Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-08-02

THE BOIB

THE sTATE CLosEs-oPENING ARGUMENT
OF H MISREPRESENTATION AFTER
Moons PROCEEDINGS.
Chioago, July 3I-W.en the state had
finished it's readings Detective james
Bonfield was placed on the stand and
identified some red flags and banners
which were brought into court Az those
found in the Arbeiter Zeitnng office.
They bear such inscriptions as: every
government is conspiring agalnst the
people, dick, Ormsby, who murdered
three poor workfngmen at Lamont. IS
not in this procession; you cat, see him
later boys, stick together" etc.
Mayor Harrison, being in court, the
following inscription on another banner
created considerable Amusement and
caused the mayor to smile. 1t read:
Garter Harrison. who dubbed our citi-
zens during the carmen's strike, is not
In this procession; you can see him
later"
Here the state rests" said State
Attorney Grinnell, and the conrt ordered
the defense to proceed with it's case.
Before opening its case the defense
entered q motion to dismiss the case
ngainst Neebe. on the ground that there
was no evidence connecting him with:
the offense charged. This was over.
ruled and Attorney Solomon proceeded
to address the jury for the defense. First
ha com Q thu inrv on its patient
endurance IN its trying position, and
asked that each member give the same
close attention to the evidence produced
by the defense as they had so al, that
had besn presented by the state. He
ask I'D the Jury to decida whether the
atate's attorney had fulfilled his prom
ises in the opening of the case for the
state. The states, attorney had stated
that he would produce IN court testi-
moDy proving who threw the bomb.
Had THU. been done? solomon claimed
it had not. Proceeding to the charges
against the prisoners. solomon said they
were not charged with anarchy or social
ism. but, as shown by the indict-
ment. the charge was the
murder OF Matthias Dsgan. The
law, the attorney said, did not provide
any clause which declared Oh could be
construed TO declare that the defend
ants had committed murder. Solomon
read from the statutes to show tibet the
evidence brought against the defendants
did not prove that they were accessories
to murder. Solomon then read from
several authorities to show what oonati
tutsd the offense of conspiracy. II the
state had u case at ali it was on the
~chargesof murder or conspiracy, and
upon no ether. These defendants, be
said, are not murderars, or thieves or
burglars. They are not criminals. but
are possessed OF q feeling of broad
humanity. W. expect to provo that
these man assembled at Haymarket on
the night OF the 4th OF May to exercise
the right offree speech, 10 hold a peac
able meeting held for the purpose OF
discussing the interests of laboring men.
But we see 1 n the action oisthe police
an Inoredible animus. We sge IN them
q devllish design, a ieniish deaign, an
intention to destroy every life on that
market. We expect to show you shat
Fielder fred no shot at that
meeting and that he had not
then, and never had revolver. We
expect to show you that Witness Gilmer
is . constitutional aid professional liar
We expect to prove that o. the night OF
Che Haymarket meeting Schwab did not
speak to Spies, as has been testified to-
but that he left the meeting some time
before. the explosion occurred. We ex-
pect to show that Parsons and Fischer
left the meeting early aud were seated
in Zspf's ball perhaps drinking q glass
OF beer, vlien the bomb exploded. We
shall prove that Neebe was at home,