Chapter LIII: Appendix: A

THE meeting places of the Anarchist groups in Chicago prior to May 4, 1886, were as follows:

South Side, Saturday nights, 2883 Wentworth Avenue.

Southwest Side, No. 1, Saturday nights, 691 South Halsted Street.

Southwest Side, No. 3, Saturday nights, 611 Throop Street.

Vorwaerts, Saturday nights, 204 Blue Island Avenue.

Jefferson, Saturday nights, at or near 1800 Milwaukee Avenue.

Town of Lake, No. 1, Saturday nights, 514 State Street.

Town of Lake, No. 2, every other Sunday evening, in Thomas Hall, corner of Fifty-eighth and Laflin Streets.

Bridgeport, Sunday afternoons, 2 o’clock, 2513 South Halsted Street.

The Lehr und Wehr Verein companies met as follows:

First Group—Tuesday and Friday evenings, at Mueller’s Hall, corner of Sedgwick and North Avenue; also, at No. 58 Clybourn Avenue, Sunday mornings, for instruction in shooting and rifle practice.

Second Group—Wednesday evenings, and two weekly meetings, together with the Northwest Side Group, at 8 o’clock, at 636 Milwaukee Avenue.

Third Group—Wednesday evenings at the West Twelfth Street Turner Hall.

No. 58 Clybourn Avenue was a general meeting-place. A general invitation was extended to all to come there on Sundays for practice in shooting.

List of names of Anarchists and Socialists as found on record with Secretaries Seliger and Lingg, at 442 Sedgwick Street:

William Hesse.
Moritz Neff.
William Lange.
Balthasar Rau.
Albert Bonien.
Michael Schwab.
H. Harmening.
William Medow.
A. Hovestadt.
Oscar Neebe.
Franz Hoffman.
Ch. Charlevitz.
H. Kaune.
H. Tietgens.
Theodore Polling.
Louis Hensling.
E. Buschner.
Henry Bonnefoi.
George Meng.
W. L. Rosenberg.
Carl Wichmann.
Ch. Mauner.
Chr. Mauer.
John Nedovlacid, _alias_ Pohl.
A. Hirschberger.
Edward Schnaubelt.
John Altherr.
William Buffleben.
Carl Milbi.
Chr. Ramm.
Max Mitlacher.
Paul Grottkau.
Joseph Bach.
Albert Gorns.
Julius Stegemann.
Otto Habitzreiter.
William Hoelscher.
William Ludwig.
H. Perschke.
A. Roehr.
William Urban.
Ernst Altenhofer.
H. Fasshauer.
Abraham Hermann.
Michael Hermann.
Lorenz Hermann.
Peter Huber.
John Neubauer.
Rudolph Kobitch.
Julius Habitzreiter.
Fritz Fischer.
Albin Mittlacher.
Fritz Reuter.
Carl Teuber.
Rudolph Ohlf.
Theodore Remane.
E. Brassholz.
Joseph Knochelman.
A. Picard.
Arthur Fritzsche.
Franz Domes.
John B. Lotz.
John Wohlleben.
Gustav Moeller.
H. Ulrich.
William Neumann.
H. Kallina.
August Stollidorf.
W. Senderson.
George Rosenzweig.
Robert W. Ebill.
S. Heidenbluth.
William Luetzgerath.
R. Lauterbach.
Ernst Fischer.
Carl Schroeder.
Otto Voigt.
Heinrich Menge.
John Neunkirchen.
William Kaune.
Chris Ammer.
Carl Leukert.
H. Boeltscher.
H. Vogelsaenger.
B. Leber.
Joseph Mattius.
John Holm.
William Walteck.
Carl Puder.
N. Willes.
William Linden.
George Menge.
Louis Krauthahn.
Wilhelm Schleuter.
Paul Riedel.
Fritz Huebner.
Louis Liebl.
Rudolph Effinger.
Wilhelm Lindner.
Conrad Meier.
August Baer.
Wilhelm Rieger.
Hans Reindel.
Rudolph Schnaubelt.
William Heinze.
Anton Schmidt.
Fritz Schmidt.
Albert Wilke.
Gustav Schroth.
Carl Meier.
George Engelett.
H. Marcmann.
H. Albert.
Ch. Blendow.
August Neuhaus.
Chr. Hase.
H. C. Eden.
H. Thomser.
Claus Boege.
Frederick Boecer.
H. Kirvitt.
H. Lehman.
Nic Schroegel.
Max Biehle.
Andrew Decker.
Johann Mass.
Hermann Klug.
H. Honsel.
Edward Koelble.
Adolph Greschner.
Guenther Bock.
Fritz Bock.
C. Bock.
Fritz Linden.
Leo Wierig.
Nic Keller.
Aug. Wassilof.
Linarz.
Fr. Rathke.
Baehrendt.
Henry Schmidt.
Franz Hein.
Chas. Meyer.
Otto Bathke.
Louis Peters.
Wm. Seliger.
Christ Jansen.
Chas. Scholl.
B. Horschke.
Kinder.
Robert Moench.
Latinker.
Leopold Miller.
E. Trolson.
Otto Blonk.
Ludwig Sitzberger.
Albert Sommer.
Albert Dilke.
Alfred Bartels.
August Asher.
Henry Slvetera.
Hermann Pabst.
John Richlich.
Ernst J. Nitschke.
Fritz Roeber.
W. Callinius.
E. Hoffman.
W. Matuspkirvitz.
Carl Pundt.
E. Rudolph.
Franz Stahr.
Hermann Weg.
H. Judknecht.
Christ. Drawert.
Julius Blecksmith.
Carl Rick.
Carl Leukert.
Gustav Stolze.
Edward Heis.
Wilhelm Waldeck.
Ludwig Lintz.
August Pavel.
H. Hildemann.
Ernst Altenhofer.
John Kleinsten.
Hermann Hoges.
Wilhelm Alb.
H. Markmann.
H. Albert.
Blendow.
H. C. Eden.
John Maas.
Hermann Klug.
H. Hansel.
F. Thiesen.
Henry Abelman.
Joseph Neder.
Leo Wierig.
Nic Keller.
Max Hollock.
George Binder.
Wm. Lueneberg.
Anton Besser.
Franz Springer.
O. Deichman.
Joseph Schramm.
Carl Kroger.
Franz Turban.
George Binder.
John Kerr.
Wenzel Kinzill.
Ernst Niendorf.
Theodore Blumbach.
H. Zwierlein.
August Metschke.
K. Kumberg.
Charles Lovitte.
H. Kauney.
H. Mathge.
Ludwig Luetzeberger.
Frederick Schmiecke.
Christ Wegemann.
Carol Fischhammer.
E. Andauer.
Bernard Labor.
August Litch.
Paul Polke.
Franz Schumann.
Franz Hermann.
Franz Bohl.
Christ. Killgers.
Max Hollock.
Total number of members, 232.

Names of Socialists belonging to different parts of the city:

