St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-07-21
Together With Other Spoil From the
Arbeiter zeitung, Brought Into
Court at Chicago.
Yesterdays Proceedings in the Trial o
the Anarchists Devoted Mainly to
August Spies.
His Connection With the Mccormick
Troubles and the General
Conspiracy.
Remarkable Goodness of the Man I'm
der Legal Fire--Mrs. Parsons
Interest.
The ANA rcssIst Trial.

| this forenoon most OF the time was devoted
to showing the incendiary course pursued
by Spies, and testimony was introduced
regarding his conduct at the Mccormick
works the day preceding the Haymarket
massacre. 1t was proved that after work
Ing the strikers up to pitch of madness
Spies ran away. went down town and wrote
| the famous Revenge" circular. Shortly
after 1:3O this afternoon patrol wagon
drove up in front of the Central police sta
ton. and two stalwart policemen began the
work Of loading it with red flags, guns,
bombs and other stuff that had
been captured from the anarchists.
Among the matter put into the wagon was
the original form of the Revenge circu-
lar, which Spies wrote after he left the
Mccormick meeting. A large, curious crowd
witnessed the departure Of the wagon for
the criminal court. Up the stairs to the
court
THE LOAD OF ANARCHIST sPoILS
was carefully carried, but before it was
known what the packages really contained
order was called by the bailitf and wit
nesSeS called. These followed each other
on the stand with provoking slowness.
The expected display of crimson banners
and shells OF dynamite did not take place.
Unlike the majority of the crowd in the
court room there was no indication given
by Michael Hahan, a tailor, who was the
first witness, Of any consuming desire to
see what a dynamite bomb resembled.
Hahan said he was at the Haymarket May
4, and was standing at the northwest cor
ner of Desplaines and Randolph streets
when the bomb exploded. A missile struck
him in the back, rendering him uncon-
| SaiOnc If of uor1, 10 h.
mon wrought iron nut. Witness was fac
ing the speakers wagon and was behind
the police. The significance of Hahan's
testimony lay in the implication that the
police had been
DELIBERATELY LED INTO A TRAP
and then by preconcerted methods slaught-
cred from every side. After this evidence.
and when Detective Slayton had related to
the jury the circumstances attending the
| arrest OF Fischer and Fielden, the state
| called as witness person who, next to
| Thomas Grief, the saloon keeper at No. 81
West Lake street, has been most promi-
nently mentioned in newspaper accounts of
minor dofngS of the socialists in this city.
This was Theodore Frieke, business mana
ger of the Arbeiter Zeitung. Questioned as
TO Well-knoWn facts concerning the relation
| OF Spies Parsons and others to the Daper.
Frleke'S answers were prompt and to the
point. When leading questions on subjects
| about which the public has less information
were asked, Frieke's memory seemed to fail
him. Except as showing in general way
that the defendants were actually engaged
in an anarchistic propaganda, the LAWYERS
for the state did not succeed in worming
| from him anything of marked value. He
identified certain manuscripts seized after
the 4th of May as being in the chirography
of Spies and Schwab. They are the origi-
nails OF the famous Revenge" circulars and
similar effusions.
JEALOUS WATCH
was observed by States Attorney Grinnell
when the documents passed from the law
yers for the defense into the hands of
August Spies. Capt. Black instantly re-
sented the action of Mr.. Grinnell 'Pshaw.
Spies and Schwab might have destroyed all
this rubbish long ago if they wished" said
the attorney for the anarchists. 1T ALWAYS
happens" retorted Assistant States Attor-
ney Ingram, THAT people forget to do that
which they afterwards earnestly wish they
had accomplished.
'Oh no" was the quick reply, ''remem-
Der your theory. Conspirators never forget
these little things" and the captain en-
PA'e'oiHSN1 ehO WIN NO-lopilopCLS Ill u lOllO Ol
eXasperating sarcasm. At this point Spies.
through one of his attorneys, volunteered
the information that he never wrote the
heading Revenge for the circular of
which he was the author. While the law
yers were bunglingly attempting to reduce
the piles OF manuscript to a Semblence of
order. Spies quietly left his place among
| the defendants, and standing over Black,
Zeister and Foster, gave directions for the
paging of the copy. The self-possession
and ease of manner shown by Spies in this
little incident formed the subject of general
comment. This was quickly silenced in
the interest evolved by
A NOTABLE DECISION
from Judge Gary. 1t was in relation to the
possession of incendary literature. The
defense were Directing to testimony show
ing that the library in the Arbeiter Zeitung
was composed Of works similar to Herr
MostS Science of Revolutionary Warfare. y
Judge Gary overruled the objection. He
said:
| If man is teaching the overthrow of a
| CIVIL order by force and is engaged in q con-
spiracy to further that end then the posses
| sion of book or books illustrating the meth
| DDS OF such destruction or advocating their
use is competent evidence against him, the
weight Of which is TO be determined by the
| jury.
Fricke testified that in the manuscript of
the call for the meeting of anarchists held
the night previous to the bomb throwing.
the cabalistic word ''ruhe" was in Spies
handwriting. Mr.. Foster for the defense
did not apparently relish the comfort which
the state attorney seemed to draw from this
admission. A croSs-eXamination was hu,r
riedly begun by Mr.. Foster, with the pu1-
pose of showing that
| SPIES WAS NOT RESPONSIBLE
for the publication of the word ''ruheo ex-
| cept in general way. AS editor he might
have inserted the word for the person who
brought the notice to the office. Spies
looked intensely disguised at this course on
the part OF his attorney. For moment he
tried to stitle his chagrin. 1t was no use
and deliberately leaning over, the newspa-
per man pulled the coat tail of his lawyer
with vim and energy not to be mistaken
or UNDECIDED. The discrimination ceased
instanter. Edward Furthman, assistant in
the state attorneys Office, told of the seiz-
ure by the authorities of everything con-
tanned in the Arbeiter Zeitung building the
day after the riot. Two bags of mail were
| taken. They have not been examined.
Eugene Zegur, the next witness, is a lin
| quist who translated several articles appear
ing in the Arbeiter Zeitung Just preceding
May 4. Zegur's evidence was confined to a
formal statement as to the care with which
the translations were made. The articles
were then read. They were exceptionally
GRAPHIC DESCRIPTIONS
of the riots at McCormick's, and other labor
| troubles. Woven in with the narratives
were typical editorials from the pens of
Spies and Schwab, assailing the police as
murderers and advocating the prompt use
of dynamite by the laboring men. AS the
reading continued. the defendants and their
/ little knot of feminine intimates became
greatly interested. Mrs. Parsons, who had
sat all day motionless, gazing in mute
appealing way at the Judges desk, changed
her seat SO that she could better hear the
voice of the reader. The fury of Spies
editorials and the biting dannnciatinn Of