The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-23
CONSPIRATORS ON TRIAL.
NO TESTIMONY INTRODUCED IN
 REHILF OF DEFENDANTS.

stnte's Evidence Very Damaging-Argu- | ments VIII he Made Tomorrow After- | noon-Sumerous Threats Were Made- | Other Court News of Interest.
 The trial of Charles Brunhoefer,
 Ernest Vollandt, Henry Martin, George Swanson, John Kornmer and Her man Baehr, all members of Bakers union, No. II, who are charged with conspiring to injure the business of
 Frederick Gaiser, Il baker at lG0 Dix well avenue, was resumed in the city court before Judge Cable yesterday morning, and late in the afternoon was completed, so far as the introduction of evidence Is concerned.
 Shortly after 1 o'clock the state rest ed its casc and the defense, after n brief consultation between counsel, de- cided to introduce no testimony for the defendants, but to submit the case after arguments had been made. Owing to | the lateness of the hour 1t was deemed
 inadvisabe to begin on the arguments
 yesterday, and in consequence the cases
 were again continued to ? o'clock to-
 morrow afternoon, when the arguments
 will be made. The opening argument
 for the state will be made by Attorney Charles F. Bollmann. He will be fol- lowed by Attorney Clerkin and ex- Judge Stoddard for the accused. The closing argument will be made for the state by Assistant City Attorney Mat thewman.
 The state introduced considerable evil dence yesterday which was very dam aging to the interests of the accused. The gist of this evidence was to the effect that the accused had not only threatened to boycott Gaiser, but had also made threats against number of his customers, as to what they would do unless they stopped purchasing bread from Gaiser. It was also shown that the accused had openly made state ments that they would break him up in business, and with this end in view had caused to be printed and circulated broadcast throughout the Ninth and Tenth wards large number of boy colt circulars.
 When court opened yesterday morn- ing there was a large number of spec tatorsN present, many of them being members of the local bakers union. The first witness of the day was George Wippersohl, son-in-law of Gaiser's, who had not finished his testimony when court adjourned Tuesday after noon. He testified substantially, in ad- dition to the evidence of the previous day, that he was an employe of Gaiser's and also a member of the local bakers union. He attended a special meeting of that body held the second Sunday in June, at which time it was voted not to allow Louis Schluntz to be- come member of the union. Schluntz was Gaiser's foreman, and it was be- cause of him that the boycott was or dered. Henry Martin, one of the ac- cused, presided at the meeting.
 A short time after this meeting, the witness testified, Vollandt and Kommer two more of the accused, called at Gaisers shop and told him and two other employees that unless Schluntz was discharged they would have to stop working there and also that unless Gaiser discharged his foreman he would be boycotted. The next day Vollandt and Martin called and told him that the union had positively decided not to admit Schluntz to membership, and consequently all the union men in the shop would have to stop work. ".
 This testimony was corroborated by that of Gottlieb Schlief, another of Gaiser's employees, who said that Vol landt had ordered them to stop work, and that the union would pay them as long as they were out of work.
 Mr. Beschel, of Beschel Brothers, on George street, testified that Martin had called upon him and told him he must stop selling Gaiser's bread, or he, too, would be boycotted. When he refused, saying that his customers liked the bread, Martin asked him to furnish him with the names of the customers This, also, he refused to do.
 Henry Voelker, a grocer at 123 Shel- ton avenue, gave similar testimony, as did a number of other grocers and butchers. Some of them testified that they, too, had been threatened with a boycott unless they stopped selling Gaiser's bread. They also demanded the names of the customers, but were not give them.
 Patrolman Kober, who arrested Brunhoefer while he was in the act of distributing the boycott circulars, testi- fled that for about four weeks prior to this suit having been brought the Ninth and Tenth wards had been fairly deluged with boycott circulars So great a nuisance did this become that he was specially detailed upon the case with orders to arrest anyone found throwing the circulars around the streets. This ended the case for the state, although Assistant City Attorney Matthewman had number of wit nesses, who he did not think it neces- sary to call, as their testimony would be only corroborative of that already offered. The attorneys for the defense | then held a consultation, after which | they announced that they would put in
 no defense. and the cases were contin- ued until tomorrow afternoon. when
 the arguments would be made.
 CityCourt-Criminal Side-Judre Cable. Michael Healy, breach of the peace $5 fine, $6.04 costs; James E. Gillesnie
 breach of the peace, g. fine, $eO4 costs.