The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-07-31
DINGFELDERED.
The Tactics of the st. Louis Detec-
tives Discounted.
How Pinlerton Detectives Got Into the
InDermOst Recesses of tho Chicago AM
archist Circles and Took Notes.
Coming Out at the Trial

CHICAGO, July 25.-E. B. Washburn
and Ex-Governor Bross had seats with
Judge Gary at the Anarchist trial yester-
day morning. The usual crowd was pres
lent.
Geo. B. Miller was the first witness.
He is member of the fire department
and says he found the three bombs
which Seliger put under the sidewalk
when given him by Lingg. There was
also some fuse on the ground. Two of
the bombs were made of gas-pipe; they
were about eight inches long. The third
bomb was round. made of lead and had a
bolt running through it. The bombs and
fuse were found in front of the witness
house. No. 81 Siegel street. On cross
examination the witness said the house
was about a mile and a half distant from
the Haymarket, and that from the appear
ance of the earth near by the bombs
must have been abandoned by some one
who threw them down in hurry.
James G. Miller an attorney, knew
! Felden. He saw him on the lake front
last fall and heard him address a crowd
there. III the course of his speech
| Fielder said the wOrkingmen were iuSti-
fed in obtaining that which was theirs
and which was withheld from them by
the rich. He said equality of possession
was what was wanted, and that to obtain
this the laborers were justified in using
force. There were 200 or 500 persons in
the crowd.
William m
next witness. He saw Spies, Schwab
and Fielder on the night of May 5, and
interviewed Spies at the police head
quarters that evening in the presence,
part of the time, of Detective Bonned.
Spies, after recOunting his personal his
tory, asked the witness what the coroner's
jury had done. He was told they held
him without bail on the charge of muir
der Spies expressed surprise at this,
saving he did not know how they could
do that He said he didn't want TO 90 to
the Haymarket lie told it to Schwab,
and that finally when he got
there he made a quietng speech.
lie said he did not know where the
"Rcvcnge" circular was printed.
AS soon as the explosion took place he
went to Zepp's Hall and there met Mrs
Parsons, who was waiting for her hus-
band Spies said he was standing on
the wagon moment or two before the
bomb went off. Some one, he thought
it was VIM. Liechuer, told him to get off
the wagon. Spies also said that he had
some bombs and a quantity of fuse in
his office, but he kept them there solely
to show them to reporters.
The witness (KnOX) testified that Spies
declared in this interview that he mad
not intended to 90 TO the llaymarket,
and only did so as an after thought
Spies claimed to have been surprised
when the bomb was thrown.
John Ashenbruner, assistant foreman
of the Arbeier Zeihng Office, was at his
post at five o'clock on the evening of
Nav 3, and saw some men set up the
"Revengc" circular. The witness he ped
make up the form. 1t was set up in two
different galeys-one in English, the
other in German. After locking the
form, the witness went home. On the
morning of May 8, the witness saw re-
volver and belt belonging to the Lehr
and Weir Vcreln in Fischer's drawer on
the fourth floor. lie told Fischer to take
them away. Fisher put the belt about
his waist, the revolver in his pocket and
was going down stairs when detective
arrested him.
George Mum, a type setter, set up a
portion of the "Revenge" circular in the
Arbeiter office. About twelve men in all
worked on the circular.
Mrs. Johanna Sullivan, of No. 81 Sigel
street, found two pieces of gas pipe filled
with dynamite near her house, which she
gave to Mr.. Miller, the first witness this
morning.
w. c. Smith, a newspaper reporter, saw
Lingg, Engel and Fischer at Grief's hall
No. 81 West Lake street, May |, 2, 3 and
4. The witness was at the hall all Mon,
day and saw the "Revenge" circular
about six o'clock that evening. The cir.
culars were Brought by a man on horse
back The basement OF Grief's saloon
was lighted, but when the witness at.
tempted to enter he was ordered away.
The court then adjourned until p. m
Intense excitement was caused about
the courtroom in the afternoon by a re-
port that the inneTmoSt councils of the
Anarchists were to be revealed through
some mysterious agency. Just what the
J methods that had been employed were
| was not KNOWN, Out IL was TuIuOTeu ina
six of Pinkerlon's best men had been foI
months in active communication with
the leaders of the Anarchists as member,
of their order. The calling of a Pinker
ton detective was believed to be the be
ginning of the revelation to which tht
other startling evidence was only a pre-
, lude. Profound attention was given a.
a the witness commenced his testimony
. A few moments had previously beef
consumed in taxing the evidence o
X. S. Banum, August Goerke an,
! Richard Reichel. The first proved tina
!, an advertisement in Parsons hand
] writing was published by an evening
0 paper May 4, calling an "ImpOrtan
meeting of the American group at 7 81
! p. m" The time set was about tire
- hours prior to the throwing OF the bomb
= GNerke and Reichel, who were empioye
Of the ArbeiterZeitung, testified in effeC
that Spies wrote the Revenge" circular
s and caused it to be printed. Thi
9 circular was the call for the meeting a
Q the HaYmarket.
A sensation was here created amoni
the Anarchists by the appearance In tn
witness box of Andrew c Johnson, on