The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-08-21

who organized the massacre OF the Hay
market square; connected Lingg, Engle
and Fischer with the arch Anarchists; and
ridicued the efforts OF the defense to provo
alibis.
Mr.. Zeisler's speech, following that of
Mr. Walker, showed that the defense,
as was anticipatcd, relies on convincing
story about schnaubelt's throwing. the
bomb is untrue. He characterized the
police as body of cowarliy knaves,
and denounced Gilmer as a. profes:.
sionol trSmp and constitutional asnt
the identity of the principal In the murder
Of Officer Degan was established tho pris-
oners could not. be held as nc.
cessories. 1t should be shown that
member of the conspiracy to which tho
prisoners belonged in order to connect tho
letter with the murders. Ho donied that
there was general conspiracy TO bring
about q social social revolution. The advp. ,,p
lie. II was permitted by the munci-
pal authorities, therefore II must
havo becn harmless. No timc was fixed
for the revolution to occur. The social
fix the date-thc time was as indeflnite to
the propagandists of Socialism us the COM
ing of the Messiah was to the Jews.
Referring to tho testimony as to Spies,
his interview with Reporter Wilkinson re-
specting tho Inauguration of the social
revolution on May /, Mr. Zeislcr endeav-
ored to show that Spies was, jesting about
these, things, md that he re-
time would bring about. The advice given
by Spies, Parsons and Fielden to working
| mon TO arm themselves meant nothing but
that they should organize and stand to-
| Gcther, and Fieiden's speech in which he
lii hnp IN vi. Al nrul RI
ing business houses and help them
| selves only meant that the sys-
tenn was unjust which allowed so
unequal distribution of property. These
rant of tho aims of Socialism, und these ut
| terances were used merely as logical de-
ductions to illustrate the problems as n
teacher would use illustrations to explain
| intricate problems to his scholars.
| After referring 10 the meeting at 54
Lake street on tho night before tho trag-
edy, at which the alleged conspiracy was
concocted, Mr.. Zeisler said that Waller,
who was tho arch-conspirator,. having
bcen chairman of that meeting, told
much in his evidence for the prosecution
that was untrue His testimony was for
the greater part manufactured. and he re-
ceved payment therefor in cold cash from
( Captain Setback.
| Court adjourned ut five o'clock, and Mr.
Zcisler will finish his address to-day.
| CHICAGO, Aug. 14-Mr. Zeisler concluded
| his argument for tho defense in the An
archists' trial yesterday morning with u
witness Gilmer, and an appeal to any
| member of the jury who might have a
reasonable doubt, to hold out until doonis-
day rather than convict, and not to be
| starved into an agreement on verdict.
MI Ingham followed for the prosecution
| in the afternoon. Dwelling first on the
evidence as a whole, he showed that each
proven. fact was not as link in
a chain of guilt but as. the strand
of cable which spanned the whole
tide of criminality. The theory of the
State was that for two or more years there
had existed an organized conspiracy to
overthrow the law and that every man in
that conspiracy threw the bomb that killed
| Officer Degan. The defendants had sought
the destruction OF the law, but that law
was strong enough to secure the punish
| mont of those who sought to throttle it.
Mr.. 1ngham then proceeded with an analy-
history, and ingeniously weaving into his
narrative every important fact of the tes-
| timony.
He dwelt on the fact that in the so-called
| american group" there were not more
than Il score of Americans, and more than
half of these were women and cranks,
| while the only dangerous members were
Parsons and Fiedon. The bulk
of tho Anarchists were the offscour-
ings Of Continental Europe, who,
y
many of thcm, as in the case of Lingg,
not being residents here for more
than a twclvcmonth-sought to sub
vert social order aud establish the
rule of miserable handful of foreign
Anarchists by means Of dynamite instead
of the rule of the majority. He compared
Spies writings during the first days OF
May with those of tho Commune that
flooded Paris with goro and substituted
for tho Virgin Mother brazon prostitute
who personated the Goddess of Liberty.
Mr.. Ingham traced the development OF
the Haymarket conspiracy, and mado O
strong argument to prove its careful plan
ming, tho utilization OF the labor
difficulties by Spies, the summon
ing of the armed sections to prepare
for the attack. the careful selection
of tho place for slaughter. tho incite
ments TO violence by Spies and his conted.
crates Parsons and Fieldcn, and the sub
ordinate but important parts which Engel
Ling;,. Fischer and Schwab played in ar
ranging the plan of attack and in provid.
ing the materials therefor. Mr.. 1nghan
had not concluded when tho court ad
journed