The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-07-23
THE ROPE TlGHTENS.
Overwhelming Evidence Introduced
Against the anarchists in the Trial at
Ehic.g0;

Against the Anasehtsts in the Trial at
Ehic.e0;
tfIIGsGo, July s9.-In the Anarchist trial
Lieutenant j. G. Stanton described the
march Of the police to the Haymhrkst
meeting 81 the night Of May A., There
were eigt teen men in his command. Five
seconds after he reached the place he saw
the she'll coming. He called to his men
.LoOk out; there is a she'll coming and
just as he spoke the bomb exploded. All his
company were wounded except two, and
two died These were began and Redan.
Witness was wounded in eleven different
places.
officer a. f. Kruegher testified that he
WAS No !, front rank, to the right of Lieu
tefaht Steele's Company, He was within
eight feet of Lieutenaift Stauntpn. When
he came to the halt he heard SOME one
say: Here they are now, the blood
hounds He heard Fielden say:
I'VE are peaceable,n in response
80 Captain Wards orders to dispense He
saw him get down from the wagon, step to
the sidewalk, then crouch behind the wagon
and begin firing. Witness got his bsilet
in his right knee, and then returned the
fire. The bullet produced was tas ons
got id his knee.
Officer John WessleF testified to the
same effect, and corroborated the other
witnesses in the statement that he saw
F1elden nrlng al the ponce.
When halt was ordered and the mo-
ment after the bomb exploded Wessler saw
main having big bushy whiskers slip
down from the. wagon occupied By the
speaker and dodge behind wheel Every
moment or two this man jumped up ana
fired revolver point-blank at the police.
WeSsler saw this mans face. He was sure
it was Fielden Two or three times Fled
en- got up and emptying one chamber OF
his. revolver he would duck his head
down again. Wessler the third OF
fourth time got bead on Fielden anu
fired at him. He had the satisfac-
ton of seeing Fielden drop, and knew
from, that he was wounded; Fielden
tumbled under the wagon. The witness
paid no attention to the man, as at that
moment his lieutenat1t called him to join
the ranks at once. More firing followed.
After the bullets ceased flying witness
went back to the wagon to see his man,
but he was gone.
Luther V. Moulton testified that he lived
at Grand Rapids, Mich. He was an officer
in the Knights of Labor. He saw Spies in
his house in Grand Rapids February %,
1885. Spies came to witness house in COM
pany with man named Tanler Spies
| came there to lecture. Spies was intro
duced as prominent Socialist by Tanler.
Tanler said he was there for the pur-
pose of lecturing, and requested witness to
introduce him to the meeting. Witness
questioned Spies ON the objects of
the organizations and the means by which
they were to be accomplished. Spies said
their object was to reorganize society
upon a more equitable basis so
that the working men would get
expressed the opinion that the use of force
and arms was the only way to accomplish
their purpose He said they were prepared
for such demonstration in Chicago and
in all the other large cities. He said they
had 1900 members and he expected that
from the ranks of the laboring men.
He thought there might be blood
shed, as that frequently happened in all
cases of revolutions; that that would be
considered criminal if they failed; that
George Washington would have been pun
ished had he failed. He mentioned that
explosives might be used. He said the
movement would be made in connection
with the attempt of the working men to
introduce the eight-hour system.
Mr.. James K. Magic was put on
the stand, and testified to being pres
ent at meeting in the West Twelfth
Street Turner Hall October II last. He
said that Spies and Fielden were present,
and the former produced resolution,
which was passed., recommending the use
of force and arms instead of the ballot to
redress the wrongs of laboring men.
lions in a speech, and Spies replied to him,
but the only thing he could remember was
that the latter called him political vag-
abond. There we're about 500 men at the
meeting and the resolutions were adopted
with a very few dissenting votes
Detective James Bonfie!d said he arrest
ed August Spies, Michael Schwab and
Chris Spies on May 5, at 107 Fifth avenue,
the Office of the Arbeiter Zeitumg He said
he examined the building two or three
times that day. AT one of these visits, in
Spies office, he found piece of fuse about
five inches long, a Illuminating cap and a
large, double-action revolver
Detective Bonfield was asked if he had
those articles with him. He stepped from
the chair and drew from under the coun-
sels table a wooden box, fourteen inches
long, five inches wide and foot high. He
placed it on the table and from it drew a
roll of crumpled newspaper a shining re-
volver foot long, dirk made from file,
small brass cap an inch long, piece of
gray fuse and several cartridges.
This revolver" he said, II found under
a wasbstand in the office, laid in this news
paper. That dirk file lay beside it. These
caps are used to explode dynamite, nitro
glycerine and giiant-powder. found this
! Revenge circular on desk in the room
where l arrested Spies The revolver
is of 44-caliber, of uncommon size. l
| took some reporters to see Spies
! in the cells under the City Hall on
! the night of his arrest During q conver-
sation which followed Spies claimed that
! at the Haymarket meeting the police
opened fire, and We're the aggressorS. He
| ran into the alley and came out on Ran
| dolph street He said he approved of the
| method but thought it was premature !;
| that the time had hardly arrived to start
| the revolution or warfare. Fielden would
| not talk much
:" A few days after Fischer's arrest
| searched his house, and although there
| were no gas fixtures in his residence,
| found a piece of gas pipe about three feet
| in length. Once in the detectives Office
asked him to explain how he came by
Illuminating cap found in his
| to him at the Arbeiter Zeituag Office
| four months before, but he did not
| know its USE After awhile he acknowl-
| edged that he knew what it was, and had
| read of its use in Most's book; The Sci
| ence of War; The cap was new and the
| illuminate fresh and white. He said he
| was at the Haymarket meeting until few
moments previous to the explosion of the
| bomb, when he went to Zepf's Hall He
admitted that he got up the Revenge cir
| cular"
Captain Blacks questions on cross-exam-
| ination were intended to uphold the theory
of the defense, that the explosives
! and weapons were placed in the ar
better Ze;titng Office by the police. Bonfield
| said he made the arrests about nine a. M,
and found the revolvers caps, fuse and
| file on the occasion of his third visit
| about two or 2:30 in the afternoon.
| He said he had no warrant to arrest the
| men and no search warrant when he went
| through the building He was detailed by
! Lieutenant Shea and did not bother his
| head about further warrant. On his
fourth visit he took lot of red flags found
| in the library, in the rear of the second floor
/ Two Young Ladies Drowned.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, July 2O.-A sad drown
/ ing accident occurred about five O'Clock
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