Morning journal and courier., 1886-07-17
ANARCHISTS IN COURT.

The Chicago Band of Conspirators on Trial.
 CHICAGO, July 16.-The first itness in the trial of the anarchists today was Felix F. Burscheck, an architect and draughtsman, who presented diagrams of the meeting places of the conspirators. Inspector Bon field related the story of the Haymarket riot. He said ffthe revenge" circular had warned the police and they were ready to break up any disorderly meeting. When it was report ed that a riot was in progress at the Hay market Square they marched to the place and ordered the crowd to disperse. Fielden then cried out: "We peaceable." Then the bomb was thrown and Fielden and others began firing at the police, who afterwards returned the fire and retreated. The next witness was Gottfried Waller. His appear ance was evidently 8 surprise to the prisoners and seemed to cause them alarm. Waller testified through an interpreter that he was Swiss and had been here three years He is a cabinet maker and member of the secret society. The night before the Haymarket riot he was present at meeting in answer to an advertisement in the Arbeiter-Zeitung un- derstood only by members of the society. He saw Engler at the meeting. At the men, tion of his name Engler grew pale and seem ed frightened. Witness said he was selected as chairman. Fisher and En- gler were the ones present that he remembered out of the seventy that were there. Engler offered resolution that if the strikers got into an encounter with the police the Socialists should aid them. The signal to meet would be the word 'ruhe" published in the Arbeiter Zeitung. They were to meet with arms. A committee was appointed to warn members when the time was favorable for a riot. They were then to storm the police station, cut the tele- graph wires, burn the station and kill every policeman they met. If the workingmen joined them, they would go on and enter up on general destruction. Bombs and dyna- mite were to be used in this work. After this was decided on the meeting for the Haymarket Square was arranged. com mittee was to watch and give the signal if an attack was deemed best. In that case the orders were to shoot the police.
 The witness continued: The next night I came down to @ meeting of the furniture workers at Zeph's Hall, and while I was there the bomb was exploded. After the bomb exploded went home. On the way stopped at Engler's house and told him. He said it would be better to go home"
 'fDid you ever have any bombs?"
 "Yes, about six months ago Fischer gave me one. It was a piece of pipe about six inches long. It at Italia Hall. Fischer had large number of bombs and distribu- ted them about All members of the Lehr and Wshr Verein were known by numbers. My number was 19. Quite number of us took bombs that day. l re- member Fischer, Eng,er, Breitenfeld, Hel- ler Rhienhold, Lehman, Herman, Schrader, Gruenswald and Huebner.
 At this point in the witness testimony the court adjourned. During the whole of the testimony the prisoners kept their eyes fast ened on the witness. Their appearance was anything but pleasant as they stared at him. but he stood the scrutiny bravely. ''That man," said Attorney Grinnell, s'is in constant danger of his life. His testimony is going to convict the prisoners and the friends of the anarchists would be only too glad to kill him. We have him constantly guarded, so that any attempt would be in stantly detected and the assassins convict ed /"