Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-08-18
Foster Makes Strong Appeal in Behalf
Of the Prisoners Now
On Trial.
biting Extending from Belfast t,
Other Places in Old
ireland.
The MeXicans Want to Back Down from
: Their Position In the Cut
ting Case.

breath of fresh air in the court room.
Esery inch Of space within the four walls
is occupied by spectators. Foster resumed
his speech this morning BY declaring that
heswas not there to dofend the Anarchists.
When he expl essed that sentiment Satur'
day he expressed the sentiment of his asso-
eiates. The verdict ought not to be based
on the statements of any counsel. This
view OF undermining the effect of state
nents made by Solomon in his opening
speech as to Spies and his intentions. Fos.
ter quoted the old adage that "a barking
dog never bites" Spies never concealed
his sentiments. They were made public
time and again through the press. The
man was laxative; that couldn't be dis
puted. There must be something in the
construction OF the mans brain which
made him give utterance to this wild talk.
The man loved notoriety, and that was all.
One of the best points made by Foster to-
day was substantially in the following
language: 'That the prosecution finds
great significance in the publication in the
they say means rest, peace" How when
the police arrived on Haymarket, Captain
Ward said: II command you in the name
OF the State of Illinois, to disperse peace.
fully" To this Fielden, who was speak
ing, answered, naturally enough: "Why,
Captain, this ia q peaceable meeting, or we
are peaceable" How should the State see
anything SO significant in this remark? The
evidence shows that the meeting was peacea-
BILE and 1 say here it was sneverintended to be
otherwise. If at that moment some one
on his own authority threw bomb and
that fact were now known, the word
Ns>1l - II
peaceable," would then have a natural
significance or meaning on the face OF it,
instead OF being, as the States attorney
insists, a symbol OF riot and bloodshed.
Foster, after enlarging upon this feature OF
the case, and declaring that the evidence
fell short of proving that the Hay Market
meeting had any connection with n con-
spiracy to attack the police, devoted con-
siderable time to the consideration OF the
testimony of John Burnett as opposed
to that of Gilmour. Burnett, Foster show
ed, had been interviewed by the State. He
had been shown picture OF Schnauble;
and upon honestly declaring that he could
not recognize it as that of the bomb
serve the state and was called by the de-
tense. Burnett swore that the bomb was
thrown from a point far enough from that
fixed by the prosecution to overthrow the
theory based upon Gilmour's testimony,
that Spies lit the fuse and that the
bomb was thrown by Schnauble from south
OF Cranes Alley. Who was to- be
believed? burnett, who had been over the
gronnd since the night Of the riot and
taken careful measurements and whose
character had not suffered from the in
vestigatioD Of Capt. Schoak and his de-
tectives, or Gilmore who swore 50 glibly
who had been impeached by a dozen wit,
nesses and who was a Grand Army man
and stripes or stars and bars, nobody
knew. Why had not Gilmore been sent
before the GraRd JuryP Why was he
placed on the stand when the trial was in
progress? Because there was a missing link.
So Harry L. Gilmore took the stand and
said: Rather than have the play stop.
III furnish the missing link Foster re-
viewed the testimany OF Gilmore and de-
nounced him as s'stupendous, a colossal
and a monumental liar" and the turning
toward the defendants he said impressively,
''if the testimony OF Harry Gilmore is
true, August Spies and Adolph Fischer
must die" Foster referred to the testi-
mony af informers Whaller and Seliger.
or a written statement such as would serve
the purpose OF the prosecution. They, OF
course, as any one would, chose the lesser
stand to swear away the lives of their for
mer comrades.
81 say" said Foster, "and not only say
:. IT, :; the court room but on the
am opposed to such means, Let justice be
done though the heavens fall.' Foster
concluded his address with an eloquent
and fowery appeal to the jury. He asked
them not to commit an act which they
would regret during the remainder OF thei'
lives. Capt. Black said he would prefer
not to commence his speech till tomorrow
and the court adjourned till that hour.