The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-17
How was this circular brought to your atten
tionln asked Mr. Grinnall

lice captains at the City Hail. and think I saw
this circular about 1G o'clock that night"
Both these circulars, the one headed Revenge, !"
| the other calling the Haymarket meeting, were
| then shown in evidence Phe latter read:
Attention, workmenl Great massTneetng tonight
| at o'clock. Hay market square, between Despaines
nounee the late atrocous act of the police the shoot
ing OF our fellow-workmen yesterday afternoon.
Worklngmen, arm and appear in full force 4
'How many shots do you estimate were fred
| on you before you ordered the fire returnedg
/ 1T would be hard to make accurate state
ment. but should say at least hundred"
| What officer was killed on the spot9'
| "Oficer Degans
| What did you do then?'
/ well, almost instantly after the firing took
place. Officer McHenry fell at my feet, and in an
| imploring voice asked me to help him. thought
the alleys and side streets were in possession of
] the enemy. and told him to lie STILL and then
| ordered our men to fire ~
| what observation did you make of the wagon
| as you approached
II think there were four or FIVE men on the
wagon"
What company suffered the greatest iniury2'
| s'The rear rank of the first company and the
second company suffered the most"
Did you see from what direction the bomb
came2"
/ mo, sir"
| Mr. Grinnell desired to offer in evidence the
| Revenge circular. 1t was objected to at this
/ time, and the States attorney said he would
| offer it later. He then asked:
''You say you have had some experience with
explosives9"
| Eyes, SIR"
| "What bombs did you experiment withp
| All the counsel objected. The court said it
was not proper until more evidence as to what
particular bombs were experimental with is in
| trodrced. The witness was asked to tell whether
! he received reports from the meeting before
going with his detail, and replied in the afirma
/ tive, that the reports were brought to him by
| officers who were assigned to that particular
| duty.
| Captain Black took hold of the witness. The
/ witness is second in command of the police de-
| partment, and that position he gained after
/ serving successfully as patr0lman, detective,
/ lieutenant and captain. There were about one
| thousand people in attendance at the Haymarket
meeting when he reached there. The police oc
/ cupied the street from curb to curb on their
| march to the meeting. Flelden was speaking.
| Spies was standing facing the crowd, with his
| side turned to the police
"You say Captain Ward gave the command to
disperse9'
/ Eyes, SIR"
s.What did you do when he gave that com
mand9D
"The men were still advancing / turned
| around and gave the order to halt Captain
Ward stood within few feet of the truck,
1 which was close to the sidewalk. Almost in
| stantly the bomb was thrown. ! turned to the
| rear
What did you mean by almost instantly
one second. two seconds, or what2"
| "The best way can explain it was, that, as
Captain Ward gave this command, Fielden
stepped off the truck and said, we are peace
able;' then, the very next instant, heard that
| kissing noise
| care you certain Mr. Inspector, that Fielden's
| remark was not spoken from the trucks"
Il am. When he made that remark he was
standing so close to me that could touch him.
You have talked over particularly, the re-
mark made by FieldenP
mo, not particularly"
..Gsiye the matter little attention, and help
us out. then" Captain Black got sarcastic.
''Yoh were slightly excited at the time, be-
lieve Mr.. Inspectorp
s'No, sir: not more than am now"
''Well, do you remember talking that remark
overt"
Perhaps I did talk about it; think did,
next day. The remark struck me as peculiar
| think did speak about it to Captain Ward"
Almost simultaneously, then. you heard that
kissing noise?'
'Not simultaneously-a second or two
elapsed"
.'What became of Fielden then~
He was in the act of getting down to the side
walk
The court then adjourned until afternoon.
Several of the police wounded at the Hay
market We're in court this afternoon. Promi-
nent among them was Officer Reed, who was
shot in the leg; Steele, who was shot in the
back; Barber, who was shot in the foot. and
who has to depend upon a crutch to get along,
and McMahon, who was shot in two places in
the leg. The courtroom was crowded. An in
terpreter was sworn. This begins to unravel the
plot as it is known to the non -English-speaking
Socialists who have turned States evidence.
Gottfried Waller, Swiss, was the first witness.
He is cabinet-makcr, and said he was formerly
Socialist. Counsel for the defense Guibbled
over the definition of the name of society that
Waller belonged to-
hat hat orr afa.z o%fn 6NTv
Drilled. exercised at arms. left them four
months ago"
do you remember the time when the bomb
was thrownW
'sYesn
Where were you on the night before thatg"
/ 4 was at home that night"
"Where were you in the EVENING"
'In Griefs Hall, No 81 West Lake street."
What time did you go to that hallf'
Eight o'clock"
Had you been working that dayp
mo"
How did you come to go there's
Il saw an advertisement in the Arbeiter
Zeitung."
Where did you see it?"
I'm saloon on Milwaukee avenue"
Look at the paper l now show, marked
Exhibit 80, and say if that is copy of the paper
in which you saw the advertisement"
YES"
''What was the advertisement
''The letter T' and Come on Monday'-that
was ALL"
What IS the word just above the word you
read briefkorten', which means letter boxp
Did this expression, the letter TT and Come on
Monday have any meaning in the society to
which you belongedl
lit was sign that our society should meet
there. The armed section of our society used to
always meet at Griefs Hall"
The meeting was held in the basement. The
ceiling of the basement was about seven or
eight feet high. The meeting was called to
order by the witness shortly after $50 o'clock.
About seventy or eighty men were then present
The witness was chairman. He did not know if
guards were placed at the door. The COM
mander of the society was on the stairs Fischer
and Engle were present. Several Revenge"
posters were distributed at the meeting. First
it was talked about that six men had been
killed at McCormicks; then it was discussed
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