West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-08-13

was good enough 10 shoot police with This
was in e, ntradiciion OF Officer Wienko's
testimony.
The defense also tried to get in some tes-
timony showing that BailiT Kelly OF the
Desplu'nes street pOliCe station bad
warned friend a suinst being al tho
meeting, the inference bsing that the a.
tack was prcmeditat"i by the police re-
CARELESS OF what tue Spea Ser, misht
say, but this was ruled ont. An attempt
was also made 20 show that Sci.gpr the
mformeT, had stated that his comics ION
was eNtorted from him by the police uud .r
threat OF punishment and hy promi 81, ~
liberty, and that the subs anco 81 10 wa.
false. This also was ruled out Ia rebu;tal
OF Gilmer's statement that he saw. or
thought he saw, Schwab at the speakers
wagon when Spies was lighting tho fuse i'm
The alley, or about that time. with $3.50,
were called TO prove that Schwah was then
i'm Lake View, having addr, s~ed u ui'ctir.s
OF the Deering employees on the prairie
there the same night
CHICAGO, Aug a. In the trial Of the An
archiSts yesterday. the first witness was
VI. T. Malkoff formerly "A reporter fol tie
tTOftfer-/ctinytg and at present CORE A. me
ent for paper in Moscow, Russia lie s1w
Parsons, and Mrs. Parsons. aud Ati.
Holmes IN the saloon at Icpf'~ Hall for ten
minutes prior to the eXplo lion. Mr.. Grin
ncll in cross examination tried 40 show
that the witness was a Russian Nihilist.
but did not succeed Mrs Grub swo,o
that III. J.. tilmcr boarded with her fprtwo
months hi, year. aud that she would not
hcicvc INN under oath. Henry l.iuus-
meyer SwOrc he was at work Calc.miu.
lug the upper rooms Of the Irbeifc--
Lru'Dg building the Sunday, Monday and
Tuesday preceding the riot; that he kept
his clothes, brushes, etc, in the closet in
which the dynamite was found; that no
lost "a brush Tuesday and searched the
closet thoroughly fDrit and that there was
no uE Mantle there nor any greasy spot on
the shelf, rs described 10y the detectives
Theodore Ihhuert sWOre tbot he
Schnnubelt and August Krueg-
er were together about ten o'clock or
twenty minutes before the bomb expIuded
on DesplaineS street near Randolph and
mat Schnaubelt went away with Kruger
witness was an Anarchist, a mombcr
OF the Lehr aud Wehr Nerein, aud nc
guantod with all the prisoners except
Lingg The next witness was taken from
the county Jail, where he has boon i'm
INJURED for connection with tho conspiracy
since May j.. Hi name /, William ScLnci-
der He and fIe,den aud most OF the
others present. ADJOURNED 10 the Hay
market lie was on the wagon when
the bomb exploded. aud he and Field
en- jumped of together aud ran together
into the alley. He was positive Fieldeu
had no pistol ani fired at nobody with
any thing He NwOrC there wa, no armed
section OF the American group There was
what was called the international
Roles, but they bat no rifles or arms
of any kind they merely practiced marcn-
ing for picnic occasions. Thomas Brown
who was also confined in the Jail beraus
Of his connection with the conspiracy, had
seen Parsons ia Iepfs Hall when the ex-
plosiun occurred. had never heard of the
signal "Ruhe," aud was mem
ber of the American group The
discrimination showed that he had
lent Parsons five dollars the night
of the riot TO help him 70 get ont Of the
city. The witness also corroborat ted most
of Schneiders testimony. Henry w Spies
n brother OF the Anarchist ON trial told Il
sensational story To the effect thnt some
one tried To shoot his brother August as
he was jumping of the speakers wagon
when the bomb exploded; that he
tHcnrv) struck down the revolver and
received the ball himself. aud TINT he
Knocked the revolver out OF the ussa iIant'S
hand clear under the wagon He swors
that he followed his brother aud Schanu-
belt from the wagon to Union street aud
back while they were looking for Par
sous TO speak 20 the meeting and
that Schwab was not with his brother nU
any time. Neither did his brother enter
Crane Brothers alley. He acknowledged
having told the state officials and de-
tectveS a string OF falsehoods as to his
Whereabouts that night August KRUGER
said he was with Schnaubelt about ten
o'clock the night of the riot, walked
with him To Clinton street. ON Randolph
and saw him StuIt for home before the ex-
plo,ion occurred. John i. Waldo a printer
and "a member OF the American Group. sail
the police did all the firing lu cros,-rNan-
nation the witness ,wore that the police
fired two or three shots before the expIo-
sion