The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-08-07
THE DEFENSE.
Struggling Hard to Clear the
Anarchists.
HORE TROUBLE In BELFAST.
Come Ashore with the Bodies-To
APPease the HungaSians-Base-
baII-Other News Items.
The AnArchista. Trial.

The AnArchists' Trial.
CHICAGO, August Gin the Anaroh :
lists trial to-day. the defense introduces
a witness t. show that Fisher ana two
of the defendants were not present at
the Haymarket when the bomb was
thrown.
In the afternoon Jchan Gruenbers
testified that in the presence Of Fischer
and Scwab. at the Arbeitey Zeif4ne
office. he was directed by spies TO take
back to the printers the circular calling
/ the Haymarket meeting. and have
others printed emitting the words,
"Workingmen, arm yourselves. and
come in force" Witness said none OF
the first circulars had been distributed
by order of the defendant.
Edward n. Castle and II. S. Howe
testified they knew the reputation of
Harvey Gilmore for truth and veracity
to be bad. A cross examination OF a
very s ort duration BY the State deyel-
oped the fact that neither OF these wit
nesses have had intimate acquaintance
with Gilmore.
Martin Fechen swore that he was
with Neebe in the saloon on the evening
OF May Sd, and that the latter distri-
| buted none OF the Haymarket circulars.
Mrs. Lizzie Holmes. late assistant
editor and contributor 10 the 4Inrr1.
testified that she was with Mrs. Parsons
at the Haymarket meeting until the
close of Parsons speech, when she and
Mrs. Parsons went TO the saloon near
Zephis Hall. Shortly afterwards Par
sons and Fisher came in. Witness
swore they did not 60 out until after the
bomb exploded. In the course of cross-
examination Mrs. Holmes said her
maiden name was Swank, and that the
articles in Alarm signed IL. II. 81" were
written by her. -
Ibid you write an article headed 1T
is coming, asked Ingham. exhibiting
number OF copies Of the Alarm con-
tanning the article referred to.
81 did" replied the witness, after ex-
aiming the paper critically.
ibid you mean what you Hrote?"
81 meant II as much as any prophet
means what he says"
do you claim to possess the power
Of prophesy2"
Witness replied that he could some
times foreteli events under certain cir
cumstances, but was plainly somewhat
embarrassed by the question. She be-
came somewhat confused when the
| question as to the locations occupied by
herself, Mrs. Parsons, Mr.. Parsons and
Fisher, and contradicted herself as to
minor details.
Samuel Feilden, defendant, was then
called TO the stand. He csrrobated
the testimony of the other witness for
| the defense as to the meeting held ut
| the ATbcitsT Zeitung Office early in the
evening OF May 4th. From there he
accompanied Parsons 10 Haymarket
sH~s.. - -
speech Parsons then spoke and witness
bsing introduced by Spies spoke about
twenty minutes, He repealed the sub
stance OF his speech, which was about
the same as reported by the papers.
Arriving at fhat portion of
his speech when he was reported to have
advised mat the law be "throttled, he
said ne used the term in a 6gurative
sense, meaning that the Law which did
not protect people should be abolished.
Witness spoke fiuently in a slightly
tremulous tone of voice and related the
subsequent events about as follows: As
l was concluding my remarks, noticed
the police coming towards me.
When they were quite close,
Captain Ward said in an an
you in the name of the State of Illinois
to disperse." 1 then stepped down from
the wagon and said TO the Captain in a
cOnciliatory tone Of voice: why.
Captain, this is peaceable meeting"
be made an angry retort; started for
! the sidewalk. As l walked along. i
saw q fash over my shoulder and heard
the explosion OF q bomb. Then 1
heard the police pouring shots
into the crowd, and then re-
yolvers and many groans of agony
About this time 1 felt sharp pain in
my knee, but Ibid not know / was shot
anti ] reached Des PLANES Street and
mounted a Vanburen Street car.
boarded the car going towards Fifth
Avenue, intending 10 visit the Ar6siter-
Zeitung cffice and see Il any of the 9th
eIs had arrived, and learn whether
they had been wounded. There was no
light in the building. so / got my
wound dres ed and went home.
The remainder Of Fielden's ties
timony related to such Stereotyped
items of defense rs the polite
did all the firing, or there was no inten-
ton TO use dynamite or any kind OF
force at Haymarket, the armed sec
ton OF the association had no arms,
etc, throughout which witnesses
answers were similar 70 those OF his fel-
low witnesses. Defense brought into
considerable prominence the fact that
FielGen vas an industrious and pros
porous WORKING man, who never owned
q revolver in his life, and did not use one
one at Haymarket. His direct exam
ination viii be continued to-morToT