Fritz Kaderli.
Alois Preiss.
Anton Bonner.
Gustav Zerbe.
Carl Weidenhammer.
Berthold Bauer.
Nic Goebel.
Franz Frank.
George H. Karst.
Fritz Witt.
August Ziemann.
Rudolph Spuhr.
Ernst Blanck.
August Krause.
Wilhelm Helm.
Franz Krueger.
Frederick Luebbe.
Jacob Beck.
Hermann Wechmann.
Hermann Boese.
B. Gromall.
Fred Wessling.
Franz Schips.
Michael Michels.
John Tallmann.
Gustav Hopper.
Carl Chuast.
Nic Mueller.
Franz Schlopp.
Philipp Glaser.
John Woehrle.
Louis Boechlke.
Albert Koch.
John Voss.
Fred Heiden.
Franz Heidench.
Carl Michael.
George Bloecher.
Fred Naffs.
Robert Wegener.
Max Miller.
Frank Wiederkehr.
Heinrich Volkmann.
Friederich Wargowsky.
Gustav Bressmann.
Hermann Jocks.
Peter Dieterich.
John Fromm.
Frederich Hanne.
Carl Norvotny.
Heinrich Simon.
August Rieger.
Henry Lebierri.
Christ Erbman.
Rudolph Arndt.
John Sellmann.
William Rehfeldt.
Emil Kaiser.
Carl Swansen.
Louis Jansen.
Jacob Lieser.
Carl Billhardt.
Johann Grefflath.
Fritz Peters.
Albert Bittelkau.
Leo Engelmann.
Christ Feidler.
Peter Bucher.
George Lange.
August Littele.
Hermann Pretch.
Albert Fork.
Wilhelm Hohmann.
Hermann Theile.
Carl Heinrich.
Friederich Rathman.
Carl Wild.
Wilhelm Wetendorf.
Carl Gerbech.
Friederich Assmussen.
Louis Griep.
Heinrich Zeiss.
Carl Mund.
George Schmidt.
August Buchwald.
Peter Weber.
Christ. Jungknecht.
Johann Fleischmann.
August Bernatzki.
Julius Koschnitzki.
Bernard Kaelle.
Richard Wagner.
Christ. Schumann.
George Stange.
Johann Siegfried.
Frank Ehlert.
Heinrich Becker.
Johann Peters.
Hermann Junke.
Julius Beck.
Louis Thiess.
John Weber.
Robert Lattmann.
Mike Hartmann.
Heinrich Pressler.
Otto Bartell.
Martin Lausgres.
Heinrich Koehler.
Fritz Geding.
Peter Ferneeten.
Louis Schroeder.
Heinrich Rauch.
John Mangels.
Hermann Tombrow.
John Koehler.
Wilhelm Kramp.
Hermann Gnadke.
Peter Pauls.
Adolph Rudemann.
Louis Schalk.
Rudolph Firo.
Joseph Kaiser.
Frank Allring.
Heinrich Block.
Carl Beck.
John Urech.
Gustav Roshke.
Ed. Peterson.
M. Grant.
August Hoffman.
Gustav Kerstarm.
J. Casper.
Philipp Wichmann.
John Bernier.
August Schnedort.
Total number, 139.

Names of Socialistic women of North Side, 1886:

Mrs. Back.
Mrs. W. Lange.
Mrs. Mattius.
Mrs. Rehm.
Mrs. Johanna Schroeder.
Mrs. Antonie Hoverstadt.
Mrs. Rosenzweig.
Mrs. Fisher.
Mrs. Wilhelmina Menge.
Mrs. H. Habitzreiter.
Mrs. Elizabeth Reuter.
Marie Schnaubelt.
Mrs. Lane.
Mrs. Hermann.
Mrs. Pohl.
Mrs. Neuhaus.
Ida Schnaubelt.
Johanna Schnaubelt.
Mrs. Schwab.
Mrs. Miller.
Mrs. Huber.
Total number, 21.

ILLUSTRATIONS.

Portrait of the Author, Frontispiece

The French Revolution—The Feast of Reason, 16

Storming the Bastile, 18

Karl Marx, 19

Michael Bakounine, 20

Pierre Joseph Proudhon, 21

Louise Michel, 24

Ferdinand Lassalle, 25

Excavated Dynamite Mine in Moscow, 33

“It is Too Soon to Thank God.”—The Assassination of Czar
Alexander II., 35

The Czar’s Carriage after the Explosion, 36

Diagram of Elnikoff’s Bomb, 36

The Nihilists in the Dock, 38

Execution of the Nihilist Conspirators, 39

The Book Bomb, 40

Scenes from the Riots at Pittsburg, 1877, 51

The Great Strike in Baltimore—The Militia Fighting their Way
through the Streets, 57

