The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-07-24
MORE OF IT.
Friday Afternoon With the
Anarchists.
TESTIMONY ACCUMULATING
he Dixie Business Given TO the Jury
Musie-Mad MiIwaukee-COm-
promised-other Notes.
Friday Afternoons Anarchist Trial.

Friday Afternoons Anarchist Trial.
The afternoons work on the part of
the prosecution resembled nothing so
much as the building of g great wall in
which like solid courses OF mortar, was
laboriously and unalterabiy deposited
layer after layer OF more damaging eyi-
dence. Attempts at cross-exsmination
wee for a time despairingly anan-
doned by the defense, and when the
practice Of severely interrogating
the State witnesses again commenced,
there was q noticeable change in the
line of attack. An entirely hew theory
of motives actustlng Spies and his con-
ferees was quickly shown 10 nave been
adopted. This was that the defendants,
far from being the dangerous characters
depicted by 8 long string of re
porters and officers succeeding
each other on the stand. had been
purposely humbugging these witnesses
at every available opportunity, but for
the mo laudable purpose. They were
simply trying 10 get up scare among
capitalists so as 10 benefit the iabOring
man.
Ernest Neindorff. the FIRST witness.
was one OF those notorious examined
by the attorneys for the Anarchists. de
gave important testimony corroborating
Informer Seliger's narrative of the
meetings of Socialists, including the
armed section, Just previous 10 the
throwing of the bomb in Haymarket.
Neind1rff was chairman of the meeting
in Zeph's Hall. the night before
the event, and at which Sell
uaNrnH0wu nFNna-a Ira
horn and Sullivan followed, Nein-
dorff on the witness stand. They
testified that on the evening OF the
formal opening of the new board of
trade building, they attended IN
citizens clothes a meeting on the
Market Square, where Parsons. in q
fiery speech, advised his followers to
use the rife and bomb on members of
the board. A procession was formed
by the crowd with the purpose
OF forcing its way into the board OF
trade. Mrs. Parsons was at the head,
carrying a red flag. A carriage con-
tanning lady was attacked and the &C.
cupent severely injured. Both officers
told how, after the procession was
turned back by the police, Spies, Parsons
and Fielden exhib ted 70 them and
reporter shells, fuse and dynamite
y
weapons the three defendants said they
would soon. get the bloodhounds, as
they call the police.
Detective Louis Haas was at this
point put on the stand. He described
the finding OF the packages OF dynamite
in the ArbiteT Zeififng office.
The next witness was Maurice Neff.
proprietor of the saloon and hall az 5S
ClybOurne Avenue. 1t was there that
InfOrmer Seliger and LIngg, the bomb
makers, on the evening of the Hay
market riot. carried to the hall s
hundred shells filed with dynamite
and left them for distribution to
those who were TO use them that
night. Witness testified that Lingg
came into the saloon shortly after 8
pm accompanied with Seliger. A man
named Munsonberger was with them
carrying a large sstchel on his shout
der. He put the satchel on the counter
and afterwards laid it on the floor.
Munsonberger picked up the bas and led
the way, followed by Seliger and Lingg.
Witness had not seen Munsonberger
since. Llngg and Seliger were in the
saloon about IL p. m. Huebner and
the two Lehmanns apd several others,
whose names were unknown to the wit
ness, had just arrived, and were telling
excitedly of bomb-throwing in Hay
market. The witness gathered from
the talk of this group that they had
been present when the riot occurred.
SeIiger and Lingg found the crowd in
front of the bar and witness
heard some one who ssvagely shouted.
That's all your fault Lingg was par
ticipsting in the discussion when the
shout was raised.
VIM. Burgess and George Schiller
testified that they had pointed the re-
venge circular upon orders from the
Ar6eiter Zeitung Office.
Fred. p. ROsbzck, machinist. gave
evidence that Rudolph Schnaubelt, the
man said TO be the bomb thrower, was
in his tmploy. Did not do any work IN
the shops on May 18th; Schnaubelt said
be had other work 10 do.
The session OF the court was prolonged
nearly an hour later than usual by the
prosecution reading from the Aroeiter.
ZeifuHg the platform OF the Interns-
tional Working Peoples Association
and lengthy extracts published BY Spies
IRON derr MOst's Science OF ReEol
tionary Warfare"