Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-24
DENS FTHEDYNAMITERS
VIVID WORD PICTURES BY WIT
NESSES IN COURT.


mony in Confederation of that of the
Infurmsr Prof. OsIen Furnishes
! TransIAtions of Herr MOst's Book and
! Some of the Arbeiter ZeitUnE's Mat
ter-VNomen Give the Prisoners Flow
! ers.
CHICAGO, July 23.--Every seatin Judge
Gary's court room was occupied this
morning when Franz Helm, the first wit
ness in the anarchists trial, was called to
the stand. The witness said that he was
a saloon keeper aud that Neebe was in his
place of business, No. 354 South Clark
street, May 8, and showed him poster,
which the witness identified. 1t was in
the evening when Neebe called. Several
men were in the saloon. Neebe left copies
of the circular On the table. He spoke
about the Mccormick riot. Neebe ad-
dressed those in the saloon IN general
way, and said that six or seven men had
been killed at McCormick's. Blood had
flowed, Neebe said, and he added: "Tbere
VIII come time perhaps when everything
! will go the other way"
The revenge" circular was offered in
| evidence by the State and the witness
was turned over to the counsel for the
! defense, who refused 10 cross examine
| him.
MOST'S BOOK TRANSLATED.
Prof. Olsen, occupying the Greek chair
| at Chicago University, and also German
scholar, has made translation Of Herr
Most's book, "rhe Science OF Revolution
airy Warfare" He said the translation
which MI. Grnnell offered in evidence
was exact and faithful in every detail.
Another translation from an article Rp-
pearng ia the Arbeiter Zeitung under
date OF Feb. %, 1886, and captioned. "Ihe
| International Association OF WOrkmen,"
and giving the platform of the organiza-
ton, was also offered by the StaCe. The
counsel for the defense precipltated dis
cussion as to whether or not the testimony
about to be introduced was relevant. The
court held il was, as going to prove that
the defendants were engaged in dissent
Mating reasonable literature.
FLOWERS FOR THE DEFENDANTS.
At this juncture a young lady wearing
q fashionable hat, a snowy gilt cham
about her neck and a dress OF light brown
stuff, rose from u chair in the back part
of the room and presented to each OF the
eight defendants a bouquet. Fifteen
minutes prior the defendants were given
flowers By some ladies who came into
court with Mrs. Black.
Gustav Lehman, one of the conspira-
tors, was called.
show long have you lived in this cOun-
tryw
''FOur years."
"Diu you attend the meeting at Grlefs
Hall on May 3Y'
"Yes, | wac on my way to Zeph's Hall
to attend the carpenters meeting. | met
some men. They told me to come to No.
"a West Lake street and attend a meeting.
They showed me an advertisement in the
Arbeiter Zeitung saying we should com G
there"
"Who do you mean by we~
The armed section"
HERMAN IN THE CHAIR.
"Who was IN the .char?'
ga man named Hermann"
FWhat happenedP
"Some one moved that a man be posted
at the door,"
"Why@
"ThaJ no one should listen in any of the
closets. No one WAS wanted to remain on
the sidewalk or steps"
"How long did you stay therer
| "Perhap5 an nOur.'
"Was the meeting in the basementP'
eyes"
"What did ycu hearr
81 only heard large man with blonde
moustache say he would take it upon
himself to distribute the handbills."
"W no is this manY'
81 was told afterwards that his name
was Fischer.
THOSE PRESENT.
"Who was there that you know?'
''Seliger, Thiele, myself and brother,
Fischer, Briederfeldt and Hermann. That
is about all l remember"
"Do you know Engelp'
''Not personally. l saw him once at
GriePs Hail."
'Would you know him nowW
81 don't know"
"Know LinggP'
eyes"
show lougW
"SiX months"
"Was Lingg at the meetingw
81 cannot Say that he was in the base
ment. We went home together. We had
little quarrelY
"What ahoutW
''Somebody came up to me on the side
walk aud said: You are all oxen and
brutes.' Then we had quarrel. Lingg
said this then. Then | asked him why he
said it, and Oe said: II you want 10 hear
something come tomorrow night to Zeph's
Hall.'"
A VISIT TO LINGG's.
"Well, did you do so?"
"The next afternoon | went to LinRg's,
met a friend Of mine who prevailed on
me to 90. sellger was there; SO was
Hubner."
How long did you stayW
"About half an hour"
"What were the people doing there?"
"Working in the rooms. They had
cloths tied about their faces"
"What did you go there forW
"My friend wanted TO buy revolver. -
"Then where did you gOY'
CLONE"
"Did you 80 back to Liogg's'"
''Yes."
"Whenp
"About O'Clock. 1 stopped there ten
minutes"
MAKING BOMBS.
"What were they doingY
"Makiug dynamite bombs and fusesV
A piece OF fuse and some caps were
shown TO the witness and identified by
him.
Did Lingg give you anything tina:
aiternoonp
"Yes. He gave me small hand satchel
with two bombs in 1t, some fuses and