St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-07-31
THE ANARCHISTS, TBIAL.
The States Evidence Nearly all i'm.
YeSterday's Testimony.

CHICAGO, July 30.-The court room in
which the anarchist trial is in progress was
so dark this forenoon as to require the
lighting of the electric lights to enable the
newspaper reporters to transcribe their re-
ports The room was crowded as usual
and was close and hot. The proceedings
were begun by continuation of the read
ing of articles in the Alarm newspaper.
This special article read was transcript of
speech delivered by the defendant Par
sons, the editor of the paper, prior to the
dedication of the board of trade. In it
Parsons speaks Of the Tramp Nazarene, {"
and his Scourging the traders from the
Jerusalem temple. The speech advocated
the use of Winchester rifles as against the
members of the board of trade, with inter-
pellated cries of give them dynamite" at
tributed to the audience. In an article
dated Feb 6, 1885, directed at Inspector
Bontield, and speaking of the street car
strike. it is said that if workingmen do not
hands of the police then,
GET DYNAMITE: GET ARMS"
In an article dated April "a, 1886, one
week prior to the riot, appears a declara-
ton that the social war would begin May 1,
etIlu ouSSCSlo W IldlultC Ill COlluGCtlOu WIFI
the expected uprising.
Officer Daniel Coughlin told of an expert
ment he had with can containing some form
of liquid, which, when ignited by fuse at
| tached to it, caused a flame of fire possibly
five feet high which ignited the grass for q
| distance of five to ten feet in every direction.
The flames continued for about five minutes
The instrument was supposed to be prepared
for the purpose of causing q confiagration.
-Four Of these cans were found and introduced
| in evidence yesterday. Charles b. Prouty, q
gun dealer, recognized Engel and Parsons as
men who had visited his place of business
Engel called with his wife and desired to see
large revolvers. They found one to suit
| them, and called afterward and said they
would like to purchase a number, possibly
one or two hundred for the use of q society
William ]. Reynolds, gun dealer, testified to
Parsons and Engel calling upon him to in
quire about the purchase of
REvOLvERS AND CARTRIDGES.
None, however. was sold to them. Officer
McManuS testified to having found near the
corner Of Robey street and Boomindale road
on May 70. thirty loaded gas-pipe dynamite
bombs, and one not loaded They were found
lying under sidewalk, and with them lot
Of dynamite caps. Prof. Haines, occupying
the chemistry chair at Rush medical college,
had tested bombs found among the effects of
Lngg and Spies, and found that they had the
same constituents in almost the same
ratio as the pieces of bomb taken from
the body CT Officer began. The bombs
contained lead, tin anthony, iron and
zinc, mainly lead and iron and zinc
The bombs contained about 9S per cent. of
lead, per cent. of tin, and only traces of the
remaining constituents. The sample of the
bomb which created the havoc at the Hay
market was shown the witness. TWAS round
and no larger than the ordinary base ball.
Prof DeLefontaine, another chemist, made
similar tests with similar results. The state
offered in evidence an article in the Arbeiter
Zeitung Of May 4, headed Blood" and the
manuscript from which it was set up in
type. 1t showed that it was
WRITTEN BY AUGUST SPIES,
and purported TO give recital of the occur
currcnces of the Mccormick riot. Other ar
ticles calling upon workingmen to assemble
at the Haymarket and other alleged incen-
diary articles were submitted as having been
prepared by August Schwab. Before con-
Guiding the reading of the translated articles
the court takes its noon adjournment.
The afternoon proceedings began with the
testimony of DIR. Bluthardt, county physician.
His testimony was interesting, inasmuch as
1t related to the wounds which caused the
death of Matthias Deagan, whose murder at
the Haymarket is one of the charges upon
which the prisoners are being tried. His
observations were made at post mortem ex-
animation of DeaganS pody held on May 5.
The witness described a dozen or more
wounds, the one which occasiOned death be-
ing in the left thigh. 1t was
CAUSED BY PIECE OF LEAD,
which sever ed the femeral artery and tore
apart the muscles of the thigh. The witness
identified an irregular shaped piece of metal
more than an inch square by garter of an
inch thick, which was substituted in evidence
as the missile taken from the wound Nine
other wounds which the witness character
lied as explosive marks were found on the
legs besides fha
body. The witness also testified as
to the result Of the post mortem examinations
on the bodies of the other officers who died,
| and described the nature of these which
| caused death. AT the close of the examina-
ton OF the county physician, the state placed
Officer John Smith OF the stand and brought
some testimony damaging to Neebe. The
witness said he went to NeebeS house on
May and found there revolver a breech-
loading rife, a sword and red flag Five
chambers OF the revolver were empty, and in
one was an empty SHELL and in the last a
loaded cartridge. In his cross examination
of the witness Capt. Black brought out the fact
that the gun was not rifle, but q large
smooth bore. After short consultation
with his assistants, the state attorney rose
and said that as far as he then knew
THE STATE HAD NO FURTHER EVIDENCE
to present except some additional transla-
tons from the Arbeiter Zeitung. AS these
were not quite ready to offer he suggested
that the defense proceed with the opening of
the case, with the understanding that the
state should be allowed to offer the remainder
of its evidence tomorrow. Mr.. Grinuell re-
GREETED the necessity which might prolopg the
attendance OF the jury, upon whom the IA
ugue and confinement was beginning to he
noticeable. and spoke compassionately regard
ing what they had yet to endure. Capt. Black
said the defense was willing to make short
opening, providing the prosecution would
make the court party to an agreement that
the state should submit further only the
translations referred to. Mr.. Grinnell renlied
that as far as he knew, there was nothing
else to present, but he would not like to en-.
ter into an iron clad agreement to suppress
any additional facts which might possibly
come to light. The court said that rather