"Have you ever taken part in Socialistic meetings?"--"Yes. I have spoken at meetings controversially." "Are you, or were you, a member of the International Working Men's Society?"--"I was." "For how long?"--"Well, I continued a member until the organization was abandoned." "What group were you a member of?"--"Of the American group." "Where did you attend meetings?"--"At Greif's hall." "What were the conditions of membership? Tell the jury whether those meetings were secret or public."--"They were public. The conditions of membership were--" This answer was objected to by the State, and the Court sustains the objection. "How long have you been a member of the American group?"--"I think a year, or a little more." "How often have you met Parsons and Fielden?"--"They have not been regular in their attendance." "Now, taking them in their order, will you state what you heard them say, either on the Lake front or at any hall, regarding the use of force?" Captain Black withdraws this question at once upon consultation with his associates. Mr. Ingham then took up the cross-examination: "How did you come to go to the Haymarket, doctor?"--"I happened to be in the neighborhood, taking my usual evening walk." "Did you see any circular?"--"I did not." "How did you come to attend the meeting, then?"--"I saw a great many people, who told me there was to be a meeting." "Did you go at once to the alley?"--"I did." "Are you sure you did not stop on the Haymarket?"--"I am sure I did not." "Why, then, did you go in the alley?"--"To hear what was to be said." "What time did you get there?"--"A little after 7 o'clock." "And you stopped there all the time?"--"Yes." "How long did you wait?"--"About twenty minutes." "Then the meeting was opened?"--"It was." "And you listened to Spies?"--"Yes." "What did he say?"--"The substance of what he said was that the men had better go home, and not do any violence." (The witness confounds Spies and Parsons. The former, according to other witnesses, made no reference to Jay Gould, but Parsons did. The doctor said also that Parsons told the men that the history of strikes showed all strikes to have proved a failure; that what was wanted was a change in the system.) "Did you see Fielden all the time he was speaking?"--"I did." "And he had no revolver?"--"He had not." "Did you keep your eye on him all the time?"--"Every minute." "You did not take your eye off him for a single minute?"--"Not half a minute." "And you saw him just as he closed his speech?"--"I did. He got down out of the wagon and was standing close to me." "Where did he go after the bomb exploded?"--"The Lord only knows what became of him. The demoralization was so great that I don't know. I think he was one of the first men to go down after the shell exploded." "Well, how long did you remain there?"--"I was the last man to go up the alley. There was a great crowd ahead of me." "Were the bullets thick?"--"Well, I should say they were."