The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-08-20
TALKING TO THE JURY.
All the Evidence in the Anarchists
Trial Taken.
Strong Arguments For and Against the
Accused Men Made by the Able
Lawyers-Synopsis OF the
Proceedings.
Trying THE ANARCHISTS

| CHICAGO, Aug. 12-Mr. Walkers speech
in the Anarchists trial yesterday made it
evident that while the prosecution will
! insist that the witness Gilmer told the
| truth about the throwing of the bomb
by Schnaubelt and the lighting of the
! fuse by Spies. they will claim that even
| though Gilmer's testimony and that of
| Thompson'S should not be taken into ac-
count there is ample evidence to show that
| the defendants are guilty of the crime as
| charged in the indictment Having made
a comprehensive statement as to the law
| in the case, and having quoted freely to
| sustain the claim that when num-
! Der of persons agree to commit murder, or
advise others to do SO, the tune and place
not being definitely determined on, the
| adviser or conspirators are guilty of the
offense when committed equally with
! the principal. Mr.. Walker p ceed-
| ed TO show from the writings and
speeches of the principal defendants that
| they had organized conspiracy of MUIR
der in this city, and that they counseled and
preached the overthrow of the existing So
c1al system by force. He pointed out
with great effect that the defense
had made no effort to disprove this
charge of general conspiracy, as laid
down in the opening. speech of the
|
was virtual plea of guilty on this general
| charge. Mr. Walker held there was album
| dance of uncontradicted testimony, some
of which was supplied by the defendants
witnesses to prove an organized conspira-
| cy for the murder of the police the night
Of the 4th of May. The appeals of Parsons
| and Fielden to the working-men to arm
themselves were skillfully used in support
| of Mr.. Walkers position.
| CHICAGO, Aug. 13.-Mr. Walker closed
his speech for the prosecution in the An
archists' case yesterday morning. He
| quoted freely from the evidence. the
| speeches and admissions of Spies, Fielden
Schwab and Parsons to prove that they
were members of the band of conspirators
| who organized the massacre of the Hay
market square: connected Lingg, Engle
| and Fischer with the arch Anarchists; and
ridiculed the efforts of the defense to prove
alibis.
| Mr. Zeisler's speech, following that of
Mr. Walker, showed that the defense,
| as was ANTICIPATED, relies on convincing
one or more of the jurors that Gilmer's
story about Schnaubelt's throwing the
bomb is untrue. He characterized the
police as a body of cowardly knaves,
and denounced Gilmer as profes.
sional tramp and constitutional
liar Mr.. Zeisler maintained that unless
the identity of the principal in the murder
OF Officer began was established the pris-
o oners could sR not be held as ac-
the person who threw the bomb was a
member of the conspiracy to which the
| prisoners belonged in order to connect the
latter with the murders. He denied that
there was general conspiracy to bring
about a social revolution. The advo-
lie: 1t was permitted by the munich
pal authorities, therefore it must
have been harmless. No time was fixed
for the revolution to occur. The social
revolution was to come, but no one could
| fix the date-the time was as indefinite to
the propagandsts of Socialism as the COM
ing of the Messiah was to the Jews.
lettering to the testimony as to Spies
utterances at Grand Rapids, Mich, and
his interview with Reporter Wilkinson re-
speeding the Inauguration of the social
revolution on May /, Mr.. Zeisler endeav-
ored to show that Spies was TESTING about
these, things, and that he re-
ferred to some indefinite revolution which
time would bring about The advice given
by Spies, Parsons and Fielden to working
men to arm themselves meant nothing but
that they should organize and stand to-
gether, and Fielden'S speech in which he
urged his hearers to visit several lead
ing business houses and help them
selves only meant that the sys-
tenn was unjust which allowed so
unequal distribution of property. These
men were talking to men who were igno-
rant of the aims of'Socialism, and these ut
terances were used merely as logical de-
auctions to illustrate the problems as a
teacher would use illustrations to explain
! intricate problems to his scholars.
| After referring TO the meeting at 81
Lake street on thu night before the trag-
| edy, at which the alleged conspiracy was
concocted, Mr. Zeisler said that Waller,
who was the arch-conspirator having
| been chairman of that meeting told
much i'll his evidence for the prosecution
that was untrue. His testimony was for
the greater part manufactured, and he re-
ceived payment therefor in cold cash from
/ Captain Setback
Court adjourned at five O'clock and Mr..
Zeisler will finish his address to-day.
CHICAGO, Aug. 4.-Mr. Zeisler concluded
| his argument for the defense in the An
archists' trial yesterday morning with a
bitter denunciation of the police and the
witness Gilmer, and an appeal to any
member of the jury who might have a
reasonable doubt, to hold out until dooms-
day rather than convict and not to be
starved into an agreement on verdict.
| Mr.. Ingham followed for the prosecution
in the afternoon. Dwelling first on the
evidence as whole, he showed that each
| proven fact was not as link in
a chain of guilt but as the strand
| of a cable which spanned the whole
tide of criminality. The theory of the
State was that for two or more years there
had existed an organized conspiracy to
| overthrow the law and that every man in
that conspiracy threw the bomb that killed
| Officer began. The defendants had sought
the destruction of the law, but that law
| was strong enough to secure the punish
ment of those who sought to throttle it..
Mr.. 1ngham then proceeded with an analy-
sis OF the general conspiracy, tracing its
| history, and ingeniously weaving into his
| narrative every irnnortant fart of tho tas-
| timony.
He dwelt on the fact that in the so-called
American group" there were not more
than score of Americans, land more than
half of these we're women and cranks,
many of them, as IN the case of Lingg,
not being residents here for more
than q twelvemonth. He compared
Spies writings during the first days of
| May with those of the Commune that
flooded Paris with gore and substituted
| for the Virgin Mother brazen prostitute
| who personated the Goddess of Liberty.
Mr.. Ingham traced the development of
the Haymarket conspiracy, and made a
/ strong argument to prove its careful plan
ming, the utilization of the labor
difficulties by Spies, the summon
ing Of the armed sections to prepare
| for the attack the careful selection
| of the place for slaughter. the incite-
menrs to violence by Spies and his confed-
| crates Parsons and Fielder, and the sub
ordinate but Important parts which Engel,
Lingg, Fischer and Schwab played in ar
ranging the plan of attack and in provid-
| ing the materials therefor. Mr. Ingham
had not concluded when the court ad-
| journed.
CHICAGO, Aug 16.-In the trial of the
Anarchists Saturday morning, Mr.. Ingham
resumed his argument for the State. He
| said that the right of free speech did not
/ give the right to incite to murder, and
| quoted Lord Justice Coleridge's decision
in. Johann Most's case to show what
| constituted incendiary language, and
held that Fielden's speech at the Hay
| market came under this characterize
ton and gave ample grounds for the in
reference of the police. The Haymarket
| meeting, he said was trap artfully laid
| for the police. The chemists had shown
that the bomb was of the same material
| as those made by Lingg, and there
| was no doubt hut that Lingg
| made the one that was thrown at the riot.
/ All the prisoners had been connected with
| the hurting of the fatal missile. It mat
| tered little from what exact spot it had
been thrown. The fact that it was thrown
| by fellow-conspirator of the defendants
was sufficient, and all the prisoners were
equally guilty with the thrower
| As far as Gilmer was concerned Mr.. Ing
ham thought the jury would prefer to be
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