The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-08-05

something held In tho hand Of ono Of the
persons, fuse began to sfz1le and
Immediately thereafter the bomb wa
thrown. Tho witness was shown picture
Of Schnaubelt and recognized it ss that Of
THE NAN WHO THREW THE BOMB.
CHOW many men were therel'
"Four or Ave."
"You say You saw . man come from the
wagon and Join this group. Can you rec
egnize any of the defendants as that mang
"Ies. that Is tho man." pointing al
Spies.
When Spies was pointed out he displayed
great and paIpable agitation.
defendants as composing any part of that
group?'
Eyes, thai man there was one Of the
group" The witness pointed out the de-
PENDANT, Fischer.
The crucible or small blsst furnace
found by Officer Quinn in the basement OF
Engel's house was produced in court with
the man that made it for Enge: to BE- used
for melting material for bombs. Officer
Schuetter told the story of arresting Lingg
who u as very violent ami said, ''Shoot me,
kill me or will kill myself"
DR.. J. B. Murphy testified to the iniu.
ries of many Of the wounded officers, and
the torn and bloodstained uniforms OF the
murdered and wounded officers were
brought before the jury. Officer Setback
testified to L'ngg saying that he made
three kinds OF dynamite for use at the hay.
trunk was found a quantity of fuse. When
asked where he had obtained the moulds
with which to fashion the bombs he said he
had made them out of clay. He had pick
ed up gas pipe along the river and where.
ever he could find it. Six persons, he said
bombs. Lingg said he hated the police be.
cause they were friendly to the capitalists
and had attacked the people at McCormi.
cks
This officer told of an interview of Enge]
and bis wife May IS, when Mrs, Engel
chided her husband for his position aud be
rejoined, '.Mama l am cursed with clio.
quence." The handwriting of Schawb and
that of the ''Blood" editorial in the Ar.
better Zeitung we're identified.
The last day but one of the testimony
for the prosecution was largely occupied
with reading extracts from the anarchists
papers, circulars and pamphlets. Two OF
three gun dealers testified to calls from
EDgell and Parsons, in company, making
inquiries regarding pistols, and bargaining
for several hundred, though none were act
ually purchased.
Expert chemists testified as to the com
position of bombs. Prof. Haines, occupy
lug the chemistry chair at Rush Medical
college, had tested bombs found among
the effects of Lingg and Spies, and found
that they had the same constituents in al
most the same ratio as the pieces Of bomt
taken from the body of officer Degan. IN.
bombs contained lead, tin, autimony, iror
and zinc. Prof. De Lafout Inc, another
chemist, gave similar testimony.
A special to the Times from Erie, Pa.
says that the body found in the bav there
July Goth, is believed to he that of Rudolph
Schnaubelt, who threw the death dealins
bomb into the ranks of the police in thu
hay market riot in this city the night o.
May 4. The dispatch asserts that tn,
clothing and general appearance of tn,
| corpse corresponds exactly with the pub
lished description of the bomb thrower
Schnaubelt's death is attributed tx
suicide, due to fear Of detection. III,
body is in an advanced stage of decomposi
ton.
The defense, through Attorney Solomon
opened it's side Of the case by asking tn,
discharge of Neebe, but Judge Gary said, $
shall not interfere with the jury in tn,
| case of Neebe"-Mr. SalUmou then mad,
his general opening, which consisted in a,
omnibus denial that any of the accused
had been. by the evidence of the prosecu
ton. proven guilty of the specific act of tn,
murder of Matthias j. Deagan, which h,
claimed " as the issue on trial. Their NEE,
| ings and publications were not conspirs
| cies, but things they were entitled to d,
under the legis Of free speech and a fire,
press. At the conclusion of his remark
the court adjourned.