Reworking infamous Haymarket trial

Forget everything you have learned on "CSI" and "Law & Order."

"A trial of 1886 was completely different," said Timothy Messer-Kruse, who will discuss the historic Haymarket trial during the Haymarket Commemoration Weekend at the Chicago History Museum on Sept. 24 and 25.

On May 4, 1886, in what came to be known as the Haymarket incident, eight policemen and at least four civilians were killed when a bomb was thrown during a workers meeting in Haymarket Square, near Desplaines and Randolph streets, during a rally. The bomber's identity and motivation have been debated ever since....