Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-07-27
The Anarchist Trial Continues
to Command Interest
in Chicago.
Important Testimony from
Detectives and News
paper Reporters.
Release on Bail Of the Chicago
Postal Officials Arrested
for ENLIGHTENMENT.
THE Boma

YESTERDAY AFTERNOONS TESTIMONY.
Chicago, July 26-ln the afternoon
DR.. I. n. Newman testified that
he attended the wounded po-
lice, and identified several nuts, bull.
let's and other missiles as the same be
had extracted from the bodies OF the
wounded men.
Maxwell b. Dixon, formerly a news
paper man, testified to having had a
number OF conversations with Parsons
At the last OF these Parsons gave him q
diagram published in the socialist paper,
representing the street intersection, and
said that the Chicago socialists in the
coming revolution would make use oil
some such plan. The witness said to
Parsons:
"You are not going to blow anybody
up, arc you r.
Parsons answered: you'll see; and
sooner than you think for"
The witness described the number Of
sociaIistic meetings he had attended IN
the capacity oi'reporter. and read from
published reports of the same expires.
sions used by Spies, Parsons and Fielder
~denouncirg capitalists and advocating
revolution freely, In which the Use oil
dynamite was recommended.
Paul @. Hull, o Daily News reporter,
gave o description Of the scene at Hay.
market on the night of the riot. He
was an eyewitness and was within forty
or fifty feet OF the bomb when it ex,
ploded. !.
His description OF the events of the
evening did not differ materially from
those OF the other eye witnesses. He
said that the bomb as il exploded seemed
to level the front ranks Of the police,
The remainder OF the afternoon wal
taken mp by the prosecution in the
reading Of an editorial and other arti.
eles from tn, Alarm and similar social.
let organs. The theme of the articles
was revolutionary.
To.DAY's TESTIMONY.
Chicago, July 27-At .he anarchist
trial this morning Whiting Allen. o
newspaper reporter, testified that he
was Of the Haymatket meeting. Parsons
in his speech said: aWhat good are the
strikes going to be? What are you going
to gain by them? Do you think you are
going to gain your point ?
No, you will havs to go to
work for less than yos formerly receiy-
ed When he mentioned the name OF
Jay Gould some one cried chang him.
Throw him in the lake." Parsons said:
"No; that won't do. Ii Jay Gould was
put out OF the way to day another Jay
Gould. or one-hundred Jay Goulds
would rise. 1t is not the men, but ii IS
the system that ought 20 be destroyed
The witness said the crowd seemed
entirely ia sympathy with Par.
SONG and applauded him frequently.
Mr. Allen was OF zspts hall when the
explosion occurred. At the meeting at
Haymarkat he saw Spies, Parsons,
Fielder and he thinks Schwab, but was
not certain of the latter. On CROSS
examination the witaess said he did not
see Parsons at Zapi's hall that evening.
He was not at Haymarket in the capae.
lily Of q reporter, but having another
assignment in the neighborhood strolled
down to Haymarket u an distracted
mood. He had instructions from his
paper to report Parspn. The witness
saw Malkof to Zepf's hall, bus is posi-
tive this man was not in the company
Of the defendant, Fischer, at that place.
Allen was asked if he saw Fischer and
he said he did not.
@. II. Tuthiil, another reporter, WA at
Haymarket, but not on assignment, and
while Parsons was anaaking. The wit
ness thought the crowd was made up OF
two classes. Those opposed to the
speakers. and they we're in the majority
and those in sympathy with the speaker,
and they appeared to be more enthnsi-
astic than the leaders of the meeting.
A stout, matron!y woman, whose
ample figure is embodied In q dress of
white lawn, was in Judge Gary's court
early this morning with a number Of
boquets. When the anarchists were
brought in from the Jail the woman in
white rose in . hurry and quickly ran
over to the prisoners and rendered each
n . boauet OF flowers.
Detective Cosgrove was an officer De.
tailed to attend the Haymarket Meeting.
He testified that Parsons, near TIE close
OF his speech, frequently cfied, ITO
eszssw which served greatly2to increase
the excitement OF the .cfowd present.
He estimated the crowd at 1900 persons
When the witness reported the character
oil Parsons' inCendiary utterances at tho
station the police were mastering to
move down Desplaines street. His
recital Of the order to digperse, the ex.
plosion 81 the bomb apa the firing into
the poilcc ranks did not vary from the
former narratives. While helping j
wounded officer from the scene they ran
acrsss the dead body Of Officer Desgsn.
Detective MoKeogh was present at
Haymsrket aud gave 9 similar version
OF the speeches and the firing.
E. =. Owens. reporter, saw Parsons at
Bic corner Of Randolph and Halsted
streets shortly before the Haymarket
meeting begans He asked Parsons
where The scess;oSS zee TO he air. Par.