Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-07-21
CHICAGO ANARCHIST TRIALS.
Yesterdays Proceedings.-.One OF the
States Men Goes Back on
His Statement.
An Exciting Scene in Court The Prose
cutors Temporarily Nonplussed
at the Change.
The Mexican Revolution Latest Move
Of the Colorado Railroad Pool
-.Prices Maintained.

CHICAGO, July lin the Anarchist trial
today, Waller was again put on the stand.
The witness was at a meeting in Bohemian
Hall on the Sunday before the riot. lie
was invited by August Gringer, known by
the name OF Little Gringer." Both
August and Rheinhof Gringer were present
at the meeting. Engle and Fischer, the de-
PENDANTS, were present at the meeting.
Eng!e proposed a plan according to which
whenever it came to conflict. that bombs
should be thrown into the po-
lice stations, and rifemen should
post themselves in line and
shoot down whoever came out OF the police
stations. 1t should proceed in that way
till they got into the city and the fight
should commence in earnest. There was
some opposition to the plan. One man
thought their men too few, and it would be
better if they placed themselves right in
the midst OF the crowd in the city and COM
mence the fight there. There was an OPP
position to that as they could not tell who
might be their next neighbor in the crowd.
He might be q detective. Engle's plan wal
finally accepted. Captain Black moved to
strike out the entire evidence OF this wit
ness. Overruled. Witnessed was then
cross-examined.
The witness was severely cross-examined
but his testimony remained u%nshaken. He
said no offer had Eeen made to hin to in
duce him to testify. On redirect Waller
was asked: "Have you been solicited by
the defense within the past ten days to go
bach on your original statement and meet
some place outside OF the city or at Lin
coin Park a nd agree on another story"
The defense objected and the objection was
sustained. Witness was again cross
examined after which the court
took a recess. In the afternoon session
the prosecution placed another informer, |
Barnard T. Schrader upon the stand. He
testified to having attended the meeting
over which Waller presided and corrobor-
ated the ~latter's description OF the doings
OF the meeting up to a certain point, then
he staggered the prosecution by denying
any mention was made OF the use of bombs
against the police. Upon this the prose-
cution dropped the witness. who was taken
by the defense, whereupon he enlarged upon |
his former statement that neither bombs
nor dynamite had been mentioned at the
meeting. The prosecution again took the
witness and Mr.. Ingham, holding a
long manuscript up to view and
cycling Shrader in q sharp manner, |
asked abruptly: IBID you not make to
Police Captain Shack a written state |
ment?" All the lawyers for the defense
interrupted instantly with an objection, |
excitedly appealing to the Judge. The
point was hotly discussed, and the fact
coming out that the State had been duped. |
Mr.. Ingham said: ut is evident from the |
action OF the witness and from the action
OF the counsel that Schrader is their wit
ness and not our Witness" The witness
was then allowed to 60. Ths only other
interesting feature in the afternoon was
the statement on the witness stand OF
Lieut.. Quinn, who said that Fielder after
making the remark, I'VE are peaceable.'
drew his revolver and fired at Bonteld,
just as the bomb exploded.