Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-07-29

81 told you / received word az my
boarding. house."
"And that was before you tod any
body that you had seen ths man who
threw the bomb9"
cit was"
"Then how did the police come 70
look you up?"
"That IVES from remarks made"
"And on that occasion, two days
after the bomb was thrown, you said
the man who threw the bomb had high
chsek.bones, light sandy hair, and blue
eyes. In other words, you described
Schnaubel TO the police, and didn't you
know at that time that Schnaubel had
been arrested?"
IL did rot"
"Where did you tell Grinnell about
this ?".
~ think be was at the Central sta
ton On one Of my visits there"
80, then, Grinnell knew this, and
you were not called before the coroner's
jury nor before the grand jury?"
81 don't know what Grinnell knew
or what he understood"
"Well, you told him you might, You
could, identify the men who threw the
bomb?"
~ think So"
August Heun, printer in the employ
Of Verb & Klein, corner Of Market and
Randolph streets. testified he set up a
portion Of the circular calling for the
Ilaymarket meeting.
The witness obtained a copy Of this
circular from Mr.. Klein, and he got il
from tie defendant Fischer, who came
to the printing office about o'clock Of
The morning of May 4th. Fischer wrote
the German version Of the case, and the
witness is positive he wrote the follow
ing "Workingmen, arm yourselves
and appear in full force" On cross
examination by Captain Black, the wit
ness said the above line was taken out
by IL o'clock in the forenoon.
An expurgated circular was shown
the witness, and he identified it as the
ore printed after the line was taken out.
Do you know who ordered the line to
bStaken out?
Objected to.
Did you hear any one order it to be
taken out?
No, sir.
Did you see it taken out?
I did.
Were you told not to distribute the
circular containing this line?
was not.
NJ. ii. Marks, detective from the
Genital station, was at the ArbHer
Zeitung Office on the morning Of May
5.h " [ met him on the third floor,
and told him | came there to to make q
search Of that floor. lie said All
right. You won't find anything but
paper and writing materials There
was an old desk in the room. | asked
whose desk it was. Neebe said i! was
August Spits's. On the top OF the shelf
back OF this desk found package OF
oily stuff. | asked what it was, and
Neebe said be guessed it was prepa-
ration to clean type. This package
| was taken to the Central station and it
proved TO be dynamite. This was the
explosive with which the mining ex-
pert Buck experimental on the lake
front"
When the witness showed the bag to
Neebe Officer NcKeogh was in the room
and Officer Haas at the door. Mayor
Harrison was in the building at the
time or a moment before, but he didn't
ask Noe5e the contents o! the
package. Mrs. Parson was also pre-
sent; so were two young men who
| were writing, a gentleman and a lady,
and Detective Boyd.
Officer Martin Quinn testified that
| three or four days after the Haymarket
| not he went to the house Of Engel and
| discovered in the basement sort OF
crucible made of heavy sheet.iron.
Fneel said the machine had been brought
| to bis house some weeks before by a
| man, who said it was to be used for
| melting material used in the manufac-
ture of bombs. Engel said ho told the
| nan it could be used for no such pur-
pofe in his house. The man placed it in
| the basement, however, and went away.
| The crucible was brought into court and
created 4 considerable sensation. 1t
| stood about three feet high, on three
strsp-iron legs, and three or four inches
| from the bottom was small outlet
through the front. The apparatus did
not look as though it had ever been ex-
| posed to sufficient heat to melt the lead.
| Tbs crucible was closely inspected by
| The defence, and Inspector John
| Bonfeld wss called. lie said the
| crucible had been brought him
| from Engel's house. lie had worked
at the trade of machinist. lie said the
apparatus was small blast-furnace o.
| The kind ordinarily used in smelling
metals. Fire.clay and some other de-
tails necessary in putting the apparatu;
10 that use had not been brought into
| court.
Captain Black, for the defence, en-
Jeeyored to show that Inspector Bon
feds testimony as an expert wa
faulty, and that the apparatus could
not be used for the purpose named.
Louis Mullendorf, tinsmith, testi
fed. lie swore that he had made tn
apparatus, the principal part of it FOL
Engel, who took it away when it wa
finished.
! The cIoss-examinatiOn was short, ant
did not affect the testimony.
| Officer Herman Schutter testified
| He told thrilling story Of his arrest
Lingg; identified the trunk marke,
81. l.. ;" which, with its contents, VIZ.
found at the house when Lingg wa:
arrested. Among the contents were
large navy revolver, en- iron ladle, anc
other iron implements.
The witness said that when he openec
the trunk he found besides the article
mentioned a bomb, which he turneC
over to Captain Setback. The bomb
which had been unloaded, was brcugh
into court and identified. All this ap
peAred to interest Lingg very deeply
and when the witness recounted the dc
tails Of his terrible struggle Wit
the muscular Anarchist Lirgg
face took on deyilish look
which il invariably assumes when h