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| | Illinois vs. August Spies et al. trial transcript. Volume K [Witnesses for the State, July 26-31, 1886] : a ... |
 | | Spies told him that these organizations although they were open for everybody, for any man to become a member, and although at meetings people were asked to become members of military organizations, their names would not be known, because they did not keep any record of names. |
 | | Spies took some toothpicks on the table, and laid them down so as to show the poition of armed men on the tops of houses or on street corners, and how they could keep a company of militia or squad of policemen in check. |
 | | Spies said at that time that the military associations were open and free to everybody, that they meet, advertise their meetings, have picnics and advertise them, and in Halls, even on open ground in Sheffield, or out on the Prairie. |
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