Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-11
COMING TO A CLOSE.
The EVIDENCE In the Trial OF the
Brutal Bomb Singers
All In.
The Lawyers Abont 10 Begin Argument
spies Accused Of Perjury blythe
Chicago News.
THE TRIAL CONTINUES.

"You intended to excite your readers
TO frenzy and provoke the revolution
about which you so often preached, did
you notY"
The defense objected. Both the at.
ltOrneys and witne 50 had become excited
aud swerc speaking loadly ana vehe-
mently. Spies attempted to assume the
bold front of one who considered himself
martyr, but further than the higher
pitching OF his voice, his aspect was still
that of craven In the most hopeless race
for his life. The witness defined the ex-
preston "social revolution" In sterotyped
phrases, and stated that he was allowed
to present the letter from Herr Most in
tbe'evidence. IL was as follows,
NAV York, Feb 10, 1850 DEAR SPIES.
Are yon sure that the letter from Hooking va
Icy was not written BY a detective? In week
! win come TO Pltteburg, and have an lnclnh.
ton nlFO 20 20 To Hooking valley For the
present send some printed mauer there. The
'sch Hh' always existed, but on paper. told
you this somr months ago. on the 9th hand,
am In condition to fur ish me iclDe,' and the
/ genuine article at that. Directions for use
are perhaps not ne. ded with the ueoble More
over, they were recently Published in the FIR.
| lEreheitl, and appl ances ! can nd l you
consider M address o. Buchtol rea BILE
Will ship twenty i've pounds; but
t IV" oIsee, iu a" Tbe oroa ,ue o,,51
her8 ~ not better nor worse than formerly
Our group have about the strength OF the North
Side group In Chicsgo and then besides th,s
we have alsp the Soc. Rev. Cl., the Austrian
league and that Bohemian league, that Is to
cay three more groups. Finally. Il is easlly
seen that our iniiuence with trade organiAa.
tons Is steadily growing We ins 1t our meet.
lngs only In the FIR. (Fr, hcit) and cannot noti"e
that they are worse attended than at the time
when We yet threw weekl1 fifty cents TO 50 IN
the mouth Of the V Il tNolks Zelnng) Do not
l0rgetl put yourselves IN commun cation with
Drury In ref nee TO an English organ He
viii sure y work WI h you much, and such
paper 10 he more necessary, as The Truth l.
ind ed getting more miserable and confessed
tom sue TO Issue, and In general Is whistilng
rom inc lAst hole cree ings
to schwab, Rau, etc and to you alec Yours,
JouN MOST"
II $. Tobuchteli Will, OF course, write for
the p e3ent only In general terms"
The postal card was also presented and
was as follows:
A serEs, II sixth avenue, Chicago l. S Il
had scarcely mailed my letter yesterday when
a telegram brought news from H. NJ. one
doeslt know whether t. rejoice over that or
NOT. The advance 1 itself Is sleyatlng sad
rs the circun stances that 10 Will remain local
and therefore mi ht not have result Atany
rate these people make a better Impression
than the foolish voters on this and the other
side of the ocean. Greetings and shake, yours.
j. NJ.
"Drury, suppose ghope) can now and then
receive upon uckets."
When the letter and postal-card had
been read the witness was excused, and
as he went TO his seat he heaved an au-
dible sigh Of relief. The lawyers for the
defense then entered upon u whispered
consultation which lasted till the court
requested that they proceed Capt.
Black responded by calling Parsons to
the stand. His manner was an odd con
trast to that OF Spies; 1t was snakey and
conciliatory In the extreme. Parsons had
not been accused OF possessing an extraor-
binary amount of courage, and he as
sumed no attitude Indicative of self-ac.
kUowledged martydom. He was
smiling and colloquIal. few
questions were asked, The witness
was allowed to tell his story unaided and
II was extremely commonplace, appar.
.eutly being copied closely from the testi-
mony regarding his statements given by
the witnesses for the defense. After he
bad told how he had attended the hay.
market meeting from one held shortly
previous AT the ATbeter Ieitung, in an
swer 10 request for speakers, and how
having made his speech he interrupted
Fielden to suggest an adj lurnment 70
Iepfs hall, as It looked like rain, and
getting the speakers reply that he was
about through; after relating these de-
tails the witness said al then went
TO saloon near Zepfs hall,
where Mrs.. Parsons aud Mrs. Holmes
had preceded me. went with
Mr. Brown, suggesting that we
get something to drink, as the speaking
made me thirsty. When we arrived at
the saloon, Fischer was there. We drank,
and after converslng little while began
to wonder why the crowd did not appear.
After while we went to the door and
shortly saw flash and heard loud ex.
plosion,"
"What did you observe then?r
81 saw large numbers of what appeared
to be repeating revolyers raised in the
air illustrating with his hand) and
saw thenf emptied of their charges, one
after another, as rapidly IS possible
When the revolyers appeared to be emp
tied, then the firing ceased.n
Capt Black: 'Now, Mr.. Parsons, tell
the jury or repeat to them the tenor of
your remarks during your speech at the
hay-marketn
The witness was now plainly in his ele-
ment' he held In his hands a quantity
OF notes and at once assumed an attitude
familiar TO all who have heard him at any
w MS huhVlouS cpttCnth on ble LAX
front, aud 81 West Lake street, to the So
ciallsts Of the city, He turned from side
TO side In his chair, addressing the spec
tators, Judge, jury and lawyers
IN turn and gesticulating free.
ny with both hands His hay
market speech, thus repeated under oath,
was extremely peaceful in It's character al
| FIRST, and hristled with statistics iliustra-
tive of the burdens borne by the laboriua
CLASSES, monopoly" "the capitallstic
press "slayes Of worklugmen," etc,
were expressions often repeat d. In.
stances where the militia and deputy
sherffs had used force TO quell labor dis.
turbances were dwelt upon by the wit
ness, and he said: al then asked my
audience what was 10 be done about It,
are YOU going to submit tsmely 90 being
trampled upon Ike dogs, or will you take
up arms against your oppressors auc
save yourselves from hunger and deSpera,
ton, and yonr children from infamy
Some one in the crowd then said I'VE ar,
ready for II now | said that now was
not the time and went on to further Illus
trate the need OF reyoluhonn The wit
ness continued ~ this strain for som,
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