The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-07-28
1tAoLEsALf sLAvoHrER.

Further DetN(4s Of the Diabolical Plot
An lnformsr who Does Not Prove .
Good witness for the stste-Proof that
Flelden Fired the First Shot.
CHICAGO, July 19. In the Anarchists
trial tns ,S sssarsv OF mornina
Engel and Fischer, the defendants, weIe
present Engel proposed the plan accord
Ing 10 which, whenever IL came to
conflict, bombs should be thrown % into tns
themselves in line and shoot down whoever |
came out Of the police stations. It
should proceed in that way till they got
into the city, and the night should com com
sition to the plan. One man thought there
were too few, and IL would be better IL
they placed themselves right In the middle
& &. hS ss & n there s city oepos
ton. to that, as they could not tell who
might be their next neighbor in the crowd.
He might be friend Engers plan was
Captain Black moved to strike out the
entire evidence Of this witness Overruled.
Cross-examined by Mr.. Zeisler-Witne
was member Of the verein for .our or
Ss mHns q hs waS osses os. H
had never seen a copy Of the constitution
and bylaws. He knew the objects Of the
society we're the physical and mental de.
velopmsnt of the members He did not
know II Schwab was a member. Engel or
Fischer or any Of the defendants were not
members.
Engei laid the plan before the meeting at
was so be IN case the police
should attack them. Engel did not
say it should only be followed
when the police attacked them by
Of free assembly and free speech.
They did not anticipate that the police
would come to the Haymarket square, and
no preparations were made to attack the
The sde object Of the Haymarket
meeting was to protest against the action
Of the police in firing at the Mccormick riot.
No preparations were made for meeting an
meeting, Engel did not say it had
bseu piece OF nonsense what they did on
the Haymarket; that the police we're work.
ing-men as well as themselves. 1t was wit
ness that said that and then Engel as.
svssu rsVoiution hngs, must u arise 0' froS the the
peopie~if the police and militia saw
that the people rose in masses then they
could accomplish their purposes without
bloodshed. Engel did not say he would
never give his consent TO such butchering
as that on the Haymarket. He did not say
any thing Of that kind at all.
Witness knew he was indicted for con.
spiracy He was arrested and taken to
Chicago avenue station. He first saw Cap
tain SchaaCk and then Mr.. Furthmann. lie
was released on the same evening He did
arrested. They told him they were not
arresting him; that Captain Setback
wanted to see him. He was not arrested
since his Indictment. He had been noti.
fed to go to the police station four or five
times In all. He did not see and have O
conversation with Mr.. Furthmann about
what he should testify here every time.
He was not told that he had been in
Aipta1 Ho II in tho ma Ha fnl
tho same story at the police station as he
did here Friday. No offers were made to
him to induce him to testify here
He He tRsw S;v.oa Fol. ,.n Hall On On Wells , stree!
being there on Wednesday, Jun.
indicted for conspiracy. Mr. Grin
Fell sats' s5s1ya wHs ss there Mr.
tors were not told that IL they testified to
what they had told in the police station
that they would be provided with worh
and taken care ct. They were told tina!
do them moro good than IL they did not
that they were indicted for conspiracy
and by telling the truth they would dc
themselves more good than any thing else
work and who had not, and he thought
one gentleman present provided work fol
Que man who had pone.
On the redirect examination witness
stated that at the meeting in Folz Hall
June .. Adolph Schiiling addressed tn,
meeting and saii that the 4th o
May meeting was disgrace to th'
German nationality, and 1t was now TIM
should secure their rights by agltatiol
and proper legislation. Witness haG
been solicited by some OF the conspirator,
to 20 back on the story he had told tx
Captain Setback, and that all the con
spirators should meet in Lincoln Park and
agree upon the story that they should tel
on the witness stand.
Captain Black objected to the question
nothing to do with the defendants. The
question was stricken out
At two O'Clock the State called Bernhart
Schrader. a cabinet maker Of ISL Milwau
dictnent for cons ,iracy. He testified re
luctantly. He said that on the evening o
May 4 he went to the Haymarket witt
several other members Of the Lehr unt
until the bomb was thrown. When thi
occurred he was In . saloon at 178 Wes
Randolph street. whittier he had gone I,
the fear that rain-.torm was abou
the Lehr und Wshr verein was 81
They drilled weekly at Thslia Hal
with Spr ngAeld rides. The cross. amina
ton OF schrader was conducted by Mr.
bombs or dynamite mentioned ct the Sun
day or Monday meetings; he had no boml
ct the Hay market; did not know of any
one who had, and did not expect AMI
trouble on that occasion. ~ =.
Mr.. Ingham said that Schrader had con
tradicted the statements he had formerly
made to the police, and insinuated that b,
had been manipulated by the defense
Judge Gary would not allow the State :,
ask the witness what he had told to tn,
detectives.
Lieutenant Edward j. Steele, OF the Wes
Chicago avenue station, testified that o.
the police approached the meeting on Tues
day evening he heard some one In th,
crowd In front cry out: Here comes tn,
bloodhounds. Do your duty and will d,
mine" Seven Of his company were In
jured. t,t.J..
Fielden make the remark quoted by Lieu
pistol et almost the sam instant thai
the bomb exploded. Quinn was of th,
opinion that Fielden WAS tue hrst man Il
Dire. OF his company OF twenty-f0ur mel
fourteen were wounded. Two of these
Hansen and Flavin. bad died. g ~
A report was current immediately aftal
6chrader was dismissed that he had beer
arrested ON the charge Of conspiracy. II
was said that this arrest would not hav,
been made u he had not testified as b,
agreed. The ststement that be had cAuset
Schrador's arrcst was, however, indig
nantly denied by the attorney for the pros
ecution. +
DseAultsr Thomson Consesses.
81. Louis. July 18.-:A. B. Thomson. th
fugitive sx.cashier oi the broken Provi