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a i ki - I-:- If- . 1 -TT " 11 : j - - j" ' . A vi ; VY - -:f---:"4 - - v ' SCr-'A - v " iV j; r- ? : I HE RHTHEHPM) I BAM1S 3 VOLUME IV. a RUTHERFpEpTqsajNr C. NOV 17, 1887 t V 1 "9. -fe-.t'w.- I m. I t I X THE TRAP SPRUNG. Pour of Chicago's Anarchists the Gallows. Die on The Sentence of 'iSro Command io Im prisoement for Ijife One Commits Su icide.' " v - . The excitement which had prevailed in Chicago for many days "was increased in a measure by the announcement . that Governor Oglesby ha3 decided to . inter fere in the case of two of the seven An- archiists Samuel ! Schwab. Their ielden and Michael sentence of death the 7JG0 vernor commuted to imprisonment for life because they had united with Spies in a pica lor mercy. The Governors . reasons for not. interfering in the case of ) Parsons, Lingg, Engel and Fischer were -that they were guilty and had not asked I ;f or executive clemency as guilty men, f ifrut had demanded freedom as innocent 1 men. In the case ,of Spies, editor of ; the I L Anarohist newspaper at the. time of the I terrible Haymarket riot, the Governor I did not feel justified in interfering. .. "LOUIS UU"GQ, COMMITTED SUICIDE. Louis Lingg, by some means unknown, secreted in his. cejl a small dynamite shell. Placing this in his mouth Thursr day morning he -blew his jaw and neck to pieces. He lingered for several hours in agony. His death and the commutation of his companions left four nven to be hanged on Friday, The terrible events leading to the arrest and trial of the An archists,' with'details of the execution - funeral of four of the condemned men, I and sketches of the lives of all seven, H will Be found below; '--If:;'' , : .' :' :; ':":.;;'.' ThefrLast Hours.--. n ; Uuring the long hours of the night the .ri-onlj., newspaper men wiio-were admitted. tn tbSn' ; IrepreJentativ Ives tu lhe, -Associated PresSf f They had quarters in what is known as Tithe lawyers' cage, and were within, ten :feet of Ihfe Anarchists. At 4 o'clock one 'ef them made the tour of the lower cor- Hdor where ppies, Parson, Fischer and rEngel were onfined.. In each cell were I two stalwart guardes, who stood watch n bver the Anarchists. The former chat I ted in low tones,, and whispered jokes I among themselves to while away the time. I But the talk and whispered jokes were ft all lost on the prisoners. Each one was in the heaviest of slumbers. Spies- lay on one, side, his head on his arm, and slept as peacefully "as a babe. Fischer had turned over on his back, and the conseqence was that his frequent snoring echoed in a startling manner through the silent corridors of the building. .' Engel lay motionless, aa did Parsons, except that, at times the latter started uneasily as if dreams were coursing through his mind. - Then at intervals the silence was broken by the stealthy walk of the armed -guard, who .made the rounds of the lower corridor to see that all was? well. The only other disturbing element was the mewing of the "jail cat, who kept" up the "nojse" so'' persistently, that at last the deputy lore , down, cap tured and removedher to the, basement, where her cries couIdnot. be heard. All the common prisoners to the" number of about two. hundred, were left in their usual cells. . At one o'clock a change wa made in the -tleath watch I Deputy Hartke had been guarding Spies since -J? o'clock. He reported that Jie had quite a long talk with the Anarchist. 