At this point several witnesses testified to Lingg’s presence at Zepf’s Hall early on the night of May 3d. Others strengthened the Anarchistic theory of an alleged police attack at the Haymarket. Still others impeached the witness Gilmer’s veracity. Inasmuch as I have previously given in full all the evidence which these people merely corroborated, I have not thought it necessary to give here their statements at length.
John Bernett, a candy-maker, said he saw the man who threw the bomb. The thrower was right in front of him. The bomb “went west and a little bit north.”
“The man who threw it was about my size, maybe a little bit bigger, and I think he had a mustache. I think he had no chin beard, and his clothes were dark.”
“Did you ever see that picture before?” (handing witness photograph of Schnaubelt).
“Yes, sir; Mr. Furthmann showed it to me about two weeks ago.”
“Do you recognize that as being the man who threw the bomb?”
“I guess not.”
“Did you tell Mr. Furthmann so at the time?”
“Yes, sir.”
On cross-examination Bernett said;