Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-07-22

AAlNAttIs IuIN HI L41 4.U INIzIUI
of coukt Ia the AnaKahiat trial, Wm.
se.iRer, Who b REGARDED Dc the prinei-
pal wiineaa fof tna STATE, was placed on
the stand. He testified that b lived on
5ad99iek slEeet, Ana THAI Lang, ona of
the eefa1d1nt8, b1arded With him. On
ths 4onday sight before tue massacre
witoe1s etfended q meeting % tha Car.
psnteE's Union Is xspfaa Hail. Thare
copies 9f the Revenge circular were
distributed. Ca Tuesday at LinRaa ~.
qnes1 witness worked ell the morning
With Lang and three others loading
bombs. I1sy made aoout forty o. City
Of them. IiinQ urged them 70 work dn
igenlly snd said ehs bombs woald BE-
taken away that day. Ling toid him
that every Workinnman ahonld have
dyuamite and ahonld know how 20 ne
Is IheFe waa going . b an -aRila-
tlonh ans all wUFkinamen nhc1ld learn
tie ass Of dynamite He sid he
bemha they were rnakiuN would Be
good "loddexe for the capitalists and
toe police. The bombs were % Be used
that night. Lima aaid thas when the
bombs we're dnished they caErisd them
% Neaf'a Hail. where they WsEs dis
tribused. From keaH . Hall Lang
and witness uent over to the Larahes
street police station There waa % Be
disturbances made On The Narth 6ide
that vas arranged previously. Another
Waa % Be made on the West Side and
one more on TIE North Side 20 prevent
The pollca from maasing a. any enc
point.
In answer 10 ths airsalion. 'sreli what
conversation yoa had with Ling that
night when y0a laft Aea2' b Hall,
witness replied. s.He said q disturbance
ought 10 ba made everywhoFe on the
North Side 70 prevent the police from
going over TO she West side
What did Ling saY on going over 30
the LaFabee stFeea stationin
He said Il Woaid Be q beautiful thing
10 throw q couple Of bombs into the 20.
lice station. Two officers were sitting
10 frent Of the station. Ling said they
could nos do much and that II others
ran ont wa could shoot them down.
The patrol wagon came up and Lang
said shat be was RoinR 20 throw the
bomhs. That vas lhs best opportunity.
said Il waa not g good time and that Il
would Be- without effect. Thea be BE-
came wild rnd excited and he wanted
70 give ne some IRE. BE was smoking
q cigar and went into ball and struck
q match as II waa going 10 give it 70
him. Apatroi wagon was coming BY.
Il passed before be cot the match, when
be wanted 20 follow TIE wagon. He
thought there Waa trsuhle on the west
side and wanted % 80 whore Il vas. /
persuaded him not 70 20. We got 10
The house before II o'clock. He asked
ne 70 notice IN the paper thai armed
men we're going 20 hold 3 meeting on
the West Side. HesahoWed me the Ar-
better Zfffnng, and showed me The word
-Rnhe,n and said that Il meant thaf
there was 70 Be meeting on the West
Side, that everything was 30 be turned
upside down. and that there vas TO be
sFcuble.n
Witness gave ia detail their move
mentu that night, and the inside history
Of the Anarchist riot. BE vas closely
examined, bus hia testimony was
unshaken.
No single dull moment elapsed daring
this aftsrnoon. The lawyers, judges
and spectators we're kept hxsdly, with-
out the sliehtest rslaxalioD, ct the sans
high tension 90 which they we're raised
when the days exciting Developments
began. A determined attempt was made
By the defense 10 show that The bombs
manufaotured on the afternoon Of
the day on which the massacre
occurred had no necessary connection
with the riot 81 the Haymarkot. The
witness was taken up and made answers
more or LEES satisfactory 70 the defense,
until the Court decided that the aftempi
had proceeded far enoaoh. A new line
of queries vas quickly substituted
By Foster. the object being 10 impeanh
the credibility Of Seliger and placs him
IN as odioas = light aa possible before
tie Jury. BE was partly sncoessful.
though without affecting She weight Of
the testimony materially.
SeIleer told hew, upon being liberated
by Captain 6haack, be and bis wife
went home together. Solomon. one Of
the attorneys for the defense. soon
called on him. Sol0mon endeav0red 70
induce him not 20 testify against the
defendants, and 20 sell Captain SHACK
that his previous statement ooaid not
be sabstantiaied In court.