Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-07-24
CHICAGO NIHILISTS.
Some Interesting Facts Developed In the
Testimony Yesterday. =


rose from her chair in the back part OF tn
room and presented to each of the eigh
defendants huge boquet OF aowers. FIJI
teen minutes prior the defendants. wer
given q flower by some lady who came int,
the court with Mrs. Black.
Gustave Lehman, one OF the Anarchists
was called, and said he was at the meetin
OF the armed section at Seeph's Hall, OF
the night of May 8, and went home viii
Lining. The next day witness went t,
Lingg's, where the latter, Seliger and Hueh
ner, were engaged in making bombs. Al
three men had their faces concealed b,
handkerchiefs. Lingg gave witness sat
chel containing two bombs and fuses, ant
box OF dynamite He concealed the ex
plosives back of Ogden Grove early tn,
next morning, and turned it over about
two weeks later in company with polio,
official. Witness told how he atte ended tn,
meetings OF the armed section of Socialists
at the hall on Clybourn Avenue. The gum
were kept at witness house. Witness de
scribed meeting in February, presided
over by himself, when Engel explained how
easy it YVES to make dynamite bombs, and
showed the process in detail. In March q
ball was given by armed section of car
penteIs, the proceeds Of which were turned
over to Lingg with which to purchase dyna
mite.
| The afternoons work on the part OF the
prosecution resembled nothing so much as
the building OF a great wall in which, like
solid courses OF masonry, was laboriously
and unalterably deposited layer after layer
OF the most damning evidence. The at
tempts at cross-examination were, for q
time, despairingly abandoned by the de.
tense, and when the practice OF severely in
| terrogating the State witnesses again
! commenced, there was noticeable change
in the line of attack. An entirely new
theory OF the motives actuating Spies and
been adopted. This was that the defen-
dants, far from being the dangerous
characters depicted by the long string
OF reporters and officers succeeding
each other on the stand, that they
had been purposely humbueging these
witnesses at every available opportunity.
but for the most laudable purpose. They
were simply trying to get up scare among
the capitalists SO as to benefit the laborina
men. Ernst Neinderoff, the first witness.
was one OF those notorious witnesses ex-
amined by the attorneys for the Anarch-
lists. He gave important testimony, cor
roborating Seligers' narrative OF the meet
Jugs OF the Socialists, including the armed
section just previous to the throwing OF
the bombs in Haymarket. Neinderhoff
was chairman OF the meeting in Sephs
Hall the night before the event and at
which Seliger was secretary. Officers
Terehoon and Sullivan followed Neinderoff
on the witness stand. TIL, y testified that
on the evening Of the formal opening OF
the new Board OF Trade building they at
tended in citizens clothes, a meeting on
Market Square where Parsons in fiery
speech advised his followers to use the rifle
and bomb on members OF the Board. A
the purpose OF forcing it's way into the
Board OF Trade. Mrs. Parsons was at the
head carrying q red flag. A carriage con-.
tanning lady was attacked and the occii-'
print severely injured. Both officers told
how after the procession was turned back
by the police, Spies, Parsons and Fielden
exhibited to them and the reporter,
shells, fuse and dynamite at the
Arbeiter Zeitung Office. With these
weapons the three defendants said they
would soon get the blood. hound, as they
this point put on the stand. He described
the finding OF packages OF dynamite in the
Arbeiter Zeitung office. The next witness
was Morris N -uff, proprietor OF the saloon
where Seliger and Lingg, the bomb makers,
on the evening OF the Haymarket riot car
ried 100 shells filled with dynamite
and left them for distribution, to
those who were to use them that
night. The witness testified that Ling
came into the saloon shortly after 8 p. m,
accompanied by Seliger and man named
Munsonberg was with them carrying a
large satchel on his shoulder. He put the
satchel on the counter and afterwards laid
it on the floor. Munsonberg picked up the
bag and led the way followed by seliger
and Lingg. Witness had not seen Munson-
berg since. Lingg and Seliger were in the
saloon again about lip. m. Huebner and
the two Lehmanns and several others.
whose names are unknown to witness had
just arrived and were telling excitably of
the bomb throwing in Haymarket. Wit
ness gathered from the talk OF this group
that they had been present when the liot
occurred. Seligsr and Lingg joined the
crowd in the front bar, and soon witness
heard some one who angrily shouted:
''That's all your fault Lingg was par
in the discussion when the shout
was raised. William Burgess and George
Schuler testified that they had printed the
Arbeiter Zeitung Office. Fred P. Rosback,
a machinist, gave evidence that Adolph
Schaubelt (then believed to be the bomb
thrower), who was in his employ, did not
do any work in the shop May 4. Schau-
belt said he had other work to do. The
session of the court was prolonged nearly |
an hour later than usual by the prosecu
tion reading from the Arbeiter Zeitung the
platform of the International Working |
Peoples Association, and lengthy extracts
published by Spies, from Herr Mosts
science of revolutionary warfare.