Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-08-14
TRIAL OF THE ANARCHISTS.
rho Testimony All in and the State
Presenting Its Case Very
Strongly.
, Very Mastery and Stirring Review
Of the Evidence by the
Prosecution.
The Law Relating to Accessories In
Such Gases Very Clearly
Defined,


trial this morning the State introduced
little evidence impeaching Spies testimony
os 10 his i'll treatment by the police and
hi. declaration that Schnaubelt, the alleged
bonb thrower, could not speak English.
The ar-ument was made by Assistant
States Attorney Walker. The speaker
sa;d the defendants, though Anarchists.
war, entitled to fair treatmen and trial
npder the law which they desired to
throttle" but If guilty OF the moustrous
crime they should be punished like other
criminals would be for the same offense.
The defendants had every one been proven
unity OF one OF the most shocking and
Ieartless crimes in the Nations history.
Their punishment should he adequate with
,bp crime. Three speeches were made by
the defense and two more by the prosecu-
ton.
THE LAW DEFINED.
Continuing his speech at the opening OF
the afternoon session, Mr.. Walker defined
,ho law OF the State in relation to acces-
sor;es and said that the conviction OF any
one of the defendants was authorized by
,'l,ce Of the commission of the crime, nor
nad ever agreed that the crime was to have
hseu committed at that time. The fact
that be advised or encouraged the commits
sion of such crime, through speech at
public meeting or through published articles
ar priyate correspondence made him an
accessory. He spoke with contempt OF the
efforts OF certain OF the defendants to base
their hopes OF acquittal ON theground that
they were not present at the Haymarket
when the bomb was thrown. and charact.
erized them as leaders in an attempt to
commit wholesale murder. He then read
from Mosts' instructions to the defendant
on the witness stand advising them first
to save themselves if possible for future
Deeds" and if that proved impossiblet to use
ther position in the witness chair to teach
the principles of revolution. Til 9, said
The speaker, was the course followed by the
defendant Parsons. Finding no loop hole
for escape he turned the witness stand
into stool OF propaganda. The speaker
was rewarded with a
MURMUR OF APPLAUSE
from the audience when he referred to
Suits' speech a, Grand r R,pi.is on Wash
ineton's Bir' hday, Said the spea ker: ''Spies
arpd himself to George Washingt' n
H. said there will be a revolution in
1886 when the eight hour movement
aches lt- clmnx. Ge'rse Washington
led a revolution Il he had failed he would
beeen punisned. Ii 'ai' ~ill b. punished
Tnrr. are 3, 900 rev"lu'ionists in Chicag"
They are knowG by numb r and not hy
name, aud anyone N JOIN by appllca-
tiou." Walker then reviewed some ii the
t,stin ony of the witness Wilkinson, who
sy..e. that Spies told him "a revolution
would occur OH the first OF May or about
that time" Does not this" asked the
speaker, look like conspiracy" Walker
devoted some time to an editorial article in
the Alarm which closed with the words:
1.-THE social war has come; whoever is
not with us is against us. Does this look
like conspiracy" asked the peaker. "The
editor of alarm was Parsons, the defen-
dant" Mr. Walker dwelt at some length
on Spies speech to the Mccormick strikers.
during the progress OF which large mum.
ber of the audience broke away and joined
in a riot, in which sever al persons :" ere
KILLED AND WOUNDED.
Then" said the speaker, "Spies came
back to the Arbeiter Zeitung office, believ'
Ing that he had 1000 new converts at bis
back, and wrote the editorial containing
the words, Had they been provided with
GOOD weapons and one dynamite bomb
not one of the murderers would have es
aped.'" At this point Walker read the
celebrated Revenge" circular, in whi h the
word and sentiment, revenge" is the in
ducement held out to the reader OF the
circular to attend the meeting and pur
pose ''to revenge the victims of the blood
hounds, the police" "Does not this l"ol
like conspiracy to murder the police" sale
the speaker, "and is there no significanc'
in the fact that Spies called the reveng'
meeting for the Haymarket, the very plac'
designated by the reporter Wilkinson al
the location of the commencement OF tn!
Social revolution?" Walker was still
speaking when the court adjourned.