The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-08-17
ON THE DEFENSIVE.
Fosters Eloquent Address on
Rebalf of the Anarchists.
us SCORING OF WITNESSES.
..,whom he styles "a stipend
Gus, 3 Colossal, n MOnu-
mental Biarfs
4be saaschists' Trial.

,-..-,eo. August 1G.-The closing
= Of the great Anarchist trial
..,ss his morning. insufferably hot,
- s,sreely a breath of fresh air in
~ l.na,--t-Oon. Every inch of space
80 the four walls was occupied by
1850 49, resumed his speech this morn
=, declaring that he was not there
1-s5siend anarchy. When he expressed
80 'ss7tfmen' Saturday he expressed
- .arti-neut OF his as ociates. The
..--5ict o ght rot 10 be based upon the
Elements Of suy counsel. This asser-
"a vss apparently made with the
- of undoi1g the effect OF the state
,.srts made By Solomon in his
o-s1inr as 20 Spies and his
,,,,e-snoe Foster quoted the old adage
nat q barking dog never bites
S-iss never concealed his sentiments;
.5sv we're made public time and again
.b-onvb the press. The man was talk
sI;ve That couldn't be disputed. There
must be something in the construction
ofsmanls brain which made him give
utterance 10 this wild talk. The man
loved notoriety and that was all.
One Of the best points made ov Eos
IA
mat the prosecution find great -signi-
icsnce IN the publication in the
Arb1tsr Zeitiinq OF the word "Ruhe,h
which they say means rest, peace.
Now, when the police arrived at the
Haymsrket, Captain Ward said: II
command you, in the name OF the
state OF Illinois. to disperse peaceably."
To this Fielder. who was speaking, an
swe-ed, naturally enough, why. cap
tain, this Is a peaceabie meetIng;n OF,
We are peaceabl5." Now. should the
State see any thing so significant in this
remark. The evidence shows that the
meeting vas peacesble. and say here.
that Il vas never intended 10 be other
wise. II 81 that moment some one, on his
own authority threw bomb among the
police'and that fact were now known,
the word "Ruhe" and FEEDERS remark,
we are peaceab3e, would then have a
natural significance or meaning on the
lace or =, instead of being. as the State
insists, s symbol of riot and bioodsbed.
Foster, after snlarging pom this feature
OF the case. and declaring that evidence
rel short OF proving that the Hay
market meeting had any c0nnec-
tiOn with the conspiracy to at
tack the police, devoted .consid-
cradle time 10 the consideration
ofihe testimony OF JChl Burnett, SIS ap-
proved. 70 that Of Harry Gilmore. Bur
nett. Foster showed. had been inter
viewed BY the STATE. He had Teen
shown 9 picture of Rudolph Schnaa-
belt, ami upon honestly declaring that
he could not recognize ii as that of the
hGmb-thrOwer. was allowed to go. He
could not serve the State as a witness.
Called by the defense, Burnett swoTe
that the bomb was thrown from point
f9r enough from that fixed by the prose
rution 10 overthrow the theory
based npOn Giimore's testimony
that Spies ut The fuse OF
tie bomb and that the
bomb was thrown by Schnsubelt from
the south OF Craney's Alley. Who was
70 be believed, Burnett, who had been
over he ground since the night OF the
not. and taken careful measurements,
and whose character had not suffered
from he investigation OF Captain
Schasck and his detectives, or Gilmore,
who sHore o glibly. who had been i'm
reached BY q dozen witnesses and who
was Grand Army man, but whether
ne had fought under the Stars and
Stripes OF stars and bars nobody
knew? Why Lad not Gilmore been
seat before the grand jury
Why vas lie placed on the stand
when the trial was in progress be
cause there was a missing link 80
Harry /. Gilmore took the stand and
SAD, rather than have the play stop
III furnish the missing link"
roster reviewed the testimony OF Gil
nese ezhaustively, denounclDg him as
stupendOus. q colossal, q monu-
mental lar" and, turning toward the
9sienoants. said impressively: III the
'esumony Of Harry Gilmore IS true,
august Spies and Adolph fi;cher must
Foster referred to the testi-
mony OF the ihtOrmers, Waller and
oe.iser- They had been given the
cluice OF 4 rope and q written state ment
sucn as BOuid serve the purpose OF the
prosecution. They. OF course, IS any
CLs would, chose the lesser o. the Two.
SAD tremblingly took the stand TO
sNear away the lives OF their 10 mer
comrades. II saw" said Foster, land
aot only say II here in the courtroom,
ou' On the street and everywhere, that,
y lawyer. l am opposed TO such
1uesns. Let justice be done though the
neaEens falllh
roster concluded his address with an
sIoioent and fOwery appeal TO the Jury.
&c asked them not TO commit an act
a1:eh they would regret during the re-
-9siEder Of their lives.
captain Black said he would prefer
-. 20 commence his speech TIL To-
Inflow morning. and the court ad-
'oiifneQ I'll that time.
The Baroa De Kalh