'Spies declared that he had no "reasou to be afraid, and then launched 'forth -in a tirade against the Courts. He asserted that all the Judges who had any connection with the case had reason -to tremble, while the An archists could hold up their heads and walk to death with a steady footstep. The deputy also related the manner in which Kev. Dr. Bolton v. r,. rircevvvi by Spies. The divine asked him if he would not accept spiritual consolation. Spies, with a haughty shake of the head, declared that he had no use for anv cler gyman. uPray for yourself," returned' Spies "youneed.it more than I." At 11 o'clock Spies lay downson 'his cot and closed his eyes, but tlid not sleep . Sever al times he got up for a drink of water. But his ; every - movement betokened a firmness which was astonishing So it was withthe rest of the Anarch ists. -'. Parsons had the nerve to entertain his guard with a song. His selection was "Annie Lburie.'' He sang the sweet song entirely through and, when he had finished, rested his head bhis hands for a few. moments and then repeated tl t song. His fortituded was the wonder of all who heard him. Betwren 1 and 2 o'clock the sheriff and his assistants test e'd 'the gallows.! Heavy bags of sand were attached to the ropes and the traps were sprung The machine worked to perfection and in all respects was satis factory . to the authorities. The usual quiet prevailed in the jail jot manv rnxnuxes irom six from six O'clock 'came daylight, and bustle different from that of niht invaded the seclusion of the prison. ' The day of the hanging had arrived. It was 15 minutes, to 7 when Engel awoke. Within the n$xt ten" minutes his three : doomed 6om- panions opened their eyes. They tumbl ed out of their cots and hastily dressed themselves. No conversation took place between the Anarchists and their guards. Spies and Parsons simply bade them good-bye and in a few minutes the depu ties emerged from the cellroom. They were releived by others. Fischer was the first one to emerge from his cell." Accom panied by deputies he stepped over to the plain iron sink and 'took a good wash. Spies next performed this ablu tions and seemed to enjoy them. JQld man Engel followed the young Anarchist and the last to wash was Parsons.- -f At . 7.20, two waiters from. Maxell's restaurant brought to the prisoners their breakfast. The edibles were carried, in a large new clothes basket and the linen j arid table-ware looked bright and clean Active preparations for the execution j began at 7 :30 oclock, when Chief Bailiff j Chaill arrived at the jail and assigned j the deputy sheriffs to their various posi- ; tions during the event. The Kev. Br. ) Bolton arrived at 7 :45 a, m.j and passed into the cell. Pasrsing first into Parspns's cell, he attempted to engage the doomed Texan in religious conversation, par sons had not yet finished his breakfast. . In the -meantime Spies had called for paper and envelopes, and when they were furnished him he began writing. After a stay of eighten minutes in Parsons'scell, Dr. Bolton "emerged and, walking- to Spies door stood looking at that individ ual, who glanced at the clergyman and continued writing. Dr. Bolton remained standing in front of Spies two or three minutes, hut receiving no recognition he walked away, Writing materials were f urnisned to Parsons t and Fischer, Who immediately set about preparing. . state- ihfr at tt ihg at the opposite wall of nis cell. At 10.55 fully 2o0 newspaper men, local politicians and others, among them the twelve jurors who were to view the bodies after the execution, had passed through the dark passage under the gal lows and began seating themselves.; ' The bailiffs said a few words to the journa lists, begging them to make no rush when the drop fell, but to wait decently and in order. Parsons was given a bup of coffee a few minutes before the mrch to the scaffold was besrun . The rattling i of the chairs, tables and. benches of rthe reporters continued several minutes, hut by 11.05 there bean td fall a hush ; and conversation among the crowd sank al most to a whisper. The bare whitewash ed walls made a, painful contrast with the dark brown gallows, with its four noosed ropes dropping ominously near the floor. A gleam of sunshine shooting through the window at this instant f fell on a corndr of the death machine and in a slight decree relieved its sombre hue. Through the window were seen a num ber of policemen armed with rifles, look ing down from the roof of the Dearborn street wing at the . proceedings. The chief bailiff