"I was at the corner of Randolph and Desplaines streets. Saw Parsons speaking, and listened to what he had to say. Some one said Mayor Harrison was there and I tried to find him. There was a big crowd. Parsons said that Jay Gould was a robber, and asked what was to be done. Somebody shouted, 'Throw him in the lake.' Parsons said: 'No, that won't do. We must overthrow the system by which he was enabled to secure so much money.' He shouted frequently: 'To arms! to arms!' and the crowd applauded. There were six or eight persons on the wagon. Fielden, the next speaker, discussed legislation, saying that Martin Foran had admitted that it was impossible for the working men to get their rights through legislation, and that the people were fools to send such a man to Congress when he owned that the legislation could not better them. He justified the forthcoming revolution, saying it was just as proper as the colonial revolution. The police came up quietly and my first knowledge of it was the command to disperse. Then the bomb exploded. It made a terrible noise, and a moment after the firing commenced. Parsons, Spies and Fielden were on the wagon, and I think I saw Schwab there. I crouched down behind the wagon until after the firing was over; then I went to the Desplaines street station. On getting out on the street I saw two officers lying wounded. I spoke to them but they didn't answer, so I told the sergeant of a patrol-wagon about it." Officer McKeogh testified: "I was at the Haymarket on the night of May 4. Parsons followed Spies, saying: 'I am a Socialist from the top of my head to the soles of my feet, and I'll express my sentiments if I die before morning.' Again he said: 'I pay rent for the house I live in.' Some one asked: 'What does the landlord do with the money?' Parsons replied: 'I am glad you asked that question. The landlord pays taxes, they go to pay the sheriff, the militia, and the Pinkertonites.' The crowd cheered, then Parsons cried: 'To arms! to arms!' and Fielden took the stand. He said: 'The law does not protect you, working men. Did the law protect you when the police shot down your brothers at McCormick's? Did the law protect you when McCormick closed the doors of his factory and left you and your wives and children to starve? I say throttle the law; strangle it, kill it!'" H. E. O. Heineman, formerly a reporter on the _Arbeiter Zeitung_, was asked: "Mr. Heineman, you were formerly an Internationalist?"--"Yes, sir." "When did you cease your connection with them?"--"About two years ago." "Whom of the defendants do you know that were in that association or society before you left it?"--"Of my own knowledge I know none but one, that is Neebe. He used to belong to the same group that I did." "Did you ever meet with any of the others at any of the meetings?"--"Yes; Spies, Schwab, and I think, Parsons." "That was about the time Herr Most came here and delivered some speeches?"--"Yes, sir."