Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-10
men, arm yourselves and appear in force
to be expungedT"
al did,

men, arm yourselves and appear in force
to be expungedT"
81 did"
"WhyW
because 10 seemed ridiculous and
would keep people away from the meeting
instead of drawing them to IT,"
"But you wrote the expression 'Work.
ingmen. to arms"
"Yes,o
"Whyr,
because wished to arouse the ignor-
ant working people to realization Of the
wrongs heaped upon them. / wrote what
many before me have written, and urged
what others have urged; what the consti-
tuition allows them to urge, and what will
be advocated until some good has re-
suited"
AN EXCITING INCIDENT,
"YOu intended to excite your readers
| to frenzy and provoke revolution, about
which you SO often have preached Did
you notY"
The defense objected. Both the attor-
neys and the witness had become excited,
| and we're speaking loudly and vehem-
emily.
the witness defined the expressions
'soclal revolution" in stereotyped
phrases, and the State was allowed to
| present the letter above referred to In
evidence. 1t was signed 'Johan Most"
and commenced "Dear Spies"
The postal card was also presented
and was as follows:
| To A. Spies, IO7 FfftA dUenue, Chic90o, IH.:
L.. ST. had scarcely mailed my letter yes
terday when the telegraph brought the news
| from the II. Nj. one doesn't know whether
| to rejoice over that or not. The advance in
| tseli Is elevating. sad Is the circumstance
that 1t will remain local. and therefore might
| not have u result. At any rate these people
| DntfRr foolish
| voters on this and the other eide of ocean.
Greetings and a shake. Yours, j. Nj.
Drury, suppose thope), can now and then
receive upon the tickets.
When the letter and postal card had
been read the witness was excused.
PARSONS CALLED.
Parsons came to the stand. After he
had told how he attended the Haymarket
meeting from the one held shortly pre-
vious ct the Arbeiter Zsitung, in answer
to request for speakers, and how, having
made his speech, he interrupted Fielden
TO suggest an adjournment to ZepPs
Hall, as it looked like rain, and getting
the speakers reply that he was about
through, the witness said: 81 then
went to saloon near Zepps
Hall, where Mrs. Parsons and Mrs.
Holmes had preceded me. l went with a
Mr.. Brown, suggesting to him that we
get something to drink, as speaking had
made me very thirsty. When we arrived
at the saloon Fischer was there. We
drank, and after conversing little while
| began to wonder why the crowd did not
appear After a little while we went to
the door, and shortly saw a flash and
! heard loud explosion"
WATCHING THE FIRING.
"What did you observe tbeuW
81 saw large number OF what appeared
| TO I,o rnIy a. ~ nJ
| illustrating with his hand and saw them
emptled of their charges, one after
another, as rapidly as possible. When
the revolvers appeared to be empty the
| firing ceased"
Capt. Black-Now, Mr.. Parsons, tell the
jury, or repeat to them the tenor OF your
remarks during your speech at the Hay
| market.
The witness was now plainly in his
element. He held in bis hands a quanti-
ty OF notes and at once assumed the atti-
tude familiar to all who have heard him
make any OF his numerous speeches ON the
Lake Front aud at No, 54 Lake street, TO
the socialists of the city. He turned from
side to side in bis chair, addressing the
spectators, Judge, jury and lawyers, in
turn, and gestioulating freely with both
hands.
GETTING LIVELY.
His Haymarket speech thus repeated
under oath was extremely peaceful In its
character at first, and bristled with sta
tistics illustrative of the burdens borne
by the laboring classes. "Monopoly,"
"the capitalistic press" ""slaves OF work.
ingmen," etc, were expressions often re-
peated. Instances when the militia and
deputy sherffs had used force TO quell
labor disturbances were dYelt upon by
the witness, "and." he said, IL then asked
my audience what was to be done
about lt2 Are you going TO submit tame
ly to being trampled upon like dogs or
will you take up arms ag aiRst your OPP
pressors and save yourselves from hunger
and desperation, and your children from
infamy? Some one in the crowd then
said: I'VE are ready TO do 1t now | said
that now was not the time, aud went on
to further illustrate the need OF revolu-
ton"
DRINK AMONG THE POOR.
The witness went on In this strain for
some time and excited the momentary in
terest OF his hearers by re-
marking: Il said to my audience that the
so-called retormers assert that
drink makes men poor. Show
me one man who is poor because be drinks
and I'll show you twenty who drink be-
cause they are poor" AS an illustration
OF the indi ference OF capitalists to the
sutTerIngs OF the poor the witness referred
TO the expression OF Vanderbilt:''rhe pub
lie be damned"
Parsons speech occupied nearly an
hour. At the conclusion Of il he was
turned over 10 the State.
The witness told Mr.. Grinnell that he
was born in Montgomery, Ala, and had
had been in Chicago thirteen years.
"What has been your occupation for
the past three yearsp
THE TfMEs' UTTERANCEs.
81 have been editor Of the Alarm.v
"Dld you in your speech at the Hay
market tell your audience that the Times
had advised putting strycbnlne In the
bread OF workingmen; that Scott Of Penn
sylvania had advocated controlling them
with rifles, and that the Times had been
the fret dynamiter in this countryW
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