The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-11-12 00:00:00

THE AMERICAN ANARCHISTS.

In New York it is reported that the American
Anarchists sent to Germany by the last mail several
thousand circulars and leaflets printed in German ap-
pealing to the German soldiers to revolt in the event
of a war breaking out between Germany and France.
Most signed the circular, which is intended for distri-
bution alike among the soldiers actually under arms
and the men of the Landwehr: The circular is also
to be translated into French for distribution in the
French army, the terms being suitably modified. The
United States Supreme Court has disallowed the
appeal of the condemned Chicago Anarchists, and
sustained the ruling of the Illinois Supreme Court.
The hanging was fixed for Nov. 11. Three of them,
Lingz, Engel, and Fischer, have written letters to the
Governor of Illinois refusing any commutation of the
sentence short of the grant of liberty, and asserting
their unabated faith in the Anrchists' principles.
DYNAMITE BOMBS IN THE PRISON.
A search of the cells in which the condemned
Anarchists are confined were made on Monday, when.
six loaded bombs concealed under newspapers were
found in the cell occupied by Lingg. The news of
the discovery spread rapidly through Chicago, causing ,
great sensation, and a marked reaction of feeling ,
among those who have hitherto been in favour of the
prisoners being amnestied was at once apparent. The
discovery has caused the adoption of extra precau-
tions regarding the admission of visitors to the con-
demned men and the receipt by them of newspapers
or presents. In some quarters it is thought that the
bombs were placed in Lingg's cell to enable him to I
commit suicide, and that no wholesale slaughter was.
contemplated. On the other hand, the Anarchists
declare that it was an official plot against the amnesty-I
being granted to the condemned men. The Governor
of Illinois has received several letters threateninr
with death should the prisoners be executed.
The reporter of the Supreme Court of Illinois has
forwarded to the United States Ministers and the
leading newspapers in Europe the full text of the pro-
ceedings in the Illinois court regarding the Anarchist
trials, in o-der to present the action of the Stato
judicial authorities in its true light.
Later particulars concerning the discovery of explo-
sives in Lingg's cell show that the bombs numbered
four, and these are believed to have been handed to
Lingg in a box by a woman who visited him a few
days ago. The box was supposed to contain comes-
stibles and was examined when brought in, but it has
now been found to have a false bottom. The bombs
were made of gas-piping. Part of the material con-
tained in two of the bombs has been removed and
tested, and the result show that it is dynamite of the
strongest kind. It is now believed that Lingg, who is
held to be the most desperate of all the seven men,
intended to blow up the prison and kill as many
people as possible. Strong guards are now posted at
the Municipal Court Building. Engel, another of the
condemned men, attempted to commit suicide on Satur-
day night by taking laudanum. Emetics was imme-
diately administered, and the prisoner was kept walk-
ing about until the effects of the poison had passed
off. Engel refused to say how he obtained the
laudanum, but his attempt to commit suicide led to a
search of the cells, and it was through this that the
bombs were discovered.

ernor

Further examination proves that all the bombs
found in Lingg's cell contained dynamite. It is re-
ported that the police have discovered 11 bombs in
the house of an Anarchist near the gasworks.