began, atll.10, calling fout the1 names of persons summoned' as jurors and bringing them forward to a row 1 of little stools directly in front of the gal lows." No other sounds were heard in the long, high corridor but the solemn, monotonous voice of the bailiff and-rustling of jurfirs as they tiptoed fqrvrard thrc ADOLEH FISCHER, HANGED. ' t It lacked just seven minutes and a dial f cf the. hour of high noon when a single white-shrouded figure' above which! was a face of yellowish pallor the facfe of August Spies past the first post oft the gallows. The gapping crowd, ten j feet below, half rose involuntarily from their chairs at the first glimpse of the appara tion advancing across the scaffold. He walked firmly over the drop, guided by the erasri of the dpitv n thr- fr.T-fV.at- edffe oitne gallows. -Following close came iischer, .close enough to . touch FT 1 -. ' 1 TimrmCrl opiess shroud, had his hands not been under the white muslin, countenance had a peculiar J Fischer's I 1 i.ga t:iG crowu. totally unlike the ashiness of lipaw oeitiiroo' an1 I in enmp strange contrast with the dead lack of color in the pinched lineaments of Par sons. The once jaunty, vivacious Texan, came fast, a withered .old man1. The moment his feet touched the scaf fold Parsons seemed to have jcompletely lost his identity and to feel that his spirit was no longer a part of his body. He had wrought himself up to an ecstacy of. solemn Self-glorification. I ' The squat form of Engel alongside, with stupid, wide-jawed face, made a hideous contrast to Parsons'! assumption of the halo of a martyr. jFischer ; -was head and shoulders taller than the other three, making his occasional looks of too evident bravado more noticeable than they might otherwise be, and at a sorry disadvantage compared with the steady coolness of Spies. The latter's exhibition of quiet, thorough nerve, j far surpassed as a wonder the demeanor of any of his comrades. j s. .. The four burly deputies, standing to the rear of the four condemned men, began without delay to adjust the ropes, Spies' noose being the first one placed. The knot was slipped! down, the cord close against his neck. ; Spies did not show a tremor, but when the same pro cesss was being carried out with Fischer he turned and quietly whispered to the baliff sofne suggestion concerning the ropers ; ' ' : Just then Dr. Murphy, a young physi cian standing back of Engel, whispered a joke in Engel's ear. i Incredible as it may seem, the low -browed Anarchist laughecToutright with j the rope around his neck, and while another was being fastened oParsons by his side. The white caps wore 'deftly, slipped upon, their heads and drawn quicklv down to theiF neck?!. shuttin? ff the view of each as completely and with less warning than does the camera cloth ot a photosrrapher. - August Sjn'es was the firsl of the doomed men to make 'use of his fouqj wits while iie could. In a tone of intense bitterness of spirit he hissed out between his tightly clenched teeth;v 'There wilt ooiue a.' time.', when ourVjtfte'ncc will be more powerful than. the4ybices they a strangling to death;'' ar? The last.syllabIeof '& concluding words, hoarse with suppressed passion, had not reached theeiid when Engel, raising his voice wil'dlmed : ' 'Hurrah for Anarchy!" " ' .Mo::?' Fischer caught tlie 'firof the utterance and still more loudl-y exclaimed : ' 'Hur rah! for Anarchy!" Adding: "This is the haBoiest moment cfinv life!" There was. a' silence like the grave, .broken abruptly by the slow, measured intonation of Parsons, like -a, white-robed priest before the.aliaij;crifice. v'l'N as a dying request' biit rather like a com mand or-warning-, h pounded uir'Ol with slow entreaty carhef "Will you Pet me speak. Sheriff Matsbn?" There was another (agonizing pause. Muffled through the shroud broke out in unnatural hollow accents : ' 'Let the voice of the people be heard!" A wash as of a fallirjg house thunder-, ed through the corridors, ' the slender rope3 were taut. In full view