Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-07
ALIBIS FOR ANARCHISTS.
PARSONS AND sCHWAB NOT ON
HAND AT THE EXPLOSION.

The Former In Beer Saloon and the
Latter just Through Making Speech
at Deering HaIl-Spies Opposing ViO-
lence at Ms COrmiok's-All the Asser-
tiOns Made by Anarchist Sympathizers.
CHICAGO, Aug. 6.-The expectation ap-
peared to be general this morning that
some of the defendants charged with the
Haymarket massacre would be placed
upon the witness stand by the defense, ,and
as a consequence there was more than
usual effort by the 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 physicians who was in attend
ance upon the wounded at the East Des-
plainesIstreet station on the night of May 4.
The witness said there were about twelve
citizens at the station who had sustained
injuries. He extracted a bullet from the
| knee of an officer who he thought was Of
ficer Kreuger. The witness said the bull
let corresponded as nearly as he was able
to Judge with the revolver bullets used by
the police.
SHOT BY THE POLICE.
The counsel SAID he desired to show
| that Kreuger remarked that the bullet
came from police revolver.
This was objected to and the objection
was sustained.
The witness said he extracted @ bullet
from the shoulder OF a shoemaker and it
| appeared to be the same as that taken
from Kreuger.
A bullet was taken from the body of
dead man brought into the police station,
which also appeared to correspond with
| the other bullets.
On cross examination he said that he
would not be able to testify as to the
calibre of the bullet or as TO what kind of
revolver it was fired from.
Otto Wandrey, who could not speak
English, testified that before the Hay
market meeting was concluded he and
defendant Fischer went TO ZepPs Hall ana
were drinking beer when the bomb eX-
! ploded. lie testified that he also saw
! Parsons there at the same time. He did
not see Mrs. Parsons there at the same
time. This latter assertion contradicted
the other witnesses for the defense. On
cross examination he said he belonged to
the group of the lnternatiOnalists of which
! Fischer and Engel were members.
sCHwAB's ALIBI.
Edward Preusser testified that Sohwab
arrived at Deerng Hall to make a speech
about 80 O'Clock on the night of May 4,
and addressed the meeting at Deerng
about 9:45 O'Clock, speaking fifteen or
twenty minutes, and when he concluded
speaking Sen wab went with the witness
to drinking saloon, and remained there
ten or fifteen minutes. Scbwab then took
a car and returned to the city. According
to this testimony Schwab could not have
been at the Haymarket meeting later than
8 O'Clock at night, and could not have re-
turned to the Hay ymarket earlier than
10:45 O'Clock. On cross examination, the
witness said he was a carrier for the Ar
better Zeitung. He could not state the
| time precisely.
Fritz Stettler was also present at the
Deering nesting and heard Schwab
! speak there that night.
SCHWAB AT THE HAYMARKET.
Herman Booker, vino lives on Randolph
| street near the Haymarket, said he saw
| Schwab on the Haymark et a few minutes
after 8 O'Clock on the night of May 4, and
| afterward saw him take street car and
| go east.
The testimony Of these witnesses does
not contradict that of the State except
him in company with Spies just prior to
the explosion.
Phineas H. Adams testified that he
would not believe Gllmer under oath. He
could not specify any particular facts TO
base his opinion upon, except that two
men who lived near Gilmer spoke in tnat
way of him.
Heinrich Witt, who could not speak
English, testified that Spies ives request
| ed to make a speech on the "bIack road" to
| the meeting on May 3, which resulted in
| the Mccormick riot, and gave resume
of that occurrence. He declared that
! Spies, when the attack was made upon
McCOrmick's, urged his hearers not TO
join In the attack.
AN ANARCHIST EDITRESS.
This afternoon the testimony was gen.
! orally uninteresting. Mrs. Holmes, one of
the editors of the Alarm and Arbeiter
| Zeitung, testified, and defined the word
anarchy to mean "no government" Being
asked if she was an anarchist, she
answered that she was.
Mr.. Ingham asked: "Does anarchy i'm
ply use of force in any way"
alt does not" was the reply. sEIts very
meaning indicates that it is opposed to
force"
Mr.. Ingham then read satircal pro-
! duction written by the witness for the
Alarm telling tramps that the law had no
| place for them alive and was bored by
! them dead, and advising them to ''jump
| into the lake" Concluding with the
italicized words: ''Or stay, have you a
matchW
"What did you mean by those words,v
asked Mr.. lngham, 'if you don't advo-
Gate forceW
81 did not say that do not advocac ate
force"
''Then there can be anarchists who
advocate the use Of forceY
"Yes."
"Well, what did you mean by those
words, 'have you match p"
Mrs. Holmes refused TO answer, saying
that the article spoke for itself.