M. T. Malkoff, the correspondent of a paper at Moscow, Russia, and formerly a writer on the _Arbeiter Zeitung_, testified that Parsons was in Zephf's hall, talking to his wife, Mrs. Holmes and the witness, when the bomb exploded. State's Attorney Grinnell elicits from the witness that he has been five years in this country, that he lived in New York and maintained himself by teaching the Russian Language. From New York, he went to Little Rock, then to St. Louis, and finally to Chicago, arriving here in 1884. "You came here with a letter of introduction to Spies?"--"No, sir. I obtained my position in the South through a letter of introduction from Spies." "How did you come to get that letter?"--"I and a man named Clossie translated a romance from the Russian and sold it to Spies." "That was a revolutionary novel?"--"It was not. It was a description----" "Oh, I don't want to go into that. You know Herr Most?"--"I have seen him, but I don't know him." "You know Justus Schwab? You had letters sent to his address?"--"That may be." "You lived with Schwab in New York?"--"I did not." "You lived with Balthazar Rau here, though, on May 4?"--"I did." "Where?"--"At 418 Larrabee street." "When did you leave Russia?"--"In 1882." "Your bedroom was searched, wasn't it?"--"Yes, sir." "Were the arms found there guns and bayonets, or any of them, belonging to you?"--"No, sir." "Where did you live before you went to Rau's house?"--"With Mr. Schwab." "One of the defendants?"--"Yes, sir." "You are a stockholder in the _Alarm_ company?"--"No, sir." "You contributed money to that organization?"--"That may be." "But did you not contribute money?"--"I did." "How much?"--"Two dollars." "You were a Nihilist in Russia?"--"No, sir." "Are you not the agent here for the Nihilists in Russia?"--"No, sir. I am not an agent for any society in Russia." "Did you not tell Mr. Hardy you were the agent for a Nihilistic society?"--"No, sir. The reporters used to call me a Nihilist because I was Russian." "What paper are you now working for?"--"The _Moscow Gazette_." "Look at that letter; is that your signature at the bottom?"--"It is." The letter is written in German and it is given to the translator, who is instructed to render it into English. "This letter is directed to a 'Mr. Editor.' What editor?"--"I think it was directed to Mr. Spies." "That was before you came to Chicago?"--"It was." "Then we offer it in evidence." The letter is, in substance, an inquiry as to whether or not Spies could use certain articles written by Malkoff. It goes on to say: "I have just completed another article treating of the secret revolutionary societies of Russia. I am a proletariat in the fullest sense of the word. Address your letter to J. H. Schwab, 50 First street, New York." "Is that J. H. Schwab, Justus Schwab?"--"It is." "Did you live with him in New York?"--"No, sir. I just got my mail there."