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The Salt Lake Herald
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah
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Chicago anarchist trial proceedings on July 30 included testimony from county physician Bluthardt detailing Officer Degan's fatal thigh wound from the Haymarket bombing, and Officer John Smith on weapons found at Oscar Neebe's home. The state closed its case pending translations.
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Progress of the Anarchist Trial Friday Afternoon.
STATUS OF THE CUTTING CASE.
Interesting News by Wire from Various Portions of the Country Yesterday.
The Anarchists.
CHICAGO, July 30.—The afternoon proceedings of the Anarchists' trial began with the testimony of Bluthardt, county physician. His testimony was interesting, inasmuch as it related to the wounds which caused the death of Degan, whose murder at Haymarket is one of the charges upon which the prisoners are being tried. His observations were made at the post mortem examination of Degan's body, held May 5. The witness described a dozen of the wounds, the one which occasioned death being in the left thigh. It was caused by a piece of lead, which severed the femoral artery, and tore apart the muscles of the thigh. Witness identified one irregularly sharpened piece of metal, more than an inch square by a quarter of an inch thick, which was submitted in evidence as the missile taken from the wound. Nine other wounds which witness characterized as "explosive marks" were found on the legs, besides other marks on his face and body.
Officer John Smith was then put on the stand. He said he visited Neebe's house on the 7th of May, and found there a revolver, a breech-loading gun, a sword and red flags. Five chambers of the revolver were empty. The State here announced the case as closed with the exception of some translated articles from the Arbeiter Zeitung, which would not be ready till to-morrow morning, as the defense was not willing to open its case till the other side had finished.
Court adjourned.
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Chicago
Event Date
July 30
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degan died from a wound in the left thigh severing the femoral artery, caused by a piece of metal; nine other explosive marks on legs, plus marks on face and body.
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Afternoon proceedings featured testimony from county physician Bluthardt on post-mortem examination of Degan's body from May 5, describing fatal and other wounds from Haymarket incident; Officer John Smith testified to finding revolver, gun, sword, and red flags at Neebe's house on May 7, with five revolver chambers empty; state closed case except for pending translations from Arbeiter Zeitung.