The Rise and Fall of Anarchy in America From its Incipient Stage to the First Bomb Thrown in Chicago

CHAPTER III.

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THE GREAT CONSPIRACY.

Bravery of the Police--The Occupation of the Conspirators--The Trial--Securing a Jury--Bombs in Court--Evidence of Detective Johnson--Parsons Swears He "Won't Eat Snowballs Next Winter"--Drilling Anarchists--Pinkerton Detectives--Cross-Examination--Bombs and Dynamite--Parsons' View of the Board of Trade--Guns, Dynamite and Prussic Acid Advocated by Spies--Prosecution Rests Its Case 20