The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-07-24

GUSTAV LEHMAN,
one OF the lnspirators, was called.
"Where did you live May 4th?"
"At No. Al Fulton street"
GLOW long did you live there?"
"Six months"
"How long had you lived in this
country?" Four years."
"Did you attend meeting at Griefs
Hall on May 3i?" eyes, was on my
way to Zepf's Hall to attend csrpen-
ters' meeting; / metsome men they told
me to come to "a West Lake street
and attend meeting; they showed
me an alver isement in the Arbeiter
Zeitllng, saying we should come there.
"Who do you mean by we p "The
armed section"
who was in the chair?" "a man
named Herman"
What happened?" "Sone one
moved that man be pos ed at the
door," "Why?" "4hat no one should
Listen in any of the closets; no one was
wanted to remain on the sidewalk or
the steps?"
"How long did you stay there?"
"Half an hour"
WAS the meeting in the base
mentT eyes"
A map OF Grief's saloon was shown
the witness who designated the spot
where he stood while listening TO the
proceedings.
".What did you hear?". 81 only
heard a large man with a blonde mus
tiche say he would take it upon him
se,f to distribute hand bills"
''Who is this man." II was told
afterwards his name was Fischer"
"Who was there that you knew ?"
"Seliger, Thie!e, myself and brother,
Fischer, Briderfeldt and Herman; that
is about all l remember"
Do you know Eng'e?" mot per-
sonally; l saw him once at Griel's
Hall" nsaaiISs.-ns----- TssSllsss
"Would you know him nowP' II
don't know"
"Know Linug?" eyes"
"How long?" "Six months"
ewes Lingg at the meeting?" 81
cannot say that he was i'll the base
meut. We went home together. We
had q little quarrel"
"Whst about?" Somebody came
up TO me on the sidewalk, and said {:
You are all oxes and brutes.' Then
we had a quarrel. Lingg said this.
Then l asked him why he said it, and
he replied: IF you want to hear some.
thing, come tomorrow to Neff's Hall. "
"Well, did you do so ?" "The next
afternoon | went to Lingg's. / met a
friend of mine who prevailed on me to
go. Seliger was there, so was Hubper
and another man."
"How long did you stayP" "About
half an hour"
"What were the PEOPLE doing
thereP" Working in the rooms. They
had cloths tied about their faces"
"What did you go there for ?" "My
friend wanted to buy a revolver"
"Then where did you ?" "Home.n
odd you go back to Lipgg'sT
eyes"
"When?" About o'clock. Istop'
ped there ten minutes"
"What we're they doing2" making
dynamite bombs and fuses"
A piece OF fuse and some caps were
shown to the witness and identified by
him.
"Did Lingg give you anything that
afternoons eyes; he gave me {
small hand satchel with two bombs ir
it, some fuse and some caps; also {
tin box
SIS this the tin box" showing one
the size OF a tea caddy.
eyes, that is the box; there wal
dynamite in it; Lingg said so"
The witness said that after suppe
on that day he went to the carpenters
meeting, but afterward went to No. B.
Lake street, and then, accompanied
by a friend named Schmid, he went tC
Neff's Hall, on Clyb3urn aveoue; OF
Clybourn avenue he met Llngg anC
Selaer; some one remarked that the
ought not to be seen together, and 81
they went up North avenue, whelt
they met Thiele. The witness ex
planned that at 8 o'clock the mex
morning he crawled out OF bed AnC
took the dynamite and bonnie back o
Ogden's Grove, and went there Ma,
II or 20 with a police Officer and oh
tanned the bombs aud dynamite. TIT
witness said he bad belonged to thi
North side sccialistic group which
met at No. So Olyburn avenuej the!
drilled there nearly every Monda!
night with guns; the latter were KEEP
at the witnesses home. He explained
that $40 was raised from the sale o
beer at a dance at Florus Hall, oil
West Lake street, last February
which was turned over to the armed
force of the carpenters to buy ammu
milton with, but was af.erward givei