. History of the Chicago police from the settlement of the community to the present time, under authority of the mayor and superintendent of the force . eting place to Desplainesstreet was: First. To consolidate the police force in a narrowstreet, in order that bombs thrown into their ranks wouldproduce a more effective slaughter. Second. To draw the police into this narrow space, sothat when the bombs were thrown they would become con-fused, and, perhaps, shoot each other, and to afford the an-archists ample opportunity of firing from the ambush whichthe alley-ways afforded. Third. To give th
. History of the Chicago police from the settlement of the community to the present time, under authority of the mayor and superintendent of the force . eting place to Desplainesstreet was: First. To consolidate the police force in a narrowstreet, in order that bombs thrown into their ranks wouldproduce a more effective slaughter. Second. To draw the police into this narrow space, sothat when the bombs were thrown they would become con-fused, and, perhaps, shoot each other, and to afford the an-archists ample opportunity of firing from the ambush whichthe alley-ways afforded. Third. To give the leaders, and anarchists generally,avenues of escape, and to afford the bomb-throwers the pro-tection of the alley-way opening into Desplaines street, closeto the wagon. There is a slight discrepancy among those who at-tended the meeting as to the exact time the speaking be-gan, but it is generally put at a few minutes past 9 oclock. Fischer and Engel were present during the early part ofthe evening. Later on, Schwabs gaunt form might be seenmoving aimlessly through the crowd, as many witnesseshave claimed, but he denied his presence there. Par-. DANIEL J. DUFFY,Ex-Lieut, of Police. 35 THE FOUUTH OF MAY, >>?). H()5 sons and Fieldeu arrived iu due season, and, of course,Spies was there, and he was the first speaker. From thetestimony of Paul C. Hull in the trial of the anarchists, thefollowing summary of the remarks made by Spies is taken: Mr. Spies tukl his version of the McCormick riots, which, as I re-member, was, that ho had boon char^ed, he said, with beinff responsiblefor the riot and for the death or these men. Ho said—I believe he said —that Mr. McCormick charged him with it, or else somebody had saidthat Mr. McCormick had charged him with it. He said Mr. Mc-Cormick was a liar; that he (McCormick) was responsible for thedeath of our brothers, the six men, whom he claimed were killed at theriot; that he had addressed a meeting on the prairie—a meeting of hisc
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