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THE TEIBUKB.
F. HI. & E. I I. KLTfOIELIi , Pubs.
McCOOK , NEB
OVER THE STATE.
REWARD FOR A MURDERER.
Lincoln special : Governor Dawcs ro
ceivcd tlic following telegram from llnsl
injrs thin morning :
His Excellency , James W. Dawes : 1
respectable citizen of Adams county , Jaine.
Quinn by name , was murdered by an tin
known party or parties on or about the
night of Wcdnesdny , September 29. Tin
bodyti B found Monday night in a corn
field , where it had been buried , and dug uj
"by the hops. On behalf of the citizens o
Admits county , 1 hereby request you ii
your official capacity to invoke the assist
ance of the state of Nebraska in the pur
suit and capture of said unknown party 01
parties. The four horses , belonging to the
murdered man , were stolen on the night o
the crime and have since been sold by un
identified parties at St. Paul. Neb. Fnrthei
particulars or description of the murderers
cannot begiven. S. L. Buowx , Coroner.
In response to the above request Gov
crnor Dawcs this morning issued the fol
lowing
PROCLAMATION :
To all to whom these presents shall come
greeting.
Whereas , It has come to my knowledge
in form prescribed by law , that heretofore
to-wit : On or about the night of "Wednej-
day , September 29th , A. D. 1SSG , in the
county of Adams and state of Nebraska , a
murder was committed upon one .Tamed
Quinn , by some person or persons un
known.
Now , therefore. I , .Tames W. Dawcs , gov
ernor of the state of Nebraska , by virtue
of the authority in me vested , and in pur
suance of the statute in such case nmdeand
provided , do hereby issue my proclamation
and offer a reward of two hundred dollars
for the arrest and conviction of said mur
derer or murderers.
In testimony whereof. I have hereunto set
my hand , and caused to be affixed the great
seal of the state of Nebraska.
Done at Lincoln this 7tli diiv of October ,
A. D. 1SSGJAMCS W. DAWES.
By the governor.
E. P. EOGGEX ,
Secretary of State.
ZY QUARAXTIXE.
Lincoln special to ths Omaha Republi
can : Last week two cars of cattle were
shipped from Rome , N. Y. , destined for the
South Phitte country in Nebraska. They
-were fine graded Holsteins and thirty-four
in number. They were unloaded at Buffalo
and fed ; also at Aledo , III. , they were fed
iigain , and started Thursday for their des
tination , reaching Pacific Junction Friday
night , where the B. & M. road received
them , hauling them as far as Lincoln. At
this place the company raised the question
ofqnara.itine , claiming that there were no
credentials accompanying the cattle to show
that they had been properly examined and
Tissed. Yesterday Veterinarian Surgeon
Thomas made an examination of the stock
and says that no authority can be ob-
obtained by the owner from the officials of
Nebraska admiting" ! the company to pro
ceed to the destination of the cattle , but
they will have to be returned to New York ,
where proper passports will have to be ob
tained at each passing of quarantine lines.
MORE RAILROADS JA XEliRASKA.
An important circcular , says the Omaha
Herald , has been issued by President James
H. Benedict , of the St. Joseph & Grand
Island railroad. It has been decided by
the Grand Island company to build 200
miles of new road , chiefly in Nebraska , to
serve as feeders to the main line , and Pres
ident Benedict's circular is to the stock
holders of the company , offering them cer-
"tain rights in the new lines which are to be
"built by separate companies. Stockhold
ers who are of record on Oct. 1C are to be
Ijiven for each § 1,000 ( par value ) of stock
owned the right to subscribe for the nevr
securities on these terms. For § 500 in cash
the owner of 51,000 of the Grand Island
stock will get § 500 in five per cent first
mortgase gold bonds of the new company
and § 250 of the new company stock. 20
per cent of the § 500 to be in cash before
Kov. 1 , when the subscriptions rights ex
pire , and 10 percent monthly thereafter.
The new lines are to run through a fertile
and settled territory as productive as that
now belonging to the Grand Island main
line , which bus shown an ability to earn G
per cent on § 30,000 per mile. The new
lines , it is estimated , can be constructed
and equipped for § 15,000 per mile. They
"will be bonded for § 15,000 a mile and stock
for that amount will bo put on them.
Securities that are not subscribed forgo
into the treasury of the St. Joseph & Grand
Island and Union Pacific Railroad compa
nies in consideration of the joint indorse
ment by those companies of the b nds
through a traffic agreement of such n 1 > 0-
ttire as to insure the prompt pnv eat of
interest. The plan proposed ill pro i . < _ o
$2,300,000 in cash. Profits are applica
ble to the stock. Twenty miles of the new
line from Fairfield through Clay Centre , in
Clay county , to Sntton , will be in running
order in sixty days , and seventy-five miles
will be ready for operation by the end of
December.
CRAZED JfX" FAMILY TROUBLES.
