Telegram-herald., 1886-08-03
DEFENDING ANARCHY
Mayor Harrison the First Wit
ness on the Stand.
NEGATIVE TESTIMONY FOR DEFENSE
Several Witnesses W'no DID not See
the Prisoners Throw the Bomb or
Do Any Shooting-A Weak
Defense Thus Far.

CHlC.0o. Aug - Mayor Harrison was
The hrst witness called. IIe testified thsi he
vas present al the Haymarkei meeting MAJ
4 Information reached him during the
morning OF the issuanoe OF a circular Of
very peculiar character lie called up0u
the chief 81 police aud directed him that II
anything was said a. that meeuns that wac
ikeiy 20 call out recurrence Of such pro
ceedings a. those al McC0rmlcks factory.
that it should be- dispersed.
de ie.t it necessary for the safe keeping
oi the city 20 have threatening meetings
dispersed. The mayor said he arrived al
The meeting about - p M and lefi short
IN after 10 clock He heard Spies and
Parsons speak. lie thought Parsons was
reaching the conclusion OF his speech when
ne lefl he had reached nls home about 4
mile aud quarter away, and was getting
ready lo retire when be heard the explosion
OF the bono
The nayor further stated that he thought
Spies observed and recognized him a. Tie
tone Of his speech seemed TO change sub
stanually. Tie stated that one man came
and spoke 10 him. In reply % a question
The mayor said. he should say that Parsons
speech was very fierce political harangue
ers were: why TINS gathering together Of
the pOhce2 Why this display OF patrol
wagons Why were our brethren shot
down at Mccormick -" etc. Tue mavor
stated that he did not remember the exact
words of the aus wer % these questions, out
The tenor was that il was all due 10 the op-
preston of the laborng classes.
The Mayor thought there were not more
than three hundred persons in all The as
sembly who We're in sympathy with the
speakers. Very bitter cries were made by
persons nearest the wagons while Parsons
vas speaking The Mayor thought he
heard boy cry out hang Jay
Gould" Either Parsons or Spies
said mot yet Up TO the time
he LETT the meeting the Mayor
heard no proposal Of immediate violence OF
be would have dispersed their meeting a.
once. Capt Black said he proposed % show
by this witness that when MavOr Harrison
went TO the station he told Capt Bonfeid
that il would De proper 20 send the patrol
wagons home as there would be no trOnble
The Mayor said: Il went back TO the sta
ton. told Bonfed there would be
no trouble, and said he had better
give orders 10 let his detail go
tie replied he thought the same bat told
me of a rumOr which caused him TO think
il would be better 10 keep his reserve on.
On being cross s-examined the witness
stated that the rumOr was TO the effect that
the meeting would adjourn and 20 over 10
the Milwaukee & ST. Paul freight-house.
which was then filled with non-nnion men.
and blow it up.
Martin SimOndsOn, a travelling sales
man, living in Lake View. was
the next witness He stated that he at
tended the Haymarket meeting May / lie
received copy of the Revenge circular.
To the best of his belief il did not have the
line "WOrkingmen, arm yourselves u he
went TO the meeting because be thought the
newspapers had misrepresented the social
lists and he wanted 10 see for himself
He heard all the speakers and
the explosion Of the bomb. He
heard Spies say that the meeting
was not called TO incite any riot Ia a
certain part Of Parson' 5 speech occurred the
words, To arms, men, but in what con
nection the witness could not remem Der.
He remembered some one said 10 shoot or
hang Jaw Gould. ParsOn said. NO, his
place would be taken by hundreds of
others" Socialism aimed not at the
destruction of individuals. but a change IN
the system. Fielden S speech, the witness
considered very violent. Fleiden
when about through, said
''in conclusion twice or three times and
llt WliItc- was iilldN4fuA ANA liiu 10 con
clude The witness did not know whether
Flelden was on the wagon when the order
was given 10 disperse. bat be distinctly
heard the two words. "Peaceabie meeting.
coming from the vicinity Of the wagon.
He heard no such expression from Mr.
Felden that night as Here come the
blood hounds. NOW. men. DO your duty.
and I'll do mine There was no pistol
shot in the audience before the explosion
Of the bomb.
The witness was then asked 10 state where
fhe bomb was thrown from and the direc-
ton Mr. Simondson then testified that be
was positive that the bomb was not throVn
from the alley or the mouth of the alley.
aud that 10 came from about twesty feet
south Of the alley al Crane Bros de
thought IL came from behind some boxes
standing on the middle of the Sidewalk
Immediately after the explosion The witness
hesrd pistol shots from point on the street
near where the police were. and Distinctly
saw the pistol flashes. The crowd
did no shooting at al and the police were
shooting in al directions jos, as they hap
uened 20 throw their arms In c0uver-8-
tion with Can't Boufeld thar night. the
Captain told the witness The great trouble
with socialists was that they Were always
mixed up ~ meetings with their women
and children 50 that the police could nuf
get A. them Captain B8nfe' ssid be
rished be- cDuld gef q crowd ~ fN Of tnem
together and be- would soon "hE them
Toe witness safd in conclusion that he ras
never connected Hith ang soriaiisfC order.
on cross-eEaminafion the witness sail be
heard Fielden say. "tne az is v0ar enemy.
kil II. stab it throttle s. ~ is riH you
when she bomb exploded tie witness
wss looking over the scene in genera
.r..a at..r.