St. Louis Post-Dispatch
August 20, 1886

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He advised me tocon- Dr. McCoy. | went under Dr. treatiient on the ith of At thatt.melI could hardivy speak. pin the breast. liad a doll teelingin artofiny bead. There was always in tiny mouth, and i could not eas rowing up aitermy meal. I eould at all at night. I felt weak, ind down-hearted. I was always i: % to 1] a. m.: 1to4p. es ose ~ ‘tamps for 100-page treatise om Tr. Met ov. deuce receives prompt attention. Suswered unless accompanied by four Bps. s . sie CATLIN, Cor. Gth St. and ‘/ash- Wr > Al: doomed Anarchists, Read Our Full Report. Ost - Dispaleh, |rswsian acer —__ ; ans: VOL. 37—NO. 43. ST. LOUIS, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 20, 1886. PRICE, FIVE CENTS. Lin f i BY CARRIERS, FIFTEENCENTSA WEEK. é BEN! ROYAL GASOLINE STOVES, WITH CHARTER OAK WIRE CAUZE OVENS, Make Summer Cooking a Pleasure. They are the BEST in EVERY RESPECT. SOLD BY THE FOLLOWING DEALERS. CALL AND EXAMINE THEM: Wm. Milfeil, 1940 North Broadway. 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OTIS, Angust 17. 1886.—‘*Carbolic Smoke-Ball’’ Co.—Gentlemen: For etghteen years I have heen troubled with the Asthma. my attacks at times being very severe. could bardiy speak three words without gasping for breath), 1 tried **Carbolic Smoke-Ball,*’ tostant relief, the strain and pain in my tonsils also disappearing. I had no idea that any medicine—I have tried many unsuccessfully—would do so much for 1 would advise all felluw-sufferers from_ Asthma to try **Carbvlic Smoke-Ball.**| GEORGE RICHARDSON, Painter and Grainer, 36! North Tenth street. was wonderful. me. This morn! .«, having an attack (I and received The quiek change from torture to comfort tz” This ts positively the only sure cure for Catarrh. Bronchitis and other diseases of the Head, Throat end Lungs. Offices Remored to S. E. Corner Olive and Broadway, Over Wabash Ticket Office. ¢z7**Smoke Pall’* sent by mail with full instructions on recetpt of price ($2) and 4 cents in stamps. Ae a, seme ——— -_ — Ring and Influences in the Convention, John O'Day Plans to Secure Control of the State Central Committee. Status of Members of the Committee--- Unsuccessful Fight on Chairman Shields --Attorneys Form the Majority of the Committee and Many of Them Railroad Attorneys---O’Day the Chairman of the Executive Committee -- The IKIailroad | ‘‘Influence” Will Be Supreme in the | Cc auipaign. At the opening of the Democratic State Con- vention, which has just adjourned, Senator | George G. Vest sounded the Keynote of the ecutiment when he invoked the State officers | to enforce the railroad laws on the statute The sentiment was instantly adopted | Eighth. by the independent country members, who | i up a heavy vote for that platform. The selected in the Ninth. over the nomination for the Supreme Juigeship became a question of railroad and anti-railroad. On the stage a tardy county was often announced in advance for Henry be- Judge lienry had become identified with railroad in- In his private conversations he had frequently criticised the views and actions of his associates onthe bench, and referred to their adverse conductin cases where monop- )ooks. " * Eaziit cause ‘‘that’s a railroad county.’’ terests. oly tuteresta were concerned as weak. *Saracterized the honest convictions ble, he furnished himself, unsolicited. It wis not 4 burst of confidence cre bDetrayniof his secret views. His leanings ca'ned public notice in the columns of the OsT-DISPATCH through a local Republican vSice-nelder upon whom no confidence had becn imposed. Judge Henry did not conceal In the canvass H'S FORCES WERE LED BY JOHN O’DAY, wlLo bas for years been the railroad manip- is Views, nlator in State politics, and who is now the recognized head of one of the largest of the railroad corporations in the State. 7be delegates put ander obligations to this manager Dy accepting favors at his hands. In the convention Judge Henry’s interests were more than once entrusted to the cham pion- ship of 'ce Rickey. Judge Henry was recog- nized as tue raWroad candidate, and was de- feateitassach. This was the sentiment of the party which, while in the flush of victory, sustained @ more complete defeat of its newly announced principles by the machinutions of the railroads. While the convention was congrataiating itself on supplant- ing Judge Heary witha man who was above suspicion and who would enforce the iaws compelling common carriers to do their full duty, the scheming represent- atives of the railroad companies were arrange. ‘ng to obtain fuil control of the party organi- tion inthe State