The Labor enquirer., 1886-11-13
his r No man knew / had said 1t
lntil / acknowledged it. Bonfeld did

not know that tIoldon SAID anytnlng OF
that kind. and he did not testify to 1t
Captain Ward did not know. There are
many things about that coroner's in
quest. It has been stated by several
policemen and two detectives and Q
lieutenant of very intellectual cast ol
countensnce here that when the police
came up to the crossing half block
away he heard Fielden say: Here
come the bloodhounds. You do your
duty and I will do mine." He has
sworn here-and think the fact that q
policeman could be made. to swear to
such an apparent lie as this must, to any
intelligent person, be disgusting that
when thev got to the wagon. aud Cap
tain Ward told the meeting to disperse,
/ deliberately on that wagon pulled the
revolver and shot at Bon6eld aud Ward.
Bonfeld said he conld have touched N 9
with his hands when I stepped from the
wagon. and Ward said the same thing,
and they didn't see it.
Lieutenant Steele said: al will tell
nothing but what I know" He was
standing at the tail-end of the wagon
where he coul touch me and he says:
81 heard no such language" Wessler
stated that he ran up the sidewalk, and
when he came I was firing at the police.
He claims that he shot me, and he
brings Foley, whom he claims to have
run up the sidewalk with him and came
back with him, to substantiate the fact
that Fielden was standing at the wagon
and shooting at the policemen, and he
shot me. He says: "Fielden rolled
under the wagon after he was shot"
Foley SAYS the man that Wessler shot
under the wagon was lying under the
wagon between the two fore wheels, one
on each side. fit had been fair jury
would it have convicted any man on
that testimony?
Kruger, who swears to have had
duel with me there, claims that as. soon
as l jumped from the wagon ran there
and began firing at him, and that he shot
me as 1 ran into the alley. And yet 1
was shooting there when these men
came back from up the street, and was
shot by Wessler. as they say, after their
return. This other man claims he shot
me as 1 was running up the alley. Then
comes the truthful James Bontield, who
claims to have snsaked around the cor
ridor of the central station Jail on the
night of the fifth of NAV. He sneaked
up against the wall where Fielden could
not see him, and he listened to conver-
,ation between Fielden and Knox and
Graham. He is brought on to corrob-
1rate the statement of Kruger that
Flelden ran into the alley. He claims
he overheard Fielden admit that he ran
through the alley. The state brings the
reporter Knox upon the stand. They
lid not bring Graham after they got
through with Knox. They got enough
With Knox. Knox was asked: did
FIelden say to you that he went through
he alley?" mo; he said he went
around the corner" Now, no man
would st te that if 1 had gone into the
.l,ey, because the wagon was close to
he alley, and the corner meant the cor
Ter of Randolph street. I did say l went
.round the corner after l had passed
he alley. That proves somebody was
wing. They did not bring Graham on
% substantiate James Bonfeld. l ask
INV reasonable man to consider IL this
testimony, to consider whether there
,ould have been jury that had been
that could have said beyond
Ill question of doubt, that Fielden did
ire into that crowd of police That is
Ill have to say on that question.
ITO be continued
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