The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-23

of the first witnesses. These were officers
Jones, McKeogh and Finn. They testified to the
nnding OF several thousand copies of the
revenge circular in the Office of the Arbei
| ter Aeltung. great many copies of other circu
lars, calling the worknSmen to arms, were found
at tie same place. Several pounds of dynamite
| In one package, We're also discovered.
.. J. Ryan, a retired officer OF the United
otateS navy, was the next witness. He heard
/ Spies, Parsons Fielder, Schwab and Neebe
speak at Sunday afternoon meetings the lake
4 'front.' Parsons, on one occasion, declared tc
the crowd that the police and constituted au
4 thorities were the natural enemies of the work
| lnemen He advised each individual present ia
purchase rife. If money enough could not be
nad for rifle, let him buy pistol. II pistol
| was out of the question. then let him remember
mat he could get enough dynamite for twenty
Pullman headquarters Spies said the
same things The witness was ABOUT
to cease his narrative when his
| eye accidentally rested on Mrs. Parsons, who
was eagerly listening for the slightest word hav-
| ing immediate references to her husband. Mrs.
PARSONS" added the witness, pointing and cen
terlng the gaze of the court upon her upturned
nalf Indian half negress. yelRoy face and eleam
! Ing eyes, Mrs. Parsons one of the most vi
oent of the speakers" The wife of the Anarch-
| ISL sat proudly erect, scarcely breathing. Then.
nashlng naughty glance at spectators. court
| and jury she slowly turned to friendly Mrs.
| Black, who sat beside her. and smiled with evil
! dent pleasure at the mention of her exploits as
| one OF the most rabid of the Anarchists.
| After few questions, Ryan was about to be
| dismissed by the attorneys for the defense,
when Parsons leaned forward and whispered
earnestly to Captain Black who nodded and
| called the witness back to the stand.
MIR. Ryan" said the Anarchist lawyer, twas
/ not one of the speakers at these meetings an
| Irishman?"
The witness shame-fa cedly acknowledged that
there was, on a certain occasion, man of that
nationality among the speakers. He did not
knew the fellows name Parsons exhibited
intense delight at the embarrassment of the
witness, and held another whispered con
versaton with Captain Black. The latter
al once piled further questions on the
| same subject continuing them while the
| witness remained on the stand, and manltestly
making special effort to emphasize the state
ment that an Irishman, as well as representa-
! tives of other natioralities, had taken part in
| these meetings. The course of the defense in
this particular was the subject of much com
| ment In the courtroom.
| Harry Wilkinson a reporter for the Daily
News. followed Ryan on the stand. Wilkinson's
testimony was principally in relation to a num-
| Der OF conversations had with Spies in January
last The witness was given by Spies
small spherical bomb, an exact
| duplicate of the one exploded in
| the Haymarket Spies described it as 1.-The
Car" and went on to tell of its superior de-
structlye power Several thousand had been
manufactured In Chicago They are sometimes
| distributed through the Arbeiter ZetunG Office,
but generally only few were kept there for
supplies. At the intersections of two streets the
crowd was to form in the shape of the letter V;
then bombs would be hurled from the house
tops adjoining, and, if possible, an internal ma
chine would be exploded in the midst of police
| from the man hole of a sewer. The Anarchists
| had prepared maps of all the prominent street
corners, and were thoroughly posted in regard to
| the various underground systems throughout
| the city If the workingmen were to strike to
| enforce the eight hour movement, the conflict
| would probably occur then.
Lawyer Black remained standing during the
| entire time this testimony being given. He
| affected to be greatly amused, and at the first
| opportunity began a series of bantering ques
tons with the apparent intention of demon
strating that the witness novice in news
| paper work, had gone to the expense of fine
dinner and wine for Spies, while the latter was
hoaxing him, and that the alleged informa-
ton obtained from Spies was the product
| OF Wilkinson's own imagination, which had been
inflated by the wine partaken of in Spies's com
pany. The witness neatly disposed of every
point He had been engaged in the newspaper
business for number of years in Pittshurg pre-
vious to coming to Chicago. The Daily News
had paid for the dinner and wine not the wit
| ness. Wilkinson then stated, upon oath. that
he never drank wine or beer. The cross exami
nation was not pushed, and court adjourned.