Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-08-19
SPEECHES TO THE JURY
Argument Before the Jury is Begun in
the Chicago Anarchist Trial.
How the Evidence for the Defense At
fects the Case for the State.


when female friend presented each with
a bouquet.
Officer Palmer was called to the stand
by the state and testified that Schnaubelt
could speak English, contradicting the
statement made by Spies on the stand.
The witness was not cross-examined.
Detective Bonfeld said, that Spies
statement that he was violently treatt I
when arrested, and ill-treated when taken
before Supt. Ebersold, was untrue.
After some discussion as to the order in
which the speeches to the jury should be
made, it was decided that Assistant
/ States Attorney Walker, should open for
the state, to be followed by Jeisler for
/ the defense. Ingham will follow for the
state and he will be followed by Foster
and Black for the defense, Grinnell clos
/ ing the case for the state.
MB. WALKER BEGAN
4 by stating that in this republic all men
! stood equal before the law, and when the
| perpetrator of any crime stood before the
bar for trial, the goddess of justice was
! indeed blind until his guilt had been
| proven, no matter whether he was a So
cialist or an anarchist. Tho very law
which he had desired to throttle" now
stood as his protector until his guilt was
shown, and in this case proof had been
made that defendants we're guilty beyond
the shadow of doubt, The speaker said
that but foi the heroism of the police on
May 4th, many " ,uld have been murder
ed and the social revolution" for which
defendants admit they bought dynamite
and arms, would have been accomplished.
These men were guilty under the law of
conspiracy, the result of which was the
throwing of the bomb and the death of
Matthias j. Deegan and "the punishment
for murder" said the speaker, lis death.
Continuing his speech at the
OPENING OF THE AFTERNOON SESSION
Mr. Walker defined the law of the state in
relation to accessories, and said the con
yiction of any one of the defendants was
authorized by the law, though he was not
present at the place of the commission of
the crime, nor had ever agreed that the
crime was to have been committed at that
time. The fact that he had advised or
encouraged the commission of such a
crime, through public speech at pub
lie meeting, or through published articles
or private conversation, made him an
accessory.
Walker spoke with contempt of the
efforts of certain of the defendants to
base their hopes of acquittal upon the
ground that they were not present at the
Haymarket when the bomb was thrown,
and characterized them as leaders in a
conspiracy to commit wholesale murder.
He then read from Most's instructions to
the defendants on the witness stand, ad-
vising them to first save them
selves, if possible, for future
deeds,' and if that proved impossible, to
use their position in the witAess chair to
teach the principles of revolution. This,
said the speaker, was the course followed
by Parsons. Finding no loop hole for es-
cape. he turned the witness stand into the
stool of propaganda.
Walker was rewarded with a murmur of
applause from the audience when he re-
ferred to Spies speech at Grand Rapids
on Washington's birthday. Said the
speaker: Spies compared himself to
GEORGE WASHINGTON,
he said there will be a revolution in 1886
when the eight hour movement reaches
its elimination. George Washington led
the revolution. If he had failed he
would have been punished and if fail l
will be punished. There are 5000 revo-
lutionists in Chicago. They are known
by numbers and not by names and any
one can join by application. Walker
then read from the testimony of witness
Wilkinson who swore that Spies
told him a revolution would occur on
the first day of May or about
that time. docs not this" asked the
speaker, "look like conspiracy"
Walker devoted some time to an editor
ial article in the Alarm which closed with
words: The social war has come; who
ever is not with us, is against us Does
this look like conspiracy asked the
speaker. The editor of the Alarm was
Parsons, one of the defendants.
Walker dwelt at some length on Spies
speech to the McCormick's strikers, dur
ing the progress of which large
number of his audience broke
away and joined in the riot in which
several persons were killed and wounded.
Then" said the speaker, Spies came
back to the Arbeiter Zeitung office be-
lieving that he had eight thousand new
converts at his back, and wrote an edi-
torial containing the words: Had they
been provided with good weapons and
one dynamite bomb not one of the muir
derers would have escaped" At this
point Walker read the celebrated re
venge' circular, il which the word and
sentiment, revenge" Is an inducement
held out to the readers of the circular to
attend the meeting for the purpose to
revenge the victims of the bloodhound
police. Does this look like
a conspiracy to murder the police said
the speaker, "and is there no signid-
canoe in the fact that Spies called the
revenge meeting TO meet on the Hay
market, the very place designated to the
reporter Wilkinson as the location for the
commencement of the social revolution
Walker was still speaking when the
court adjourned.
How the Evidence for the Defense Affects the
Case.
CHICAGO, Aug. 1.-THE evidense for the
defense occupied over seven days. What
It's value is, and how it affects the case for
the state can nov be easily estimated. NO
attempt whatever has been made to deny
or even palliate tho case against Llngg,
Engel and Fischer. The case against those