The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-08-12

No Ii LGW8lE04 Ii S0o WHO'LL
This contradicsed the testimony Of Gil
man. who said he saw Spies HIGHT the
fuse Of the bomb In the alley. Did you
not tell the police who went to arrest
you and found you sick IN bed from the
effects Of your wound, and tell me later
on, that you were not ct the HGymarket
meeting at all, but was In Q saloon near
Zsph's hall and was coming to the door
when shotP
Yes, that is what said.
Well, did you lie then, or now?
l lied then; now am under oath and
tell the truth.
Witness explained that two OF his
brothers being already under arrest and
he having heard Of their treatment by the
officers, thought IL best 70 lie then and
retain his liberty IL possible.
August Kruger, who said he was or
DERBY sergeant and corresponding score
tary for the Lehr and Weir Verein, was
also discovered to have lied In his first
statement to the officers. His testimony
was not valuable.
Jno. r. Waldo, q confessed anarchist,
testified that the police fred two or three
shots before the bomb exploded. The
court then adjourned.
CHICAGO, Aug. 6.-The expectation that
some OF the defendants charged with the
HaymaTket massacre would be placed
caused more than usually large number
of spectators 20 visit the court room this
morning.
John II. Fleming was called and said
he was one Of the physicians in attendance
upon one OF the wounded policemen Al
the Despiaines street station on the night OF
the massacre There were twelve
citizens at the station who had sustained
injuries. He extracted bullet from the
knee of an officer. Witness said the bullet
corresponded as near as he was able to
judge with the revolver bullets used by
the policemen. On cross-examInation he
SAID he would not be able 70 testify as to
the calibre of the bullet, or to what kind
of revolver II was fired from.
William s. WeILneis was called to re-
peat the testimony Of Officer WessieE on
the trial of q young man named Steiner, in
which the defense said Steiner was the
person wanted for firing at the police
instead of Fielder. Witness was
unable to repeat the testimony and was
excused.
Ono Wands could not speak English)
testified that before theHaymAIket meeting
was concluded he and the defendant,
Fischer, went to Zsph's hall and we're
there drinking beer when the bomb ex-
ploded. He testified that he saw Parsons
there at the same time, but did not see
Mrs Parsons there. This latter assertion
was contrsdicted by other witnesses for
the defense. On cross-eXamination he
said he belonged to group Of interna-
tionalists, of which Fischer and Engle
we're members
Edward Prusser testified that Schwab
arrived at Deering to make speech about
p. m. on the night of May 4th and ad-
dressed the meeting at DeeriDg about 9 10,
| speaking fifteen or twenty minutes. When
he concluded speaking Schwab went with
with witness to q drinking saloon and re.
manned there ten or fifteen minutes.
Schwab then took car and returned 70
the city. According TO this testimony
Schwab could not have been at Haymar-
| ket later than 8 O'Clock at night and could
not have returned to Hsymarket earlier
than 10:45 O'Clock. On crosseKamina-
ton witness said he was carrier for the
Arbeiter Zeitung but could not state the
time precisely.
| Fritz Zetler was also present at
Deering and heard Schwab speak there
| that night.
Hermann Becker, who lives on Ran.
dolph street near Hsymarket, said he saw
Schwab on Hsymarket 9 few minutes af
ter 8 o'clock on the night of May 4th and
afterwards saw him take etreet car and
go east. The testimony of these witnesses
does not contradict that of the state, ex.
cept that of GIlmer, who stated that he
saw him IN company with Spies just prior
| to the explosion.
Phineas 81. Adams testified that hs
would not believe GilmeE under oath, bu
could not specify any particular fact tC
base his opinions on, except that two men
| who live near GilmeT had spoken in tha
way of him.
Heinrich Witt, who could not speak En
! glIsh, testified that Spies was requested tC
make a speech on Black Road to meeting
of men on May s, which resulted in ths
| Mccormick riot. He gave the result OF
| the attack wSs made upon Mccormick
| urged his hearers not TO join In the attack
On cross examination witness said be knew
Lingg and that Lingg joined in the delib
erations of the lumber shaVers. The
meeting was not called to take any action
against The Mccormick employees.
VIM. Murphy testified that he was on
the wagon at Hsymsrket when the bomb
| exploded. He did not see Fielder dis
play a revolver.
The court adjourned until2 p. m.
At the anarchists trial in the sfter-
noon Johan GruenbuFy testified to the
presence of Fischer and SchWeb at the
Arbeiter Zeitung office. He was direct
ed by Spies to take back to the printers
the circulars calling the HAymarket
meeting and have others printed omit
tirg the words, "workingmen arm your
selves and come In force" Witness said
that none Of the first circulars had been
distributed by order Of the defendant.
Edward 81. Garlic and Fl. s. Howe tes-
tilted they knew the reputation Har-
~ s. GiImer bore for truth and veracity
to be bad. In the cross-exAmination, OF
very short duration, the state developed
the fact that neither of the Witnesses
have had an intimate acquaintance with
Gilmer.
Lizzie May Holmes, late assistant
editor and contributor 20 the Alarm, tes-
titled that she was with Mrs. Parsons al
the Haymarket meeting until the close Of
Parsons speech, when she and Mrs.
Parsons went to q saloon near Zsph's
hall. Shortly afterwards Parsons came
in. Witness swOre they did not 60 out
until after the bomb exploded.
In the couree OF the cross-exsmina-
ton Mrs. Holmes said her maiden name
was Swenk and the articles in the Alarm
gned S. n. s. were written by her.
Ibid you write the article headed.
It is coming2" asked IDgham, exhibft-
ing q number Of the Alarm containing
the article referred TO.
[ did, repfisd the witness, after exam
lining the paper.
Do you mean what you wrote?
meant il as much as any prophet
means what be says.
Do you claim TO possess powers Of
prophecy?
Witness replied that she could some
times foreten events under certain cir
cumstAnceg, but was plainly somewhat
embarrassed by the question. She be-
came somewhat confused when ques-
toned as to the location occupied by
herself and Mrs. Pars03s and CONTRA
dicted herself as to minor dates.
Samuel Fielder was then called to the
stand. He corroborated the testimony
Of other witnesses for the defense a. to
the meeting held at the Arbeiter Zeitung
office early In the evening OF Nay 4th.
From there he accompanied Parsons
to the HaymArket, arriving ct the con
clueion Of Spies speech. Parsons
then spoke and witness being introduced
by Spies spoke for about twenty minutes.
He repeated the substance Of his speech,
which was about the same a. reported
by the papers, Arriving at that portion
Of his speech when he WAs re-
ported TO have, advised that
the law s.be throttled," he said ne used
the term in . hRurative sense, meaning
that 3 Law which did not protect the