Auburn special to the Lincoln Journal :
li-s. Nethorfield , living seven miles south of
Auburn , committed suicide Saturday by
taking rat poison at 3 o'clock in the after
noon. Dr. Rounds , of Stella , and Dr. Op-
permann , of Auburn , were called and sup
posed when they left her that they had the
poison out of her , but she took suddenly
worse at 10 o'clock and died at 11 o'clock.
She was buried Sunday at 3 o'clock.
Sho left a family of six , the youngest be
ing a babe , the oldest a young man sixteen
years old. The cause , is supposed to be
lunacy over troubles in the family and
among her kindred. She and her husband
bad a jar on Friday hist which was the last
straw that broke her mind.
ajXSCELLAliEOUS STATE MATTERS.
THE city marshal of Omaha announces
that no more slugging matches will be al
lowed while he is in authority.
THE Y. M. C. A. of Omaha has employed
a man to interview all classes of people to
see how much they will contribute toward
ihe erection of the society's new building.
Fifty thousand dollars is the sum needed.
EIGHT thousand people were in attend
ance one day at the Nemaha county fair.
THE state supremo court rules that where
one makes a promise to another for the
benefit of a third person , such third person
can maintain an action upon the promise ,
though the consideration docs not * move
directly from him.
THE Douglas county poor house has sev
enty-eight paupers , and the house is full
with the exception of one bed. A large in-
-flux is expected during the winter.
OAKLAND special : Tho board ofdirec
tors of the Nebraska Central railroad hac
a meeting in Oakland this week to taki
some action in * regard to the immedintt
construction of said road , and to answei
the accumulated correspondence. It it
rumored that the construction will begir
soon , as English capital is backing some
Oakland is to be the base of coustructioi
west of the Missouri river.
THE new chamber of commerce at Omaha
will be ready for tenancy in a few weeks.
A BALL is soon to be held in Omaha foi
the benefit of the police force. The Herald
charges Marshal Cuminings with having
blackmailed the sporting class in the city
out of several hundred dollars , compelling
them to buy from ten to twenty-five
tickets.
THE Lincoln Land company has pur
chased all lands owned by the Nebraska
Land and Town company in Belvidere.
THE surveyor general's office at Platts-
mouth is no more. Everything in the office
has been packed up and shipped to Lincoln
to be stowed away.
STATE TUEASDREB WILLAHD is of the
opinion that at the next semi-annual ap
portionment of funds for public schools
that the amount to apportion will approx
imate closely to § 300,500 , a much higher
figure than ever reached before. At the
time the last apportionment was made the
amount wns uell above § 200,000 , and the
increase will bu not inconsiderable in
amount. For the next three months there
will be accelerated work in the office of the
treasurer.
LINCOLN has extended her fire limits to
keep pace with the rapid spread of the city.
HERMAN WEPEU. of Hooper , Dodge coun
ty , who for some time past has given con
siderable evidence of insanity , was taken
to Fremont last week to have his case ex
amined by the commissioner of insanity.
THE furniture firm of George Louis &
Co. , at Omaha , has gone into bankruptcy.
It is a case similar to the late Loyal L.
Smith crash. Louis got things into his
own hands , packed up his household furni
ture , gathered up his family and fled before
his creditors knew what struck them. His
liabilities are about § 35OUO.
AN Omaha detective has been arrested in
Otoe county for obtaining 'money under
false pretenses.
Tin : Kansas and Nebraska Grain Dealers'
Insurance association held a meeting in
Omaha last week , a number of prominent
grain men being present from various por
tions o' the t\7o states. The society was
organized two.years ago as an insurance
association upon the mutual plan , the ob
ject being to secure insurance without hav
ing to pay the exorbitant rates charged by
the regular companies.
THE G. A. R. hall at Grand Island will
soon be completed.
WoRK will soon be commenced on the
Rork Island bridge across the Blue river
just outside of Beatrice. The bridge will be
an iron one. There will be two spans of
110 feet each , with approaches. When
completed it will be one of the best railroad
bridges in that part of the country.
THE Omaha Bee of a recent date , speak
ing of the death of the son of the late Sen
ator Hitchcock , says : Some facts concern
ing the Hitchcock estate may not be unin
teresting. When Phineas "W. Hitchcock ,
the father , died some time ago he left no
will , and according to the usage , his estato
was to be divided among his two sons ,
Gilbert and John. The executer's final re
port , filed in May , shows that after paying
all claims againsttheestatethere remained
a cash sum of about § 13,000. besides the
personal and real estate property. One-
jalf of the cash sum. or § 7,124.51 , was
laid over to John Hitchcock on May 22 ,
188G. Tnis left the real estate and per
sonal property to be divided among the
; wo sons. The real estate comprisad much
valuable property in this city , 582 acres in
Douglas county , 280 acres in Saunders
county , SO acres in Fillmore county , 1GO
acres in Burt county , some lots in David
City , two lots in St. Lauis , Mo. , besides an
unascertained interest in the Petaco grant
in New Mexico. The property is estimated
in value between § 200,000 and § 300,000.
