Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-07
ANARCHISTS SWEARING.
Defendant FieEden Placed
On the stand.
He Tens How rnnassns PhilantArspssi
He is ana What Truiy Geoa Msa
spies and ssAwns ana RAuoss
ass-A Good cla..a.

Ca1oA8o, AnR. 6.--ln fha Anarehisl
trial toda9 TIE defense imtra6uead WiR.
nagses n order g show thas FiscbaR ana
Schwah, Two oE ths defendants. wers
nos preasnt a lhe HayQarkst whea iha
homh was throun.
In te affaEnoon John GFnensherr
testified thai Ia TIA prasanua of Fisahaa
and Sohwab Is the Ar6sffnr Zsisnac
oldees be Was directed b Spsss 10 iake
back % the printers the oircalsra call
ing she Haymaxket meeting, and %
hare othsTs printed emitting TIE words
: W0Ektnzmen, arm yourselves and
eoma Ia forue. The witness said thai
none of the first circulars had been dia.
xibuted by osdsF q she defendant.
Edward III. Castle testified THAI he
knsu the reputation ef Harry Giimes
for truth and VsFaoily % Be bad. Il !
cross examination ok very uhort dnra-
ton the 6tRfa doveloped the fnce thaa
neither q these witnesses have an inti-
mals aoquaintaaos with Gilmsr.
Martin Fletcher aworo thai be WA
Nav "a, and that the Iattaf disfFibates
nose Of the HaymaEke1 eiEcalaEs
Mrs. Lizzie Holmes. late assistant ed
itnr and contributor % the Alarsll. tssti-
hed thai sha, WITH Mrs. Parsons. went
~ b saloon near Zepp'a Hall short
u afterWard Parsons and Fischer cans
10. Wttness awore that they did ncl 80
out until after the bomb exploded. IA
the course Of the testimony, Ms.
Holmes said that her maiden name was
SWank and THAI She articles in the Alarm
signed L. n. we're written b her.
aDid you wrils the artiole headsd IL
II cominR'F p asked Inghau, exhibiting
tie Number of The Aiarm conlainQ the
article referred 30.
Il did, said The witness, szaminq Che
paper critically.
did yon nean What yoo ur0teF
II meant Il a. much aa any prophet
mean what he says"
"Do y0a claim = possess powers sf
pEophesyfa
Witness replisa that she e0uld aous-
times foroteIl events undar osktain sir
cumstaDoss, but vas plainly someWha9
embarrassed hy tha question. Shs be
came somewhat oenfased when qaes-
toned as 20 tha relations Of herself and
PaRsoDa and Mrs.. Parsons and RisohsF,
and eontrAaioted hsrself e. 70 minor
detafla.
FisldaD, one Of the dsiendaniA vas
then called 20 the stand. he oorFoboF-
ated she testimony Of the other witness
es for the defense In regard 70 the
meeting held af the Arbsissr Zeif,sag
oilice early on The evenlna of Nay 4th.
From sneEe be accompanied Persons 20
she HaymAFket, arriving there at the
Of Spies' speech. Parsons
than spoke, and The witness being IN
troduced By spies, spoke about kWanay
minutoa He repeated the subsfanoe of
his apeooh, which Waaenbslantially toe
same as vas reported by the papers al
the time. On arriving at that portion
OF the speech when be = reported as
having advised tha1 the law be sshrot-
tled,n be said he used the term In .
hgurative sense. meaning thai Law
which did NOS pfotsot the people should
be abolished. Witness spoke hneRtiy
IN q slightly tremal0uo tone Of voice,
and related the subsequent events absai
a. follows: Il was concluding my re-
marks when noticed ths police coming
toward me. When they we're quite
close, Captsin Ward said ID en angry
tone Of voice, 4 command y0u In toe
nams Of the State OF Illinois b dis
pezsa.' / then stepped dogn frem the
wagon and said 80 the Captain IN a
conoiliatinQ tone Of voiea, sWhy,
Captain, tnis b q poaoeablo meeting.
De made an angry resort and started
for the sidewalk. AZ / walked aloaQ i
say fash Of light over my ahealdar
and heard the explosion Of che bomb.
Then / heard be police pouring ahots
into the crowd from their resolxsrs and
many aroans Of agony. About this
time 70 { 4 sharp pain In my knee,
but did NOS know / vas shot until
reaahe1 Desplaines street and mounted
q Van Baran street car. 1 boarded Q
car going toward Fifth avenue, intend
ing % Visit the Arbeiter Ze5faag 0ffics
10 sse II any Of tie otaers had arrived
and learn Whether they bad besn
wounded. There vas no light IN the
buildinR, % l Rot my wound dressed
and went home"
TIE remainder Of Fielden's testimony
rosatad 10 such EleEeotl ped items AZ
that the police did all the firing, that
thsEe Wa no intention 20 use dgnamits
oF any kind Of foEce at the Haymarket,
etc.. throaRhoat which tho witness .
answers we're similar 20 tho8e of hia 1el-
iOw witnesses Tr3 defouss brought
into considerable premtnence ne faol
that Fieiden was en- indngtFioas and
pFoepefous WorktnQmaB, who never
owned G rsvolveF in his life and did not
use one at The HAymArket. His direot
testimony viii Be s0niinaed tomoFro ..