Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-24

the bombs and dynamite. The witness
said he had belonged to the North side
Sociailstic group, which met at No. 5S
Claiborne avenue. They drilled there
nearly every Monday night with guns.
The latter were kept at the witness
home. He explained that $40 was raised
! from the sale of beer at Il dance at Florn's
| Hall on West Lake street last February,
| which was turned over to the armed force
! of carpenters TO buy ammunition with,
! but was afterwards given to Lingg to buy
! dynamite with, The witness said Lingg
was at these meetings and bought dyna-
mite.
ENGEL AS AN INSTRUCTOR.
In February last the witness said Engel
made IA speech at No. IS Claiborne ave-
nue., when he explained how easily and
cheaply dynamite could be made, and
how gas pipes could be tlisd. Engel eX-
! piained how to fill pieces OF gas pipe and
| to arrange the fuse, and said the oater
! portion of the pipe should be bound with
| nails and wire so that when exploded 1t
would cause greater havoc. tthe meet
| ing when Engel made this speech the wit
| ness was chairman.
The cross examination of Lehman pro-
duced nothing additional, and did not
change his original statements.
A reporter named Dresser described
| speeches made by Spies, Parsons and
Fleiden, and their threats soiow up the
Board of Trade, and declaring that such
men as Marshall Field, John W. Doane
and George NJ. Pullman ought to be killed.
The court then adjourned until afternoon
SOLID WALL OF TESTIMONY.
The afternoon work on the part OF the
prosecution resembled nothing so much
as the building OF great wall in which,
like solid courses of masonry, was labo-
riOusly and unalterably deposit d layer
after layer OF most damaging evidence.
| The attempts at cross examination were
for the time despairmgly abandoned by
the defense, and when the practice of Sc
| verely interrogating the States witnesses
! again commenced there was noticeably a
change in the line OF attack. An en-
tirely new theory of motives actuating
Spies and his cOnferees was quickly
shown TO have been adopted. This was
that the defendants, far from being the
dangerous characters depicted by the
| long string OF reporters aud officers sue
| ceeding each other on the stand, mad
been purposely humbugging these wit
nesses at every available opportunity, but
for the most laudable purpose. They
were simply trying to get up scare
among the capitalists SO as to benefit the
labOring man.
THE FIRST WITNESS,
Earnest Neidortf, the first witness, was
one of those not cross examined by the at
torneys for the anarchists. He gave I'M
portaut testimony corroborating informeI
Seliger's narratlVeof the meetings tine So
cIall5ts, including the armed section, Just
previous to the throwing of the bomb in
the Haymarket. Eeid0rff was chairman
Of the meeting in Zeph's Hall the night
before that event, and at which Seligel
was secretary. The witness was moi
! .l1 &h. tn,I~
ceedings which had been related in full
by Sellger, but in a general way by incl
dental mention OF minor particulars
added much weight to the testimony Of
the men upon which the prosecution seem
to chiefly rely.
Officers Trepan and Sullivan followed
NelderhOtf on the witness stand. They
testified that on the evening of the formal
| opening of the new Board of Trade build
ing they attended In citizens clothes 8
meeting on Market square, where Parsons
in fiery speech advised his hearers u
use rife and bomb on the members OF the
board.
THE PROCESSION.
The procession was formed by the crowC
with the purpose of forcing its way int
the Board of Trade. Mrs. Parsons was al
tue bead carrying a red flag. Spies
tlelden and Parsons were in line. A car
rlage containing lady was attacked and
the occupant severely injured by bricl
thrown from the crowd. Both officer
told how, alter the procession was turned
back by the police, Spies, Parsons ant
Fielden exhibited to them and a reporter
named Williamson shells. fuse and dyna
mite at the ArOeiter Zeitung office. Witt
these weapons the three defendants saiC
they would soon meet the blOodhounds, al
they called the police.
Detective Louis Haas was at this poin
put on the stand for few moments. He
described how Neebe, one of the prisoners
assumed charge OF the Arbeiter ZeitunQ
office Immediately after the arrest o
Spies. NeeDe was acting as the head o
| the establishment when the packages Of
dynamite We're discovered there.
NEFF ON THE STAND.
A stir among the lawyers on both sidel
and a subdued exchange Of remarks
among the prisoners greeted the appear
ance of a dwarfish individual with pierc
ing dark eyes, who was led in by bailif
just as Haas was leaving the witness
chair. The new conner rather avoided
looking in the direction of the defendants
He gave his name as Maurice Netf, pro
prietOr of the saloon and hall at No. 81
Claiborne avenue. 1t was there that in
formers Seliger and Lingg had, on the eve
ming OF the riot, carried half a hundred
shells filled with dynamite and left then
for distribution to those who were to ust
them that night. Nef added MATERIAL
to the dehniteness of Seiiger's evidence
PRINTERS OF THE CIRCULAR.
William Burgess and George Scnule
testified that they had printed the "re
venge" circular upon orders from thu
Arbeter Zeitung Office.
Fred Z. Rosback, machinist, gave evi
dence that Rudolph Schnaubelt, the man
generally believed TO be the bomb-thrower
who was in his employ, did lot do an
work in the snop May 4. Schnaubelt saiC
he had otner work To do.
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