Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-08-12
SPECIMEN TESTIMONY,

Showing the General Character of the Evil.
dence Depended Upon to Break Down
the Case Made by the State in the Chi
cago Anarchist Trial-A Very Lame Eff.
fort.
CHICAGO, Aug. 5.-Despite the threat.
ening weather the ladies were present in
Judge Garey's court this morning in un-
diminished numbers. NJ. T. Milkoff, q
Russian, living at No. 265 West Randolph
street, was called first. He is a CORE
spondent OF paper at Moscow, Russia,
and, it is said, was imprisoned there on
account of his connection with Mill
istic movements. Milkoff has
worked as reporter on the
Daily Ne,os, and at one time was con-
nected with the Arbetter Zeitung. He
was at the Haymarket on the evening OF
May 4, but only a few minutes. He tes-
titled that he was at Zepf's hall when the
bomb exploded, and says he saw Parsons
there five minutes before the bomb ex.
ploded, and said he saw Parsons, Mrs.
Parsons and Mrs. Holmes there at the
time the bomb exploded.
w. A. Patterson, Socialist and men,
Der of the Intern ational Workingmen's
organization, testified that he was at tn
Arbeiter Zeitung Office May 4, about or
p. m. SchwaD, Parsons, Fielden and
others were there. Rau came in and said
speakers were wanted at the Haymarket.
John Holloway, an Englishman. said
he was close to the wagon during all the
hat ial do
use of the expressions: "Here come the
blood-hounds," referring to the police,
and said he could not have been mis-
taken. When asked to point ont Spies,
Parsons and Fielden, he pointed out
Schwab, Fielder and Parsons, IN their
order, and having done this on the cross
examination, was excused.
Henry Lindemeyer, kaiscminer,
testified that he had occasion to search
the closet III the Arbeuer ZeituRg office,
where the deadly explosives were found
by the police on May 4, and declared tn at
he saw none there on that day. This
was offered 90 convey the view that the
police took tae explosives there for the
purpose of co1victing Spies and Schwab.
On the cross-examination it was shown
the witness had long been an intimate
friend of Spies, and was on the bond Of
Spies brother. The court then adj
journed to p. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The two witnesses examined this aft
1rnoon, whose testimony has the most
bearing on the case, were Henry Spies,
brother of the defendant of that name,
and William Snyder. The latter said
that he was twenty-five years old, and 4
Socialist.
"Where have you been for the past two
months or SOP" asked Captain Black.
SIN the county jail"
"Under Indictment for conspiracy in
connection with the Haymarket riot?"
eyes, sr.''
Witness then related how he acted as
chairman at meeting held at the office
of the Arbeiter Zeitung early in the even
ing of May 4. The meeting, he said,
was for the purpose of aiding Mrs. Par
sons movement to assist the sewing
girls.
Witness then testified that he went to
the Haymarket meeting and got into the
wagon occupied by the speakers. He
was there when the police came up and
the bomb exploded. The only important
points in his testimony were his state
ments that Spies did not leave the speak
er's wagon during the meeting, and that
Fielder did not fire at the police.
''Henry Spies, you may take the stand,'
said Captain Black.
Henry Spies is a brother to Spies. the
accused, and the announcements that he
was to take the stand caused quite a flut-
ter in the courtroom. There was moth.
ing sensational in his testimony. how
ever, except his statement made under
oath that the story he told the officers
who were sent to arrest him, and told
the States attorney afterward, was
fabrication from beginning to end.
Questioned by Captain Black. the wit
ness said he attended the Haymarket
meeting with his brother August; that
August and himself, finding that Parson
had not arrived, went as far as Union
street in search of him; that they re-
turned shortly to the speakers wagon,
and Spies opened the meeting.
"Did you see Schwab at the meeting?"
Witness answered in effect that though
he was at the meeting from beginning to
end, and all this time in sight OF his
brother he did not once see Schwab.
The witness then related how he stood
beside the wagon during the speaking;
how, when the bomb exploded, he helped
his brother alight from the wagon, and
how he struck down a revolver aimed at
his brother, receiving the pail III MS own
body. He became separated from his
brother and went home to have his wound
dressed.
"Did your brother say any thing when
the bomb exploded?"
eyes, sir; he said he thought it was a
Calling gun"
"Dd Spies leave the wagon at any time
during the meeting and go toward the al
ley?"
"No; he remained in the wagon"
"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 at the Hay
market meeting at all, but were in sa-
loon near Zepf's Hall, and was coming to
the door when shot?"
eyes; that is what said"
"Well, did you lie then or now?"
81 lied then; now am under oath anu
tell the TRUTH
August Kruger, who said he was Or
DERBY sergeant and corresponding secre-
tary for the Lehr and Wehr Verein, was
also discovered to have lied in his first
statements to the officers. His testi-
mony was not valuable.
John F. Waldo, a confessed Anarchist,
testified that the police fired two or three
shots before the bomb exploded, and the
court adjourned.
High Times in Red River.