L. M. Moses, a grocer, and Austin Mitchell, who lived with Moses, testified that they would not believe the witness Gilmer under oath. The defense then introduced August Krumm, of 1036 West Twentieth street, a woodworker, by whom they expected to entirely offset Gilmer’s evidence. From his evidence it was made to appear that Gilmer mistook Krumm for Spies, and that instead of lighting a bomb Krumm was engaged in nothing more harmful than lighting a pipe of tobacco. Mr. Foster conducts the examination, and the witness says he was at the Haymarket meeting May 4, and saw Spies and Parsons there for the first time.
“How did you come to go there?”—“I had business down town; heard of the meeting and went there with a friend, A. M. Albright.”
“Now, how close to the alley near Crane Brothers did you stand?”—“Very close. We stood there all the time from about 9.30 o’clock until the police arrived.”
“Did you stand there all the time?”—“No; we were gone for a minute or two.”
“Where did you go?”—“We went into the alley. I wanted to light my pipe. Albright came with me. He gave me a pipeful of tobacco and I went into the alley to light my pipe.”
“What did you go into the alley for?”—“There was a wind on the street, and we went into the alley so the match would not go out.”
“And Albright followed you?”—“Yes. He came to light his pipe.”
“Whose pipe was lighted first?”—“Mine.”
“Then his pipe was lighted?”—“Yes. He came over to me and lit his pipe from the match that lit my pipe, holding his head up close to mine.”
“After you came out of the alley what did you see?”—“The police were there; then the explosion followed.”