New-York tribune., 1886-08-04
PRICE THREE CENTS
TRIAL OF THE ANARCHISTS.
TRYING TO BREAK DOWN The DAMAGING TEsTI-
MONY OF WITNESS
fBY reLgGRAPu TO THE rR,nuye,

fBr TELEGRAPH To TRlBUNs.1
CHICAGO Aug. 3.-The defence in the Anareh q
cases has been slow in presenting its testimony and
what has been offered has not changed the leading
facts brought by the prosecution The strong
made by the State has been made stronger If anything
in many respects. since the defence began offer ts
testimony. The witnesses for the defence as a rule
have sustained the view taken by the prosecution that
the meeting was turbulent and that the speakers
were urging re-enactment of the scenes at McCOr-
mck's of the day preceding. No witness has yet ap-
peared to declare that the police made any hostile
movement until after the bomb hurled The point
of difference between the witnesses for the State and
the defence is tc the revolver firing by the crowd
into the ranks Of the police The other point of dispute
is to the place from which the bomb was thrown.
The State witnesses all join in declaring that 1t came
from the alley which was partially shielded by tho
speakers wagon. The bomb struck the ground inn
mediaely in front of the opening OF the alley, winch
would appear sustain the view taken by the State.
The witnesses for the defence nd that it was
thrown from point twenty feet south of the alley,
which would have compelled it to describe large
circuit in the air the heads of the police before
it struck the ground
The first witness to-day was Frederick Leedel car
penter. who belonged to the Socialists but declared
that he had never been member of the armed section.
declared that he the wagon and that tho
bomb thrown from point some distance south Of
him, though he acknowledges that he was running
when the bomb thrown. lie had visited the de-
PENDANTS in ia several times.
The defence then offered with considerable parade
DR.. James ID. Taylor. age seventy-six, Englishman
by birth but who had lived in Illinois tort -four years
in Chicago three years II developed that he
belonged to the American Group of Socialists and
spoke their meetings. His hearing very fec
tive Captain Black being compeltd raise his voics
to a high pitch to make him hear. The witness
tnuay held his to hear what said and caused
some merrment when he asserted that he heard dis
tnctly every wo spoken at the lIaymarket meeting.
When pressed what the speakers had said he
was unable to remember anything except that Fielden
cried Blank the aw-Throte it," He heard none OF
the cries of To arms !! Hang them. He said that
he the bOmb thrown from behind two boxes stand
ing the sidewalk and he saw Fielden leave tho
WAGON but did not see him display a revolver
The defence then introduced three witnesses to tes-
y to the character OF Cmer, who swore that he saw
Spies light the fatal bomb. The first witness. H. VI.
Mose. had heard several people say they would not
believe Gilmer under oath; Austin Michel was
called hut said that he could not to Giners
reputation One Mrs. Lee said that Sue hearc Mr.
Moses declare that GiImer could not be believed under
oath. Nothing SPECIFIC urged against Gilmer by
these witnesses but the subject was renewed again IN
the afternoon.
The first witness cllled in the afternoon Joseph
Kutcher a shoe maker. Both be and Frank laao !.
baker told stories of The police firing but nobody else.
Cross-examned by Mr. Ingham, the last named wit
made the statement that lie knew nothing oi So
ciasrn until hc came TO America three years ago.
John .. Bricxy, printer. employed on morning
paper and who bears strong resemblance to Secie-
tlry Bayar was placed upon the stand 10 connteiact
the effect of the testimony Gilmer. William rban,
who said that the second day OF May he was EN-:
ploycd a. a compositor the Arbeter Zeitnng
DENIED statements made by the prosecutions with sses
concerning the lIaymarket meeting. John Galrics,
formerly Deputy Sheriff OF Cook County. sad tha'
| Harry l.. Gmer had been tenant OF his Tor ono
month. and that bis reputation was Gndenlaby bad
William ID. Gleason a shoemaker and special AGENT OF
the ate Trade aud Labor Board gave his impressions
OF pcaceabe character OF the speeches made at mo
Iaymarket meeting and denied that he was an lrish
| dynamltcr." Wilhelm Sahl sympathzer with So
ciallsts but Anarchist and Eyerhard iieir>e
mendczl whose name,' Mr.. Foster remarked. =" VIII
be continued in our next testified that they We're al
the llaymarket meeting aud out police ire
or have revolvrrs
This ended the days proceedings. The examination
the witnesses whom the defence evidently expected
TO mpeach Glmer was ;he feature OF the afternoon
and the sraned attention OF ali the detendanu
showed how important they believed the result TO be-