Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-08-04
MORE DAMN|NG TESTIMONY.
witnesses for the Defense in the An
archist Trials Help to Con-
yict Their Friends.
Governor Ireland, of Texas, Still Very
Indignant Over the Outrages
By the Mexicans.
yal,ow Fever Being Introduced In New
York-The Races, Base Ball
and other Sports.

CHICAGO, August 2.-Mayor Harrison was
the FIRST witness for the defense in the an
archist trials. The Mayor was present at
the Haymarket meeting. He went there
because his attention had been called to
the Revenge circular calling the meeting.
He instructed the police to disperse the
crowd as soon as anything occurred which
scenes which occurred at McCormick's. He
heard portions OF Spies and Parsons
speeches. He left the meeting while Par.
SONS was speaking. There were signs OF
rain and the crowd did not exceed FIVE
hundred. He then went to Desplaines
street station and told Bonfield that he
thought there would be no trouble. On
cross-examination the Mayor said that
Bonfeld had been advised that the meet
jng, before it adjourned, would attempt to
burn down the Milwaukee e. St. Paul
station, and that the Haymarket meeting
had been called to distract attention from
other quarters. When he left the police
station for home he gave Bonfield dis
cretionary powers as to the dispersal of
the meeting, or to quell any other dis.
turbances.
Martin Simonson, a travelling salesman,
was at the Haymarket meeting during the
afternoon. He was given a circular by
some one on West Lake street. The circu-
lar was submitted by the prosecution. 1t
WIS COPY OF the Revenge" circ liar, ex-
cept that it had heading, Attention,
Workingmen, instead OF Revenge" and
omitted the line 'workingmen come armed
and appear in full force" which appears in
the Revenge" circular. Witness was
present at Haymarket during the entire
meeting and until after the explosion OF the
bomb. In Pars ms speech he heard him
say: "To arms" During Fielden's speech
the crowd began to leave. While Fielden
was speaking some one said: Let us ad-
journ." Fialden told them he was nearly
through. At about this time witness saw
the police approaching. He heard some
one warn the crowd to disperse. Some one
on the wagon seid: "This is peaceable
meeting" The bomb exploded within .
second or two afterward. Witness did not
hear any one exclaim, Here come the po-
lice bloodhounds," or any exclamation OF
that kind. He heard no pistol shot prior
TO the explosion of the bomb. This wit
ness declared that the bomb from the side
walk and not far from an alley as testified
to by witness for the prosecution. His
account OF the meeting, otherwise than
this point, d d not materially differ from
that OF the witness for the defense.
The cross examination of Simonson oc-
cupied full half hour at the beginning OF
the afternoon session, but without appar-
ent result. At this point the defense COM
menced the introduction OF long line OF
witnesses to corroborate an entirely new
theory OF the defense in regard to the
throwing OF the bombs. 1t was sought to
be shown that the deadly missile came, not
from near the speakers stand and flying
south in a westerly direction into the
ranks OF the police, but arose,
perhaps, thirty feet south OF tho
wagon and was hurled through
the air in a southwesterly direction
and therefore, in q manner, towards the
speakers wagon. Another novel feature
was the Offering of evidence to prove that
Spies went, not unlimited, to the meeting
on the Black road out OF which grew the
riot at McCormick's and which was made
the occasion for the Haymarket gathering,
and Spies defense claimed by their wit
nesses that he went there on the invitation
Of the delegate OF thu lumber Showers
Union to the Central Labor Union Of which
Me LUMBER SnOvers OrganlzfClen lS part
John Ferguson, Janitor OF the building,
on Clinton and Washington streets, who is
also proprietor OF a small tailor shop at
NAT place, and has lived seventeen years
nChicago, was the next witness after
smonson. Ferguson testified that the
Speeches of Spies and Parsons at Hay
market were not at all incendiary. After
listening to Fielden for a few minutes the
witness heard some interruption with a
proposition to adjourn. The crowd was
beginning to dwindle and witness himself
lett and had reached the southwest
corner OF Randolph and Desplaines
street. He saw the police rush
out OF side street and whirl
down the street. They were coming very
rapidly. One OF the officers re ieatedly or
drred the police to hurry-suddenly there
was report and he saw flashes OF pistols.