“How long have you believed in Anarchy?”—“Well, I believed in it shortly after I joined the organization—as soon as I came to think on the subject.”
“You have been progressing from Socialism to Anarchism; and if you cannot convince the majority of the United States to your opinions, you propose to compel them by force?”—Objected to.
“How long have you preached Anarchy?”—Objected to.
“Was there any English-speaking group in the city that you know of?”—Objected to.
“Did you ever attend any meeting of any English-speaking group other than the American group in this city of that kind?”—“We tried to found one a year ago last winter on West Indiana street. I think we only held two meetings, and then we abandoned it.”
“Any other group of them that you attended?”—“I don’t remember any now.”
“You have for the last two or three years been making speeches of Socialistic and Anarchistic character?”—“I have been making labor speeches; they were not always Socialistic or Anarchistic speeches.”
“But you have made Socialistic and Anarchistic speeches?”—“Well, I have touched on Anarchy and Socialism, and sometimes my speeches might have been considered from the ordinary trades union standpoint, for all the anarchy there was in them.”
“Have you ever made speeches on the Lake front and other Socialistic meetings?”—“Yes, on the Lake front, some on Market square, Twelfth street, Turner hall, and at No. 106 Randolph street.”
“Look at the copy of the Alarm of June 27, 1885, ‘Dynamite; Instructions Regarding Its Use and Operation,’ and signed ‘A. S.’ Say whether you ever saw it.”—“I don’t know that I have.”