of the two hundred men in frjont were four wixite, writhing shrouds. The ropes could be seen slowly tightening about the necks that, between the cap and shroud, could be noticed blackening j and purpling. Nine minutes passed . ' Then It was known to a certainty that not a neck had been broken. The four Haymarket mur derers had been . literally throttled and strangled. When the news that the end had come finally reached the public there was but littjle excitement. Ex ;ra copies of the af ternoon papers were eagerly bought, but that was all, and business seep, went on as usual. It was wonderful to note how quickly the excitement which had filled the jail all Ithe morning calmed down after the execution. .The two hundred prisoners confined-in the place, Who had been in fevbr beat during the tkgic event of the QED. day, regained their usual! spirits. ,They cracked joke3 from cell to cell, and as they had nothing to eat since breakfast they, soon began to yell for soup, soup. Tile spectators who had witnessed the hanging walked rapidly Out of the en-, closure, and the wearv deputies went to. dinner, the only ones left px tide jail office beng the Press representatives. - When the cofiins were brought to the scaffold, Sheriff Matson eiclaimed: "His wi ed 1 be done." The bodies were lower in the following orders Spies, Fischer srel and Parsons: All looked natural'. En! The coffins were quickly screwed down and paper tags were pasted on each for1 identification. The bodies were tak en away from the jail abort 1.45. For Spies a hearse had been provided. There was some trouble in getting away from the crowd that tailed on to the last wagon, but rapid driving freed the pro: cession from this annoyance. Following by ia string of cabs, and preceeded by a carriage containing the committee, the glisten,; EnsceVs JKQS jmrOEL. HAN hft und vsfonmovedspeedilv alonw jtrt? as no-exciiemenr. ana oniv a iew Poi i jrauserea. lhe corpses were ' ft.,' .. vit , - 7 I t&lri'-X)' aniitundertakers shop, where ere dfMssed and 'afterwards taken fc h't0meQf their relatives. .Tlr Faaeral Cortege. t ' hifuneii. pfbeession of the Anarch Ad 6gaaio ; move between 1 and 2 f?$$& Sunday afternoon. Itwas head- tuef ajarshal Hopp, with two aides fLband musicians in . the uniform G'prr4?h army. Immediately af- a caflie members of the defence cttee, Bladedby George A. Schill- . Zkih rtripd in hi handi a floral owinHlthem marched, eis-ht abreast "!,ff;oHaiundred members of the '04' TuSnverein, of which August The whole societv pt.6u.ias many members are not J3 a Mpathjith. Anarchy. Four hun- if ih.j v orwartz 1 urner Society bext, earing red badges on the cx 'leftT-feast. .fThis hranch of turners is rfoatronlsr tinctured with Socialism tfta .any 3h the citv. One hundred of iortscvi vljritt branch came next, and the! j&llp a hearse bearing the body o JjErust iilies.,-. The tor of the hearse Va4 c.oytfrfcd with floral tributes that gilicould be seen. Inside was rfky jpospred casfcet, over the DiaeK . 1 1 TL bfi sash by rppiy hundred members of the a par .Union, which comprises file most extreme Socialists in syfof citv;fe--'.fiext came a hearse m i lay tg? f offin of Adolph Fischer. .14S0J, vsas decorated with nowers, fcXifHs ot j-o profusely as that of Spies. wameas hearse contaimnsr tne re- .oMtions." On the box by the Tj-sat IJXtilU JJ.UlU.lJ4g IU ills litmus a Jmbeij of such immense size that Th,crirg;fan of flowers, "From K. of .?&cml!i No. 1,307,'" could be sein a ?k .&ed- fCet awav. This is the Assem- br whifi ParSons belonged until it w-jl Jcpelpj. from the Order on account Of i adMtlnce to the .cause of Anarchy. Xcf s ' Peons' coffin was thrown a ,i1iM,le stri&lof red silk ribbon. Then itrT '-anotr cohort of the Central La- '.bo;SSiiohfcOmposed of representatives ' ll tic ; . t Lie J. 1 . . "D , T 3 il undv whii?i the men had fought. Sev eialfjral (aecewere carried behind. Ttj heareswere fo llowed by carriages confaningarelatives of the dead men and hy'o.usMbor organizations and great nuratrs omen, women and children on foot.3"?, ; HI. Paiatill attention was attracted by twt,l(cai'aemblies of the Knights of L&bof .'