Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-10-15

floor than he burst into violent abuse,
calling States Attorney Grinnell a cur,
and his assistants, Messrs. Walker and
Furthmann, scoundrels, saying there was
only one gentleman in the crowd, and
that was Mr.. Ingham. The police were
assailed and, in short, Neebe's speech was
TRADE of abuse, villifying the police
and authorities. He said: Il have found
out during the last few days what the law
is. l know now that have been arrested,
charged and convicted on account of hav-
ing known Spies and Schwab. 1t is true
/ presided at a meeting on West Lake
street, to which your honor, as well as all
the other capitalists ana judges of the
city, were invited. [ considered it an
honor to be elected chairman of that
meeting. l acted as marshal of the pro-
cessiOn of the working of the city of
Chicago to protest against the wrongs;
and 1, an American born, for the first
time learned that it was against the laws
of this country. The friends of the labor
agitators and the marshals of labor dem
onstrations will know in future that it is a
crime"
Neebe then went on to describe the
manner in which the Arbeiter Zeitung Of
flee was raided by the police and abused
them for their actions on that occasion.
He said the police were always able to
catch workingman, poor, down-trod-
den wretch, but, though there were 200
policemen in the city who had ever heard
of policeman catching burglar? Then
Neebe abandoned himself for a wild ap
peal to the judge to hang him with the
others. He said:
1T would be more honorable to be
strangled by the neck than die by inches.
My wife and children will then be at ease
some time, but they can never get over
it if their husband and father is sent to
Joliet. Hang me, your honor, with my
comrades"
sCHwAB FOLLOWS.
Michael Schwab then took the floor. In
a stentoriaD voice he began:
1T is not much l have to say, and |
would say nothing at all did not fear 81
lence would like cowardly approval of
what has been done here. l am con
demned to die for writing newspaper ed
itorials."
The anarchist then went on to justify
these articles by gong over in detail all
the real or imaginary evils of the accum-
ulatiOns of capital and the injustice of
the relations between employer an en-
ployed. He said:
II live among the toilers; | was one of
them; l slept in their garrets and cellars;
saw the prostitution of female virtue
which had no honest means of support,
and strong men starve and die. But that
was in Europe. But l found the same
state of things in existence on coming to
this country"
The speaker referred at some length to
the condition of the laboring classes in
Chicago, of which he drew dismal pic
ture. He said:
"There are more Socialists natives of
this country than there are foreigners,
but the capitalistic press screens the fact
very carefully" Then followed a disquis-
ition on the principles and theories of
socialism and anarchy. He concluded by
disvolving all knowledge of the man who
threw the bomb and protested that he in
tended to do no violence at the hay
market. Schwab is short-sighted and he
read his speech from notes which he held
close up to his eyes and delivered in
voice. His English was pc
culiar. ''Who is the man who has the
cheek to tell US our doctrines will not pre-
vail?" he asked. The question occasion
ed the first smile that was seen in the
courtroom all day.