Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-08-07
HAYMARKET BULLETS
EXTRACTED FROM THE WOUNDED SAID TO
FIT POLICE PISTOLS
By Physician Tesffyilg for the Defense Un-
profitable WihsSses-PrOving an AlHi for
Sehwab-A Doubt Castor Gilmer's Verac-
iy-Ths Court Room Crowded.

CHICAGO, August 6.-The expectation
appeared to be general, this morning, that
some of the defendants charged with the
Haymarket massacre, would be placed upon
the witness stand by the defence, and rs q
consequence there was more than the usual
effort by friends of the accused to obtain
admittance to the court room.
DR.. John NJ. Fleming was called by Mr..
Foster, and said he was one of the phySi-
clans who was in attendance upon the
wounded at the DeSplaincs Street Station
ON the night of May 4. The witness said
there were about twelve citizens at the sta
ton who had obtained injuries. The wit
ress said he extracted bullet from the
knee of an officer, whom he thought was
Officer Kruger. The witness said the bull
let correspondcd, rs near as he was able to
Judge, with the revolver bullets used by
the police. The counsel said he desired to
show that Kruger remarked that that bull
let came from police revolver.
Objected to and objection sustained.
The witness said he extracted n bullet
from the shoulder of 4 shoemaker, and it
appeared to be the same rs that taken
from Kruger. \ bullet was taken from
the body of dead man brought into the
police station which also appeared to cor
respond with the other bullets. On cross
examination witness said that he wOuld
not be able to testify rs to the calibre of
the bullet or rs to what kind of arcvOlvcr
it was fired from.
TWO UNPROFITABLE WITNESSES.
VIM. S. Winners was called to repeat the
testimony of ofOfliccrWessler on the trial that
young named Steiner was the person
pointed out rs firing at the police instead
of Ficlden. The witness was unable to re-
peat the testimony and was excused.
Otto Wandrcy, who could not speak
English. testified that before the Haymar-
ket meeting concluded he and the defend
ant Fischer went to Xepfs Hall, and were
there drinking beer when the bomb eX-
plodcd. He testified that he also saw Par
sons there ut the same time. He did not
see Mrs. Parsons there.
The latter assertion cOntradiCted the
other witnesses for the defense.
On croSS-eXamination he said he belong
ed to group of lnternatiOniStS, of which
Fischer and Engel were members.
PROVING AN ALIBI FOR SCHwAB.
Edward Preusscr testified that Schwab
arrived AT Dccring TO make 4 speech about
| 9:3O o'clock on the night of May !, and
addressed a meeting at Dccring about 9:l5
O'Clock. speaking about l. or 20 minutes,
and when he concluded speaking Schwab
went with witness to drinking saloon
and remained there 10 or - minutes.
! Schwab then took car and returned to
! the city. According to this testimony
Schwah could not have been at the Hay
market meeting later than 9O'clock at
night, and could not have returned To the
| IIaymarket earlier than 1913.
| On the croSs-cXaminatiOn witness said he
was a carrier t0r the 1rJcitcr I,ituMy. lie
could not state the time precisely.
Fritz Stcttlcr WAS also present ut the
! Deering meeting and heard Schwab speak
there that night.
! Herman Becker, who lives on Randolph
street, near the llaymarkct, said he saw
! Schwab on the Haymarkct Il few minutes
after : o'clock on the night of May 1, and
altcrward saw him take Il car and 90 east.
! The testimony of these witnesses does
not contradict that of the State, except
that of Gilmcr, who stated that he saw
him in company with Spies just prior to
the explosion.
| WuULDN'T BELIEVE GILMER UNDER OATH
Phincas II. Adams testified that he would
not believe Giimcr under oath. lie could
not specify any particular facts to base hi>
opinion upon except that two men who liv-
cd near Gilmcr had spoken in that way ol
him.
Heinrich Witt who could not speak
English, testified that Spies was requested
TO make Il speech on the BLACK Road tc
a meeting on May 3, which resulted in the
/ Mccormick riot, and gave a resume OF
that occurrence. lie declared that, wher
the attack was made upon Mccormick 5,
Spies urged his hearers not TO join i'll the
attack.
On the ccroSs-cXaminatiOn the witness Salc
he knew Lingg. and that Lingg joined il
the deliberations of the lumber showers
He said the lumber showers meeting wa'
not called to take any action against thu
Mccormick employees.