Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1886-08-12
THE DEFENSE.
The Other Side of the Anarchists
Case.
Testimony to Prove that the Police Did
All the shooting-Estsblishi AIibis
for Schwab and Parsons-TieIden
ON the stand.
TRYING TO SAVE THEIR NrcKs.

/ night OF May 4,and listened TO the speeches
| Of the Anarchists. His object was TO see
| Tor himself whether or not there were any
Indications of violence, intending to
order the meeting dispersed at the first
wild outbreak. He had come to the con.
clusion that tho meeting was harmless
affair and went home. leaving Inspector
Bonfield in charge of the police at the Des-
PLANES street station, having first ordered
all the reserves at the other stations to be
sent To their regular duties. Under cross.
examination he told how. about noon on
| the dny of MAY 4, he received an account
Chicago, Milwaukee u St Paul railway
were To Ice burned on that evening at the
close of the Havmarket meeting. This
rumor had caused him. to attend the demon
stratiOn ut the Haymarket but nothing
occurred during his stay there TO warrant
his taking action to break up the meeting
Il. SlmonSou was ;he second witness for
the defense. lie - a travelling salesman for
Rothschild q Brothers clothiers, and "A
native of Chicago. He had been at the
Haymarket meeting, and had gone from
that place TO the Desplaines street station
during the early stages of the gathering,
and had held u conversation with In
spectOr Bonield. Captain Ward and Mayor
Harrison Bonfield he said had told him
that II women and children were not in
the crowd he would take the police down
and clean them out; that If he could get
three thousand OF them together away from
the women he would make short work of
them. He had beer present on the Hay
market when the bomb was thrown. 1t had
not come from the alley. bn from q point
on the sidewalk twenty feet south of the
alley; II had fallen among the police; fir
ing had commenced Immediately after, not
from the crowd. but from the police. He
was most positive on the latter point and
hung To II tenaciouSiy under the hottest
cross-eGamination of which Attorney Ing
ham is capable
Carl Richter, a journeyman harness
maker, working at Fenton u Co.'s was
then called He had occupied a position
near the mouth of the alley. from which
II has been stated the bomb was thrown
on the night OF the Haymarket meeting,
and. in effect, COntradicted the States wit
ness. tillmer, as To Spies<or Schwab enter
ing the alley as testified to. He also swore
That tine firing OF pistols came from tho
police and not from the crowd, so far rs
pied
CHICAGO. Aug 4-The proceedings in
the Anarchists trial yesterday began with
the testimony of DR. James ID. Taylor, sew
enty-siN years of age, and rather deaf. He
had been at the Haymarket meeting from
twenty minutes before the speaking com
menced until after the bomb was expl oded.
lie contradicted the State witness Gil
mer "a TO The point from which
the bomb was thrown. and cor
roborated the testimony of Simonson
lie Swore that the the pistol-iirlng
had commenced simultaneously with the
report of the bomb explosion. from the
police officers and not from the crowd He
swOre that he did not see one shot
fired by the members of the retreat
ing crowd.
L. NJ. Moses, OF No 3Ol Randolph street
was put on the stand To testify rs to the
general reputation OF Harry Gilmer for
truth and veracity He testified that il
was very bad; that he would not believe
nun under oath; aud he gave the names of
several Others who had. he said. like views.
One of these Austin Mitchell. was
called but upon being asked if he knew the
reputation of Gilmer among his neigh
bois Tor truth aud veracity he an
sswered :, No He was excused and
Mrs. ID. +. Lee took the stand. She had
beard L. NJ Moses say that he would no
believe Gimer under oath also Mrs. Mosest
but that was all. Frank STEINER told his
story of the riot, but the only new thing in
II was that Fielden had said or shouted
stand =. Immediately after the explo-
sion. Joseph kutscher, who was shot
twice during the riot and was under
arrest for a short time. swore that the
bomb was thrown about twenty live
feet south of where he stood aud that he
stood about five feet south OF the alley
John O. Brixey and John Gar
rick swore they would not believe Gilmer
under oath. An 1r6eifer-/eif'iHg compost
tor named Urban, a memb Der Of the Central
Labor Union. testified that i'm response
10 request OF some delegates from the
Lumber showers lnion tue Central La
Dor Mon had requested Spies 10
speak at the Mccormick meeting Monday
he witness swOre he saw reyolvers in
| The hands of the police as they came up to
disperse the meeting. William Gleason an
freshman and "A labor agitatOr. swOre the
shooting was all done 10y the police Gleason
was an Irish Fenian and chief of e revolu-
tonarY society in ewcastIe-ou-Tvue.
England. lie Acknowledged having ad-
yocated the discharge OF Capt
Bonheld because of his action n the street.
car drivers strike. Two Germans named
William Sahl and Eberhard Hirsemengel.
teSuhed through The interpreter concern
ing the scenes at the Haymarkst their
evidence going 20 Substantinte 10 some
extent tue theory Of the defense that the
police were the aggressors.
CHICAGO. Aug In the trial OF the
Anarchists. yesterday, August krumm, a
carpenter vino is about the same height
and build a- Spies. swOre that he was at
the mouth Of the alley with friend named
Albright during the latter part of the
speeches and until the explosion. and that
about the moment the police were comm z
mp he and Albright went into the alley
struck matches and he their pipes Thi-
testimony IS considered very important
by he defense. their contention beng that
trilmer m~ioOk the witness for Spies and
afterwards concluded that spies was light
ing bomb. when 10 was really Krumm
lighting his pipe. krumm was posi-
tive that spies did not come into
the alley. the witness was greatly
confused in cross examination He swore
tbal there were no boxes on the side
walk and that tue bomb fell twenty feet
south OF the alley. both of which state
ments were undoubtedly wrong William
Albright corrobOrated krumm'- evidence
and also -wore he heard "a shot before the
bomb exploded aud that DO came from ia.
direction Of the police.
Fred Groh. the secretary 81 the Carn.u-
ter-' Union and Angus krau-e chairman
I OF the meeting of the union at which Eu.
gel spoke. were csliel Go prove THAT Eugel
did NOT recommend IBIS hearers tJ save no
money % buy rcvoIv ers nor did be- saw
That 20 revolver at thrc. or four dollar
Wa- good enough Co shoot police with Tbf.
was in contradiction of Officer Wienke--
testimony
Tine defense also tried 90 get in some te.
timOny showing that BaIIin Kelly OF tho
3 Desplaines street police station had
warned friend against being at the
meeting. the Inference being that the at
tack was prsmeditated by tine police re-
gard oi what the speakers miVht
say but thi- was rule out An attpmpl
Wa also made to show that Scliger Oh,
iuiufmer had stated that hi- comics ION
was sxt0rted from bin bt tine police undci
l1reaI of punishment aud ht promise p
liberty, and that the substance OF if wa.
| false This also was ruled out ln rebuffa
oi bilmer statement that Doc saw ol
thought he saw. Sch rab o. the speaker.
wagon when Spies was lighting the fuse ir
! tue alley pr about that time witnas.o.
] we're called to prove hat -ehwab Wa then
! in Lake Jew. having addressed o. fnrefins
| ~ tne Defring ompIOfr- 0u the prairie
| there the same night
CBictGo. Aug 6-ln the trial Of the An