, 1886-08-10
The Anarchist Defense.

uSioic Tx opcuIus VI inc dlteTnOOn SEES
sion there was not a vacant seat in The
court room. The fact that Spies was tn,
witness under examination lent an extra
ordinary amount of interest to the SEES
sion. He was cross examined by Ing
ham.
Q. How long have you been editor o
the ArJe,ter Zeitun9? A.. About six
years.
Q. Were you editor in chief? A. No.
There was really no editor in chief.
q: Were you not looked upon as the
head of the editorial department? A. Not
so by those connected with the paper
The editorial department was governed by
the publishing company.
Q. What position did Schwab hold or
the paper? A The same as | did, that
of one of the editors.
q. And neither of you were RESPONSE
bic for the character of the expressions Of
the paper? A. No, sir.
Spies, in answer to further questions of
a similar nature, stated that he was a paid
~employe Of the Arbeiter Zeiung; that he
looked over editorial articles before they
we're published, but was not responsible
for their tone.
Q. Were you editor ofthe Alarms at any
time? A. | took charge of it for II short
time once. while Mr.. Parsons was absent.
Q. How many bombs did you have in
your office? A. Four.
Q Where did you get them? A. They
were brought to me some three years ago
by a man who said he was from Cleveland.
Q What kind of bombs were these?
A. Iron percussion bombs.
z What became of the man who
brought you these bombs? A. l never
saw him again. He said, if remember
rightly, that he was going to New Zea-
land.
Q And when did you get these Car
bombs? A | never got them. That is
an invention Of that reporter. A man
came there whilc | was at dinner, and left
them there. He left the bombs with the
bookkeeper. | never saw him before or
after.
During this examination the witness
was very uneasy and his voice trembled
perceptibly. His agitation increased when
the examination was continued as fol.
lows:
Q How much dynamite did you have
in your Officer A. Two small packages
q. Where did you get it? A. OF the
bO"0Si tO"PnhJ'
Q Why did you purchase this dyna-
m.te2 A Oh. | had read a great deal
about dynamite and thought | would IN.
vestigale further.
z. Why did you wish to investigate
further? A. Oh, on general principles.
| can't say further.
. q. Did you ever experiment with
bombs? A. No sir.
Y. Didn't you go to Sheffield, Ind
and witness some experiments with
bumbs2
Witness answered evasively, and the
question being repeated in another form,
the defense objected. The objection was
overruled, and witness swore that he had
never experimental with bombs.
Q Was dynamite distributed from the
Ar6eiter Zeitung office? A. The Office
was not maintained for that purpose.
q. Were Lombs ever distributed from
there? A. No, sir.
Q. Did you not tell Reporter Wilkinson
that they were2 A. Never.
q. Have you known Herr Mostl A.
Yes.
Q. Did you receive this letter? (handing
witness a letter addressed to him and
signed by Most). A. | did.
q. Did you nswer it?
The defense objected and the examina-
ton was suspended while the court read
the letter.
You may answer, said the court.
a. | do not remember.
Q. How long have you correspondent
with Most?
Objected to and objection sustained.
q. In whose hand writing is this pos
tai card? (hunding Spies a postal card.
The defense objected; card read and
Foster asked if the state contemplated
bringing in a new defendant. The court
having decided that the objection was
just, the examination continued. Both
letter and postal card were again handed
to witness and he was asked yes or no.
whether or not he received them. The
question was evaded for awhile. Wit.
ness fnally admitted that The must have
received them as they were addressed to
him"
Q. Did you send the writer of this card
directions asked form shipment of the
stuff mentioned? a. | answer positively
| did not.
The rest of the testimony of Spies re
lated to the authorship of the revenge
circular.