“Who was this man that brought the circulars?”—“He was on the stand; Gruenberg is his name, I think.”
“Was there any torch on the wagon?”—“No; I think the sky was clear and that the lamp was burning near the corner of the alley.”
“Was that selection made by yourself, or upon consultation?”—“Well, I consulted with my brother Henry. He was with me all evening.”
“After you got them together, what did you do?”—“Some one suggested we had better move the wagon around on Randolph street, but I said that might impede the street cars. Then I asked where was Parsons. I was not on the committee of arrangements and had nothing to do with the meeting except to speak. One Schroder said Parsons was speaking then at the corner of Halsted and Randolph streets, and I went up to find him with my brother Henry and Schnaubelt.”
“Did you see Schwab?”—“No, I did not. Schnaubelt told me Schwab had gone to Deering’s.”
“Did you go to Crane’s alley with Schwab?”—“I could not very well do that, as I had not seen him that night.”
“Just answer the question,” cried Mr. Ingham.—“Well, I did not go to the alley. I did not even know there was an alley there.” The witness denies the conversation Mr. Thompson alleges he overheard Spies engage in with Schwab. He said Schnaubelt cannot speak any English—that he has only been about two years in the country.
“Did Schwab say to you that evening: ‘Now, if they come, we are prepared for them’?”—“No, sir; I did not see him that evening.”
“Did you talk with Schwab on the east side of Desplaines street, about twelve feet south of the alley that evening?”—“I did not. I was not anywhere near that alley with any man.”
“You remember what the witness Thompson said, that he saw you walk with Schnaubelt east on Randolph street; that he saw you hand him something; that you then returned to the meeting together. Is that true?”—“It is not. That man told a different story before the coroner’s jury.”