The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-08-14
Afternoon Session.


Judging from the crowd which
sought ia vain 10 gain admission TO
the courtroom this afternoon, Mr..
InRham is one OF the most popular
among the counsel engaged in the
anarchist trial, for Mr.. ZesleT having
finished when the court adjourned at
noon, IL was understood that the next
speaker would be Assistant States At
torney Ingham. When order was
called Judge Gary insisted that ten or
twelve persons who could not find
seats leave the room. Extra chairs
had been broulh into the Enclosure
occupied by the attorneys and report
era, and every foot of space was occu'
pied.
MIR. Iugham, who has the most
graceful presence OF any OF the lawyers
engaged in the case, stepped quickly
into the open space in front of the
jury and in clear ringing voice COM
menced bis address in the following
words There are verdicts of iurles
which make history. Your verdict in
this Gaze will make h story. IL is OF
great importance that your verdict be
right. We live in Chicago, the metrop-
oils Of the great Northwest, aud the
very center Of the civilization OF the
West. This Is the thirteenth day OF
August, 1856, and in the latter half OF
the nineteenth century and we are in
vesigatlng an offense as great as ever
disgrs ICED humanity. Seven men were
killed and sixty were wounded. But
this crime paes into insigniflcance be.
side the point at issue which we are TO
pass upon. Matthias j. Degnan, on
the 4th If May lett Despaines street
station full Of life and hope and with
out malice toward any living creature.
He never harmed a hair on the head
OF any of these defendants. Bstween
him aud them there could not
possibly have been sny i'll will. Now
he lies in his grave because he
defended the law. These defendants
struck az the law. The great question
which you are to decide is whether the
law OF this State is strong enough to
protect itself, or whether 1t is to be
trampled upon by these eight men.
81 know" said Mr.. Iugham, "that
Johan Most, Of New York, is the &C.
knowledged head OF anarchy in this
coun ry. / know that these defend
ants are his ardent followers. They
try to pore here as socialists, rs Most
does in New York. But know that the
congres OF socialism, Eu ope, not long
ago, Johan Most was expelled. There
were only two votes cast in his favor"
Here Mr. Ingham's emphasis be-
came terrific, when he continued:
aust as the turkey buszard spews his
WON'T upon fair tie de, 30 Europe
spewrd han Most upon these ehorts
and Just as the vomit OF the turkey
buzEArd fosters and coIrupts whatever
it touches, 30 Johan Most defiles his
associa o. Dr."
The speaker said that vera the Euro.
pean lealers OF socialism to zee these de-
PENDANTS aud hear Them call themselves
socialists they would tpit upon them
He then devoted some time to the
reading of articles written by Spiel
and PaTsnns. aud published In Tn,
Arbeiter Zeiiung and the Alarm, II
show that the wri ere, far from being
disciples Of soc alism, were anarchist
OF the most virulent type. "You hsv'
heard this called by Mr.. Ze'sler," sal,
'o the speaker, "harmlesa bragRadocio
Was II harmlessi Ask the orphal
sons Of Matthias ]. Dtguan." Mr.. Ine
ham dew ted some time to shown
that the public speeches of Spies
Parsons and Fields and the edi orial
published ia The Arbeiter ZsitIng an
the Alarm were part Of distinct pun
pose 10 put those teachings into prat
tice,
Then, in answer TO an argument {
Mr., Zeis rr's that the ignorance {
their heners demanded that Spit
and Par,ous should use violent lei
RuAgr, h. raid II was their design I
prey upon the troubles and poverty
laborine men until they were excile
TO frenzy. This wss how they X
Their power. Their doctrine
anarchy could not be made TO thri,
among prosperous people-even u
comfortably situated labOrer was loa'
TO listen o IT.. The defendants wauis
pow,r and ultimate plundeh The
only way to YET 1t was through magr
Tying the wrong suffered by the poo
excite them to the point OF madnee
arm them and lead them against Il
law. Mr.. luRham Ciled the IA tn
Lnt IL KiaihtllIu nhu phNbbu " law p
hibiupg such oyeaniEAt ons as 4
Lehr aud Weir Verein from armil
and drilling, Thereupon thdl organlI
ton met 10 secret, armed WITH 4
best Of modern weapons. One Of I
defaudanIs bad, in reply
the sp, aker's question, stat
thRt the American group, nu
bering in II the only English tpe
ing persons who were mt m
the armed section OF. anarchists, b
amemb rship Of barely hundr d.
detective wines who had attsnt
meetings Of this group said the
Tendance did rot average over fift
or twenty persons. This was the
gliah speaking contingent IN a Sec
armed organization which Spies
described M 5000 etrong. Searcel'
witness Of " hey rnArket riot exl
ined by the defense lad been in
country as much as ten yeRrs.
were alive TO The enjoyment Of
free and enlightened form of gov
ment but these offscourings Of oil
countries, where liberty was o.
known In theory, forced TO leave III