By the death of John , the whole , of course ,
reverts to Gilbert Hitchcock.
A REQUISITION was issued last week by
3ov. Dawes upon the governor of Missouri
'or the extradition of one Cad Wilson ,
wanted in Cass county for horse-stealinp.
MEMBERS o ! the Omaha Fair and Expo
sition association held a meeting last week.
After a careful estimate , several bills still
being outstanding , it was found that the
association was in arrears about § 2,000.
iVhile the next fair was not made a part of
.he general discussion , it was decided to
make the meeting of 1887 even more of an
attraction than the List. Largerpreminms
will be given and'more inducements held
out.
out.A
A MAN from Monmouth , 111. , appeared at
jolico headquarters in Lincoln the other
day and recited a tale of robbery In a man
ner convincing as to truth ij it did lack , as
the officers stated , substantial evidence
upon which to convict. This man from
ifontnouth was en route to Minden , Kear
ney county , to visit a brother living there ,
and he stopped of at Lincoln to see the
ity. He had § G5 in his pocket , and
Wednesday he fell in with a party , well
known in police court , named Jack Bren-
aan , who hired a rig and took the Mon
mouth man fpr o ride over the city. They
[ rank some , but the stranger was positive
hat he had not taken more than three
[ rinks anyway. The next that he can re
member he woke up some three miles from
, 'ncoln in the woods in the night and
minus his § 65.
AT Omaha the other evening , an ok ! man
named George E. Hedges , who resides in
Toledo , Tama county , Iowa , met with a
serious accident at the B. < fc M. depot. He
was coming down the steps , leading from
the office level to the lower platform , when
le made a misstep and fell , head foremost ,
; o the planks below. On beim : picked up
t was found that he was severely cut over
; he right eye , and there were several bruises
on his face.
A NUMBER of Nebraskans who were mem-
> crs of the Second Iowa * infantry during
he civil conflict , attended the reunion of
he regiment at Ottumwa last week.
COMPANIES C and K , of the Seventh in-
antry , at Fort McKinney , have been or-
Jered to go to Fort laramie , to take the
> lace of the soldiers who have been dis
patched to the new Fort Du Chesne.
* ? * * - > - ses
Tnn Platte county fair wns a complet
success. Three thousand people were 01
the ground the last day.
HASTINGS special : Another case of poi
sonirig occurred near this city this morn
ing. It happened abont three miles south
and the person , Mrs. Lydia Wolfe , wa
successful in ending her life. The poisor
taken is thought to have been strychnine
though nothing positive will he known un
til after an autopsy by physicians. Tin
coroner's jury was in session all the after
noon , but have not rendered their verdict
as yet. The circumstances , as nearas thej
can be learned arc , that this morning th <
deceased , Mrs. Lydia Wolfe , threatened i
some things were not done she would kil
herself. The husband paid no attention tc
the matter and went out to the field
About 10 o'clock he came into the house
to speak to her about something and she
could not bo found. Hesearched the house
for her and not finding her turned his at
tention to the"cella. . , and iu one of the
corners he stumbled over some object , am'
upon examination found it to be the dead
body of his wife. The testimony before the
coroner's jury shows that the main cause
of her complaint was that she was com
pelled to draw water out of a well when
ehe wanted it by a windlass.
WORK on Oakland's water-works will
commence this fall.
NEBRASKAdiyspecial : Anotherof Simp
son's forged notes was found to-dny for
§ 185 against Henry Hauschild , of Syra
cuse. This makes the sixth forged note
found and apparently assures Mr. Simpson
of a term in the service of the state.
KEARNEY special : Late last night , onhia
cattle ranch on the Loup , Elisha Miles
breathed his last. For ten years Mr. Miles
has maele his home at Kearney , being
largely interested in the cattle business.
Years ago ho was connected with some ol
the best railroads in Ohio and was largely
interested in the old Toledo lines. Mr.
Miles was over sixty years of age.
AN alarm of fire came near causing j *
stampede in the Kerr opera house atHast
incs.
incs.Tun
Tun Lincoln Insurance company has
filed its articles of incorporation with the
secretary of * state. The capital stock is
§ 100,000 , and the incorporators are J. J.
Imhiiff , J. II. McMurtry , A. D. Collier , J.M.
Vale , J. B. Imhoff , E. Finney , T. L. Steph
ens , J. W. Bowman , M. N. Kimmell , C. H.
Imhoff.
a. ivi-ntE accident , which cost Brakemaii
Wm. Shnpp his right arm , occurred atBeu-
nett the other day. The unfortunate man
was engaged in coupling cars at the time of
the catastrophe. By some means he was
'thrown down , one arm falling across the
rail and over wliijli the wheels ran , corn-
oletely severing that member.
THE Omaha World is threatened with a
libel suit by the Bee of the same city. The
editor of the World incidentally remarked
that because the Bee man hounded his
father to the grave after he could not in
duce him to buy his services , was no reason
why the .World should not join the Bee in
suppOL-tinga certain candidate for congress.
