The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-02
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mers whereabouts the fatal night. but not
for the purpose of buying testimony.
Captain Black urged the court to grant post
ponement of the arguments Oh the motion, when
all the afidavits had been read and put in as
part of the record but Judge Gary declined to
grant It, Finally he ad journed court until P.
NJ, at which time, he said, he would give his de-
cision on the matter of the postponement At
p NJ. Judge Gary asked for that part of the
record referring to the examination of Mr.. Den
ker as a juror Mr. Solomon handed him the
record. which he proceeded to look over for his
own satisfaction.
"Does your honor grant US further time to pre-
pare afhdavits regarding CulPs reputation9" asked
Captain Black.
81 see no reason for granting further time for
filing affidavit on that subject" said the court.
After good deal more talk about producing
more contradictory affidavits, Captain Black
asked whether the argument could not go over
till next Tuesday.
II will not consent to that the States attor-
ney said.
The court refused to grant the continuance.
and Black took exception. The Captain
made an argument, saying he had right to an
swer the impeaching afidavits filed by the
States attorney, and he proposed to secure the
benefit of that right in the higher court. Capt.
Black then began the opening argument on the
motion for new trial. He devoted himself
particuarlyrto the argument for the State made
by the States attorney which, he claimed, was
improper and calculated to leave a wrong i'm
preston on the minds of the jury He COM
planned that Mr.. Grinnell had told the jury that
the police had discovered bombs in the city of
Chicago sufficient to destroy it, and that he be-
lieved these bombs were aimed at the lives of
the jurors. He also objected to the statement
made in the presence of the jury, that the coun-
sci for the defense had admitted that Mr. Ing
hams argument was unanswerable. This state
mept, Captain Black claimed, had produced an
impression upon the jury prejudicial to his
clients. The counsel, during the course of his
speech, was rebuked by the court in one in
stance for making a wrong statment respecting
ruling made by the court.
Captain Black dwelt at length on two points
first. that the States attorney introduced into
his closing argument substantive matter not
ferred to previously during the trial; second,
that the evidence submitted by the prosecution
was defective in failing to prove who the princi-
pal was Captain Black held that the evidence,
to be sufficient against the accessories, should
have been unmistakable against the principal
to secure his conviction had he been presents
in court. The senior counsel for the Anarchists
had not concluded when the court adjourned.
Further hearing was deferred until Monday.
Aveling and the New York Anarchists
NEW YORK. Oct ]. "A meeting of Socialists
was held tonight, and Socialist Dr. Aveling
spoke. 1t had been announced that after Dr.
Aveling and wife had spoken, any person in the
audience would be permitted to put questions.
This part of the exercise, however, did not go
smoothly, for Dr. Avelng. in his zeal
to show that he was not an An
archist, had deeply wounded a number of
Anarchists who were present Under the guise
of putting questions these latter insisted on
making speeches, the chairman vainly endeavor-
ing to head them off by statement that the
Chicago press had threatened DR.. Aveling with
violence should he talk in that city as he did
in New York, and he (the chairmanl
did not propose tonight's meeting should
supply them with ammunition. When the
Anarchists had been heard DR.. Aveling re-
fused to say anything about the present plight
of the seven condemned Anarchists in Chicago,
saying he would only answer questions upon
socialism. He declared that the only point In
which the Socialists and Anarchists agree was
in hatred of the present system of things. For
q time there were indications of turmoil but DIR.
Aveling finally admitted that he had not changed
his mind as to the unfarness of the recent trials
and the followers of the red flag were
pacifed. DR.. Aveling referred to the expulsion
of himself and Herr Lebknecht from
the Manhattan Club house. saying that
neither knew of the matter at the time, and
when they learned of it, they cared mest that
such an insult should have been placed upon the
friend that had invited them to the club Aside
from that, Dr.. Aveling would say that such an
affair would have been impossible, among even
the stiffcst clubs of London, and the excessive
ill-breeding shown by the members of the Man
haitian Club was source of astonshment 20
him. He said the spirit of the democratic
American club just as bad that of the
most aristocratic English club and the breeding
of its members, as shown to men of universal
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