under the leadersnip of Jobn O’Day of Springfield, Greene County, and of this city, as suggested by the require- ments of the present monopoly interests. Tbe friends of THE CAUSE LOST ON THE FLOOR vy an overwhelmning majority, were not idle alter their defeat. The fourteen districts were diligently can- vassed for available men with which to capture the State Committee, which is the THE DEMOCRACY DUPED | organization of all through which the permanent organization | and in fact the business of the convention can 4s ‘While They Denounce the Railroad | He | interests in the district adjoining O’ Day. of his brother judges as prejudices almost lamenta- These evidences of his sympathies elected. | presiding officer that has ever handled the | ‘tion they moved in the committee. | gracefully yielding to the pleasure of the Com- / mittee on Chairmanship, O'Day contrived to | secure the | CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, which is supreme during the intervals between sessions. County, who is a clerk in the State An- | ditor’s office, was made secretary of the ' Central Committee vice W. Mayo. | fands with which to lubricate the party move- | ments are collected by it. Its distri- butions go unquestioned and unexamined. It is entrusted with the tein porary State conventions be extensively controlled. It was to capture this body that the defeated railroad represeat- atives set about energetically. THE RESULT WAS SHOWN when the committee was announced to the convention. D.H. Shields of Hannibal was re-elected by that delegation, who were unan- imous in their action, and beyond the in- fluences which were brought to bear on the selection. H.F. McClanahan of the Second was also re-elected. In the Third District Jas. W. Riley, an at- torney andan associate of John O’Day’s in the last committee, was re-elected. In the Fourth District S. L. Ramsey of Mary- ville, also an attorney, was re-elected. In the Fifth District Ed Noland of Jackson County, who bas been politically at the beck of Jobn O'Day for tweive years, and was as- sisted to his place in the State Treasurer’s office by O'Day, was elected vice Dr. M. Mun- ford of troublesome independence of char- acter. Mr. John §. Elliot of Boonville, banker, was ' re-elected on his own account. In the Seventh istrict H. L. Bicgs of Louisiana, a brother at ‘the bar with O'Day, anda lawyer who has himself been interested in railroad cases, was | elected in place of John W. Booth of Wash- ington. Judge E. A. Noonan was re-elected in the Mr. C.C. Maffit, astreet railroad manwas Sam Byrnes of Potosi, of the law firm of inning & Lyrnes, replaced W. R. Edgar of Ironton. Ed Silver, an attorney of Jefferson City, Cole County, who lives at the capital, was se- lected in place of 8.T. Harrison of Fulton W. H. Pheips of Carthage, Mo., John O’ Day’s trustiest lieutenant and partner, was selected for the Tweifth District. Phelps bas for years been the guardian of the Frisco’s He replaces D. P. Stratton of Nevada. In the Thirteenth District John O’Day himself was elected to renew his acquaintance with the favored remnant of the old committee and to took after the new members just elected. Mr. D.C. Allen of Piedmont, elected from the Fourteenth District, is a farmer. A ma- jority of this committee are lawyers who doubtless believe themselves perfectiy able to | properly represent their district and people in the committee, and at the same timeto pocket | fat railroad fees in insignificant cases without hurting tbeir ‘at all | they are supposed to guard. It is yet too early to see the result of this change, but the moves to’ the convention were | railroad | conscienves or the proving disloyal to interests already made indicate that John O'Day and the Democratic State Central Committee mean the samething. The first aspiration was to- wards the chairmanship of the committee, but Shields’ personal popularity -prevailed and, coming in with the unanimous indorsement ofthe First District aelegation, he was re: Shields has doubtiess made the best committee, but even his friends now believe that he will be hampered by O’ Day’s railroad majority. Just as they raoved in the conven- After John P. Sebree of Howard As mem- ber of the Executive Committee, O'Day was secure in his plans, but as chairman of that committee with areliable majority of the main committee, O'Day has what he wants. As soon as the attorney-committeemen have the | buttered side of their bread shown to them by | Mr. O'Day, Mr. O’ Day will play railroad music to which the Democratic party in Missouri ‘Lackinery of the dominant party in this State. must dance. This coamittee has complete charge