New-York tribune., 1886-08-08
ANARCHIST FIELDENS TESTIMONY'
HIS HAYMARKET SPEECH READ TO HIM.
WITNESS WHO TOUCHED ELBOWS WITH HE
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fRY TELEGRAPH To TIE TRI3rNE.I
CHICAGO. Aug. THE defendant, Samucl
Fieden. with the exception of Parsons the ohy Ang'o
Saxon among the gloup OF Anarchists now on uia III
the Criminal Court for the Haymarket ma''acr'' .""A
the wnessstand the opening Of the court '"'' 'o
noon. He showed greater sefposses|ion thah Oh yrs
trrday His voice continued to be low and somewhat
FAINT which contrastcd strangely with MS COARSE "'
rugged features and served IN measure 10 co'rec' vi"
Impression OF frrocity and reckessneSs made py HIS po
sola appearance After answering severa imiha'c''"'
qursoTs the direct examination, he was '"Ao" !"
hand 10y Mr.. Inghan for the state, and stau" '""' "
was born England and to this country "heh ne
twenty.
Q.-Iow long have you been Socialist Al Joiheo'
think, In July. 1881 the International WorkinEmehs
As-ociation-thr American Group
Q.-lIow long have you been an Ansrchlsti A-"e"'
soon after that began to study it a iitte.
Q.--IIow long have you been a Rcvo.utionistf A
Well. In the OF evolutionary rev'luilon'
have been that suppose, some years. cannot tell
how many exactly.
Q-IIow long have you been OF the belief that the
existing condition OF things must be overthrown by
force Al 10 not know that have ever been oi that
belief have away, been Of the opinion that II VIII
have TO he ovrrthrown one way or another
Q.-Who the members OF the American Group. 80
far as you can rccolrct A-When had the books as
financial secretary something like 10 mem
bers. That Last November. Since that time do
not know how many new members have been added 10
the list The group composed OF both iner and
women. Tue lar;er number were men. There were
sixteen twenty laiic.
Q.-Soyou called It the American Group because IL
was n group where the English language was spoken l
A.-lrs.
Q.-It not confined to American people A-No
sir. Ary person speaking Engiish Language could
Join.
Q-Dd you ever attend any meeting OF any other
tu ia pItv or I A.
We'll we have triei TO found moro English-speaking
groups We red found year aso last
winter West IniiantsL think we only
had two meetings ami thon abandoned them.
Tie counsel defence strove to prevent this tea
timony from being gwen. Illustrating ~ 1t did that
with tie exception OF this small group the Anarchist
ORGANIZATION was conf lcd forr.u speaking people.
The wtne-. said that ne hId been In "rc'icl IN the
mnnagemen Il of he Afnm lie dec AIRED That the meet
Ing at the rjrii,r Zeg oc' early In the evening o'
May / wa-a pcaccsblr gathering There were hitecn
p-r.ous present. little before o'clock BAthausur
l,u came from the lAyuarkrt ant sad speakers were
needed. The witnes- went there AID di not VISA to
speak. but dii owins to the intrrceilns Of spies.
Ine attorney Tor tne st'te raj portions 81
hi- III HtymArkrt speech 10 Ia" witness hedI al OF
which he Confessed to nave spoAcn except ceT'ah III
O~You con nj, red there WAS nothing incendiary IN
ynIr -p-rcul A-Nn, do not tnluk tuerr Oi
course inrfcut prrSo nave dhrirht WY "i I""H'-
nlnrltory weD-n .hrr won.d consider very hiui
body 10 do 40 any overt
a a body or ANY thing spoA" gehcId1J Iioh a
general -ta Hdpout
O-Aud yet you wrre afraid you would be arrested
uro ccdug, know tury arrest eyciybply IN order
To nnd out res Ousbic. know AZ tnal time mat
/. brug o.. the PERSONS IN tie meeting. would a.
least arrested.
Inc icrucr c.lci witnesses In an eiDrt 10 prove
that Idugg a meeting AT No. H. West LtAc-~L
or the nlEnt OF Ma, ) AMI could hAv" attended the
IrNnlu. .louarI meeting 1T 80. ~ West
I..krs. llcury schultz, OF POrtag' CiD, Was
called TO Gc.dtc what occurred al tho ltJ
market but coufIse tho spctS~ts and their anrut-e
tAuruu y he dl-crrIItri. JD-cpu Beach
and MaA VI Il testified That they Henry >pr-
of TIE do:cuani. August spies, At the Hay
Was the wagon "hen tnc bomb exploded. ant that
t,l.ucr. =. /. Iu-IAu rAl.rd aai exhibited our
of The circulars witn the words "MorAlu-ncn. Como
Armed omitted wArh hc >hil wt- lN"n {" hn Oh ia"
ui-nt 81 iiIyuliratt j. ". cage tcsu,d
he would believe ti.furr under cath nut cOuId
make specific complaint 1T hlm.
The drfrucr tDcu introduced JOun Elrurti, Young
men TONED Iu"utly immria.ry /
a lie testified thd nr stool touching
alu the TIE who throw thc bomb. but
old Lot ob good yr~ OF hi- face. lie drc!urd
that tie bomb thrown from be Iini some boxes.
graph of -chnAup,i but Il not thlus hr he pOmD-
MS testimony any way. aud hi- statement -
REGARDED III many ic-prct- a- The most important |
Drought ont by tnr defence, making II mater of
doult whether the boup thrown from the alley
coutrudri for bt the cutiO. Tho defence IA
pccicd conclude Monday.