The Labor Troubles of 1877—Riots at the Halsted Street Viaduct,
Chicago, 63

Dr. Carl Eduard Nobiling, 67

Max Hoedel, 67

Banners of the Social Revolution—I., 69

Carter H. Harrison, 70

The Black Flag, 75

The Office of the _Arbeiter-Zeitung_, 76

An Anarchist Procession, 78

The Board of Trade, 80

Banners of the Social Revolution—II., 85

A Group of Anarchists, 87

Banners of the Social Revolution—III., 91

The Red Banner of the Carpenters’ Union, 93

Dr. Nobiling’s Attempt to Assassinate the Emperor of Germany, 95

August Reinsdorf, 96

Johann Most, 100

Banners of the Social Revolution—IV., 109

Interior View of Neff’s Hall, 111

A Strike—The Walking Delegate Sowing the Seed of Discontent, 114

Greif’s Hall, 115

A Round-up, 118

Specimen Rioters—Hynek Djenek and Anton Seveski, 120

—— John Pototski and Frank Novak, 121

—— Vaclav Djenek and Anton Stimak, 122

—— Ignatz Urban and Joseph Sugar, 123

Charging the Mob at McCormick’s, 126

Officer Casey’s Peril, 127

Franz Mikolanda, a Polish Conspirator, 128

_Fac-simile_ of the Famous “Revenge” Circular, 130

The Call for the Haymarket Meeting—_Fac-simile_ I., 132

—— _Fac-simile_ II., 135

Neff’s Hall, Exterior View, 136

The Haymarket Meeting—“In the Name of the People I Command You to
Disperse,” 140

The Haymarket Riot—The Explosion and the Conflict, 142

Inspector John Bonfield, 143

Captain William Ward, 144

Lieut. (now Chief) G. W. Hubbard, 145

Sergt. (now Capt.) J. E. Fitzpatrick, 146

Lieut. James P. Stanton, 147

Lieut. Bowler, 147

The Desplaines Street Station, 151

The Haymarket Martyrs, 154

Adolph Fischer, 157

The Fischer Family, 158

Fischer’s Belt and Poisoned Daggers, 159

August Spies, 160

Miss Nina Van Zandt, 162

Chris Spies, 163

Miss Gretchen Spies, 164

Michael Schwab, 165

Albert R. Parsons, 166

Mrs. Lucy Parsons, 167

Oscar W. Neebe, 168

Rudolph Schnaubelt, the Bomb-Thrower, 170

Balthasar Rau, 173

Lingg’s Candlestick, 177

Round Iron Bomb, 180

Samuel Fielden, 181

Detective James Bonfield, 184

Officer Henry Palmer, 185

Officer (now Lieut.) Baer, 186

Detective Hermann Schuettler, 189

Detective Michael Hoffman, 189

Detective Michael Whalen, 189

Detective Charles Rehm, 189

Detective John Stift, 189

Detective Jacob Loewenstein, 189

Edmund Furthmann, 191

The East Chicago Avenue Station, 193

A Back-Yard Interview, 195

A Friendly Communication, 197

The Notorious Florus’ Hall, 203

The Shadowed Detectives, 204

The “Red” Sisterhood, 207

Turning the Tables, 209

Underground Auditors, 211

Betrayed by Beauty, 214

Thalia Hall, 218

Underground Conspirators, 220

Officer Nordrum, 221

The Scared Amateur Anarchist, 223

Watching a Suspect, 225

Julius Oppenheimer’s Double, 231

Mr. and Mrs. William Seliger, 236

A Noble Woman’s Influence-A Kiss that Prevented Bloodshed, 239

John Thielen, 248

Louis Lingg, the Bomb-maker, 257

Lingg’s Trunk, 258

Coils of Fuse Found in Lingg’s Trunk, 259

Composition Bomb Found in Lingg’s Room, 261

Cast-Iron and Large Gas-pipe Bombs, 262

Gas-pipe Bombs Found in Lingg’s Room, 263

Gas-pipe Bombs without Fuse, 264

Unfinished Gas-pipe Bombs Found in Lingg’s Dinner-box, 265

Lingg’s Revolver, 267

A Desperate Struggle—Louis Lingg’s Arrest, 269

Iron Bolt Found in Lingg’s Trunk, 271

Lingg’s Sweetheart, 274

Ladle used by Lingg in Casting, with Can of English Dynamite, 276

Muntzenberg Peddling Books and Bombs, 281