. composed of women, who were aflarawitr-ed in thq shape of scarlet rijjboilsin fheir hats, bows of crimson at tniif roatj-and long streamers of crim sbnIjSaginj'from their shoulders. In froatf thfm marched Miss Mary Mc Co&ik, rUister workman -"of the organ iaioj kncfn as "Lucy "Parsons Assem 1 l-lfuighl of Labor." She was at-' toleJbv wq "others and carried a-huge' 111 Cii OUl j.J;UliIl JA VY i Lll a ailU VV - Y 111LC Jo7eihc ?fnblem of peace. The wreath and vc were sent bv the ladies of the dcre fuM committee of Cincinnatti. iio ocession, which contained I t'ilVl or thirteen bands of music, was tWj.mj-thrge-minutes in passing. , I t M'ocecuea to tae w isconsm Len-. trl )oi v, ueru t,irc; couins. oi uie i.n-j aruis wretransiered irom the hearses to -i txigg.ie far and the friends and mitfcs oj -the dead men took a special tr(4n!4orfiWaldheim Cemetery. Vnere 'thSvitenrarit was to take )lace. The ru'Aeiil tmin. consisted of . seventeen coAcls. TTR.ree other trains were made up ' and a were crowded. Upon arrival at i$z cgpetrty, which 15 situfU on a desT oJitettret?li of paraire on . the GlUskirti of hcityvthc coflfins of the dead An--aiBhis vie?c laid upon a rude platform in rd$t of gloomy stone vault and in th. pieseniM of several thousand persons tCaptifh BlcK delivered a funeral oration j ra th coufe of which he said : V TEi FUNERAL ORATION. 1 a nof here this afternoon to speak to roanySpecial words concerning the casesor vhich these men lived, nor con- cegrijjr th$; manner of their taking off, but tfepe&k to you like a friend, to tell yo& tjgat that cause which command their serylfa-w sealed at last by their livesi Avihnstited measure for the sake of thseheyloved. You know how grand4 ly IhfeY parsed out of this life into the peSfef t; anl?glprious life that is beyond thi rfkch f misjudgment We are not he?e sidil-the caskets of felons consign edjtogno.ainious death. We are here besidl; thehodies of those who were sub4 HnieJiX their self-sacrifice and for whom the jSfeibet Became a glorious cross. They aareeea painted and presented to the wolas nyen loving violence and riot anfl l5bod&hHl for its own sake. Is oth in'cald ibe- further from the truth TBeyercIaxen who loved peace, whose heArt . . j?(re full of tenderness t CiDiathiM which was thrown a silk.jThen another band wheeled Jsake ireet playine a dire, fol- v civ io;u , . JflQXJSr SP11S3. HANGED. " ' whoiikblao3c Coffins were the red banners i who were loved bv those who well knew mem. irusieu uv inose wno came to im- aestana the glory ana power ot tneir lhtes. And the anarchy of which they spfske and taught, wha4 was it? but an attempt to answer the question after the resolution, what,?' They believed that there was that of wrong and hardship in trie exacting order which pointed to con flict, because thev believed that selfish ness would not siirrender peaceably and ofl its own motion to righteousness, and the whole of their thought, of their phi losophy as Anarchists, was the establish ment of an order of the society that should be symbolized in the words, '.())rder without force.' Is it practical? I know not, They thought it was. I know that it i not practical now, but I know also as a philosopher and Christian that under the inspiration of love that day wili come when righteousness . will reign in the earth, and when sin and sfelffishness will end." 1 Capt. Black ended his address by read ing a poem repiting the virtues of the deceased and- lauding Anarchy, uapt. Black of Detroit German Chicago for having allowed fire of their j ' best mem to be murdered, deqlaring that they died for justice, and denouncing a society "based upon robbery and sus tained by murder," His remarks were welcomed with applause, cries of ''fyravo t' and fierce yells. , OTHER SPEECHES. i T. J. Morgan, a local Socialist leader, of English birth, then expressed his con tempt for