The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-08-11
DRAGGING ALONG.
The Trial OF the Chicsgo An
arohists still in Progress.
The Prosecution Concludes It's Efforts to
Prove the Accused GUILTY Of Conspiracy
and Murder The Stories OF WITT
nesses for the Defense.
EVIDENCE ron THE STATE.

CHICAGO, July y1.-At 2.30 O'Clock yes.
terday afternoon the State's-Attorney in |
formed the Judge and Jury in the Anarch-
lists trial that he had rendered all his evi. |
dence against the accused, with the excep- |
ton Of some formal matter which he pro-
poses to put in this morning. An adjourn
ment was then taken until to-day. The |
strength of the case against the accused
can now be fairly estimated.
States Attorney Grinnell claims that
the State has proven: t1) That there were
in Chicago an organization Of Anarchists
whose purpose was the destruction of life
and property and the subversion OF social
order. (D That this organization. existed in
eight prisoners were active members Of It. |
(8I That the accused prepared for the
dynamite bombs, By drilling, arming and
organizing. III That IL was determined to
inaugurate the revolt on or about the 1st
of May, 1888, taking advantage of the labor
the purpose. (b) That the night proceed
ing the Haymarket explosion the insur-
rection was finally determined on, the
signal agreed to, the weapons distrib-
the ssnehtsr ' q l"s The " polies sna tSs
sacking Of the city arranged. (6) That in
pursuance Of these plans the bomb was
fred which killed and wounded SO many
conspirators on trial had guilty knowledge
of the intention TO throw. II, assisted in It's
manufacture and caused II to be exploded.
CHICAGO, Aug. 3.-in the trial Of the An.
articles from the Arpeiter- zsitung, and ex-
hibited the red and black flags Of the An
archists; and there rested. The attorneys
for the defense offered a motion to have
ruled. Mr.. Salomon then made the
opening address for the defense. There
were two leading points in his argument:
!. There con not be accessories without
somebody was a principal in Committing
murder before II can convict others as ac-
cessories 2. The defendants did not throw
the bomb; therefore they are not guilty.
It is estimated that the trials Of the Anar
chist conspirators for connections with the
Haymarket murders will cost Cook Coun-
ty and Chicago about 100000. F
EVIDENCE FOR THE DEFENSE.
CHICAGO, Aug. 3-In the Anarchist trial
Mayor Harrison was the first witness for
the defense yesterday. He told how he had
night of May 4,and listened to the speeches
of the Anarchists. His object was to see
for himself whether or not there were any
indications of violence, intending to
%d come a the the st
clusion that the meeting was a harmless
affair and went hone 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 day of May 4, he received an account
of a rumor that the freight-houses OF the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul railway
were to be burned on that evening at the
close of the Haymarket meeting. This
rumor had caused him to attend the demon
stration at the Haymarket, but nothing
,,s,. ISse ska a.
his taking action to break up the meeting.
B. Simonson was the second witness for
the defense. He is travelling salesman for
Rothschild & Brothers, clothiers, and q
Haymarket meeting, and had gone from
that place to the Desplaines street station
during the early stages OF the gathering,
and had held a conversation with In
spector Bonfield, Captain Ward and Mayor
that il women and children were not in
the crowd he would take the police down
and clean them out; that II he could get
three thousand of them together away from
the women he would make short work Of
them He had been present on the Hay
market when the bomb was thrown 1t had
not come from the alley, bu from point
on the sidewalk twenty feet south Of the
ing had commenced Immediately after, not
from the crowd. but from the police. He
was most positive on the latter point, and
hung to 1t tenaciously under the hottest
cross.exariination Of which Attorney Ing
Ludwig zeiicr swore that Spies had at
tended the meeting held near McCormick's
on the Sd Of May and made speech there
the Is TnmBsr s shovers s union, WITCH at that tSat
time had its head quarters at No. 81 West
Lake street.
Carl Richter, q journeyman harness
maker. max ..,sS WORKING as Fsnson % = Co.'S .,t;os was
near the mouth of the alley. from which
It has been stated the bomb was thrown
on the night OF the Haymarket meeting,
and, in effect, contradicted the States wit
ing the alley as testified to. He also swore
that the firing of pistols came from the
police and not from the crowd, SO far as
he was able to see from the point he occu
CHICAGO, Aug. 4.-The proceedings in
the Anarchists trial yesterday began with
the testimony Of Dr.. James d. Taylor sew
enty-six years Of age. and rather deaf. He
IL Ss Ssors shs .pssnsE
menced until after the bomb was exploded.
He contradicted the States witness, GIL
mer, : as to the point from. which
the bomb was thrown, and cor
He swore that the instrument OF
death had been hurled from the sidewalk
at point more than twenty feet from the
mouth Of the alley, to the south of IT. 1t
: direction and .alighted between the
first and second columns Of police,
near the middle of the street, Q few feet
south of Cranes alley. The pistol firing
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
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