The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-07-21
COILS TIGHTENING
AROUND THE ANARCHISTS,
The "Revenge" Circular OF Spies Comes
Into Play Testimony ProvIng That ho
Was the Author of the Paper Which
InCitGd the Socialists to Murder,

careful as to the persons whom they az
mitted to Judge Gary's court room. Th
keen public interest in the sensational d.
velopments in the Anarchist cases is d.
monstrated by the daily increasing crowd
} who apply for admission, The court roof
: was crowded when Henry Heinemann,
reporter, the first witness, was called. Nj
Grinnell asked him II hs was at meetin
on October II, last, at the Twelfth stree
Turner Hall.
The witness said that he was at III
meeting, and that a resolution was Intro
duCed by August spies. Fielden wa
there, and the meeting was presided owe
by A. Belz, The contents Of tho resolu
tions submitted by Spies related to the i'm
pending eight hour movement, and thu
the working men should not hope for sue
cess unless they were prepared to enforC
their demands, The resolutions concluded
tsomething like: death to the Gnemiss o
the human race, our despoilers" 1t Wa
also set forth In the resolution, which wa
adopted unanimuosly by the meeting
that in all likelihood the capitalistic elias
would oppose the laboring men by mean
OF the police and the militia, and that NJ
lasting reform could be accomplished uu
less a similar force was brought to bea
against the class In authority. The wit
ness said that May was designated al
the time the new labor movement was t
DO introduced.
The resolutions were introduced in eyi
dence.
Officer J. A. West, OF the Hinman stree
station, was next put on the stand. Iii
was al McCormiCk's Reaper Factory OF
the afternoon OF May 8, near where 6
meeting was being held, ut which Augus
Spies was q prominent speaker. Witness
proceeded to give at length tho partiCu
lars OF the riot which occurred at MCCor
mick's.
The defense interposed a violent objec
tion to tho testimony, and the efforts o
the prosecution to connect the defendants
with oil acts Of violence that had occurred
iu Chicago.
TIE States Attorney said he intended
to provo conspiracy-Spies had address
ed the meeting at MCCormiCk's with thu
desire Of paving the way for the meeting
Of May 4th. This they would prove steI
by step-it would be shown that altej
Spies had addressed the crowds In mos
violent language be did not rOmain on thl
scene, but at once came down town ant
wrote the famous Revenge" circular do
nouncing the police, and saying that Of,
workingmen had been killed ut McCor
nick's, which was untrue. Spies had NJ
means OF knowing what had occuret
when he wrote the circular, aud his objec
was simply to intlame tho passions OF thu
people, and TO make anarchy rule-a doc
trine he had been preaching for years,
The Court allowed the witness to pro
Ceed with his narrative.
Continuing, the witness said that many
| Of the mob were armed with revolVers ant
that they at once opened FIRE upon th(
police upon the latter's arrival on tht
scene.
James L. Frazer, who was employed a
MCOormick's factory, and who witnessed
the riot, confirmed Officer Vests testi
mony. When Spies was speaking to tho
crowd he was very violent. At the con
ClusiOn OF his speech some one cried ou
pointing towards the factory" Let's 20 anG
kill those - scabs !" The crowd lmme
diately started In that direction, and Spiel
slid off the platform and started for thu
street cars.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
AT the afternoon session Michael Hahns
tailor, said he was at the Haymarket MAJ
4, and was standing at the northwest cor
ner OF Desplaines and Randolph street.
when the bomb exploded. The siguif
cance Of Hahns' testimony lay in the i'm
plicatiou that the police had been delib
erately led into trap and then by pre-
concerted methods slaughtered from everI
side.
The State called as q witnessa persot
who next To Greig, the saloon keeper, a
No. 64 West Lake street, has been mos
prominently mentioned in the newspapel
accounts OF the minor doings Of the SO
cialists In this city. This was Theodor,
Fricke, business manager OF tho ArJsile
Zeitung. Questioned as to the well know
concern, the relation OF Spies, Parson
and others to the paper, Fricke's answer
we're prompt and to the point. He identi
fed certain manuscripts seized after thu
4th OF May as being In the Chirography o
Spies and schwab. They are the originals
Of the famous Revenge" circular auC
similar illusions.
FriCke testified that In the manuscript
Of the call for the meeting Of Anarchist
held the night previous to the bomt
throwing and the CaballstiC word "ruhe'
was In Spies handwriting. Mr.. Foster
for the defense, did not apparently relish
the comfort which the States Attorney
seemed TO draw from this admission.
cross examination was hurriedly begur
by Mr.. Foster with the purpose Of show
ing that Spies was not responsible for the
publication Of the word "ruho," except Ii
q general way, as the editor might hayt
inserted o word for the person who brough
the notice to the office. Utl-
Spies looked intensely dsgusted al
this course on the part OF his attorney
For a moment he tried 10 Btile bis chagrit
II was no use, aud deliberately lean
ing over the newspaper man pulled thu
coat tails Of his lawyer with vim ant
energy that vas not TO be mistaken or un
needed. The cross examination Ceaset
instanter.
Edward Furthman, assistant In thr
States Attorneys office, told OF the selzurl
by tho authorities Of everything contained
In the ArCeiter ZeiilnO building the da,
alter the riot. Two bags oil mail vert
taken. 2 .sy havo not been examined.
Eugene Seegur, the next witness, Is
linguist, who translated several articles
appearing In the Arbeiier Zcilun1 j1st pre-
Csding the riot. His evidence was con
fined 10 formal statement 40 to the carr
with which the translatlons were made
Adjourned for the day.
SEVERE STORM
IN Nebraska Hnd Wyoming Several Person
Killed by Lightning.
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