of the Campaign. It is composed of one representa- “ve from each of the fourteen districts in the State. Conventions are ealied by it. The LATEst EDINON DOOMED TO DEATH The Jury Find the Eight An- archists Guilty. Spies, Parsons, Lingg, Fischer, Schwab, Fielden and Engel Will be Hanged. Neebe Sentenced for Fifteen Years in the Penitentiary. Wholesale Arrests of Anarchists to Bé Made Forthwith. Dramatic Scenes When the Verdict Was Rendered—Extra Police Precautions in the Court-Room — How the Receive Their Fate—Anxiety of the Relatives of the Condemned—The Trial and Its Cost—Sketches of the Anarchists —Motion for a New Trial, but Little Hope in Any Keversal—End of the Great Anarchist Trial in Chicago, Which Has Lasted Sixty Days. Prisoners CHICAGO, August 20.—There are four differ- ent versions given out this morning as tothe verdict decided upon by the jury in the an- archists’ cases. The only accepted fact is thatthe jury have decided upon a verdict, and that all of the defendants except Neebe have been found guilty and given various kinds of punish- _ ment. The rumor is that six men—S§&pies, Fielden, Fischer, Par- sons, Schwab and Lingg—have been _ found guilty of maur- ‘der, and that Neebe and Engle will be given penitentiary sentences. Another statement re- duces the number who will receive the capital penalty to three—Spies, There are no mea Prosecuting Attorney Grinnel, leading coun- sel for the State. Fielden and Fischer. absolute credence can be given to any of them. The twelve jurymen remainin their rooms atthe Revere House, just across the street from the Criminal Court room. About this building are a large number of police to prevent any attempt to break in upon the privacy of the jury. In front of the main entrance to the Court- house are thirty police and three lines of po- lice and court bailiffs have to be encountered before any one can ap- proach thecourt-room. At9o’clock this morn- ing there were twenty police in uniform in the court-room and several representatives of the : press. It is understood Capt. Black, leading at- that very few specta- torney for the defense. tors, if any, will be permitted to enter the court-room this forenoon. RELATIVES OF THE PRISONERS. The court officiais decided that the relatives of the prisoners should be allowed in the court- room, and at 9:15 o’clock the sister of Spies, with another young woman, made her appear- ance. She moved as though she wouid pro- ceed to close proximity of the chairs hereto- fore occupied by the prigoners, but she was motioned to a seat on the opposite side of the court-room, in the rear of a_line of po- lice officers, thus indicating that the prisoners are not to be surrounded by their admirers thisforenoon. Shortiy afterward, the mother of Spies, accompanied by a younger son, also entered the court-room and took a seat on the back bench. The jury left their hotel at 9:16 o’clock, and under the guidance of ten bailiffs took their way to the Court-house and were conducted to an inner room immediately adjoining the main court- room. At9%:20Mrs. Parsons entered the court- room with her reticule,accom panied by a wom- an who has attended her throughout the trial. She was given a seat between two policemen, and with two policemen immediately in her rear. Whether this precaution was to guard —— against any extraordinary-expioit in the court- room of not is of course not known, but the seat accorded the female anarchist was deemed significant. By 9:30 the crowd in the court- room numbered about one hundred, but was still composed, with the exception of the per- sons named, of police, court bailiffs and press representatives. MRS. BLACK TAKES A BACK SEAT. Mrs. Black, the wife of the chief counsel for —_— 2 ee | ae wee ee ene ee the defense, who has been in court daily, pro- ceeded to take her former seat near the pris- oners, but was requested to take her seat on the opposite side of the court-room. Mrs. Biack remarked toa newspaper reporter, as ‘she laid her package of newspapers aside: ‘*‘Well, they say ithas all gone against our men. They take itvery wellthough. They seem to expect it.”’ The Sheriff has refused toallow any one to see the prisoners, and no one has been per- mitted to enter the jail since the case was given to the jury, yestercay afternoon. A BIG CROWD ON HAND. The tremendous interest taken in the ont- come of the trial and the finding of the jury is illustrated by the crowd which has gathered in front of the Court-house to await the an- nouncement. Neariy two thousand- people were gathered on Michigan street, in frgnt of the main entrance to the building, gazing up at the windows, but the police kept the crowd moving, however, which appeared to be composed almost entirely of simply curious people. Mr. Foster was the first of the counsel to putin an appearance, arriving at 9:46. He was followed shortly afterward by Mr. Salomon. Judge Gary arrived at 9:47! Coss and ot accurately. determining if any” these rumors are true, and until the verdict is given at 10 o’clock no remained the is heavy THE ANARCHISTS Sam Fielden. August Spies. George Engel. Seven Sentenced to Death and One to the Penitentiary. a.m., and almost atthe same moment Capt. Black and Mr, Zeisler, completing the quar tette of the defendants’ counsel, arrived. Capt. Black remarked to his wife when he entered: ‘'I have just had a talk with the prisoners. They have seen the papers know what the probable out- come will be. They will laugh at deatb,”’ said the attorney, with a half tragic air. He declared that they would show noexcitement. Quiteanumber of at- torneys were allowed to come within the rail- ing, which served to give the room asome- what more crowded gppearance. The prisoners were brought into the court-room at 9:52 o’clock and were seated at the north- east corner of the court-room on some. side benches. The court was called to order at 9:54. The prisoners were not observabie to the eyes of but very few in the court-room. They presented about the usual appearance, though Spies and Fischer looked deathly paie. The jury arrived at9:55o0’clock. There Was impressive silence as they filed tn. THE VERDICT. “When the jury appeared Judge Gary en- fined absolute silence. There was a whis- fered consultation between the Judge and the ¢lerk, when the verdict as follows was read: | We, the jury. find the defendants, August Epies, Michael Schwab, Samuel Fielden, A. R. Parsons, Adoiph Fischer, George Engel and uis Lingg guilty of murder as charged in e indictment, and fix the penalty at death. fe find defendant, Oscar Neebe, guilty of murder in the manner and form as charged in the infictment, and fix the penalty of im- prisonment in the penitentiary at fifteen years. Capt. Black asked that the jury be polled. The jurymen answered with firm voice. Capt. Black said he would desire to make a mo- tion for a new trial. State’s Attorney Grinnell said it would be impossible to dispose of the motion during the present term, but by agreement the motion could be argued at the September term. This was agreed to by the defense. TheCourt: Letthe motion be entered and continued until the next term and the defend- ants taken back to jail. The Court then arose and addressed the jury as follows: THE JURY THANKED. GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY—You have fin- ished this long and very arduous trial which has required avery considerable sacrifice of time and some hardships. Lhopethat every- thing has been done tnat couid possibly be done to make those sacrifices and hardships as mild as might be permitted. It doea not become me to say anything in regard to the case that you have tried, or the verdict you have rendered, but men compulsorily serving onajury as you have done deserve some recognition of the service you have per- formed beside the meagre compeusation you have received. THE JURY THANKFUL. The foreman of the jury said: ‘‘The jury have deputed to me the only agreeable duty that it is our providence to perform,and thatis to thank the Court and the counsel for defense and forthe prosecution for your kindly care to make us as comfortable as possible during our continement. We thank you.’’ A PAINFUL SCENE. The Court responded very briefly. The pris- oners had filed out during this interim under the guidance of bailiffs. Hardly had the jury left the room when a piercing shriek was heard, followed by the heavy fail- ing of the wife of Schwab to the floor, to whom the result of the verdict had been told. She is also the sister of Schnaubelt, the alleged bomb thrower. She was carried out to the air by the police and soon revived? MRS. PARSONS HAGGARD. Mrs. Parsons looked haggard as she started to leave the court-room, but maintained a moderate degree of composure. The crowd outside for an hour after reading of the verdict. It is understood that the authorities now contemplate the immediate arrest of all per- sons even indirectly connected with the Hay- market tragedy for conspiracy and that in this knowlege many of the active leaders hearing the outcome of the verdict are preparing to leave the city. DISCUSSING AN APPEAL. Ail of the relatives and personal friends of the condemned anarchists immediately left the court-room shortly after the swooning of Mra. Schwab, with the excepion of. Mra. Parsons and her female com- panion, who after leaving the court-room returned and seated themselves by Gen. W. H. Parsons of Texas, a brother of one of the condemned. The trio discussed the outcome among themselves and dwelt upon the posei- bility of a reversal of the verdict by the 5Sa- preme Court, THE PRISONERS REFUSE TO TALE. The eight prisoners were conveyed thr the covered iron way, which leads from t court-room to the , and were at once placed in the ‘‘cage,’’ a sinall compartment near the entrance to the jail, which barred and very com- —- covered with a thick wire netting. hey were joined there shortly by their four attorney, who extended to them what encour- agement was in their power of relief on an Spies had divested himseif of his coat ordeal of the morning by a complete loss of color. Parsons, who had given himself up for trial, looked disconsolate and broken down, but joined in at intervals with questions directed atthe attorneys. Fischer, who had looked very badly during the trial, having an almost absolutely. colorless face, had, ina Ineasure, recovered himself and smoked a cigar as he listened tothe interchange of views between counseland Spies. Fieiden, the En- glishman, sat on a box at theside of Engel and offered very little comment during the talk. Schwab stood near Spies, taking part in the conversation but offered no remark. Neebe, who was given fifteen years in the Peniten- tiary, was thoroughly composed and seemed to appearasthough he was grateful that he bad escaped tiie death penalty. ‘ IN MUKDERERS’ now. None of the friends or relatives of the pris- oners had appeared at the jail upto the noon hour. After the attorneys had departed the prisoners were taken from their former cells and piaced in ceils on what is known as ‘*Murderers’ Row.’’ The jury, after having received their pay, were driven away in car- riages to escape the lingering crowds outside the jail. WHAT THE LAWYERS SAY. Mr. Zeisler, of counsel forthe defense said that he believed the verdict was: ‘‘Against Anarchy, and not the Anarchists on trial.’’ Ile thought the verdict wasa great surprise to State's Attorney Grinnell himself. People stood in groops on ali the streets leading to the court-room, and eagerly purchased the various editions of the papers, which followed each other rapidly. FURTHER ACTION IN THE CASE. During the reading of the verdict, the pris- oners were compictely hidden from the view of every one in the court-room,a cordon of police completely surrotnding them, and whatever immediate effect the reading verdict had upon them could not be discerned. The precautions police were apparently directed sO as to guard against any demonstration by the prisoners or their friends of any character whatever. The motion fora new trial, it is expected, will be heard early next month. If it is over- ruled Judge Garry will pronounce sentence nd fix the date for carrying out the death penalty. The case willthen gotothe Supreme Court for review. It is the generally expressed view of lawyers thatthe Supreme Court will not interfere if Judge Gary refuses a new trial, as the Court, itis contended, ruled with great liberality toward the defendants’ counsel and read to the jury nearly every instruction asked for on behalf of the defendants. A JURYMAN TALKS. ‘*‘We had our verdict made up before 7 o’clock lust night.’’ said C. B. Todd, who was one of the first four jurors accepted. ‘‘I don’t think I ought to teil you why we did not reach a conclusion sooner, for we resolved not to moake public our deliberations.’’ ‘‘What speech had the greatest weight with the jury?’’ ‘‘Grinnell’s. It was not an ornate speech, but it showed the honesty of the man and how earnest he was. He made everything 80 plain that we feil into his way of looking at the case, but in —— that we were oniy obey- ing our judgment. think that at the con- clusion of the evidence, and without any speech-making at all, we would bave arrived at the same conciusion.’’ AN EXCITED CROWD. The excitement of the crowd in front of the court was something iutense while the ver- dict was being awaited. There was none of the joking and laughing that is heard on the only other occasion that brings a mob to stand without those dreary walls— the execution of a convicted criminal. Each man seemed to be holding his vreath, and such conversations as were held were ina low tone, and reiated solely to the one topic— the probable conviction of the eight prisoners who were waiting for the hour which was to’ mean life or death to them. There was a cordon of police aiong the sidewaik in front of the outer stairs of the building. A dozen blue-coats mingled with the crowds, and more stood guard over the little gate in the alley that leads to the jail- yard. Detectives and policemen in citizens’ clothes were everywhere to be seen. There was also the regular guard at the street entrance to the buiiding, and a Deputy Sheriff and two officers were sta- tioned on the iron stairway leading to the court room. ‘‘THEY HUNG SEVEN!’’ A young man, hatiess, and with his coat buttoned up around him stood at the door of the court. He had no sooner heard the ver- dict than he fairly buried himself down the clanging iron stairs, and rushing up to one of the officers at the door preathiessly yelled: ‘‘They hung seven!’’ Those in the front ranks of the crowd heard the words and gaveacheer, and the rest of the waiters took up the hurrah when the news was communicated to them and repéated it many times over. It sounded like a knell to the prisoners, but it was an assurance to the tired jurors of what they must have almost known ali along that the interest of Chicago in the trial had not abatéd since the morning of May 5. ~ WHOLESALE ARRESTS TO BE MADE. At 2 o'clock this afternoon a large force of olice was gathered at the Chicago Avenue olice Station, under the command of Capt. Schaak, and a little’ later Chief Ebersold ar- rived. It is a current rumor around town that the police bave @ list containing the names of nearly three bundred men who were en- nem | in the anarchist conspiracy, and that wholesale arrests will henceforth be the order. It i reported that the names of Mrs. Lucy Parsons and Mrs. Lizzie Holmes are among those for whom warrants have been issued charging them with conspiracy. A newsman and bootbiack known as “Corkey’” who bas been a familiar re at the corner of ashington and le it is explained, has blacking the boots of one of the counsel for the defense, kept ery- ing out this morning: ‘‘The jury is no good,’’ ‘7’ throw a bomb in the Court-bouse,’’ was one of his arrested ~~ policeman < flights and en to the station. man was intoxicated. ANARCHY’S DEATH BLOW. Comments of the New York Press—The Ver- “ @iet Indersed. New Yor«, August 20.—The verdict of the jury inthe case of the Chicago anarchists is universally commented upon in this city. The fr nena ‘*The importanes of this result can scarcely be overestimated. It is a formal notification to all anarchists in this country and out of it, thas they cannot c on their infamous trade any more safely in America than they can at home. If Spies, Fielden, Parsons Lingg, Schwab, Engel and Fischer are hanged, as they in all probability will be, their fate will be peony certain to put an end tothe business ot throwing bombe in this country. All anarchists are notoriously cowards, and the dissemination of the intelligence that the practice of anarchy here leads surely and swiftly to the gallows wiil have a very depressing effect upon the profession. The nationality of the Chicago criminals is sufficiently varied to carry the lesson to more than one country. Fielden is an Englishman Parsons is an American and the others are all Germans, we believe.’’ THE DEATH BLOW TO ANARCHY. The Commercial Advertiser says: ‘‘This is the death blow to anarchy in America. The ores thugs of the Lehr und Wehr Verein are not of the species that will risk their lives for the unholy cause they have here- tofore ‘championed, and now that their associates are doomed to death, the others will retire to their slams anddo their growling under their breath. * * * Tothe judge, the prosecuting attor- neys, the jury, the police and the witnesses in this great trial, the entire public owes a vote of thanks. But itis particularly to the jury that public gratitude is due, for upon them rested the re- sponsibility of the verdict, and against them anarchist vengeance would be wreaked, if the anarchists had the aring to wreak vengeance at all now. The duty of the Chicago municipal authorities should be,nevertheless, to guard against any possible anarchist outbreak against the brave men who bavé assisted to bring the eight thugs to justice, and to punish such an ontbreak so rey that the last remnant of anarchy in icago shall be forever quieted.’’ a — THE TRIAL, A Resung of the Crime and Case—Time and Money Consumed. On the night of May 4, during atime of Na- tional agitation of the wages and short-hour questions, the police of Chicago endeavored to disperse an incendiary meeting of the anarchists of that city being held in the open space on Halsted street known as the Haymarket. Theagitators threw dynamite bombs into the ranks of the police and seven of the officers in the dis- charge of their duty were killed. Others were more or less severely injured. For thatcrime the authorities apprehended and arrested on the charge of conspiracy and murder August Spies, Michael Schwab, samuel Fielden, Adolph Fischer, George Engle, louis Lingg and Oscar . Neebe. Another arch-conspirator, Al- bert R. Parsons, could not be found. The trial began on June 2], and on that day the missing man walked dramatically into court and joined his fellows. The greatest difficuity was experienced in selecting ajury. Eleven hundred men were summoned, #1 were ex- amined before the necessary twelve were obtained, after twenty-six days spent in the examinations. State Attorney Grinnell began the prosecu- tion with a dramatic description of the crime, occupying an hour and a half in delivery. The speech made a strong impression on the spec- tators as weil as on the pris- oners. In the examination which followed Theodore Fricke, Superintendent of the Arbeiter “wore identified the handwriting of Spiesin the incendiary circular, and sev- eral witnesses gave testimony tending to show that an uprising had been planned for May 1. Incendiary editorials in the Arbeiter Zeitung were put in evidence. July 2] one of the attorneys created a sensation in court by holding up before a witness one of the loaded bombs, ready for the match. The Court and jury were very much alarmed and the bombs were ordered removed. Wm. Seliger, a German witness, testified that he and Lingg carried bombs intended for the destruction of the police and this statement was corrobo- rated by Mrs. Seliger. July 28, Harry L. Gil- miner testified to having seen Spies touch a mateh to the bomb that did the fatal work of Mav4. His testimony was detailed and con- vincing. ‘‘Fischer,’’ he said, ‘‘was among those that composed the group where the bomb was lighted and thrown.’’ He thought that he had seen Spies in conversation with Fiscber, another of the defendants, beside the wagon in the Haymarket just previous to the tragedy. During the trial bombs, bomb - making macbines, fuses, dynamite and revolution flags and circulars had been displayed in great pro- fusion in the court-room. At 2:45 on the after- noon of Saturday, July 31, counsel for the prosecution rested their case and the argu- ment for the defense was taken up. The argument wasoneof the most extraor- dinary ever heard in a court-room. Coun- sel to all intents and purposes de- clared a judicial decree of guilty against Lingg and Spies. Then Capt. Black moved the discharge of Neebe on the ground that nothing had been proven against him. It was denied. Then the same motion was made on behalfof each of the other prisoners, with the exception of Lingg and Spies, with the same result. The defense then promised to show that the police went to the Haymarket with the most devilish designs and that not one of the defendants had fired a shot. Mayor Carter Harrison was called for the defense. He had attended the first part of the Haymarket tmeeting and ha told Capt. Bonfield on his way home that there was no occasion for interference by the police. The detendants testifying in their own behalf made a general denial of the charges, but ac- knowiedged the authorship of the revolution- ary circular and acknowledged that they were anarchists. August I| Assistant State’s Attorney Walker explained the law and charge tothe jury. Mr. Zeisler, Mr. Foster and Mr. Black then ad- dressed the fury. Oapt. Biack’s address was made Augustl7]. State’s Attorney Grinnell fol- lowed. His épeech was conciuded yesterday morning. At? o’clock yesterday afternoon Judge Gary began his charge to the jury. It occupied fifty minutes in delivery. At the end of that time the jury retired. The expenses of the trial thus far have amounted to $24,761, not including the ex- penses of the prisoners. Jury fees and other special expenses footed up $13,150; and the regular court and police expenses amoun to $15,611. The trial altogether consumed fifty-two days up to yesterday evening whiie the jury in the case were held for — ys. The prose- cution consumed sixteen days presenting their case, and the defense ten days. The argu- ments of counsel took up eight days. i — THE CONDEMNED ANARCHISTS. Career of the Prisoners in the Celebrated Trial. August Sples is a pale-faced German of the intellectual type, and is %% years of age. He is a native of Hessia, and has been a native of America since 1873. In 1879 he started the Arbeiter Zeitung in the interests of revolution. He ‘attained a wide-spread circulation for such a sheet, each member of the Anarchists’ organizations being compelled to subscribe and pay for one copy In the past six years he has ible amount of work; he of the paper. an in i Aa tS eae noe ee ee - n 4 -