SiiVEKAudays ago J. B. Walter , a large ,
fine-looking man , claiming to be a special
government inspector of live stock , arrived
at Papillion and drove all over the coun
try , ostensibly on duty as a government
official. Finally he disappeared , forgetting
to settle his boarel bill and various sums of
money borrowed from confiding farmers.
LAST week a stranger was found uead on
tin * depot platform at Urownville , lying on
his faces. No clue to identity of the corpse.
Tut : Buffalo fair , civen last week , was tlio
largest and best ; the society has ever held.
HASTINGS special : At no time since the
hanging of Ingraham and Green has there
been such ex. itement in Hastings. The
man Spelt , arrested for the murder of
Quinn , the man found dead in a corn field
north of this city , had a hearing last night
and was released on a writ of habeas cor
pus. He was immediately re-arrested and
placed in charge of John Kendall , but made
his escape about 2 o'clock this morning.
Since his escape enough proof has been
found to make it certain that he is the man
wanted. The four horses stolen at the time
of the murder have been found at St. Paul.
NOT a single driven well has been put
down on the new line of the B. & M. The
company will dig wells hereafter. Next sea
son the series of tubes that now supply the
Lincoln yards will probably be discarded
and a large well put down.
A NEW wire from Manhattan , Kas. . was
run inte ) Lincoln last week. The Union Pa
cific will soon have a passenger train run
ning between Lincoln iiiul Kansas City , this
wire being a preliminary movement in that
direction.
ROCK ISLAND track-laying was begun last
week at Fairbury , and the work will pro
ceed from that place in both directions.
By the time tho track-laying between Beat
rice and Fairbury is done , a temporary
bridge vrill have been constructed at the
latter place.
Gov. DAWES has issued a proclamation
offering areward , of § 500 for the arrest and
conviction of the murderer of James Quinn ,
the farmer who was murdered near Hast
ings.AN
AN incendiary fire at Omaha destroyed
the store of John Linderholm. Loss about
510,000.
CEDAR county has granted a five year
charter to a Yankton man to run a ferry
on tho Missouri between. Yankton and the
Nebraska side. The commissioners fixed a
3chedule of charges.
BISHOP O'CONNOR has purchased several
acres of ground on the beautiful heights ot
Belvidere , immediately north of Fort
Omaha , where a convent of the Sisters.of
Mercy will be erected at an early day.
DEMOCUATS of the Second district nomi
nated W. A. McKeighan , of Webster coun
ty , for congress.
GEOKGE BENNETT , forty-five years old ,
living with Levi Hughes , six miles south of
Auburn , took po son and died last week.
He left a family of four children. This was
the second suicide inside of five days in the
same community. The deceased soldiered
with Hughes in the late war , and was a
well educated Englishman.
AT Omaha there is being exhibited a
beautiful testimonial just presented to Sen
ator Charles F. Manderson , chairman of
'
the senate committee on printing , by tho
employes of the public printer's depart- '
mcnt. It is a formal expression of thanks
from the printers for Senator Manderson's
successful efforts to secure them a fifteen
Jays' leave of absence every year.
THE GALLOWS XX SIGHT.
Hie Condemned Anarchists A'ol Accorilei
Another Trial by Jttdfje Gary.
CHICAGO , Oct. 7. At 9 o'clock this mornin ;
a few police paced back and forth In front o
the criminal court. ' 'This Js sentence day , '
said many on the streets , as they hastene
toward the spot In hopes of enterin ;
the presence of Judge Gary andwitneisini
the sensational scenes , but only one in tei
could get by the guards at the outer door , am
by 10 o'clock the disappointed ones forniei
quite an assemblage on the corners and ii
front of the court house building.
Inside the court room the yellow curtain
were down and the brightness of the oute
day shed a somber light on the assemblage
At 10 o'clock the prisoners were in their seats
They were not stolid and indifferent as si
often before. A change had come oversoim
of them and they all exhibited evidences o
great concern.
Judge Gary in delivering his decision , re.
