Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-08-04
EVENTS OF THEWEEK.
Anarchist Conspiracy.

EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
Anarchist Conspiracy.
The testimony offered by the prosecu-
tion in Judge Gary's court at Chicago
came to close on Saturday, 31st ult., and
to the lublic mind chain of positive evil
dence had been massed against the accused
that no power could sweep away. All the
surroundings of the Haymarket riot Of
May 4, and the steps that led up to it have
been woven together with mastery and
startling fidelity, to the surprise of none
more than to Lingg, Enge!, Schwab and
murder hang, and some of whom, in all
seeming probability, will themselves hang.
The testimony in the anarchist trial on the
9th was purely corr0borative of what had
been given before. Whiting, Allen and
c. R. Tuthill, newspaper reporters gave
narratives that were forceful in that they
added to the volume. Of facts gathered
from other sources. Two other reporters
and Detectives, Cosgrove and Keogh made
up the array and strengthened the case
against the conspirators by their testimony
NJ. F. Thompson, an employe of Mar
shall, Field & Co., testified to stopping
near the entrance to an alley, a short
Spies mount the wagon. inquire for Par
sons, hand him something, and descend
to the ground. The testimony of Thomson
was a severe blow to the defense. It
proves as nearly as the unshaken testi-
mony of one man can that Spies, Schwab
or 6chnaubelt had agreed, before the
Haymarket meeting was called to order,
to throw q dynamite bomb among the
police should they attempt to disperse
them. It places Spies in the position Of
personally arming the bomb throwers and
Identifies Schwab as his enthusiastic
abettor.
q. l.. Gilmer, a painter, testified that
while Fielden was speaking he saw some
one leave the wagon and start toward the
alley where four or five persons were con-
versing. The witness was at the mouth OF
the alley. At that moment some one said,
''Here is the police" Then the man who
had left the wagon and joined the ral ties
in the alley lit match and placing it
against something held in the hand of one
of the persons, fuse began to sizzle and
Immediately thereafter the bomb was
thrown. The witness was shown a picture
the man who threw the bomb. Gilmer
pointed out Spies and Fischer as two of the
men he saw in that conference and Spies
rs the man that left the wagon and lighted
the match. Both Spies and Fischer seem
ed greatly borne down by this testimony.
bombs found in EngePs house was brought
into court and Louis Mullendorf testified
he made it for Engel. The officer who ar
rested Lingg described that affair and the
finding of a quantity of bolts and nuts, four
bombs and some pieces of fuse. Several
other bombs and some iron bolts and nuts
were found behind Dashboard in Lingg's
room.
Drs. Murphy, Lee, and Baxter described
the wounds received by many of the
injured officers, whose torn and bloody
uniforms were exhibited in court. Capt.
Shack told of experiments with fuse and
dynamite found at Lingg''s house. II
tridges," said the witness. Il had one
inserted into q stone weighing perhaps
thirty pounds. The explosion broke this
stone into atoms" Lining told him that
on May 4 six persons called on him to
and to her chiding for placing him in such
position he replied: Mama, am cursed
with eloquence. Louise Michel suffered
for cause. She is a woman. I am man
and will stand it like man." Extracts
were. read from the anarchists papers
'Biood" editorial of the Arbeiter Zeitung
of May 4, shown to be Schwab's hand
writing.
Fridays testimony foreshadowed the
close of evidence in chief by the prosecu-
tion. Liberal extracts were read from the
AldEIu 0ulGou NY alSOuS duu Vu0 <1IO Oc1t0I
Zeitung edited by Spies. Expert chemical
testimony was given by. Prof: Raines of
Rush Medical College and Prof. DeLafon-
| taine; the first named said: He had tested
bombs found among the effects of Lingg
and Spies, and found that they had the
same constituents in almost the same ratio
as the pieces of bomb taken from the body
of Officer Degan. The bombs contained
lead. tin, antimony, iron and zinc, The
| bombs contained about 90 per cent of lead,
per cent of tin apd only traces of the re-
naming constituents.
Testimony was given OF the death OF
Matthias Deagan from bomb wounds at the
of five bombs found In different parts of
the city in Lake Michigan. The dynamite
was sunk 2Sft in water and exploded
with the effect of throwing stream OF
water six feet in diameter 100 feet in the
air. Hundreds of fish we're thrown into
the air with tho stream and the surface
was covered with dead ones.
A body was found in the lake at Erie,
Pa, on the 29th ult, undoubtedly that OF
Rudolph Schnaubelt who threw the bomb
May f. The theory is that Schnaubelt
had come down on one of the lake boats as
cape, fallen overheard: Ore of his legs
was horribly mangled: There were no
papers whatever upon his person. although
he had sufficient means for immediase
needs. His clothes were badly torn, as
if the body bad had rough usage. The
body was Inferred but will be exhumed.
Attorney Salomon opened for the defense
with the extraordinary demand that the
defendant neebe be discharged, which mo-
tion was promptly denied. Mr.. Salomon
then made general statement Of the line
of his side. The defense expected to prove
that none of these men had murdered OF
conspired to murder, nor had thay expec-
ted bomb would be thrown at the Hay
market meeting. "But we see in the &C
tion of the police an incredible animos,
We see in them a deyilish design, an inten'
ton to destroy every lite on that market
We expect to show you that Mr.: Fielden
fired no shot at that meeting, and that be
had no revolver" Counsel enumerated
other points which the defense expected tc
prove said Neebe was at home during The
riet; that there was nothing to connect
Lingg with the bomb throwing, and il
LlDgg made dynamite bombs he had per-
feet right to do so.
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