The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-08-13
THE DEFENSE.
The Other Side Of the Anarchists
Case.
Testimony to Prove that the Police Did
All the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Alibis
for Schwab and Parsons-Defend- G
ants on the Stand.
TRYING TO SAVE THEIR NEcKs.

CHICAGO, Aug Sin the trial of the
Anarchists, yesterday, August Krumn1,
carpenter, who is about the same height
and build as Spies, swore that he was at
the mouth of the alley with friend named
Albright during the latter part of the
speeches and until the explosion, and that
about the moment the police were coming
up he and Albright went into the alley,
struck matches and lit their pipes. This
testimony is considered very important
by the defense, their contention being that
Gilmer mistook the witness for Spies and
afterwards concluded that Spies was light
ing bomb, when it was really Krumm
lighting his pipe. Krumm was posi-
tive that Spies did not come into
the alley.
AS to Gllmer's statement that he saw, or
thought be saw, Schwab at the speakers
wagon when Spies was lighting the fuse in
the alley, or about that time witnesses
were called to prove that Schwab was then
in Lake View, having addressed meeting
of the Deering employees on-the prairie
there the same night.
CHICAGO, Aug. 6.--In the trial of the An
archists yesterday, the first witness was
II. I. Malkoff, formerly a reporter for the
Ar6etter- Zeituay and at present correspond
emit for paper in Moscow, Russia. He saw
Parsons, and Mrs. Parsons and Mrs.
Holmes in the saloon at Zepf's Hall for ten
minutes prior to the explosion. Mr. Grin
nell in crOss-examination tried to show
that the witness was a Russian Nihilist,
but did not succeed. Mrs. GrSbb swore
that I'll. L. Gilmer boarded with her for two
months this year, and that she would not
believe him under oath. Henry Lime
meyer swore he was at work calcimin
ing the upper rooms of the Arbeiter-
letting building the Sunday, Monday and
Tuesday preceding the riot; that he kept
his clothes, brushes, ETC., in the closet in
which the dynamite was found; that he
ost a brush Tuesday and searched the
closet thoroughly forit, and that there was
no dynamite there, nor any greasy spot on
Theodore Lehnert swore that he,
Schnaubelt and August Krueg-
er were together about ten o'clock or
twenty minutes before the bomb exploded,
on DesplaineS street. near Randolph, and
that Schnaubelt went away with Kruger.
Witness was an Anarchist, a member
of the Lehr and Wehr Verein, and ac-
quainted with all the prisoners except
Llngg. The next witness was taken from
the county Jail, where he has been i'm
INJURED for connection with the conspiracy
since May s. His name is William Schnei-
others present adjourned to the Hay
market. He was on the wagon when
the bomb exploded, and he and Field
en- jumped off together and ran together
into the alley. He was positive Fielden
had no pistol and fired at nobody with
any thing. He swore there was no armed
section of the American group. There was
what was called the international
Rifes,o but they had no rifles OF arms
of any kind; they merely practiced march
ing for picnic occasions Thomas Brown,
who was also confined in the Jail because
h
seen Parsons in Zepf's Hall when the ex-
plosion occurred, had never heard of the
signal 'Ruhe,' and was men,
Der of the American group. The
cross-examination showed that he had
lent Parsons five dollars the night
Of the riot to help him to get out of the
city. The witness also corroborated most
of Schneider's testimony. Henry w. Spies
brother of the anarchist on trial, told q
sensational story to the effect that some
one tried to shoot his brother August as
he was jumping off the speakers wagon
when the bomb exploded; that he
(Henryl struck down the revolver and
received the ball himself, and that he
knocked the revolver out of the assailant's
hand clear under the wagon. He swore
that he followed his brother and Schanu-
belt from the wagon to Union street and
back while they were looking for Par
sons to speak to the meeting, and
w
any time Neither did his brother enter
Crane Brothers alley. He acknowledged
having told the State officials and de-
tectives a string of falsehoods as to his
whereabouts that night. August Kruger
said he was with Schnaubelt about ton
o'clock the night of the riot. walked
with him to Clinton street, on Randolph,
and saw him start for home before the ex-
ploslon occurred.
CHICAGO, Aug Testimony was pre-
sented by the defense in the Anarchists
trial yesterday concerning Schwab's pres
ence at Deering from 80 to 1890 D. M of
May 4. 1t was also shown that Fischer
was at Zepf's Hall when the bomb
exploded. A weak attempt was made
to prove that at least one of the
policemen wounded at the Haymarket was
struck by police bullet. Evidence was
also given that at the lumber-shovers'
meeting, near McCormick's, on May 3,
Spies advised the people not to go to the
factory. More evidence damaging to the
character of Gilmer was introduced
During the day testimony was also
offered to prove that Fischer ord
clause out of the Revenge" circularin the
presence of Spies and Schwab. Mrs.
Holmes, the Anarchistic editress of the
Alarm, took the stand and swore to seeing
Parsons and Fisher in Zepf's Hall at the
time the bomb exploded.
IuteuSS luUeToSb WAS aWdk000Q WQel
the afternoon Fieleen, one of the defend
ants, took the stand. He preferred max
ing an affirmation to taking an oath, and
the judge allowed him to affirm. He
told a graphic and vivid story of
his experience in the riot the au-
dience listening. with strained at
tention. Arising in his chair, he illus
| trated how, when Captain Ward had or
dered the meeting to peaceably disperse, he
had bent forward to the captain and re-
piled in conciliatory tones: why, cap
tain. this is peaceable meeting" He told
how the people "howled in agony" as
| they frantically tried to escape the
terrible storm of bullets poured on them
from the ranks of the police after the ex-
| plosion. He denied that he ever had re-
volyer or ever fired shot in his life. He
gave what seemed fair synopsis of his
| speech to the crowd, including his advice
| to throttle the law Referring to the
| testimony of the Pinkerton detective,
| Jansen, regarding certain conversation
| with himself in December, he said he knew
| long before that that Jansen was a de-
tective and that if he wanted to talk about
dynamite he would not have been such
| fool as to talk about it with Jansen of all
people.
CHIcAGo, August 9.-Fielden, one of
the several defendants, resumed his testl-
| mony in the Anarchists trial Saturday
| morning. Witness said he never told De-
becGlVe James B0nnSId that he escaped
from the Haymarket meeting through
Crane Bros, alley. On cross-examination
| Fielden said he became a member of the
International Working-men's Associa-
| ton in 1884. Soon afterwards he
| Joined the American group of Anarch-
| lists. In answer to question as
| to how long he had been of the belief that
| the condition of things must be overtnrown
/ by force, witness said he did not know as
| he had ever been of that belief He had
| always believed that it would have to be
overthrown one way or another. Witness
| did not know for certain whether in his
| speech he used this language: There are
/ premonitions of danger. The press say
| the Anarchists will sneak away. We are
not going to.'' He would not like to
deny using it, but thought he ought to
| be allowed to explain what he meant if he
| did use it. After being locke d up for three
months witness could not be expected, he
| said, to remember if he used the language
| attributed to him. Other extracts from
| the reported speech of the witness at the
Haymarket meeting were read, and he adj
| mitted using such language substantially.
He thought he used the expression refer
| ring to the law: Keep your eve upon it ;
| throttle it; kill it or it will kill youn In
| explanation of his usesof these words, wit
| ness said he meant it in general way,
| just as a Republican orator would say !: