Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1886-08-26
THE ARGUMENT BEGUN.
THE EVIDENCE IN THE ANARCHIST
CASES ALL IN
The Jury to be Talked to by Six Different
Lawyers, Commencing with Mr.. Walker
and Ending with States Attorney Grin
nell - The Argument Made Yesterday.

Lawyers, Commencing with MIR. Walker
and Ending with States Attorney Grin
nell - The Argument Made Yesterday.
CHICAGO August 15.-The closing speech of
the anarchists trial was read by Mr.. Ingham
In his opening he addressed himself par
tlcularly to the great haste and energy shown
by Lingg and Engel on May L. andits signih-
canoe with the pronouncement of Spies and
Lingg up TO the haymarket massacre. He dweIt
with great force upon the fact that the bomb
which killed the police was unquestionably
the hRndwork of Lingg. Ingham's address
was considered the strongest by the prison
ers. His oratOry was not, only powerful,
but his analysis of the evidence was con-
sldered very convincing. He concluded
shout l o'clock, when Mr.. Foster begat for
the defense. Mr.. Foster said that the fact
that the defendants were foreigners should
make no difference with the jury. He then
described the defendants martyrs, surrounded
by their weeping families, against whom
the entire legal and detective
force of the city are arranged
Mr.. Foster devoted considerable time to a
further discussion of the power prejudice
yields in the decisions of mankind He
said he was confident that did the jury con-
suit the evidence presented in this case only,
and divest their decision wholly of the effect
of previously acquired opinions and preJu-
dices, the defendants we're safe; otherwise
they were not safe. Mr. Foster said he felt
sure that the judges charge to the jury
would not recognize the question whether
or not the defendants had conspired to over
throw the government and bring about a
revolution unless he found that such conspi-
racy was directly connected with the muir
ders committed on the hay market. 4 YER
dict rendered upon any other basis would not
be worth the paper required to write 1t upon.
Mr.. Foster next criticized the states attor-
J ff- hox 10 oh lN&D Df h. =,
! PENDANTS, and for attempting to convictthem
Shy Wholesale" This was the reason why
nearly every public utterance or published
! article of Spies and Parsons which had a
violent tinge had been dragged into court as
evidence. But it did not affect the case as
| defined in the indictment. 1t did not prove
! that the defendants had committed, or
/ had cOnspired to commit, murder.
Mr.. Foster ridiculed the parade the state
had made of rayolYsS and file shaped in
to dagger, which had been f@Hffa sin pos
session of Fischer. 1t was tn sd Oly of
Mr.. Walker in his address, and that only,
which was not under oath, which filled the
grooves in the file with prussic acid. Mr..
! Walker took this file and Most's book
Most seemed to be on trial herein his hand
and explained to the jury how a deadly
poison placed in the grooves of Fischer's file
had converted it into a poisonous weapon.
At this point Mr.. Foster placed in a most
ridiculous light what he called the parading
by the state of tin cans discovered under the
sidewalks two months after the haymarket
riot. 20 "a,
CHICAGO August 16.-Mr. 1T resumed
his speech by declaring he was not there to
defend anarchy. When he expressed that
sentiment Saturday he expressed the senti-
ment of his associates. The verdict ought
not to be based upon the sentiments of any
council. Mr.. Foster addressed himself first
I %hl b I
upon the character of the haymarket meet
ing, as to whether it was moderate and
| peaceable or inclined to be riotous. The
evidence most worthy of credence, he be
| lieved, showed that the meeting was more
quiet and orderly than those of a similar
nature which had been held from time to
time during the past five or six years. If
this meeting was to provide the long sought
opportunity of the conspirators to collide
with the police and bring about a social
revolution, as the theory of the prosecution
indicated, why were not the conspirators
on the ground when the blow was struck?
| Why had the majority of the crowd dis
persed? Why were Parsons and Fischer
in Zepf's hail. drinking a quiet glass
of beer? Why was Schwab at another meet
ing, and Engel and Neebe with their fami-
lies! One of the best points made by Mr..
Foster was in substantially the following
| language: 1.-The prosecution find great sig
nihcance IN the publication in the Arbeiter
| Zeituug of the word "Ruhe." Now when the
police arrived on the haymarket Captain
Ward said: Il command you in the name of
the state of Illinois to dispense peaceably.
To this, Fielding, who was speaking, an
| sWered naturally enough, why, captain,
this is a peaceable meeting;' or, We are
peaceable.' Now why should the state see
anything so significant in this remark. The
evidence shows that the meeting was peace
\ IL Id
to be otherwise. If at that moment some
one of his own responsibility threw bomb
among the police, ana that fact were now
known, the word 'Ruhe" and Fielding's re-
mark, We are peaceable,' would then have
the natural significance, the meaning on the
/ face of them, instead of being, as the state
/ insists, symbols of riot and blOodshed.
! Assuming colloquial and highly amusing
/ conversational attitude and tone, Mr.. Eos
/ ter illustrated the scenes in court when Gil
mer was being cross-examined. NJ. Foster
apologized to the jury for taking so much
/ time with AIR. Gllmer : testimony, which he
/ did not think any jury would consider seri-
Gus In any way, and proceeded TO denounce
/ the method OF the prosecution which made
/ use of such means 10 gain It's ends. In this
/ connection he referred to the testimony OF
/ Informers Waller and /eligPr. They had
/ been given the choice of rope and a writ
4
( pose OF the prosecution. Mr.. Foster con
Guided his address with an eloquent and
/ fiowery appeal to the Jury. He asks them
not TO commit an act which they would re
greet during the remainder of their lives.
/ CHICAGO. Ill, August l7.-This Is the
fifteenth day OF the anarchists trial. and Cap
tain Black. leading counsel for the defense
began the closing plea for the prisoners,
/ Captain Black began his argument - sOOu
a the jury was seated. He said: MAY II
please the court, and you, gentlemen OF tbs
jury, on the morning OF May ). the good
people Of Chicago were startled at an event
which happened at the hsynarket. Fear /;
the mother OF cruelty, and perhaps that vii
account in some measure for the bitterness
with which the state has prosecuted this
case. The serious question which confront.
u, however, l. TO what extent you, gentle
men. IN your deliberations, may be inn1
enced By passion or prejudice. ON the nigh
OF May dynamite bomb was thrown II
the hayrnarket IN this city and exploded. II
caused widespread havoc and loss OF human
life, but the moral responsibility for th'
dynamite does not rest on the socialists