Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-07-29
THE BOMB FIENDS.
THE NAN WHO THREW THE BOMB IDENTI-
FLED BY AN EYE WITNESS.
Schnaabels Is the Man-TeStmOny That Produced q
Profound Sensation in the GCurt-Other Lead
ing Anarchists Positively Identified -Dyn-
amiters Deep In the Tolls of the Law.

CHICAGO, July 2S.-The stout bailiff who
attended the door in Judge Gary's court
perspired very freely this morning, but,
despite this, his face was dark and threat
ening as storm in midwinter. mo, you
can't get in, were the words he gave ut
terance to as stream of red-faced, per-
spring curiosity seekers made their way
up stairs. 1.-The court room is full already"
the bailiff would explain. And he told
the truth. Before court opened there was
not vacant seat in the room.
August Heun, printer in the employ of
Vehrer & Klein, corner of Market and Ran
dolph streets, was the first witness. He
set up portion Of the circular calling for
the Haymarket meeting Witness OBJ
tained copy Of this circular from Mr..
Klein, which he got from the defendant,
Fischer, who came to the printing Office
about o'clock on the morning of May 4.
Fischer wrote the German version of the
case, and the witness is positive he wrote
the following: ''WOrkingmen, arm your
selves and appear in full force"
On croSs-eXamination by Captain Black
the witness said the above line was taken
out by IL o'clock in the forenoon. An ex-
purgated circular was shown the witness
and he identified ita one printed after the
line was taken out.
| Q.-Do you know who ordered the line
out?
Objected to.
Odd you hear any one order il taken
out? A.-No, sir.
Odd you see it taken out? Al did.
Q.-Were you told not to distribute
the circular containing this line? Al
was not.
DYNAMITE IN SPIES DESK.
II. NJ. Marks, detective from Central
Station, was at the Arbeiter ZeifuRg office
OH the morning of NAV 3. 81 met Neebe
on the third floor and told him. | came
there to make search of that floor. He
said: All right, you won't find any
thing but papers and writing materials.
There was desk in the room. / asked
whose desk it was. Necbe said it was
August Spies. On top of a shelf back of
this desk found package of oily stuff.
| asked what it was, and Necbe said he
guessed it was a preparation to clean type.
This package was taken to the Central
Station and proved to be dynamite. This
was the explosive with which mining eX
pert Puck experimental with on the lake
| front.
When the witness showed the bag to
| Neebe, Officer McKeOgh was in the room
and Officer Haas at the door. Mayor Har-
rison was in the building at the time, or a
moment before, but he did not ask Neebe
the contents of the package Mrs, Parsons
was also present So were two young men
who were writing, gentleman and lady
and Detective Boyd.
Hugh Hume, newspaper reporter, tes-
titled TO interviews he had with Fielden,
Spies and Schwab after the riot, but the
testimony was not vital.
sCHNAUBELT THREW THE BoMR.
H. L. Gilmer, q painter living at No.
30 North Ann street, arrived at the Hay
market Mt 9:45 o'clock. At the corner of
Desplaines and Randolph streets he saw
the wagon occupied by the speakers.
Fielden was speaking The witness saw
some one leave the wagon and start toward
the alley, where four or five persons were
conversing. The witness was ut the mouth
of the alley. At that moment some one
cried: Here come the police" Then
the man who had left the wagon and joined
the parties in the alley lit a match, and
placing it against something held in the
hand of one of the Others, n fuse began to
sizzle and Immediately thereafter the
bomb was thrown,
The witness was shown the picture of
Schnaubelt, and recognized it rs that OF
the man who threw the bomb.
Q.-How many men were there?
A-FOur or five
Q.-You say man come from the wagon
and Joined this group. Can you recognize
any of the defendants az that man?
A.-Yos, that is the man-pointing at
Spies.
When Spies was pointed ont he display
ed great and palpable agitation.
Q.-Do you recognize any of the remain
ing defendants rs composing any part OF
that group?
A.-Yes; that man there was one of the
group.
The witness pointed ont the defendant
Fischer.
This testimony following that Of Thomp-
son yesterday, Occasioned profound sensa-
ton in the court room. The witness, on the
cross-examinatiOn, said that prior to com
ing to Chicago he lived at Des M0ines, Ia.
He came here in 1879.
Mr.. Foster desired to know everything
about the history of the man who has given
such frightful testimony against his clients.
He asks the witness when he learned that a
reward had been offered for conviction in
his case. He replied that he was not aware
that any reward had been offered. The wit
ness explained satisfactorily rs to his where
abouts. He did not appear ut the Coroner's
inquest, but did report the facts to the police
few days after the tragedy, after having
told some of his friends. He went to the Hay
market to look for friend who had gone
there. He did not note particularly what
Fielden was saying. In conclusion Mr..
Foster asked:
"And you say it was Spies who left the
wagon?" Al do
POSITIVE CONCERNING SPIES GUILT.
Continuing the cross-examinatiOn, Gil
mer replied that he thought he saw Schwab
near thewagon.
Q-Where were you that evening before
you went to the Haymarket? A-Iwas at
the Palmer House.
Q-What were you doing there? Al
desired to see Ex-Governor Merrill and
Judge Ford.
The witness was piled with all forms Of
questions, but answered them apparently
satisfactorily. He worked with q painter
the next day, and while he spoke Of the
Haymarket tragedy, did not tell what he
saw. He did not tell his landlord or land
lady, with whom he was staying. He did
not think it concerned them. He only told
the States Attorney.
Odd You see any one shoot at the
Haymarfet? A.-No, sir, but saw
great deal of shooting.
Q.-And you say that it was Spies that
left the wagon, and Joined the group in
the alley, and lit the match which fired the
bomb that caused the explosion at the
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