Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-10


HMr Editor: Please insert IN to-day's
letter box, 'Rupe' inlprominent letters
Said he did not know It had any import
but the next day Rau said
IL was decided by the armed
section 10 have the word as
sign of warning that they should keep
their powder dry for use against the pc.
lice. He told Rau that was foolish and
TO ask Fisher to inform the armed section
that II was mistake. Spies then de-
scribed his arrest by the police. Spies
said he kept powder In the Office TO ex-
pertinent with. He carried a revolver,
thinking IL was good .hing to be armed.
He declared that on the night OF the hay
market riot, however, he had left revolver
with ex-Alderman Staufer.
| Court then adjourned
Fifteen minutes before the opening OF
the afternoon session there was not q
vacant seat 10 the courtroom. The fact
that Spies was the witness under exani-
nation lent an extraordinary amount Of
interest TO the session. The effects
of the ordeal OF the forenoon were APP
parent on the faces of the''erch anarchists"
when he came IN with the other prison.
eTs. He was very pale and looked anX-
ious and worried. His voice was hoarse
and had a follow sound. When the
Judge ordered that he resume the stand
he drew long breath, as II preparing for
the terrible ordeal which he evidently
expected the cross-eXaminatiOD to be
He was crosse xamined by Mr.. Ingham
Glow long have you been editor of the
Arbeiter Zeltung?"
"About six weeks.n
"Were you editor-in-chei?"
"No, there was really no editor-in-
chief"
"Were you not looked upon as the head
of the editorial department."
"Not so by those connected with the
paper. The editorial department was
governed by the publishing company"
"What position did Schwab hold on the
paper2"
"The same as | cid; the same as one
of the editors"
"And neither Of you were responsible
for the character Of tine expressions OF
the paper2"
"No, sir"
Glow much were you paid for your
seryices?"
Eighteen dollars er week"
"And Schwab?"
"The samen
"What position did Fischer hold"
"That Of compositor, merely"
Spies In answer to further questions of |
A similar nature stated that he was paid |
employe ON the Arbeiter Zeitung, that he |
looked over the editorial articles before
they were published, but he was not re-
sponsible for their tone
"Were you editor of the Alarm at any
timer"
al took charge of it for short time
once, while Mr. Parsons was absent.n
"Did the Arbeiter-Zeitung furnish
money for defraying the running expenses
Of the Alarm?"
The defense objected, but after dis
pute between the ATTORNEYS
the witness was told to say
whether he ever received any
money for the Alarm. He had done so,
aud had paid out some for expenses in
CURED by that publication He at first
could not remember, and then admitted
that he had written articles slgncd
"a. S."
Chow many bombs did you hava in
your flee? Where did you get the. 2"
"They were brought to me some IRIS
ago by man who said he was m
Cleveland"
What kind Of bombs were these?n
"what became Of the han VINO u,,,,..,,
you the bombs?"
al never saw him again. He said. If 7
that he was going to New
rAnd when did you get those car
81 never got them. That is an myen.
ton OF that reporter. man came thare
@hlle | was at dinner and left Thorn
mere. lie left the bombs with the book.
keeper. never saw him before or after -
during this examination the witness
vas very uneasy aud his voice tren,bled
'eIceptioly, His agitation Increased
Vhen tue examination was continued, as
ollows: wv oS
GLOW much dynamite did you have In
our Officer" III
"rwo small packages
"Where did you get it?m
"Ot powder company"
why did you purchase this dypa.
"Oh! | had read great deal about
Iynamitc. thought l would like 10 in.
'esllgate further"
why did you wish to investigate fpr.
"Vh! On general principles; / can,
'ay iurther." 20" s
1umsY" WIN {
90, sir q
'pld not you go 10 Springfield aud wit. !
mes some experiments with bombs p,
le witness answered tvasively. and ;
tneluestion being put in another form i
tue tiense objected, The objection was
oveuled, ana the witness swore he had O
nev, experimental with bombs. p
as dynamite distributed from tha o
Aroter-Zeltung ofllce.n '"0 c
pose '"'V Pur- h
therl 9''''u'1u from a
"i sir" Il
u not you tell the reporter (Wu. a.
Ainsl that they were?' a. CT
"ler - OF
Ftyitness said he had be-, a mem. o.
per 'he American group Of tnarchists o.
anu tea that he had consId r.d him IN