The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-08-28

officers were ineXOrable and when the yer.
dict was brought in there were probably less
people In the court room than at any time
during the trial.
The crowd outside numbered about 1000
people, and these were kept informed of the
progress inside by the police. Some of the
people who succeeded in getting up stairs
and took seats at the west end of the room,
were Mrs. Spies, Mrs. Parsons, Neebes wife,
Lingg's sweetheart, August Spies sister and
her brother Ferdinand, Mrs. Amer, General
Parsons, Spies mother and half dozen
others who have been regular attendants at
the trial.
Judge Gary was on time, and at 9:56 the
court was opened and the judge sang out to
spectators to take seats and not to make
any demonstration. The prisoners were
then brought in and ranged along the south
wall, by the windows The judge then
turned and told the clerk to call the names
Of the jury. This was done amid oppressive
silence, except on the part of Neebe, who
was probably the most affected of the pris-
oners. Neebe turned and looked across the
room, to the place where his wife sat.
He craned his neck forward and
said something in an undertone to
himself. Parsons looked straight ahead tn
the place where his brother. the General,
was standing. He then turned and looked
into the street where, under the burning
sun, a thousand men and women gazed anx-
iOusly at the upper windows. Parsons
glanced around, and with bold, defiant
look. pulled something from his pocket. 1t
was the battle flag of the Anarchists-a
dirty, red silk handkerchief. Turning so
that all In the street might see, but in such
manner that the court would not he
waved II for q moment or two.
Some one in the street saw II, and cheer
was uttered, but quickly stopped. When
the people in the court room turned to
ascertain the cause of the demonstration,
Parsons sat stiffly in his chair and gazed
vacantly at the clock. The others gazed
anXiously into the faces of the jury and
friends and then up at the dignified judge,
as If In hope of cleaning some encourage
ment.
The relatives and friends of the prisoners
were the most affected. Over in the corner
big policeman. 1t was the mother of August
Spies and during the half-h0ur she was in
the court room she wept constantly, holding
a white handkerchief to her eyes. Mrs.
Parsons and General Parsons said nothing,
betraying 10 evidence of the suspense that
they must have experienced. Mrs. Parsons
looked at her husband and once or twice
opened her lips as il to speak. Iingg's
sweetheart was next to her and during the
calling of the jurors names kept constant
| signaling with him.
The call was finally finished, and then Il
was that the prisoners and their friends be-
trayed the first excitement. just two min
utes after 10 o'clock Foreman AsbOrne rost
to his feet and faced the court The sus
pense was terrible, and as IL already aware
| nf tha fota I'm tnra fnr than N ao mi
over the prisoners, while the feelings O
their relatives and friends were manifested
by twitchings of the muscles, hard breath
ing and shaking limbs.
"Have you agreed upon verdlct"' ant
the voice Of the Judge was almost inaudlble
and even he gave way to the mOmentar,
sOlemnity and suspense. ''Have you agree d?
Then all eyes were withdrawn from hin
and turned on the foreman, who reached
forward and gave the papers which he hell
in his hand to the clerk who, In turn, CAV
them to the Judge. The foreman's work wa
DONE The Judge and the clerk held
whispered conference and finally the clerl
raised the paper where the light would fal
on 1t and the Judge bent forward and fixe
his eyes on the spectators. The pe0pl
were like marble figures; not word no
sign did they make, but their eyes merel
shifted from the Judge to the clerk. Th
latter then began reading slowly as follows
1--WE find Spies, Parsons, Felden, Schwaf
Fischer, IIingg and Engel guilty, rs charge,
In the Indictment and punishable by death
We find Neebe guilty OF manslaughter, an
fix his punishment at fifteen years In til
penitentary."
The clerk then sat down by the Judge an
the foreman still remained standing, TheI
! was not o sound, and for 0veg minu