The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-07-23
HUMAN HYENAS.
Their Trial Proceeding in
Chicago.
MATERIAL FOR AHANGING BEE.
"when the Time Comes We VIII
Meet the Police wish Dyna-
mite and Bombs"
The Anarchist Trial.

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court room was crowded. as usual this
morning when II. P. Williamson,
formerly reporter for the Daily Nelrs,
was called to the stand.
Williamson testified that he knew
Parsons, Spies and Fi-lden and on the
night the new board of trade building
was opened witness was detailed to fol-
low the Socialistic procession which
broke at the office of the Arbeiter Zsifunq
and Spies, Fielden and Parsons addressed
the crowd from the window. Parsons was
the first speaker. he called the police
bloodhounds and servants OF robbins
capitalists. He called the crowd To fol-
low him and attack several clothing
houses, Marshal Fields store being
mentioned, and help themselves to what
they called the necessities of life"
Fielden said the same thing. He offered
10 lead the mob in an attack on the
store"
what was said about the new board
of trader"
Both speakers said the building was
put up out Of money stolen from them.
That every oSe who did business there
was 3 robber and thief"
The witness went upstairs into The
Office Of Parsons, was asked by the re-
porter why the Socialists did not march
upon the board of trade, and he ssid
the police prevented it.
wei, but your party have revolt
vers. What preparations further do
you need2" asked Williams.
The time has not come vet. When
the time does come. we will meet the
w.n1sra It'll Nw~r.,,,1s,
when did he say the time would
conner"
Some time during the year" Par
sons gave witness a practical iilustra-
ton of what ne meant and showed him
a shell and Illuminating caps. There
was quantity of dynamite they kept
in drawer. Parsons called for them
and spies got them. Parsons said the
explosives were kept on hand in prepar-
alton tor a war that was impending.
that the laboring man was being robbed
by the scoundrel board of trade men,
and others. The manner of warfare was
to hurl bombs from the house tops and
in that way they could annihIlate any
force of police or militia that could be
assembled.
This conversation took place with
Parsons, Fielden and Standing.
The first witnesses called this after
noon were Officers Jones, McKeogh and
Flynn. They testified to the finding of
several thousand copies of Revenge"
circulars in the Office of the Arbeiter-
Zsitunq. A great many copies of other
circulars calling on working men to arm
we're found in the same place. Several
pounds of dynamite in one package were
also discovered. officer McKeogh tes-
titled he was in the AT5eiteT-Zeittng Office
about en- hour after Spies arrest. He
saw the package produced lying open
and exposed to view. Particularly
pointed testimony regarding the find
ing of dynamite materials in the Arbeiter-
Zeitifug office was given by Officer
Flynn.
John J. Ryan. retired officer of The
United States navy, was the next wit
ness. He had heard Spies, Parsons.
Fielden and Schwab and heebe speak
at Sunday afternoon meetings on the
Lake Front, Parsons declared to a
crowd that the police and constituted
authorizes were the natural enemies OF
the workingmen. He advised each in
money enough could not be had for a
rifle. let him buy pistol: then let him
remember he could get enough dyna
mite for % cents to blow up building
the size of Pullman's headquarters.
MRS. Parsons" added the witness,
pointing TO the centering gaze of the
court upon her upturned, half
Indian. half-negress yellow face
and glimmering eyes, Mrs. Far
sons was one of the most
violent of the speakers"
Wilkinson, Daily Ners reporter, test
fed TO having a number OF converse
tons with Spies in January. The wit
ness said Spies had a small round
bomb, the exact duplicate of the one
exploded in Haymarkst. Spies de-
scribed il as The Car" and went on
10. tell Of the superior destructive power.
Several thousand had been manufac-
tured in Chicago They we're some
times distributed through the ATbeiteT-
ZsituRg Office. but generally only kept
there for q sample.
The defense made futile attempts to
place the witness in a ridiculous light
and the days proceedings came to an
end