viewed at considerable length the evidence
brought out at the trial , and said concerning
the instructions to which exception was taker
by the defense : "On the question of the in
structions , whether these defendants , or auj
of them , did anticipate or expect the throwing
of the bomb on the night of the 4th of May ,
is not a question which 1 reed to consider , be
cause the instructions did not go upon thai
ground. The jury were not instructed to find
them guilty if they believed that they partici
pated in the throwing of the bomb , or had
knowledge that it was to be thrown , or any
thing of that sort. The conviction has not
gone upon the ground that they did have anj
actual participation in the act which caused
the death of Degan , but upon the ground un
der the instructions , that they had generally ,
by speech and print , advised a large class to
commit murder , and had left the occasion ,
time and place to the individual will , wliiin
and caprice of the individuals so advised , and
that in consequence of that advice and in
pursuance of it , and inlluenced bv it , some
body not known , did throw the bomb that
caused Degan's death. Now , umler those
circumstances , in the inflamed state of
the public mind , at the time each of these ora
tors at the liaymarket was still more inlhuning
the public mind when he advised the people to
use lorce , and some man , I do not say identi
fied or unidentified , some man in that crowd ,
when the police approaclied with a bomb of
Lingg's mauufaciuie kills Degan ; all who
have advised such action are guilty of his
muider. If anything can be provnn bv circum
stantial evidence that is proved ; that he threw
that bomb in consequence of the inilucuce
which these teachings , this advice by speech ,
by printing over a course of tw o years ; that
the man who threw that bomb hail been edu
cated up to it by the teachings of these de
fendants. The case , as I said before , is unpre
cedented. There is no example of any such
crime having been committed ; there is no
precedent of any ease like this having become
the subject of judicial investigatiou ; but the
principle of law is well lixed. "
The court then passeel to the objections
urged against the form of the sentence anil
quoted from the one hundred ami ninth Illinois
on the point and said there was nothing in the
circumstances anything less than murder.
The instructions in regard to manslaughter
might have been refused. Thera was no rea
son for them at all.
raising to the alleged disqualification of the
jury on account of having lead re orts in the
japers of the crime , and having formed opin-
ons thereon , he thought the New York de
cisions settled the case , and that if veieticts
were to be set aside for the reasons urged , that
t would be the surest way to hriug about an-
irchy , for there would be no wav in which the
government could be. maintained anil the law
adminstereel. He concluded by saying : "I
hiuk , upon the whole , that no case could bo
: ried of such magnitude as this with less in
lie way of irresrulai itv of proceeding ia the
"
trial than was done in"this case. The motion
must be overruled. "
The court then addressed the prisoners as
bllows :
' Prisoners at the bar : For the first time
lur ng th s painful and protracted prncccd-
ng it is my dutv to speak to you ana call up
on you Indivually and separately now to sav
whether you Lave anything to bay whv sen ,
ence should not be pa > sud uponou accord-
ng to the venlict of the jury. I will first call
upon Mr. Nei-be. "
Captain Black "Let me suggest to your
honor that I am advisee ! that the defendants
expect topeak in response to this severally ,
at considerable length. Would it not be het-
er now to adjourn until 2 o'clock ? "
The court then adjourned to 2 p. m.
When ( he court was opened this afternoon
the defendant , Spies , at once addressed the
court with manuscript in hand. He said :
' 'Your honor , in addressing this court I
= pcak as the representative of one class ad-
Iressing the representative of another. I will
icgin with the words addressed 500 years ago
on a similar motion by the Venetian doge
vho , addressing the court , said : 'Mv defense
s \ouraccusation. The cause of niy alleged
crime is your history. '
"I have been indicted on a charge of mur-
"
ler as an accnmpl ce or accessory. "Upon this
ndictincnt 1 have been convicted. There was
10 evidence produced bv the state to show or
even indicate tnat I had any knowledge of the
man who threw that bomb , or that I
nyself had anything to do with it. Not the
"lightest evidence was ever produced to show
hat 1 had am thing to do with the throwing
of the missel unless you belii-ve the testimony
of the accomplices of the state's attorney and
'oilfield , the testimony of Thompson anil
Tihner. If the're was no evielence to show
hat I was responsible for it , then my cxccu-
ion on the Verdict is nothing but willful ,
malicious and deliberate murder , as foul a
iiurder as may be found in the annals of re-
igious , political or anv other sort of pursecu-
ion. Judicial murders have in many cases
icen committed where the representatives of
he state were acting in good faith , believing
heir victims to be guilty of the charge they
I'cre accused of. In this case the representa-
iycs of the state cannot shield themselves
uth similar excises , for they thern-
elvcs have frabricated nfost of
he testimony which was used as a pretense to
convict us. "We wt-re convicted by a jury paid
.o convict u . I charge the state's attorney
and Bonfield with a conspiracy to commit
uurtlcr. I will now slate a little incident
vhich may throw some light on this. On the
evening of the Ilayruarliet meeting about 5
o'clock , I met a young man , Klcckner by
namMy ; brother was with me at the time
ind never left me on that evening until I
limpet ! from the wasron a few seconds before
he explosion occurred , lie knew I had not
een Schwab on that evening and he knew
hat no such conversation ever took place
ictwcen us as ihat testified to by Thompson.
le knew I never struck a match and ignited
he fuse in the bomb. He is not a socialist.
Vhy did we not bring him here and put him
on the stanel jou ask. Because the honorable
eprcsu-nta lives o Grinncll and Bon tic-Id
pirited him away. They knew his testimony
voulcl prove the perjury of Thompson anil
Gihner.
