The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-08
Belief that Sufficient Evidence Has Been Sc
cured to Warrant the Conviction and Exc
cution Of Spies, Fielden and Schwab.
The Wounded officers, with Three Elk.
ceptions, Resting Quite Comfortably.
licemens Families Likely to Reach $780,
000-Rum0rs of Parsonss Arrest.
Evidence Against the Anarchists-Reappe
ance of the Arbeiter Zeitung.

Evidence Against the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ance of the Arbeiter Zeitung.
CHICAGO, May States Attorney Grinnell
has stated that he has obtained ample legal eyi-
dence duplicating Spies, Fieiden and Schwab as
the leaders in getting up the terrible riot on
Despaines street, which resulted in the destruc-
ton of several lives and the manning of many
persons This evidence will be very damaging
to the three men named when they shall come
to be tried before the Criminal Court In order
to find out whether the opinion of other prom
inent, members of the bar sustained or not the
conclusions OF the States attorney, several
well-known members of the bar have been inter
viewed. The, opinion of all of them. without
any exception. is that, SO far as they know what
the evidence is, it is fully sufficient to secure the
conviction of all three men. They also hold
that the evidence is sufficient to secure their
conviction for murder and tie inficting of the
death penalty
William Stahlknecht, the president of the
Cabinet-makers' Union, was arrested shortly
after midnight, on warrant issued by justice
of the peace Stahlknecht is accused Of intimi-
dating workmen, and is alleged to have partici-
pated in the riot of Tuesday night It is said
that the Furniture Manufacturers Association
have denounced him as a professional agitator.
saying that besides melting strikes. he has pre-
vented strikers, desirous of settling difficulties,
from conferring with their employers: except
through him.
The Arbeiter Zeitung makes it's appearance
again this morning, though in very reduced
form. The old paper was large, prosperous
looking folio sheet, while to-days issue is ten
by-twelve hand bill The leading article to-day
is addressed to the workingmen of Chicago, and,
after relating the difficulties they had in pub
fishing the paper, owing to the arrest OF all the
printers and editors. the paper says:
"'rhese twenty-five printers were arrested on
the ridiculous charge of murder-people who did
nothing but their work, and for which they were
paid. Bail was refused them. On all sides there
was a svtematic attempt to make the reappear-
ance of the paper impossible. y You see.
then. workingmen that the ruling class under
stands better than you the value Of labor
organ. We will show you that,
although the recklessness. of some may tempo
rarily confuse, it cannot disrupt our working
mems party. We, therefore, appeal to you,
workingmen. You will see that workingmens
movement without an organ is impossible
We shall continue the fight for free
dom and right that this paper has always con-
Quoted. Forward, and unhesitat-
ingly forward, in spite of all chicanery of the
ruling classes Again, workingmen,
do your duty; we will do ours"
In another part of the paper is an article which
indirectly charges that the dynamite which the
police found in their building was brought there
by the officers themselves. They say: after
the police had arrested the editors they carefully
searched the building, but found nothing. A
short time after they reappeared, and arrested
ill tad xuif %ho nd <bov
also found dynamite. They are also said to have
found revolver and an old file. And this find
is said to prove that the printers are murderers'
The writer then goes on to say that the whole
thing is a conspiracy TO suppress the paper for
ever. In a conspicuous part of the hand-bill is
printed the comments of the New York Volks
Zeitung on the arrest of Schneck and Brauns-
schwig in that city.
An old-fashioned shell was discovered in the
lumberyards of Charles Retz, at No. 27 North
Canal street, this morning. 1t had a percussion
cap and was ready for use. It was conveyed to
police station.
Fielden the Socialist. now under arrest, was
treated by DR.. Dexter, this morning The Doc
tor states that. from the course of the bullet,
Fielden evidently shot himself while carrying his
revolver.
All the wounded officers at the county hospi-
tai, with three exceptions, were resting comfort
ably this morning, and showing signs of inn
provement. The three exceptions were Officers
Flavin, Nelson and Jacob Hansen Officer Red
den was lying in the same room with Flavin. He
had improved somewhat during the night, but
his recovery is not yet assured. Leffelhardt tho
man who shot Madden, and who received two
balls from the officers pistol was much worse
this morning. His recovery is regarded as inn
possible, and he looked like dead as he lay
stretched out on his cot The cot upon which lay
young Schumacher. one of the citizens wounded
at the Haymarket riot, was closed in by screens
when the doctors came around this morning.
minister was praying at his bedside and num-
Der of friends were with him. The doctors
looked over the screen and passed on, for Schu-
macher Is almost past the need of medicine, and
death is but question of a few hours.
The body of young Officer Miller. who died
last night, will be sent to Oswego, N. Y, where
his parents reside
An eyewitness of Tuesday nights trouble says:
II saw the riot on West Randolph street, and
emphatically declare that the police deserve the
highest praise of all law abiding people. fought
in New York regiment from 1861 to 1866, was
10 twenty-five battles. and must say that never
saw greater courage. GOODNESS and discipline than
the police who dispersed the rioters showed last
night. They instantly closed their ranks after
their comrades were cut down by the Anarchist
miscreants' granade. and charged on the rioters
with regularity and bravery that would have
done credit to veteran soldiers. tell you
could not restrain . shout of admiration as saw
the gallant bluecoats scatter the scoundrels right
and left.S
! The lumber.dsalers Of the city hare subscribed