Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-07-23
Arbeiter Getting saying we should come

Arbeiter Getting saying we should come
there.
Who do you mean by we?
The armed section.
Who was in the chair?
A man named Herman.
What happened?
Some one moved that a mao be posted
at the door 50 that no one should listen
in any Of the closets. No one was want
ed to remain on the sidewalk OF steps.
How long did you stay there?
Half an hour.
Was the meeting il the basement?
Yes.
A map of Grieff's saloon was shown
the witness, who designated where he
81 ood!while listening to the proceedings.
What did you hear?
i heard a large man with o blonde
mustache say he would take it upon
himself to distribute hand bills.
Who is this man?
/ was told afterwards that HE name
was TlBCner..
who Whho :%ssass there you knew
Seliger, Theile, myself and brother,
Fischer, Breiderfilt.
Do you know Seiiger?
Not personally. saw him at Grief
hall.
Would you know him now?
I don't know.
The witness testified to going home
from the meeting with Lingg, who in
| vited him to attend a meeting at Neff
hall the evening after. The next after
noon the witness visited Llngg's house,
! where he met Huber and Seliger and
Lingg.
What were the people doing there?
Working in the rooms. They had
cloths tied about their faces.
What did you go there for?
My friend wanted to buy o revolver.
Then where did you go?
Home.
Did you go back to L;ngs's?
Yes.
go H.-E. -agsF-.4- t5~ aa.EHe
When?
About seven o'clock. I stopped
there ten minutes.
What were they doing?
Makingldynamite bombs and fuse.
Some Gaps were shown to the witness
and identified by him.
Did Linggfrgive you anything that
a%fternoona
Yes; he gave me a small hand satchel
with two bombs in 1t and some fuse and
some caps; also q tin box.
Is this the tin box? Showing one the
size OF o tea caddy).
Yes; that is the box. There was dyna-
mite in it. Lingg said 30. The witness
said after supper on that day he went to
the carpenters meeting and afterwards
went to ga Lake street. Then, accom-
p anied by q friend named semineka. be
went to Nsf's hall, on Cleybourne
avenue. He met Lingg and Seliger.
Some one remarked that they ought not
to be seen together. So they went up
Ninth avenue, where they met .fhielen.
The witness explained that at three
O'Clock the ncxt morning he crawled ont
|of bed and took the dynamite and
bombs back OF Ogden's grove and went
there or May 18th or goth, with a police
officer. and obtained the bombs and
dynamite. The witness said
it had belonged to the
north side socialist group, which met
at So Cleybourne avenue. They drilled
nearly every Monday night with guns.
The lstter were kept at the witness
house. He explained that ten dollars
was raised from the sale of baer at
Florence hall, on West Lake street, last
February, which was turned over
to the armed force Of carpenters
to buy ammunition with, but
was afterward given to Lingg to buy
dynamite with. The witness said Llngg
attended these meetings and bought
dynamite In February last. The wit
ness said Engel made a speech at IS
Oieybourne avenue, when he explained
how easy and aptly dynamite could
be made and .gaspipe could
be filled. Engel explained how to
ill pieces OF gas pipe and to arrange the
fuse and said the outer portion OF the
pipe should be bound with nails and
wire, SO when 1t exploded il would cause
greater havoc. At the meeting when
Engel made this speech the witness was
chairman.
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