"I will refer to the tcstmony civen by a few
f our witnesses. The wage workers began to
ay a few ihings very objcciiona le lo some of
ur patrician frienelo. They thought eight
lours of toil ought to constitute a day's work ,
'he rabble ought to be silenced ; it was felt
Bonfield was the man to consummate the wish
s of the Citizens' association ; Bonfield , with
i visage that only needs to be seen to be mis-
rustc'd ; he was the man to do this work. If
had thrown that Lomb. if I knew the man
irho did throw it , I would not hesitate to own
it This , * our honor , is one reason why sen
tence of death should not be passed upon me
in a court of justice , if thatterm can be ap- '
plied to that tribunal.
' 'I remember that the Chicago Tr'bnne of
February 23 , 1SS5 , contained a long account of
lyuarnite bombs to be used against rebellious '
ivorkiugrnen. Why was not the editor of the
Trilnt > c tried for reporting the doctrines of
Jynamite , for that is all IkaAibter Zeitn g
lid ? And why was not the editor of the / al y
Xeiex tried ? In his paper there was a long ac-
: ount of the manufacture of bombs , and one
Df them was found in his possession. This ,
rour honor , is another reason why sentence of
leath should not be pronounced.
"I have been a resident of this city for as
'
long a time as Grinnell , and as good a'one. I
inow I should not like to be conipared to him.
He lias appealed to the patriotism of the jurv ,
; but in answer to that I shall quote from ai
English statesman : 'Patriohsm is the last re
sort of a scoundrel. ' The system of wages ii
the root of the present social iniquities irilqui
ties to monstrous as to cry to heaven. Grinnul
has informed us that anarchism was on trial
Anarchism belongs to speculative phllosoplr
and not a word was said about auarchism ai
the liaymarket. But if anarchism ison trin
'
I am p'roud to say I am an anarchist , Yoi
may pronounce vour sentence on me , honora
We juelgc , but fet it be known that in tin
year 1886 , in the state of Illinois , eight mei
have lost their faith in human progress. It i :
the old question. Look over those pages o
the history of Greece and Rome. There yoi
will see tfie record of the self-same struggle
I the ruling class dominating the poorer oue.
Honorable judge ,
THE DEMONS OF HELL WOULD JOIX
in the laughter that follows jour sentence. I
the opinion of the court is to become law-
then there is no person in this country whe
could not be lawfully hung. I say that uixn
that law every person in this country could hi
convicted of conspiracy , or , as the case maj
be , of murder. Every member of the trades
union , Knights of Labor , or any such organi
zation can be convicted of conspiracy. If 301 :
carry that ruling Into effect you will be re
sponsiblc for the blood that will be shed and
and the blood of the innocent will bu upoi
you.
" 'Seven policemen have died , ' said Grin
nell. You want life for life and have convicted
an equal number of men of whom it cannot be
truthfully said that they had anything what
ever to do with the killing of Bonfield's vie
thus. The very same system of jurisprudence
can be found among various savage people am
tribes. Injuries are equalized so to speak hi
the infliction of a similar nrong to that re
ceived at the enitnies hands. They are no
particular as to the responsibility of the itlen
tity of the persons sacrificed so long as thf
have life for life. This principle prevails to a
considerable extent among the natives of the
Sandwich islands. If we are to bu hangei
upon these principles , then let it be known.
Let the world know what a civilized and Chris
tian country is this , in which the Vanderbilts ,
the Jay Goulds and the rest uose as the res
cucrs of law and liberty. Grinncll has re
peatedly said'Our country is an enlightened
country. ' Well , he m.iy put that in his album.
"If your honor thinks that by the execution
"
of this verdict you can stamp"out the labor
movement , you"do not comprehend the power
of that mighty mov ment fiom which the
down-trodden and miserable children of toil
hope for relief. You know not where the blaze
will next break out. It is a subterranean lire
that you cannot put out. The pronnd is on
fire upon which you stand. You want to rtnmp
out the consp'racy. You rocmblc a chile ! that
is looking for his pcturtbehind a mirror. What
jou sec and what you try ti grasp in one move
ment is nothing but the creation of jour own
bad consciences. If von want to stamp out
the conspiracies aniline agitators , jou inu t
stamp out every factory lord , ivlio has made
his money from ground "down and oppressed
laborers and fanners. It is a fact that a few
men control our mechanical appliance. , out of
which they make gold by sacrificing the little
children , while able bodied men are starving.
But we cannot go back. We are advancing.
THE TIDC CANNOT UD STOl'I'Cl ) .
One of mv clergyman friends , shortly before
my arrest said : 'You are orgauiziug'a i evolu
tion. ' This was my reply : 'A revolution can
not be orgnuizi'd cannot be created it is not
any more the work of men than earthquakes
or cyclones. We are simply preparing the
condit-ous of the revolution. ' . Doe % that look
as it I contemplated that viol'enccbc commit
ted on May 1 , or May 4 , as has been charged.
"Capitalists of that school of economy
teaches how one clnss can live off another ,
while socialism teaches how all can possess
riches , but at the same timu it demands that
all men shall work honcstljfor their living.