the law . which hanged Anarch ist (a voice "throttle the law,") and sneered at the ' 'spread-eaglism of the American fourth of July, which obscured the minds of the people." ! The last speech vyas in German, by Albert Currlin, formerly of the "Arbeiter. Zeitunir. He scarcelv L'Dt started when Captain Black stepped to the front iaiuhLshand on the speaker's arm. nd ; It ! was now pitch dark in the graveyard and people were being wrought up to a high pitch of excitement by oratory and sur roundings. Capt. Black gave the word that the ceremonies would now be closed. The coffins of the five Anarchists were car ried into the blackness within the vault, and the.ceremonies ended with a general j stampet . of the people for the return -i trains. . ,The Story of the Crime. : It was" May 4, 1886, a'day only equaled in importance in the history of Chicago by October 9, .1871 the date of the great kUni m'nmA.nVln 'filWllloi" I T?0-. venge! Workingmen, to arms!? was struck from the type of the "Arbeiter Zeitung" officey and was seat, broadcast -i. .- Vs .5itki so lorn? uredicted and prepared for was had at hand, and the hour for action come. That night a meeting was called on Haymarket Square ostensibly to denounce "the latest act of the police," in depress ing the crowd of strikers about the Mc- 5 Cormick Reaper Works. A vague but ! very certain feeling or presentiment ran throusrh the citv that the meetmsr meant ; trouble, and that a struggle for suprem- acy between the Anarchists and the po i lice was to take place. The night at firs pleasant,-- darkened along toward jnine o'clock. An express wagoa was j placed aear the alley aorth of Raadolph j street and near the Crane Manufacturing I Company's establishment, and was util- ; ized as the speakers' stand. Some two thousand people stood in the street ; abqut the wasron when August Spies i took his place upon it and began to talk. His speech abounded in attacks on the police for their .acts at the McCormick riot, and was followed by a speech by A. R, Parsons, in which he advocated organ ized efforts by the w orking people against employers. SAMUEL FUtLDEX, SENTENCE COMMTTED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT. The next speaker was ' Sam. FieMen, the ablest and brainiest of all the Anarch ist leaders. The darkeninsr clouds gave evidence of an approaching storm, and a good portion of the auditors of the earlier speeches had gone before Fielden began. A motion was made by Spies to adjonrn to a hall, when Fielden said he would not speak much longer. At ten minutes before tea o'clock the solid-ranks of the police were seen ad-M vancmg from' the Desplaiaes Street Sta tion. When the wagon was reached Captain Ward stepped forward,' and, reading the riot act, commanded the crowd to disperse. Fielden replied : "We are peaceable," and started to get down from the wagon. Just then a blue light arose from the alley, and circling over the heads 0 the crowd descended between the solid pranks of the police. An instant later a dvnamite bomb had exploded, and sixty of the police lay on the ground writhing in agony. For a second the police wavered, and then wftLf -fjvl 1 TT-Ai I Vat- T?WKl4 " Uail7Al 1 , who made a fierce speech in All were found ffuHtv, and alrbirfciieebe , condemning the workingmenof who received' fifteen tears imprisonmeatv I MMI. .IK lilllK fll LUC J1UUU 1CVU1UWU.' t openexlfire upon the croweL iwith T,heIf i revol vers. ;I he trowd responded T leety, . . to the firc.;.Ttnipoliccr immediately " charged. 