Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-05-06
HELD FOR MURDER.
Result or the Ihquest on the Murdered
Onlcsrs.

Officers.
CHICAGO, MAJ 5.-The inquest over The
rempias Of Police officer Deegao, who was
murdered ythe Anarchists MOB last nigh
was concluded at $40 o'clock this even
ing. Chris. Spies and Michael Schwab
two Of the prisoners, msde statements in
their own behalf which damaged rather
than helped them. Schwab admitted that
be did not believe in personal God
Schwab was asked great mODy questions
and as they were piled to him he grew
pale and excited and the perspra'
ton sood oa hls forehead
Fielding made q statement
that WAS uninteres,ing aud uDimportapt.
He said that he never carried anything
more dangerous than penknife. August
Spies did not make statement, aud The
Jury retired. The jury were out halt an
hour before agreeing upon verdict. They
recommended that sll the prisoners be
held for murder. The prisoners were held
without bail Thejury also recommended
that Parsons be apprehended and he!c.
Some sensational evidence WAS given at
theinouest. II made search Of the Arbeil-
er Zeitung office" Officer Marks testified,
On q shelf in the recess OF Mr.. Spies prl-
yste room | found bundle marked 'Ad-
sm' Express Company. This bag con-
t.ined a lot of sswdust, sand aud nitro
glyceriue. 1t looked exactly the same Is
what we found on Drsplaines street after
the bomb exploded last night, only 1t was
no. go hard" The witness described the
effect ofexplosion upon some rocks. under
meath which it was placed. Fragments OF
the boulders we're carried OWay immense
distances. Most Of the stuff" concluded
the officer, "is stored in the vault and one
of our men, wao is IN expert, Gays there
ia enough in it to blow up this building
The Coroner moved uneasily in his seat
and the witness signed his deposition
The powder found III the bomb to day
was what is known as giant powder
This, il its ordinary form, is brown paper
uired with nitro glycerine, but in this
case il was mixed with sand The etie;t
of ,his is 10 make wounds inflicted By II
far more phastly aud ugly thsn they would
be if it was caused by an explosion Of 1t In
it's original form.
A sister OF Spies eBMe 10 tue stsilau to-
day and after considerable talking Lieut.
Kipley elected from h~r the confession
that a third brother who was in last night s
affray, was lying dangerously i'll at his
home. Itis thought that he will die. Mr5
r r. Psrson5, the wife OF the fugitive An
arohist, was arres'ed this afternoon aud
was locked uo at the Central station. She
WAS present this morning when the oihcers
made the raid on the Ar0piter LairunR
hn;l3ipg but the officers did not wish to
arrest her. They had planned TO shadow
her hoping that she would make some ap'
pointnent vita Ter husband so that TIE
latter might be captured.
About three o'clock this afternoon De.
tectives Bonfield and Wiley made
ANOTHER SEARCH OF THE ARBEITER 2EITuNG
PREMISES.
Thew were rewarded by tho discovery ir
a great lot of ammunition suitable Tor
Winchester rifles, shot guns and revolVeTs.
Several fuses for bombs, dtrk knite, and
a huge Colts revolver. The stuff Was found
under an old sink.
There were nineteen CT my company OF
twenty-five shot, said Lieutenant Bowler,
the six.foottuo officer who headed the
squad into which the bomb was thrown
Re was sitting surrounded oythe sur|lVora
of his little band at the Desp!aines street
station. Il never heard dynamite explode
before and don't want to again. Il deaf.
ened me and all the men who
did not receive deadly Vounds.
There was one company ahead
of mine and four behind US We had just
come TO halt, ready tog the next order,
which would have been fans movement
The bomb came from close 10 he speaker s
wagon. l saw and heard it coming, bu. 1t
exploded 100 quick for anybody 10 have
done anything with i. or get cut OF the
wsy. vas knocked down by the eEplo-
siOn Bat not wounded Then when / re,
covered myself my sergeant fell into my
AA4ly burt It vas terrible time
Srms u r,r T-s-s lad everything cut and
dried