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THE ANARCHISTS TRIAL.


Case Against Neebe--Lawyer SaIomsn
Says Carter Harrison il ms GHilty ms tho
Prisoners.
CHICAGO, July 3l.-The anarchists re-
sumed the wearing of their red boutsn-
niers this morning, with the exception Of
Spies, who discarded the one preferred
him By q female sympsfEszer. The dc.
PENDANTS, Spies, Schwab. Fielder and
Fischer, have cslorlsss faces, show
ing the evident effect of the trial. The
young bomb maker, Lying. is the only one
OF the group on trial who appears to carry
Lin sch in an unconcerned manner. The
courtroom was crowded, as usual.
JoIn Deegan, brother of the murdered
officer, Matthias .. Began, was called, and
testified to seeing the dead body of his
brother at the morgue on the morning OF
May B. Officer Burns testified to aiding in
lifting Officer Deegan's body into the patrol
wepon soon after the explosion of the
bomb, and testified to the fact Of his
death. This was merely formal testimony.
The defence declined to cross-examipe.
The State offered in evidence articles
which appeared in the Ar6eiter Zsitunq Just
prlor TO the May massacre, outlining the
violence that would follow the nauguratioa
OF the eight-houy movement. One of the
articles declared that no morning should
pass without the announcement being pub
lished that the carcass of a PiRksrt0n de-
tectivs had been found by the roadside
Under date of Nov. 81, 1885, notice was
printed announcing that armed drills would
be held every Sunday morning at No. So
Clayborne avenue to prepare for the reve-
luton on May LIST. On the same date the
method for fashioning dynamite bombs was
outlined. In December, 1885, an aarticle
warned workingmen not to assemble on
May 1st unless armed.
IHIcAGo, ILL.,, July S1.-When the State
had finished its readings Detective James
Bonfield was placed on the stand and
Identified some red flags and banners
Which we're brought into court az those
found in the Arbeiter Zeitung Office. They
bear such inscriptions as, every Govern
ment is Conspiracy Against the People.
"Dick Oglesby who murdered the poor
workingnen at Lamont. is not in this pro-
cession, You can see him later" "Boy's
stick together" etc. Mayor Harrison be-
ing in court the following inscription on
another banner created considerable
amusement and caused the Mayor to smile,
IL IedQs Obxtck n&kklb0A WIZ O1ASSCa
our Citizens during the Carmen's strike IN
not in this procession, You can see him
latter"
Here the State rests" said States At
torney Grinnell and the court ordered the
defense to procesd with its case. After
whispered consultation with his colleagues
Attorney Zsigler rose and asked that the
court authorize the removal of the Jury
pending arguments upon motion which
the defense wished to make. Judge Gary
could not see the propriety of breaking up
the court on any such account; he knew of
no such precedent in this country. Mr.. Fos-
ter said he had never known such request
to be refused and the court replied that
such custom had been in vogue In Scot
land, but he knew of no reason why the
custom should be initiated here. 81 shall
not remove the jury. said the Court.
Mr.. Solomon, for the defence, then
moved that the case against Oscar Neebe
be dis missed.
This theory was supported by each OF
the attorneys for the defence in shsrt
speeches, and when Judge Gary said: 81
shall not interfere with the jury in the
of Neebs," Captain Black answered in |
an impassioned speech, which was, how
ever, SIMPLY plea for Neebe on the |
strength of the grounds given for the mo-
tion under discussion. One of Captain
Blacks illustrations was quite dramatic. |
Referring to the revolutionary articles and
circulars presented by the State, Captain
Black pointed his long finger at Mayor
Harrison. who still occupied seat near
the States Attorney, and said: The nu-
nicipal authorities know Of the publication
of these articles, and standing idly by, as
Neebe,, are just as culpable as he." The
Court overruled the motion. Captain
Black tie as mere matter of form, he
said. made the same motion in the case
against all the other defendants except
SPIES and Fischer. This was overruled,
and an exception taken.
Attorney Solomon then rose and opened
the case tor the defense. First he compli-
mented the jury on its patient endurance
of its trying position, and asked that each
member give the same close attention to
The evidence produced by the defense as
they had to ali that had been presented by
the state. He asked the jury to decide
whether the States attorney had fulfilled
his promises in the opening of the case for
the State. The States attorney had stated
that he would produce in court testimony
proving who threw the bomb. Had this
been cone? Mr.. Solomon claimed it had
not. Proceeding to the charges against
the prisoners, Mr.. Solomon said they were
not charged with anarchy or socialism, but
as shown by the Indictment, the charge
was the murder of Matthias j. began. The
law, the attorney said. did not provide any
clause which declared or could be con-
strued to declare that the defendants had
committed murder.
Continuing, Mr.. Salomen said the de-
PENDANTS could be held for conspiracy It 1t
was proven that the meeting IN which they
took part was sailed for the purpose of
killing the police. ssThese defendants,
be said. ssare not murderers, or thieves or
burglars. They are not criminals but are
possessed of feelings Of broad humanity.
They have not desired to appropriate
goods of Marshall Field to their own use,
but all they have done has been in support
of q nsincinle which Ia the eradicafion OF