New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-05-22
TRACING TIE CHICAGo BoMB-rHROWEE
RUDOLPH sCHNABEL NOW SUPPOSED TO BE THE
MAN-IL sLLMnNY RLEnRE LIE GRAND jury.


MAN-TFsTIMONY BEFORE THE GRAND JURY.
CHICAGO, May 21 (Speciah.-The Grand Jury
investigation today, other things developed the
fact that the Anarchists. just before the Haym
tragedy, armed some Of the men In the Len "hd wen"
Vercin with Winchester rifles 1t also revealed that
police had under arrest man who was subsequently
released and is believed TO be one OF the men VINO had
a direct agency In the bomb-throwng Theodore Fricke
secretary of Socialist Printing Company. was the
first witness this morning In the of rigid ex
animation he made the remark that the system OF book
keeping the office such that all goods IN the way
stock miscellaneous packages and articles, the use Oh
which he proessed not 10 know, were entered IN DOCK
kept for that purpose The jurors asked TO see that
book and Frcke appeared with 1t and resumed his tes
timony. Frlcke's testimony In connection with the
book containing OF the money disburscd by the
Anarchists for the purpose of "agaton is said to he
OF the most important character IL pointed 10 Schha
bel the tinsmith, the who threw the bomb
This man. whose full is Rudolph schnabel, Is a
broth-r-in-aw of schwab, formerly subedtor of Ihe
arbeifcr Ze,fpHg lie used to fpll beard extend
ing way his chest but when arrested five or six
hours after the Haymarkct tragedy his face was bare
Since then the police have been able to connect Nun
with Lengg, who is now believed TO be the man VINO
made the bomb Krendls testimony. which was gwen
on Wednesday afternoon went to show that schnabel
was the man who walked west in Randol ph-st 10
Halste.s with August spies and Parsons tho night
Of the outrage Krcnil followed the trio and testified
that on the way back 10 the Iaymarket schnaDc car
ricd something in his coat pocket about the size OF
baseball schnahe acted nervous thc witness sald ana
kent his hand on his coat pocket all the WY back TO the
IIaymarket. 1t shown by Mr.. Fuller, agent TOT
Pribyi Bros. dealers AMI ammunition. that
SchnaDcl was extensive purchaser OF destructive
compounds. so far back as July. l-S1, 1t was iodnl
that e pnrchased explosives In large .ntitcs George
Durcti. the employ OF Pribyl Bros. took
the salcs-boo Of the firm jury to back
hi In Jntv l--1 ho stiI a mun W
his name az Schnabe visited Pribyl Bros store ana
bought two Winchester rifles lie asked the price on
one hundred weapons OF tho saino pattern
The witness furnished him with a price list
and he went out for the purpose. he saii' oil
visiting other shops and learning their charges.
Next dy AMI several times after that he returned aud
brought or t"0 rifles at each vlst AtOscth'g ne
IlrrIasrd eight or ten guns On varous occasions
allerward rough looking men came 10 the store ana
priced rifles In large quantities. Sometimes lheS %ou,
bay cheap rcvoycrs. one or them was asRrd -! !"
member Of the firm II he buying for group He
replied that he not that lie ard others nrongen 10
Gulct shooting club called the Lchr Hud Wrhr luf"
ibis morning Detect yrs Herman and O)Onneu were
detailed to look for Gustave Lehman. who, IL Is sup
posed cni-hten the Jury a. 10 thn identity oI te
homb.thrOwer The detectives rcded in arrcstIhg
HIM. Ih possessou and oH the premises which ne
occupied, were IOund thl,e Iouh Iyntnl,o 90,
acly similar 10 that used AT the llaymarKet fot t"o
boxes OF giant powder caps, two coils oi dynamite lse
aud two boxes oi dynamite Inc uon'" ~ ~ .sso ~ "v
tachcd, and seemed 10 bc ready lOr use Inc Prs""c
the jury said that considerable testimony hal pr'h
gwen leading to the identity Of the bonb-thrower II
uO
Anarchists Will be returned tomorrow. -
A.. Henry. the Socialist, was before Jui2e COR
Inns today on "A writ hab-as corpus He arrested
for distributing circulars on the streets III violation Oh
city ordnance. The clrcuar denounced the authorities
aud called a meeting the Lake trout next sun lay 10
discuss freedom or speech. CityAttorncy khlsht *
paIn~d that the character Of the circular had NOTHING 20
do wi the charge against the prisoner lie then real
the Court the ordnance orbiddng the dstrloutloho o
h,udhls and clrcu kind III the pnbic streets
ana stated that Henry mad been tried before Justice
Meech who ined him Slj. He would not pay the hhe
becanse he refused Ia recngnze law OF any SORT ana
por,f rlN 90 tn
ordered that the writ be dismissed.
Lntcr-Indictmeuts for conspiracy TO murder were
formally returned tonight by the Grand Jury against
August Spies "Sam" Fielding ard A. X Parsons, thc
Anarchists These three the speakers AZ the Hay
market meeting which preceded the bomb throwing
and riot Oh May 4.