In socialjsm is to he found the doctrine of
co-operation. It teaches that labor saving
machinery is the property of the state as arc
the mines and the natural resources of the
country. Society will eventually come to this
and will demand its rights , though you erect a
gallows at ever street corner.
' 'Concerning mv associates , I will say this :
I never saw Lingg but twice before my arrest.
I have not been on speaking terms with Engcl
for over a year , and Fischer , lieutenant ,
went about making speeches against inc. If
you think you can crush out these ieleas ,
which arc g.iining ground every day , by send
ing us to the gallows that you can suppress
truth , for that is all we have been preaching ,
jou will fail.
Then flourishing his arms wildljSpies
fairy shrieked : "I shall die proud 3."defiant
ly , for the cause of justice. There b Socrates ,
there is Galileo , t'icre is Giordano , Bruno ,
there is Curst whv , the number cannot be
estimated of those who have trodden in these
paths , and we are roadv to follow thum. "
Ailolph Fi cher's turn came next , and he
was on the point of admitting h s connection
with the "Revenge" circular when Salonian ,
mindful of the bearing it might have before
the supreme court , tried to check him. It
was useless. Fischer said : "Your honor , you
ask me to say whv sentence of death should
lot be p issed on me. 1 will not talk much.
[ protect against being sentenced to death bu-
caiHe I h.ive committed no crime. I was
riod in this jury room for murder and I was
convicted for atfarchy. I don't deny that I
\\as one of the parties who summoned this
nccting in the Haytnarkct. but 1 know no
nore about the tin ou ing of the bomb than
Mr. Grinnell does , perhaps. It is a fact , ant !
! do not diiiiv "
Here Mr. Salomon rose , and going over to
ischiT , v.'hNpcrvd cometiing ! in his car.
Fischer turned round , said sharplv : "Don't
ntcrrupt me. I know uh.it I am taLiing
shout. * '
Salmon retired and Fischer continued : "I
lo not dtenjthat I got up the circular and I
iatl a line put in , calling on the ivorkinginen
, i > come armed. 1 had ni - reasons. I am not
convicted because I am a murderer. I am con
victed because I Km an anarchist. I have nev
er been a murJerer , but 1 know a man who is
on the way to becoming a murderer , and that
is State's Attorney Grinncll , because he has
) laced men here upon the stand whom he
vnuw would swear falselj * in a case where
"
eight lives were at stake. "An anarchist loves
lis principles better than his life , and I am
irepared to die for the principles on account
) f holding which I feel I am to be sentenced
to death. That is all I have to say.1 *
Michael Schwab then took the floor. "It is
not much I have to sav , and I would say noth-
ng at all d d I not fear silence would look like
- cowardly approval of what has been done
icre. I am condemned to die for writing
newspaper editorials. " The anarchist thea
vent on to justify these articles by going over
n detail all the real or imaginary evils of tho
ccumulat on of capital anel the unjustness of
he relations between employer and employed.
Ic said : ' ! lived among the toilers ; I "was
me of them ; I slept in their garrets and ccl-
ars ; saw the prostitution of female virtue
ivhich had no hoae > t means of support , and
troug men starve and die. But that was in
EuropeBut I found the same state of
hings in existence on coming to this
ountry. "
The speaker referred at some length to the
ondition of the laboring classes of Chicago ,
f which he drew a dismal picture. He said :
'There are more socialists natives of this
ountry than there are foreigners from these
causes , but the capitalislic press screens the
Tact very carefully. "
Then "followed a disquisition on the princi-
ilcs and theories of socialism and anarchy.
He concluded b disavowing all knowledge of
: hu man who threw the boiiib and protested
lie intended to do ao violence at the Hav-
iiarknt.
Schwab is short sighted , and he read his
iprcch from notes , which he held up clo e to
3is ej'cs and delivered in a ironotonouj voice ,
[ lis use of English was peculiar.
' 'Who is the man who has the check to tell
is our doctrines will not prevail J" he asked.
The question occasioneel the fir t &milc that
vas seen in the court room all daj- .
Oscar Neobe , the next speaker , had no
ooner taken the floor than he burst into vio-
ent abus' , calling State's Attorney Grinncl a
: ur , his assistants , Messrs. Walker and Furth-
nan , scoundrels ; saj'ing there was only one
jentleraan in the crowd , and that was Mr.
"ngham. The police were assailed , and in
ihort Neehc's speech was a perfect tirade of
ibuscj villifving the police and authorities.
Jesaul : "I have found out during the la < t
'ew days what the I.iw is. I know now that f
lave been arrested. c-lianrc < l and convicted , on
account of having known Sp'cs anil Schwab.
This time I presided at a meeting on West
Lake street , to which your hcnor , as well as
all the other capitalists and Judge * of the city ,
were invited , i considered it un honor to be
elected chairman of that meeting. I nctert as
marshal of the pioccssion of the workiugnieu
of the citv of Chicago to protest against their
wrongs , a'ud I , an American born , for the first
time learned that It was against the laws of
this country. The friends of the labor agitu-
tors and the marshals of labordfinonstratlons
will know In future that it is a crime. "
Neebc then went on to describe the manner
in which the Arbeter Ztiluwj ollice was raided ,
by the police , and abused them for their ac
tion ou that occasion. Hf said the police were-
always able to eaten a workingn an , a poor ,
downtrodden wretch , but though there were
1.U30 policemen in the citv. who had ever
heard of a policeman catching a burglar ?