George Engel, 284

Miss Mary Engel, 285

Gottfried Waller, 287

Underground Rifle Practice—A Meeting of the Lehr und Wehr Verein, 289

Numbered Plates from L. u. W. V. Rifles, 290

“Liberty Hall,” 295

Otto Lehman, 298

Gustav Lehman, 303

Zepf’s Hall, 306

Timmerhof Hall, 309

Herman Muntzenberg, 313

A Hasty Toilet, 325

A Dangerous Storing-Place, 327

An Obstreperous Prisoner, 329

The Conspiracy Meeting—Waller Reading Engel’s “Plan,” 336

The “Czar” Bomb, 343

Anarchist Ammunition—I., 348
1. Incendiary Bomb, with powder flask detached.
2. Gas-Pipe Bombs, without cap or fuse, but loaded with
dynamite. Found in Lingg’s Room.
3. Bombs used in Evidence, after analysis by chemists.
4. Gas-pipe Bombs, with fuse and caps, secreted by Julius
Oppenheimer under a dancing-platform.

A Group of the Lehr und Wehr Verein, 352

The Wife-Beater’s Trial, 362

An Incendiary Can, 365

Henry Spies, 368

The Larrabee Street Station, 371

The Hinman Street Station, 374

Neebe’s Sword and Belt, 377

Anarchist Ammunition—II., 381
1. Round Iron Bombs, cast whole, and designed for use with
percussion caps, to explode on falling.
2. Sheet-iron Molds, used by Lingg in the construction of
infernal machines.
3, 4. Sectional Views of the “Czar” Bomb.

Hon Joseph E. Gary, 384

Portraits of the Jury, 386

Portraits of the Jury, 387

Hon. Julius S. Grinnell, 391

The Great Trial—Scene in the Court-room, 410

Spies’ Manuscript of the Famous “Ruhe” Signal—_Fac-simile_, 421

“Y—Come Monday Evening”—_Fac-simile_, 422

Reduced _Fac-simile_ of Heading of the _Fackel_, 423

Plan of the Seliger Residence, 425

Dynamite Packages, 436
1. Package left at Judge Tree’s House.
2. Package left at C., B. & Q. Railroad offices.

Socialistic Bombs—Diagrams from _Daily News_ of January 14, 1886, 437

Chart of Street Warfare, 438

Interior Plan of Greif’s Hall, 440

Interior Plan of Neff’s Hall, 443

Adolph Lieske, 449

Parsons’ Handwriting, 451

A Picnic of the “Reds” at Sheffield, 453
1. Experimenting with Dynamite.
2. Getting Inspiration.
3. Engel on the Stump.
4. “Hoch die Anarchie!”
5. Mrs. Parsons Addressing the Crowd.
6. Children Peddling Most’s Literature.
7. A Family Feast.

Engel’s Blast Furnace, 469

Moses Salomon, 479

Spies Addressing the Strikers at McCormick’s, 511

Francis W. Walker, 526

Sigismund Zeisler, 536

George C. Ingham, 542

William A. Foster, 546

Capt. William P. Black, 554

Lingg’s Suicide Bombs, 595

E. F. L. Gauss, 607

Henry Severin, 607

Judge Benjamin D. Magruder, 609

Jailor Folz, 629

Benjamin P. Price, 632

Lingg’s Terrible Death, 633
1. Lighting the Deadly Bomb.
2. The Explosion.
3. The Deputy Entering Lingg’s Cell.
4. The Dying Bomb-Maker in the Hands of the Surgeons.

Lingg’s Last Request, 635

John C. Klein, 636

The Chicago Water-works, 641

Sheriff Canute R. Matson, 643

The Execution, 645

John A. Roche, 648

Kierlan’s Souvenir, 653

The Haymarket Monument, 659

An Anarchist “Sunday-school”—Teaching Unbelief and Lawlessness, 669

Frank Chleboun, 673

Frank Capek, 673

Charles L. Bodendick, 675

Anarchist Sympathizers—Court-room Sketches, 678

Anarchist Sympathizers—Court-room Sketches, 678

Anarchist Sympathizers—Court-room Sketches, 678

Hronek’s Portrait and Description—I. Showing New Police Method of
Identifying Criminals, 679

Hronek’s Portrait and Description—II., 680

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