Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-08-03

deieuse in regard to the meet * OF the
labor union. May 2no. aasss
Zeller said he war t4,eto representing
the cigarmakers nuicn No Is. a dele
gate from the lumber shovele' nnion
made a resu.s ! tbei .be cens.tl labor
union seati q eos q tpfassr 30 RIO meet,
ing that wus TO be iaEa on tie BLACK
road, Field4n ard 5pits were named
specially desirable,
Carl Fighter, an ,pteliigeni-looking
German, who 10 at preeant o worker IN
the fancy leather trade, but who has
been an actor IN q German company,
was at the Haymarket meeting. He
stood in the first alley north OF Randolph
street leaning against a lamp post.
Richter'e testimony correspondent with
that OF the two preceding witnesses,
but contained little in addition. The
witness said he was not q socialist, an
,archist or communist, and had never
belonged to any labor organization. He
10 married and has lived in the United
States fourteen years, and is a registered
voter.
To-DAY's TESTIMONY.
Chicago, Aug. 3-In the anarohist case
the witness Frederick Liebel took the
witness chair and was subjected to q
GROSS examination. The witness wal a
regular reader Of the Arbeiter Zeitung
ard saw in it an announcement OF the
Haymarket meeting. He had only been
in America two years. He declared that
he saw the bomb in the air and that il
apparently came from the side walk
south of the alley. The witness
belonged to the carpenters union,
which met at Zseph's hall. he
had. visited Gp,es, Lingg and
Schwab in jail. He had attended q
socialistic picnic given to raise funds TO,
the defendants. His associates had
been mainly socialists.
DR.. James D. Taylor, who said he had
lived in Illinois nearly forty-four years
and the last three years in Chicago, was
at Haymarket May 4th. The witness is
quite deaf and the counsel had to
raise their voices. He said he
heard every word uttered by the speak.
ers at Haymarket. Questioned as to
the exact language used by the speakers
he only remembered thai Fielden said
damn the law. Throttle it," He saw
Fielden after the bomb exploded and
watched him as long asshe could. He
did not see hun use a revolver. The
witness said the bomb was thrown from
behind some boxes about twenty
feet south of the alley. The bomb went
in a ~northwesterly direction and la nded
about even with the month OF the alley,
He did aos see any one in the crowd
fro at the police. Ine witness said he
WAS % socialist, had attended many
the. socialist meetings aud had spoken
at o number OF them.
A number OF witnesses were then in
troduoed by the defense, who testified
thnt the reputation of Gilman, who
swore that he saw Spies light the bomb
and Schnaubelt throw it. for truth and
veraoity was bad. Tho testimony did
not haYe mach weight, asl it was all
hearsay testimony.
Franz Steine, o rnaehinist, was near the
wagon during the time that Parsons
and Fielden were speaking. When
Capt. Ward ordered the crowd to dis
perse Fielden said: We are p%eaeeable."
On cross examenation Steiner testified,
that when the police came up Fielden
out: .Stana. The witneas said
he attended the meeting at the metal
worksthe night preceding the
Haymarket meeting, when some-
body exhibited and circulated
the revenge circulars. He saw Fielden
and Spies on the speakers wagon, but
could not swear he saw ~Schnaubelt.
The court then adjourned until two
p. m.