Theycould make outa cae of burglary against
a man , but who ever heard of them catching a
burglar ? Then Nccbc abandoned himself to a
wild appeal for the judge to hang him with
the others. He cried : "It would be more
honorable to be stranglcel bv the neck tuan to
die by inches. My wife and'children will then
get over it some time , but they can never get
over It if their husband and father is sent to
Joliet Hang me , your honor , with my com
rades. "
Louis Lhigg , the bombmakcr , expressed a
wish to have his say in German , and an Inter
preter was placed at his service. In deep-
chested tones Lingg exclaimed : "Court or
justice , with the same contempt with which I"
have tried to live humanly on this American ,
I am now grantee ! privilege to speak. If I do.
speak it is because indignities have bccu heap
ed upon me in this court. "
Lingg declared it had not been provan that
any bombs madu by him had been taken to tbe-
Haymarket. He accused thu iKjlk-c of _ steal
ing his books and clothing in the statfon and
then perjuring themselves against him ou the
witness stand.
"Grinnell. " shouted Liugg , ' 'lias connived
with miserable people to get evidence to kill
me , when he knows I was driven to the course
1 pursued to g.iin education for my brothers-
to lift them up. "
As the youthful anarchist slowly progressed
Tvith his speech his form seemed to swell and
dilate with the intensity ot hs foci ngs. His
frame shook with passion , and his guttural
voice poured forth torrent * of e-mphatic sen
tences in his native language He strode-
impatiently luck and forward while the inter
preter translat d each sentence , and occasion
ally cmphasiz-d his wordby a violent blov
upon the little table in front of him.
At last , turning ; fiercely to the state's at
torney Lingg roaredYou smiles because-
you think I will never u e b-mibs again. I
die willingly on the gallows with the same-
conti-mpt for death thai I have for your
laws. "
Captain Black here asked the court to-
adjourn , as tintime for doing so had arrived ,
and Engel and others desired to speak.
The court adjourned till 10 a , in. to-inorrow.
A KltUT.lI. XKtl YOlflf COT.
HiClnbf tt 1'risHHi-r lit Surli < tn IZctent
Hint Ifrtitlt IZnxnp.1.
NEW Yonic , Oct 3. George M. Wood , a.
policeman attached to the Fifth precinct , was
arrested this evening for the murder of Max"
Arouson , an aged Hebrew grocer. The as
sault , which was of most brutal character ,
took place ou Wednesday last. It ended in a
general fight in which Wood himself was
badly handled , and when the officers went to
arrest him to-night He was found in bed suf
fering from a severe scalp wou.id.
The story of members of the Aionson family
is to the effect that Wood appeared at the-
store during an altercation with a woman
whose boy had attempted to steal a loaf of
Lircad , and asked the old man why he struck
the woman. When Aronson denied that he
liad struck her Wood rci oudeil , "Well. you.
meant to hit her , " and thereupon began to as
sault him.
Oue blow on the head from the heavy club
felled thu Hebrew to the floor. The "oflicer
Lhcu k eked him and ordered him to rise. At
; his point the old man's sons intcrfcn d and
there arose a general row , during which the-
olel man received more wounds and Wood and
a brother oflicer were driven away by the stal
wart sons
Whilu the policemen were absent for rein-
'orcemcnts a physician was summoned , who-
irrivcd just : : s the j oliec returned1. He at-
empted to care for Aronson , hut Wood re-
fuscd to allow it , and in spitu of the doctor's
urgent appeals Aronsmi was carried to the
fetation house and eventually in the Tombs , U
and was denied medical ' attention during a ,
lontincmeut of fifty hours. Then lie begun to-
'ail and he was removtd to his home in Hes
ter street where he died late this afternoon.
The coroner who was cal cd for thu case at
once ordered Wood's arrest Dr. Freeman's
storj' corroborated enough of the younger
Aronsons' testimony to make out a hard case
Igamst the policeman.
.1 JilO UUX itUKSTS.
WASHINGTON , D. C. , Oct. 3. A new eight
Inch breech loading rifle gun , recently built at
.he navy yard here and sent to Annapolis for
trial , burst at the breach at the thirteenth dis-
: harge with an ordinary charge of powder
resterday. This was the second gun of its
size ever made in this country. If was sub-
'
ccte-el to a rigid examinatioa'hcre and , ap
pearing satisfactory , was acc.-ptt-d bv the gov
ernment before it was seat to Aiinapolls-
laving been accepted before tiial the loss
vill fall on the government.
Anarchism is a knot on tho taw log of labor.
Washington Critic.
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