubt had pro
viou<lv existed IN the minds u any that
the leaders Of the Anarchist party were
directly responsible for the "Or>ini''
method which resulted inTuesdsy nights
slaughter. that doubt was dispelled by
the evidence which for five solid hours
was on Wednesday presented 20 the cor
oncr's jury. The inqueSt, which WAS
held upon the body or Onlcer Jno.
Deegan. was held in the once Of the city
clerk in the city building. The accused,
August Spies. Chris Spies. Sam t1eiden
and Michael Schwab. were brought into
the jury room In single ME, with Tour
stalwart of1ccrS on either side. and wefe
given seats on bench 20 the LETT OF the
jury. August Spies, the arch-conspiEatof:
WAS perfectly self-ro>>cS>ed and smiled
sarionicallv almost throughout the pro-
ceedings. His younger brother looked
IN Al ease. while Schwab, . typical Com
muniSt in appearance, and Fielder,
bloated. dirty-iooking foreigner 81 the
hack-countrv tyre, listened attentively 90
the testimony. now smiling. again frown-
inc. and occasionally displaying indica-
tons Of nervouSnesS-
The evidence was first directed 70 prov
ing the inccndiary character Of the utter
ance Al the meeting which preceded the
bomh-throwing. and 20 do this Omcer
Louis Haas. Paul Hull and Edward W.
Nav. reporters. and Officer Timothy Nc
Keoush were placed on the stand.
hand-bill printed In English ana
German. calling the meeting and urging
workinsmen 10 rise 10 arms was put IN
evidence and read 10 the jurv- The wit
ne<<eS stated that Spies, Fleiden ana
Parsons (the latter not yet in custcdy.)
were the speakers Of the night. and that
while the addresses Of Spies and Fiesden
were Of an infammatory character. they
were more moderate than Others they
had delivered on the lake front and else
where. The speech Of Parsons was OF
the most violent type. directly calculated
| 70 incitc the mob 10 riot. and winding up
with the words: ITO arms. TO armsi 70
arms. II you love your wives. II You love
your children, rise mp against capital
From this point the inquiry was direct
cd to the throwing Of the bomb. Omcer
| Haas wa. within . few feet Of the spot
where the explosive fell, and his evidence
which was concurred in by the other wilt
| neSses. was TO the effect that II came
| from behind > pile Of boxes upon the
( sidewalk IT the corner OF the alley on
4 De<plaines street above Randolph
| Captain Ward. who with Captain Bon
4 field marched n the head Of the police
| said in answer to one If the lurymen thai
| he had never had instructions % request
! the Anarchists 10 dcSist from innamma
torv speeches although he understood
4 that such Instructions had been given q
! other officers az various times.
Now the inquiry was directed 70 IN
character OF the explosive and in Thu
branch much startling and unexpected
testimony was introduced
| II made a search of the Arbsifer Ziefnn!
ofSce.- Onicer Martin Marks testified
oOn 4 shelf in the recess Of Mr. Spies
private room I found bundle marke'
1 Adams Express Company This pa
contained lot If savdust, sand ant
nitro-clycerine. II looked exactly IN
same a what we found on Desplaine
street after the bomb exploded last night
only ID was not so hard"
at came whining through the air liz
= fire-cracker or sQuib. said the witness
sand thought IL was one or the othel
but the moment il touched the ground
there was terrific report. and throug
the smoke saw the officers mown dow
| ike grass. The same moment firing CON
menced ike the roaring Of cannon.
heard some Of the shots come from D
| hind the boxes from where the bomb wa
| thrown"
A All the witnesses agreed that. ludcin
from the applause and the guying 81 N
speakers occasionally INDUCED 10, nc
more than i've hundred Of the gatherin
were in sympathy with the Anarchist SCI
| fiments enunciated-
The witness described the enect OF ~
, explosion upon some rocks underneal
| which IL was placed fragments o. u
powders were carried away immen'
J distances.
XII Mot Of the stun concluded the Q
4 fcer. .si< stored In the vault. and one
y our men. who Il an expert, says there
| enourh IN Il to blow up the building"
81 The iurv were out half m hour befo
agreeing upon averiict- The jury ne
> All Of the prisoners to the grand lu
: without bail. and also recommended n
!, Parsons be apprehended and held "
! | verdict. when read in the city clerks (
J, dee. was loudly applauded BY the anxio
!. | spectators. The prisoners were return'
| 70 their cells in the basement
4 A sister Of August Spies came 70 Z
y Central station to-day. and after consi
J. erable talking Lieutenant Ripley elicit
. from her the confession that thi
y brother. Who was in last nights ahrs
was living dangerously III 81 his home.
o Il thought that he will die.
Mrs. A. X. Parsons, the wife Of
q fugitive Anarchist, was arrested this
Q ternoon, and was locked up. She
y present this morning when the once
Z made I raid on the Arb>ifer Zeifnng hui
Ing. but the officers did not then wish
arrest her. They had planned 20 shad'
her. hoping that she would make so
y appointment with her husband, 50
latter could be captured.
J. an the Arb>if>r Zsifnsg building
!. detectives found this afternoon regu
|. arsenal Of weapons and expIosiv
Searching dark closet Of the editor
n room was found two small cloth b
q containing mass Of sawdust satura
n with dynamite. There must have p
= I'VE pounds Of the explosive IN the =
.. bars--enou9h to blow up the Board
u Trade building. Six red and two nl'
y 0acs were captured In Spies PRIV
g desk were found two great sticks OF r
q powdcr. each six inches long and 40
ns I onc ana 4 half inches square, with