Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-08
FIELDEN ON THE STAND.
A BIG CROWD IN COURT TO
HEAR THE EVIDENCE.

Telling Their Tales.
CHICAGO. Aug. There was another
crush of spectators present at the re-
sumption OF the trial of the anarchists be-
fore Judge Gary to-day. 1t was intima-
ted that the defense would close their
testimony this afternoon, but this could
not be stated with any degree OF certain
ty. This would contemplate that none Of
the remaining defendants would be
placed on the witness stand to give testi-
mony. Samuel Fielden was called to the
! stand again and was questioned by Mr..
Foster, OF the defense. "Do you know
Detective Bonfeld?" he was asked.
"Yes," he replied in low voice.
''Did you state to him that you ran
through Cranes alleyP'
Answer-"No, sir; never stated 80 to
him or to any one else"
BORN IN ENGLAND.
"You say you were born in England"
said Mr.. lngham, on the cross eXamina-
tiOn.
"Yes, sir"
"How old were you when you came to
American
"Twenty-one years Old"
'When did you become SocialistW
ain 1874"
"When did you become an anarchistw
"Well, about the same time."
"How long have you believed in over
turning the present form of government
by forceY
CONSIDERED A CHANGE CERTAIN.
lido not know that have ever believed
in changing the present government by
force. have believed that in the nature
OF things the government would have to be
changed by force"
"How long have you preached an
archyW
The question was objected to and dis
allowed.
"Did you ever know of any English
speaking group except the American
S'oSSPt S%SPp.w
"You have delivered Socialistic and
anarchistic speeches during the past
four years."
81 have made many speeches, but not
always of Socialistic and anarchIsuc
tendency. Some were strictly from the
workingman's standpoint"
THE OPEN AIR FORUMS.
"WheFe were those speeches delivered?"
'On the lake front, on Market square
and at Grief's Hail."
"Were you stockholder in the
AlarmW
81 believe had 50 worth of stock.D
"Did you take part In its management
Capt. Blacke made an objection.
The objection was Overruled.
Capt. Blacke rose and said: 81 think /
will advise the witness" and then
stopped. Then consulting with his BROTH
er attorneys he modified his remark and
took an exception.
HIS JOURNALISTIC POWER.
The witness said he was named as one
of the persons to which communications
could be addressed as to the management
of the paper. He said he read some OF the
translations from the Freiheit printed In
the Alarm.
On the redirect examination Fielden dc.
clared that in his speech he said that
Washington, Jefferson and John Brown
had occupied the same position toward
abuses of the government that the So
cialists did towards the social system.
In urging workingmen to organize he
only contemplated that they would be
able by this means to obtain greater
share of the products of the country and
a more even division OF the fruits OF labor.
He had no knowledge that any imme-
diate violence would be employed. He
had no intimation that dynamite bomb
would be thrown.
The States Attorney did not pursue the
cross-examination and Fielden left the
stand.
sCHwAB NOT PRESENT.
At the afternoon session Joseph Bach,
Socialist and director OF the Arbeiter
Zeitung, testified that Schwab was not at
the Haymarket meeting.
=. T. Ingbam testified that he was at
the HaymRrket meeting. He saw Fielden
alight from the wagon aud heard the
bomb explode. He believed Fielden
did not do any shooting and thought |
he left the vicinity as rapidly as he |
could. He noticed that the firing all |
seemed to come from the police. The |
witness produced q circular, which he |
swore was handed him on the street. 1t |
was one Of those from which the words |
"Workingmen, arm yourselves and ap- |
pear In forceV had been omitted. This |
is the only circular OF that kind that has |
been presented in evidence by the de-
tense. 1t has been preserved since the |
Haymarket riot by the witness, VINO was
present at the meeting.
THE STATES CIRCULARS.
The State presented as evidence lot of
circulars taken from the Arbeiter Zeitupg
office, from which the words mentioned
had not been expunged, and the defense
has presented a number of revised ones,
but till now no one OF them had been
traced 10 Lne uduub Vi HI e1e-WlLueSb OI
the riot who had received IL from the dis
tributor. The point was surprise 10 the
State and every one else and was ex-
planned in the cross examination.
"HOw long have you known Mr.. Salo-
man, the attorney for the defenseW
About half an hour"
"Half an hour? How came you to meet
him half an hour ago for the first timep
al called at his Office halt an hour or 80
ago and was brought here by some one In
tho Office"
WHY HE WANTED TO SEE sALoMAN.
"Why did you wish to see Mr.. salo-
manW
''To show him this circular. read in
the papers about the kind OF circulars
presented in court and discovering that
mine which | still had In my pocket was
unlike those presented by the State |
thought / might give some testimony
which had not yet been drawn out In re-
ation TO the circulars which were dis
tributed."
The witness contradicted himself on
)ne or two immaterial points relating TO
he succession of speakers at the Hay
market, ETC., but In the main, his story
seems To be told simply and honestly. One
)r two other witnesses were examined,
,ut their testimony was asimmaterlal, when |
he court adjourned till Monday.
Incorporation of n Newspaper.
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. THE IndIanap-