The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-08-12
DRAGGING ALONG.
The Trial of the Chicago An
archists Still in Progress.
The Prosecution Concludes Its Efforts to
Prove the Accused Guilty OF Conspiracy
and Murder-The stories of Wit
nesses for tho Defense.
EVIDENCE ron THE STATE.

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articles from the Arbeiter-Z eitung, and ex-
hibited the red and black flags of the An
archists; and there rested. The attorneys
for the defense offered motion to have
Neebe discharged which motion was over
ruled. Mr. Solomon then made the
opening address for tho defense. There
were two leading points in his argument
!. There can not be accessories without a
principal. The State must prove that
somebody was principal in committing
murder before it can convict others as. ac-
cessories . The defendants did not throw
the bomb; therefore they ara not guilty,
1t is estimated that the trials OF the Anar.
chist conspiratoTs for connection with the
Haymarlxet murders will cost Cook CouE-
ty and Chicago about SlOO,OOl
EVIDENCE FOR THE DEFENSE.
CHICAGO Aug. 3-In the Anarchist trial
Mayor Harrison was the first witness for
thedefense Yesterday. He told how he had
attended the Haymarket meeting on the
night of May 4, and listened tothe speeches
of the Anarchists. His object was TO see
for himself whether or not there were any
indications of violence, intending to
order the meeting dispersed at the first
wild outbreak. He bad come to the con
clusion that the meeting was a harmless
affair and went home, leaving Inspector
Bonfeld in charge of the police at the Des.
planes Stieeb STATION, having HISb oIucitu
all the reserves at the other stations to be
sent to their regular duties Under cross
examination he told how about noon on
the day of May t. he received an account
of rumor that the freight-houses OF tho
Chicago, Milwaukee a. st. Paul railway
were to be burned on that evening at the
close of the Haymarket meeting. This
rumor had caused him to attend the demon
stration at the Haymarket but nothing
occurred during his stay there to warrant
his taking action TO break IN the meeting.
B. Simonson was the second witness for
the defense He is a travelling salesman for
Rothschild q Brothers, clothiers and a
native of Chicago. He had been at the
Haymarket meeting, and had gone from
that place to the Desplaines street station
during the early stages OF the gathering,
and had held a conversation with In
spector Bon6eld, Captain Ward and Mayor
Harrison. Bonfield he said, had told him
that If women and children were not in
the crowd he would take the police down
and clean them out; that If he could get
three thousand of them together away from
the women he would make short work OF
them He had been present on the Hay
market when the bomb was thrown. 1t had
not come from the alley, bu from point
on the sidewalk twenty feet south of the
alley; ii had fallen among the police; FIR
ing had commenced Immediately after, not
from the crowd. bus from the police. He
was most positive on the latter point and
hung TO it tenaciously under the hottest
cross-examination of which Attorney Ing
ham is capable.
Ludwig Zeller swore that Spies had at
tended the meeting held near McCormick's
on the Sd Of May and made speech there
at the urgent request of delegation from
the Lumber Showers union, which at that
time had its head quarters at No. 81 West
Lake street.
Carl Richter, journeyman harness
at ~ - -
then called. He had occupied a position
near the mouth Of the alley, from WHICH
it has been stated the bomb was thrown
on the night of the Haymarket meeting,
and, in effect, contradicted the States wit
ness Gilmer, as to Spies or Schwab enter
ing the alley as testified to. He also swore
that the firing of pistols came from the
police and not from the crowd, so far as
he was able to see from the point he occu
pied
CHICAGO, Aug 4.-The proceedings in
the Anarchists trial yesterday began with
the testimony of Dr. James D. Taylor, sew
enty-six years of age and rather deaf. He
had been at the Haymarket meeting from
twenty minutes before the speaking COM
menced until after the bomb was exploded
He contradicted the States witness Gil
mer as to the point from. which
roborated the testimony of Simonson.
He swore that the instrument of
death had been hurled from the sidewalk
at point more than twenty feet from the
mouth, of the alley, to the south of it. 1t
had sailed through the air in a northwest
direction and alighted between the
first and second columns of police,
near the middle of the street, a few feet
south of Cranes alley The pistolfir1ng
had commenced simultaneously with the
report Of the bomb explosion, from the
police officers and not from the crowd. He
swore that he did not see one shot
fired by the members OF the retreat
ing crowd. He was severely cross exam
ined by Attorney Ingham, but stuck to his
story with great persistence. He believed
in an, organized government and in the
use OF the oath in courts of Justice, al
though, in his mind, it did not add any
thing to the obligations of an honest man
to tell the truth.
L. NJ. Moses, of No. 301 Randolph street
was put on the stand to testify as to the
truth .and veracity. He testified that it
was very bad; that he would not believe
him under oath; and he gave the names of
several others who had, he said, like views.
One of these. Austin MITCHELL was
called, but upon being asked If he knew the
bors for, truth and veracity he an.
swered mo- He was excused, and
Mrs ID. P. Lee took the stand. She had
heard J.. M. Moses say that he would no (;
believe Gilfner under oath, also Mrs. Mosest
but that was all. Frank STEINER told his
story of the riot but the only new thing in
it was that Fielden had said or shouted
"Standln Immediately after tho explo-
sion. Joseph Kutscher, who was shot
twice during the riot and was under
arrest for short time, swore that the
bomb was thrown about twenty-five
feet south of where he stood, and that he
stood about five feet south of the alley.
Frank Raab, another Socialist who came
to this city only two and half years ago,
and who had learned his Socialism in
Cleveland, swore that the police did all the
shooting. john O. Brixey and Johu Gar
rick swore they would not believe Gilmer
under oath. An Arbeiter- Zeitung compost
tor named Urban, a member of the Central
Labor Union, testified that in response
to n request of some delegates from the
Lumber-Shovers' Union the Central La
Dor Union had requested Spies Ia
speak at the Mccormick meeting Monday.
The witness swore he saw revolvers in
the hands Of the police as they came UP to
disperse the meeting William Gleason, an
Irishman and labor agitator, swore the
shooting was all done by the police. Gleason
was an Irish Fenian and chief of a revolu
tionary society in Newcastle Tyne
England. He acknowledged having ad
vocated the discharge of Capt
Bonfeld because of his action in the street
car drivers strike. Two Germans, named
William Sahl and Eborhard Hirsemengel
testified through the interpreter concern
ing the scenes at the Haymarket theil
evidence going to substantiate, to some
extent the theory of the defense that the