'Thcrl fcejran the" work; of5. car- ' . inir for ther Iniuredif whaTre'-taken tb DlamjeiC treet Station SVtierey thejr woundwerc dressedj prior tb therrte moval toJtheW OoUuty IfispiwVv police, serendied: from s thVuads. while of Jthe crowd a1tl 'nieeUaP "one was killed a nd1 votoe" tweaty-.Wodeitr so far as knowrc rft : . - " - The arrest ct Augost- Spfea 'Blichaet Schwab, Samuel Fieldea. .who. ?raa hq in the faiee jtM.ot. v.ifej Keebe, Adolph Fischerf' ttjis ilhi and George Engel for complicity iri the murdef the police : followed j immediately. Ki R. Parsons for n, time escape arrest, but finally surrendered; himself,- The, "Ar beiter ZeitungXtbk. organ of the Anarch ist, was suppressed, knd tho Anarchist haunts in trie city ' were raided. Theti followed the ' yjadictment if the eight for the murder : of Officer- Matthias Ji Degan. Their trial on the mdictment was the most important and -pjrIbnd were s"entenced46 death- The case wa carried to the higher courts imtil fh United States Srrpreaie Ctrrt was. reach- . ed, but without ayil -. . - .. Petitions innufaerable fox anfl against the exercise of ecifcou6v6 . clettiehcy; tferb sent to Go 1 veraot Dglsby , antJ 1 th0 peo ple of CMcago werelwrotfght up: to a high state of extitment: It was. feared that attempts afresqie would bccur, iipd extensive preparatipjM : ere made Tiy police and militri preserve order. : Sketches ot AriHixiifsti. August Spie -Reams' tqvS' coatry I "when 10 years of aeeV" cas" ahoat 32 He learned the trjide of .'; . Chicago but gaVe up - thls-ctrtnon when he was 2t) rears-of agefidtrajDap ed through theiVMdBoath,VfU couple of years. iBhfb to Chicago, and sikr-jlJi-. chists in Chicago;V..jnhta8 . Socialist, and birfpottskerrh I soon rose to be a ieafletlwifi? who were so stronf rlOwp , votes for their candiditaybr, vlr. Ernst Schmidt, "iafteward v. manager of the Sociallstiajly ina Chi- A.i'beiter Zeitungiwhichnhad , at that time a big chculibrijiad ; j;reat A. li. farsons was a nauye.:voiv massaQ chusettes and was aboiit fortyijive years old. lie edited a lfapef called the Alarm last winter, in which he ,yc '.Bpceil di- . rections in bomb-throwing and thejnrtap r ufacture of explosives, folling tlie that ample of Spies aadMost thelar hh r is the writer of a pamphleiideMing distant the methods of making w hrrnArge!y aa ; smL-ili tera a consistant in nis pTati" ces. domcr verv uttie worK, ana conse quently becoming a financial burden up on the Anarchist party in Chicago. . Samuel Fielden was born' in Lanca shire, England, in 1S47. He worked in a cotton mill from the time he was eight years old till he reached ; his majority. When he was eighteen years old he went to Weslyn and joined the Methodist Church, becoming a Sunday-school su perintendent ,and afterwards a local preacher. He came- to the United States in 1866, and after stopping three years in Cleveland, took up his residence in Chicago, where he has since resided. George Engel was a native of Germa ny, having been born in Kassel, Hesse, in 1839. Eariy in January, 1872, he came to America, and afterwards to Chi cago, where he had since lived, working as a painter. That year he was a candi date for the position o,f West Town col lector, on the Socialistic "ticket. In the spring ot 18 he took charge of the bus iness department of the Arbeiter Zeitung, shortly afterwards assuming the position of as&ochite' editor. K MICHAEL SCHWAB, SENTENCE COMMUTED TO LIFE IMPEISOSMEHT... Michsel Schwab was born in Bavaria in 1853. He received a good education, and in, 1869 learned 1 the bookbinders" trade in Wunsenberg, where he became; a Socialist. He came to America and also to Milwaukee in 1879. After spend ing a year or two in Miiawukee he re turned to Chicago, and became editorial writer on the Arbeiter Zeitung. Louis Lingg, the youngest of the con demned Anarchists, was only 23 years old. He was horn in Baden, Germany, where he was given a common school ed- ucata. lived 1st Leaving his-native country, he few years in -""'Switzerland. arid about three years ago came to Amer ica, and soon afterwards to Chicago, . where he at once lecame identified with the Anarchists. . Adolph Fischer was 29 years old," and has lived in this county'for the past fif teen years. He wes a printer, and wa3 employed in that capacity on the Arbei ter Zeitung at the time "of his arrest. He was married and the father of two vouns; children. -.3 I el t4 -v ' V! i t iff, f f ! t A- sir
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