The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-17

meeting of the workingmen the next evening.
Those present were not to participate IN the
Haymarket meeting; only committee was TO oe
there If they should report that something had
happened then the others should come down
upon the police, or the militia--whatever Snould
come against them. The witness said
I'VE also thought that the fire department.
should be disabled. First, we were to attack the
North avenue police-station; the next one as
fate would have it. The plan was to attack the
police stations to prevent the police from COM
ing to aid if there should be a fight in the
city. We all thought there would be fight
and so calculated. The plan was adopted with
the understanding that every group should act in
dependently, according to the general plan. Those
present were from all the groups. from all parts
OF the city. The same programme was TO oe
carried out in every part of the city. There was
nothing said about the Haymarkee 1t was not
expected that the police should get to the Hay
market. In case of an attempt to disperse a
meeting we should simply strike them down,
however we best could, with bombs, or
whatever should be at our disposal.
One two from each group were to
compose the committee to be sent to the Hay
market. They were to observe the movements,
not only in the Haymarket, but in the different
parts of the city, and if conflict should happen,
then should report to US. If it happened in the
daytime, then they should cause the publication
of the word Rest if in the evening or night
they should report personally to the members.
Fisher suggested the word, and it was arranged
that the publication should be made in the Ar
better Zeitung letter. box. A committee was ap-
pointed to attend to the publication. / only
know of one of the ommittee-Kraemer. All
present at the meeting accepted the plan. They
voted by raising the hand, Engle putting the
question to the meeting. The plan was 20 re-
port to such reliable men as were absent. re-
peated it to some who came in later"
The witness was at Zeph's Hall when the bomb
was thrown. There was some commotion and
the doors were closed. When they opened he
started home, stopping at Engle's house on the
way. He told dozen of acquaintances that
bomb had been thrown on the Haymarket and
that about hundred people had been killed
He said the crowd should make haste home.
The witness was asked:
"Did you ever have any bombsg
To this question, Mr. Foster, of the defense,
warmly objected Any bomb the witness might
have had had nothing to do with the case unless
it were traced to the who threw it at the
Haymarket. Mr.. Foster took advantage of the
opportunity to denounce the witness as an in
former. man who had been chairman of the
meeting, and was row attempting to clear his
own skirts for the purpose of duplicating his
associates.
Mr. Ingham replied in brief statement say
ing that the theory of the State was that the
defendants, for two or three years, had been en-
gagged as the leaders in a gigantic conspiracy
against law and order, of which the meeting on
Monday night was but one step The State in
tended to show that for months the defendants
had been preparing for a revolution about the
first OF MAY; that they had been arming them
selves and their dupes. The State intended to
bring into court dynamite bombs-some of them
loaded perhaps-by the dozen and the barreful,
and would show that these bombs were used for
no purpose in all the wide world except cowardly
and atrocious murder. Mr.. Foster asked:
IF you show that some man threw one of
these bombs without the knowledge or authority
of any of these defendants is that murder2"
Mr.. Ingham replied: Under the law of the
State of Illinois, it is murder The law of the
State is strong enough to hang every one of
these men. expect to show that every one of
these defendants was party to the general con-
spracy which resulted in the death of the po-
licemen."
Judge Garry, in deciding the point, said: sAs
there was a combination among great number
of individuals to kill policemen if they came in
conflict with workingmen or strikers, or were
attempting to enforce law and order aud prepa-
rations were made to kill policemen upon some
such OCCASION the decision as to when the proper
occasion had come being left to the parties who
we're to do the work, and some of these parties
did such an act, then all engaged in the general
conspiracy equally liable"
The witness then proceeded to answer the
question as to whet ther he ever had any bombs,
and told. how. about a year and half ago,
bombs had been distributed to him and others
by Fischer for use at meeting on Thanksgiving
if attacked by the police, just as it happened
this time: Those present at No. 81 West Lake
street on the night of May 3, whom the witness
could remember, were Fischer, Engel. Breitten-
field, Rheinwald, Kruger tdeceased), another
Kruger, Schrader Huber, Huebner, two Leh-
manns and Hermann.
This closed Walters direct testimony and also
the days proceedings.