St. Landry democrat., 1886-08-07
POINTED TESTIMONY,
Making Things Look Blue for the
Anarchists.
Detectives and Reporters Have Their In
nings-Some Hot Strikes-The Man
Who Threw the Bomb and the
Men Who Coached Him.

CHICAGO, July 27.-At the Anarchists
trial this morning, Whiting Allen, a news.
the Haymarket meeting. Parsons in his
speech said: "What good are these
strikes going to do? What are you going
to gain by them? Do you think you are
going to gain your points No, you will
have to go back to work for less than
you formerly received" When he men
toned the name of Jay Gould
some one cried outs "Hang him! "
''Throw him in the lake.' Parsons said {:
"No, no; that won't do. If Jay Gould
were put out of the way to-day, another
Jay Gould, or one hundred Jay Goulds,
would rise up. 1t is not the man, but
the system, that ought to be destroyed"
The witness said the crowd seemed en-
tirely in sympathy with Parsons and ap-
plauded him frequently.
Mr.. Allen was at Zeff's Hall when the
explosion occurred. At the Haymarkct
he saw Spies, Parsons, Fielder and, he
thought, Sclsyab, but was not certain of
| the latter.
Detective Cosgrove was one of the off.
| GERS detailed TO attend the Haymarket
meeting. He testified particularly re-
| earding the speech made by Parsons.
The crowd present he estimated at two
thousand, and it was very unruly and ex-
| cited. Parsons, near the close of his
| speech, frequently cried, ''To arms"
| which served to greatly increase the ex-
| citement. The witness kept going from
the wagon to the police station to report
the exact condition of affairs, and when he
went to the station the last time to report
| the character of Parsons incendiary
utterances the police were mastering
down Desplanes street. The witness
went ahead and remained behind tele-
graph pole when the firing commenced
His recital of the order to dispense, the
explosion OF the bomb and the firing into
the police ranks did not vary from the
former narratives. He was addressed by
an officer standing near him, who stated
he was wounded, and in helping him
away from the scene they came across
the dead body of Officer began
Detective Mckeogh was present at the
1laymarket and gave a similar version of |
the speeches and firing.
E. z. Owen, reporter, saw Parsons
at the corner of Randolph and Halstead |
streets shortly before the Haymarket
meeting began. He asked Parsons where
the meeting was to be held. Parsons
replied that he did not know. "Why,"
remarked the witness, "you are going to
speak, aren't your" "No," replied Par.
sons, 81 am going to the South Side"
Saying this Parsons started for street
car, but drew back, and Shaping the
witness Familiarity on the back, remarked:
care you armed? Have you any dyna-
mite about your" Parsons then moved
away. His wife accompanied him. AL
most at the same time he saw Mayor
Harrison, and Schwab, who was running
across the street, almost ran into Harri-
son. He did not see Schwab again that
night. He heard Spies, Parsons and
Fieldcn speak, and his recital of their
utterances varied very slightly from
the former accounts. The witness
saw the approach of the police,
and running ahead of them mounted an
iron stairway at the corner of Randolph
and Desplaines streets. He heard the
warning of the police1o dispense very in
distinctly, and Immediately afterward a
flendish cry from the wagon followed by
the explosion of the bomb. The witness
was wounded in the leg almost at the
first fire. The witness testified that he
| d,
and up to that time the police had not
fired.
II. E. Heineman, q German reporter. ,
was present at the Haymarket at half !
past seven. He saw Parsons and Schwab
In the vicinity, the former at the corner !
OF Randolph and Halstead streets. He
also saw Balthauser Reue an hour later. ,
He saw the bomb rise from the alley, and !,
also saw shots fired at the police from {
the north side.
spies, In his speech, began by declar-
ing that the meeting was to be peace
aoie one, but in his speech gave version ,
OF the Mccormick riot with which he in 4
tended to infame the crowd. {
"Were you formerly member of the
" the States Attorney /
asked. !
Yes, sir" replied the witness. 5
when did you cease to be member" t
1.-TWO years ago." h
"Whlch of the defendants belonged to f
The society while you were a member" 4
"lhe only one know positively was
Neebe. He belonged to the same group 7
as myself" ,
"Dld you meet others of the defendants J
ut that timer" '
eyes; Spies and Schwab, and I think q
''That was when Herr Most was here t
and made some speeches?o t
"Yes.'' q
sand it was on account of those q
speeches. that you severed your connec- S
ion with the Observation-Disclosures t
eyes, sir.'' y
"Who did you see ON the wagon on the il
light OF the Haymarket meeting?"
~ saw Spies, Schwab, Fielder and Ru- h
iolph Sehn2rebet. The latter knew as Il
member OF the Internationalists. n
The court adjourned at one O'Clock nm. q