The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-08-20

was an eloquent appeal to the jury to be
courageous enough TO see that the law was
indicated
Mr.. Foster followed for the defense. He
made an eloquent plea to the jury to cast
aside all prejudice arising from hatred of
the principles of the Anarchists, love of
and oyalty to the land inherent patriot
i'm. and the teachings of the popular press
He had no defense to make for Social
isnl-it is dangerous. Communism is
pernicious, and Anarchism is damnable.
LIngg had manufactured bombs and he
ought TO be punished therefor; but he was
on trial for throwing, not manufacturing,
bombs. Spies, SchWab and Fischer had
no business to preach social revolu-
ton in America. If they were not
satisfied with the state of things
here they ought to have gone back to Ger
many and tried to reform things there.
MIR. Fielden might have found occupation
in teaching his brother Englishmen to be
just to Ireland. Parsons he rebuked in
an eloquent passage for his lack of patriot
ism
Mr.. Foster proceeded to define the issue
of the trial as he understood it and as he
wished the jury to understand it. He adj
mitted the moral responsibility of some Of
the prisoners for the crime. He denied
their legal responsibility. He made the
point that the investigation should have
been limited to the evidence directly bear
ing on the charge in the indictment
-murder-and endeavored to impress
upon the jury that they were on trial for
that and not for the Anarchistic utterances
and publications of Spies, Parsons and
Scnwab. He claimed that it should be
proved in order to convict, that the de-
PENDANTS threw or conspired to have
thrown the bomb which killed Officer
Matthias began, and that all other evil
dence in the case was not relevant to the
question. He will close to-day.
CHICAGO, Aug. 17.-Mr Foster continued
yesterday. He characterized the inter-
views with reporters and other mouthings
of his client Spies as the barking of dog
which never bites. He devoted considera-
BILE time to the Mccormick meeting, claim
ing that Spies spoke conservatively, and
did not instigate the attack on the fac
tory. The writing of the Revenge
circular was perhaps unwise, but it
was simply declaration of outraged feel
ing, and was not written for the purpose
of infiaming the populace Speaking OF
the claim of attorneys for the prosecutor
that the meeting at Grief's Hall, on the
night of May 3, was held in order to con-
coct a scheme for the overthrow of law,
Mr. Foster said there were not over
idea advanced by the State that
this handful of men were to attempt
to overthrow the Government was ridic-
ulous. 1t reminded him of the three Lon
don tailors who centuries ago passed reso-
buttons headed: I'VE, the people of En-
gland" Mr.. Foster again denounced the
evidence of Seliger, Gilmer and Thompson
| as unworthy of belief, and said that the
attack of the police on the meeting at the
Haymarket square was in pursuance OF
Captain Bonfield's policy, outlined in his
remarks to witness Simonson, that il
he could only get a chance at
presence of the women and chill
dren he would fix them. He paid the po-
lice high compliment, and said they were
not to blame for the unhappy events OF
that ominous night The blame and re-
sponsibility rested with the man who or
dered them to go there and who led them
in their onslaught (meaning Bonfield).
The jury was asked by counsel for the
prosecution not to believe the stories OF
witnesses for the defense because they
were Socialists, Communists and Anar-
exists. What, then, would the States
lawyers have the jury do with
the evidence of Seliger and others OF
their leading witnesses who were self.
armed believers in the same doctrines;
Lingg could not be held guilty of this MUIR
der simply because he made bombs. In
conclusion Mr.. Foster made an eloquent
appea! to the jury in behalf of his clients
and when he had finished the court adj
iourned.