The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-18
ANARCHIST COUNSEL.
CAPT. BLACK BEGINS HIS ARGUMENT
FOR THE DEFENSE.

lie S'iv"s u Scientific Account of pyna-
uaits agency OF Modern Warfare
G,i,ncr, Il IA. CLAIMS to Have seen
,bc En:nh Thrown, Denounced "a a
rerjurer.
CHICAGO, Aug Is Capt Black, the
most ,,l-tlhsu'shei oI tho couu e Tor the
Anarchists teean his argument tuesday.
lie sa,d ,haf ths good people of Chicago
wele ,'artl4i on the night OF May by the
eNe;its o ito lay marhrt meeting as they
never hta Lem before The events OF that
night htt M d the people with fear and
trembim; jhsy An W not what the end
wouId he F9oG is tic mother of cruelty,
| and IN the very n'at of the excitement
| caused Ly tie THROWN; OF the bomb. these
| eight defendants were indicted and
presented tor trial Easing over
| some features that hal been
| covered by tho ar unicnts OF his associates.
il e captain SAID; oar only hope, gentle
ulen, e,ainst your passion and your preJu
uirs, caused BY the general tate oil the
| puhic mind through rear, Is that you viii
s,lb the truth, aut that your hearts are
| tuil ot human tenderness, as depicted in
! your cuunienance-.
| Continuing the couns / gave IA scientific
account of dynamite aud the experiments
with II ~ an agency OF modern warfare.
1ren he de iarei that dynamite was in the
world 10 stay, aud that these dciendants
| were III no Wise responsible Tor it
| But the liayluarke, ltunh was thrown
on the night Of May I, aud murder resulted
from it Who was respcnsible The man
who threw the bomb; no one else He
| argued that these defendants could not be
convicted As accessories before tue fact lie
said that the state had all through this case
attempted to secure IA conviction by appeal
ing to the jury preIuiIcs and passion aud
ahsurdly declaring that the security OF our
institutions depended OH the punishment OF
| these men.
There Is only danger TO institutions such
Us ours when they arc turned aside from the
purpose, for which they were devised. Tho
prosecution demands that these eight men be
| strangleI because the law OF the great state
OF Illinois is strong enough What an argu-
mynt, The purpose of our Institutions
| gentlemen Is to protect the humble5t clti-
| zen Ii YOU strange these eight men be
cause You have the power i'll your hand,
and not because You have determined the
| question vi tHtii BuiiJ 10y oiltt a tedsONuDIe
doubt, it is Judicial murder it Is murder
worse than that of the Haymarket Of the
midnight ASSASSIN.
has the state proved TO your minds
| gentlemen, beyond reasonable doubt that
| Spies, Schwdb. and Fischer are personally
aud individually responsible for the throw
| ing Of the bomb! There is no
evidence to support that charge
but that of Harry L. GiIncr, a
witness who has been impeached The
story told by Harry L. tiilmer is so utterly
incredible in itself that the rational mind
rejects it, He is perjurer No one could
believe such story beyond reasonable
douSt. Harry L. Gilmer, with his long,
| hony finger and his baieful eye, went
| through the stage story ct Identification
and pointed ont Spies as the man who
| Lighted tho fuse, and Fischer as the man
| WHO stood by and saw il done With his
murdcrous heart he would have all these
| uten swung from the gibbet ON the strength
Of his story. 1t is upon such testimony
that the state asks the jury to decide this
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