The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-08-18
EVIDENCE ALL IN.
The Taking OF Testimony In the
Anarchists Trial Concluded. q
Stories Of the Principal Defendants
What the Defense Claims to Have
Proven-Arkumen of the
Lawyers.
THE ANARCHISTS.

May 4. 1t was also shown that Fischer
was at Zepf's Hall when the bomt
exploded. A weak attempt was made
to prove that at least one of the
policemen wounded at the Haymarket was
struck by police bullet.
During the day testimony was also
offered to prove that Fischer ord.
cred the ''worKing-men come armed"
clause out of the Revenge" circular in the
presence of Spies and Schwab. Mrs.
Holmes, the Anarchistic editress of the
Alarm, took the stand and swore to seeing
Parsons and Fisher in Zepf's Hall at the
time the bomb exploded.
Intense interest was awakened when IN
the afternoon Fieleen, one of the defend
ing an affirmation to taking an OATH and
the judge allowed him to affirm. He
told graphic and vivid story of
bis experience in the riot, the au.
dicnce listening. with strained -. at
trated how, when Captain Ward had or.
dered the meeting TO peaceably disperse, he
had bent forward to the captain and re-
piled in conciliatory, tones: why. cap.
TAIN this is peaceable meeting" He told
how the people 'howled in agony" as
they frsntically. tried to escape the
terrible storm Of bullets poured on them
from the ranks of the police after the ex-
plosion. He denied that he ever had a re-
volver or ever fired q shot in his life. He
gave what seemed a fair. synopsis Of his
speech to the crowd, including his advice
to throttle the law"
CHICAGO, August 9.-Fielden. one of
the several defendants, resumed his testi.
mony in the Anarchists, trial Saturday
morning. Witness said he never told De-
tective James Bonfield that he escaped
from the Haymarket meeting through
Crane Bros,' alley. On cross-examination
Fielden said he became member Of the
International Int ,Ss, wSrking-men's Associa, A, Ia
Joined the American group of Anarch.
lists. In answer to a. question as
to how long he had been of the belief that
the condition Of things must be overtnrown
by force, witness said he did not know as
always believed that it would have to be
overthrown one way or another.
After being locked mp for three
months witness could not be expected, he
said to remember if he used the language
attributed to him. Other extracts from
the reported speech of the witness ut the
Haymarket meeting were read and he ad-
mitted using such language substantially.
He thought he used the expression, refer
ring to the lsW; si;, T. Keep your eye upon it.;
explanation of his use of these words, wit
ness said he meant it in a general way,
just as a Republican orator would say
I've will kill the Democratic party"
Fielden In conclusion swore that he did
not know of the presence of q dynamite
bomb or any thing Of the kind at the
meeting until after the explosion oc-
Cured.
At the conc usion of the days session a
witness named John Bernett swore that he
saw the man who threw the bomb; that
said man was standing on the west side of
Desplaines street, about thirty-eight feet
from the alley, and that the bomb was
thrown in a northerlv direction. 1t did
not come from behind the boxes on
reeollect rec as"A as to s whether '0ph he had had
not said on the 7th Of May, in
the presence of the States Attorney, that
the bomb was thrown from behind the
boxes. Witness watched the bomb from
til it exploded He knew at the time it
was thrown that it was a bomb.
CHICAGO, Aug. l0.-Three Ofthe Anarchist
prisoners Schwab, Spies and Parsons
were placed on the witness-stand yester-
day. Schwab was examined by Mr.. Foster
as to his whereabo the night of the Hay
market slaughter, and denied in whole and
in detail the statements concerning him
sworn to by the witnesses Thompson and
Gilmer, and corroborated the story of his
there as told by the various witnesses ex-
amined in his behalf. He refused to say
whether or not he was an Anarchist.
Spies was the next witness. He gave an
account Of the Mccormick meeting and
ss Ps ra hre tSs ss Tse Sans
stood over hundred feet, from him
then understand. His blood "boil-
ed" when he saw the police fir
ing. on the women and children. Some.
about tive s~entV n wcupasd He at su once came sns
home and wrote the Revenge" circular,
heading it "Workmen, To Arms!" He
read in the five O'clock paper that ave or
six were The killed do and t,s then srcu,h he
soaHsia so 4. detailed his ns Experience srSaes
at the Haymarket meeting and denied in
full the stories Of Witnesses Thompson
and Gilmer as to his (Spiesl having
lighted the bomb. He bad had four
one man left two and another man
Of the men. In talking with the re-
porter, Wilkinson, he had explained street
warfare with dynamite to the reporter,
illustrations. The word "Ruhe" was in
serted with a batch of general an
nouncements on the request OF somebody
unknown. Balthasar Rau told him about
three O'Clock, May 4, that il the word
'.Ruhe'' was in that afternoons issue of
section to be ready to defend the people
''in case the police precipitated a riot" F"
The dynamite in his drawer he bad bought
for experiments and he also kept it
to supply the reporters with sensations
ing Of the big parcel of dynamite found in
the office. He always carried a revolv-
er," but happened not to have one with
him the night of the riot. On cross-exam-
ination witness said that he had other OBJ
ments with the dynamite, but did not
state what they We're. Spies acknowledged
that he wrote the Revenge" circular to
induce the people to arm themselves and
resist the police, The climax in
Ingham handed Spies a letter and
asked him il he had replied to it The let
ter was from Herr Most to "Dear Spies''
and related to the proposed shipment OF
twenty to twenty-five pounds Of "medi-
troubles then going on in Hooking valley.
Spies admitted having received the letter
but could not remember that he had re-
Parsons next testified, and said tha,
ing be went 70 2eprs Hall, and was at the
latter place when the bomb exploded. Al
the request of counsel he gave In substances
his speech made ct the Hsymarket. He
spoke for . long time, and his gesticuls,
lated to give the impression the,
he was really addressing an audience. h
told his audience. in the course Of his re-
marks, that the Chicago Times had advo.
Gated throwing. hand-grenades At striking
sea,nen, that the Tri6xas advocated Civ.
ing strychinia for trsmps, and that Tom
Scott advocated using rifles upon the rail.
road strikers. he urged them to defend
themselves BY the. use Of arms and
the use Of dynamite by working-men as q
defense against those unlawfully attack
ing them. When be used the words TX