Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-08
victims to be guilty Ofthe charge they were

used as pretense to convict Us. charge
the States Attorney and Bonield with q
henious conspiracy to commit murder.
'I viii now state
A LITTLE INCIDENT
which may throw some light on this:
Upon the evening of the Haymarket meet
ing, about five o'clock, I met a young
man, Klecknor by name, My brother
was with me at the time, and
never left me on that evening
until jumped from the wagon q few sec
OndS before the explosion occurred. He
knew had not seen SchWab ON that eve
ming, and he knew that no such converse
tiOn ever took place between us as that
terrified TO by Thompson. He knew L
never struck match and ignited the fuse
in the bomb. He is not Socialist. Why
did they not bring him here and put him
ON the stand, you ask. Because
the honorable representatives Of
Grinnell and of Bon6eld spir-
tied him away. They knew his testi-
mony would prove the perjury of ThOmp-
son and Gilmer. will refer to the teSti-
mOny given by few of our witnesses,
the wage workers league to say a few
things very obiectional to some OF our
patrician friends. They thought eight
hours of toll ought to constitute days
work. The rabble ought to be silenced,
it was felt.
BONFIELD WAS THE MAN
10 consummate the wishes of the citizens
Bonfeld with q visage, that
only needs To be seen to be miStrusted; he
was the man to do this work. Ii l had
thrown that bomb, if knew the man who
did throw it, | would not hesitate TO own
it. This, your Honor, is one reason why
sentence of death should not he passed up
on me in q court of justice, If that term
can be applied to this tribunal.
| remember that the Chicago
Tribune of February 23, 1885,
a long account of dynamite
bombs to be used against rebelliOus work
iugmen. Why was not the editor OF the
Tribune tried for eSpOuSing the doctrine OF
dynamite for that is all the Arbciter
ZeiiHnq did, and why was not the editor OF
the D,ily NcirS tried? In his paper there
WAS 4 long account Of the manufacture OF
bombs, and one of them was found IN his
possession. This, your Honor, is another
reason, why sentence of death should not
be pronounced.
Il have been a resident of this city for as
long time ~ Grinnell, and rs good one.
| know | should live to be compared to
him. lie has appealed to the patriotism
Of the jury, but in answer to that | shall
quote from an English Statesman: Pa
triotism is the last result Of scOundrel.
THE SYSTEM OF WAGES.
is the root of the present social lniqultles
IniquitieS, SO mOnstrOuS Is to cry to Heav-
en-. Grinuell has informed us that An
arehism was on trial. Anarehism belongs
10 speculative philosophy, and not a
word was said about Anarchism
at the Haymarket, but if AnarchiSm is on
trial am proud to say l am an 'Anarch-
iSt' You may pronounce your sentence
upon me, Honorable Judge, but let 1t be
known that in the year 1856, in the State
of Illinois, eight men have not lost their
faith in human progress. 1t is the old
question. Look over the pages Of history
of Greece and Rome. There you Will see
the records of the self-Same struggle. The
ruling class dominating the poorer one.
Honorable Judge, the demons OF hell
would join in the laughter that follows
your sentence.
IF the opinion of the court is to become
law, then there is no person IN this cOun-
try who could not lawfully be hung. l
saw that upon that law every person IN this
country could be convicted OF conspiracy,
Or rs the case may De murder. Every
member of the Trades Union, Knights OF
Labor, or any such organization, can be
of conspiracy. IfyOu carry that
ruling into effect YOU will be responsible
for the blood that will he shed and the
blood of the innocent will come upon
you.
Seven policemen have died said
You want
LIFE FOR LIFE
aud have convicted an equal number OF
men, of whom it cannot he truthtully said
that they had anything to do whatever with
the killing of BOnfeld's victims. The very
same system of jurisprudence can he found
among various savage people and tribes.
Injuries are equalized, 50 to speak, by the
inlliction of a similar wrong to that re-
reiyed at their enemies hands. They are
not particular rs to the responsibility or
the identity of the persons sacrificed as long
As they have life for life. This principle
nrsyails To a considerable extent among
the natives of the Sandwich Islands. IL
we are to he hanged upon these principles
.haD laf "a ha known
LET THE WORLD KNOW
what q civilized aud Christian country is
this in which the Vauderbilts, the Jay
.ioulds and the rest pose rs the reScuer3 Of
law and liberty.
"Grinnell has repeatedly said, Our
country is an enlightened country. Well
he NAV put that in his album. Ii your
Honor thinks that by the execution OF this
verdict YOU can stamp out the labor move
ment YOU do not comprehend the power
IF that mighty movement from which the
and miserable children OF
toll hope for relief.
''You know not when the blaze will next
break out. 1t is q asubterreanean hire, that
you cannot put out. The ground Is on
fire upon which you stand. You want to
stamp out the conspiracy. You resemble
4 child that is looking for his picture be-
hind the mirror. What you see, and
what YOU try to grasp in our movement Is
nothing but the creation of your own bad
II you want to stamp out
the eouspirators and agitatiOnS, you must
stamp out every factory lord who has made
his wealth upon the unpaid labor OF hlS
EMPLOYEES and the landlord who has made
his money from ground down, and OPP
pre,ed laborers, and farmers. 1t is fact
that
FEW MEN
control the mechanical appliances out OF
which they make gold by sacrificing the
lives of little children while able bodied
men are starving. But we cannot go back.
We are advancing. The tide cannot be
stopped. One of my elerWmen friends
shortly before my arrest said: You are
organizing q revolution This IS my re-
DIV: A revolution cannot be organized,
cannot be created. 1t is not any more
than the work of men, than earthquakes,
OF cyclones. We are simply preparing the
conditions of the revolution
''Does that look as il contemplated that
violence committed on May first or