The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-30
DRAWING TOWARD THE END.
The Trial of the Chicago Anarchists APP
preaching Its Termination.
Testimony for the Prosecution Win Be Con-
cluded TO-Day-Witness Thompson Re-
called and Cross Examined by Defense.

announced this morning, that all the testimony
for the State in the Anarchist trial would be laid
before the jury by tomorrow evening. Schnau-
belts sister was among the spectators in court.
One division of the courtroom was occupied ex
clusively by women.
DIR. John B. Murphy attended many Of the
wounded officers at the Desplaines-street station.
He was called there at about IL o'clock. and on
going into the station saw ten men stretched
out groaning in agony. Up stairs he found
officer John Barrett with hole in his side big
enough to admit two fingers. Some twenty-six
or thirty officers were attended. Among them
were Flavin, Hansen, Miller, Whitney. Keller
and Redden. Those attended at the hospital by
DR.. Murphy were the following: Charles Fink,
three she'll wounds in the leg. The popularity
of this she'll wound is that it makes very small
opening, but inside the soft flesh is torn terribly
A. G. Keller was struck by piece of she.l, nit
ting him in the eighth rib and lodging over the
heart, making lacerated wound eight
inches long. Joseph Normand had a
shell wound perforating the foot
Officer Michael Shehan was wounded
in the back, just below the ninth rib; he died
on the seventh day. of peritonitis. Officer
Arthur Conley was wounded in the leg; a surg
cal operation was required to extract the shell.
Officer Lawrence Murphy had fifteen she'll
wounds one was in the neck. There were three
or four in the arms, and piece of shell weigh
ing one and half ounce was cut out Of his foot.
This piece of shell was given TO Prof. Walter
Haines for examination. Officer Ed Barrett had
two shell wounds in the knee Officer J. A.
struck on the face by piece of SHE'LL Another
missile carried off part of his jaw. Officer J. Fl.
Brady had several flesh wounds in the leg DR..
Murphy described in detail the character of the
wounds received by the police officers at the Hay
market.
DIR. Epler was called, and testified to the fact
of Fielden visiting the witnesses Office, on Hal
sted street, the night of the massacre, to have
the bullet wound in his leg dressed.
NJ NJ. Thomson. the young man who gave
such damaging evidence against the leading An
archists on Tuesday. was recalled by the defense.
and asked whether he was not at Greif's Hall on
the night of May a. He replied that he was not.
He was questioned very closely by Mr. Foster,
but did not vary from any of his original state
ments. The States attorney brought out the
fact that he had been compelled to move from
his house on South Green street, owing to visits
of adherents of the Anarchists. who sought to
intimidate him from taking the stand.
Officer Michael Hoffman testified to finding
the bombs near Ogdens Grove, which had been
pointed out to him by the informer, Lehman.
The same witness also told of the vast amount
of deadly missiles found under the house of the
Anarchist. Thielen.
Lieutenant Bowler was called, and exhibited
to the jury the torn and olood-stained uniforms
of the wounded police officers.
Captain Black protested strongly against such
evidence being submitted. He declared that 1t
was only for sensational purpose.
Mr.. Grinnell replied. with some feeling, that
if he had desired to produce a sensation and to
illustrate the murderouS character OF the
assault at the Haymarket, he would have
brought in the survivors of that night on
stretchers and exposed their wounds
Capt. Michael Schaak then took the stand.
On the afternoon of May ID, when Lingg was
locked up at the Chicago avenue station, the
witness asked him whether he was at No. 81
West Lake street on the night of May 8, and he
replied that he He said he had made
dynamite for use at the Haymarket. Lingg
said he hated the police because they had at.
tackled the people at McCormicks, and because
they were friendly to capitalists When asked
why he did not fight the police with guns instead
of dynamite, Lingg replied that the militia had
guns, and the Socialists had to use dynamite.
Lingg said he made TIRES kinds of dynamite.
He had learned how to make it by reading
books. When the witness examined Linggs
trunk ne found in it false bottom and guam
tity of fuse which he said he had bought OF
firm on Lake street Lingg said he knew Spies,
and was at the Arbeiter Ieitung Office fire.
quently. He had been Socialist as long as he
could think. The witness had talk with Engle
on May Is, when the latter confessed that he
had been at the meeting at No 81 West Lake
street on May 3. When Engle's wife visited him
Engie broke down AMI wept, and to her Gliding
for placing himself in such position. he replied:
sMamma, am cursed with eloquence Louise
Michel suffered for cause; she is a woman. /
am man. and will stand it like man." Capt
Schaak explained the result of his experiments
in exploding the bombs found among Linegs
effects, and the havoc they occasioned. Lingg
declared that he had prepared the bombs to use
them against the Gatiing guns of the militia in the
great revolution which had commenced. When
asked where he had obtained the moldS with
which to fashion the bombs, he said he had made
them out Of clay. He had picked up gas pipe
along the river and wherever he could find it.
Six persons he said. had called at his house on
May to obtain bombs.
At the opening of the afternoon session Cap
tain Schaak explained, upon request of Mr.. Ing
ham, the nature OF his experience with the fuse
found among the effects of Lingg II also ex
perimented with dynamite cartridges" said the
witness. Il had one inserted into stone weigh
ing perhaps thirty pounds. The explosion broke
this stone into atoms"
Gross examined by Mr.. Foster-''What Lingg
said to you, Captain, was substantially this:
That there was to be conflict between the pos
lice and Calling guns one side and the labor
ing men on the other, and that he was making
those bombs to use when that time Gamer
That's about it, only he said the time had
actually come. replied the witness
Those experiments you made were for your
own satisfaction"
s.Thev were to enable me To testify To the
character OF The stuff that was found"
GAS matter of fact queried Foster ssyou
woke up Engel in bis cell after midnight to In
terrogate him, didn't your
well. don't remember; if did, / did, and
suppose did: l had right to do it.p
Did you know of two detectives at your
station who went to Lingg's cell late at night and
exhibited rope, saying they were going to hang
himg'
Il do not said the witness, land do not be-