New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-09
SPEECHES TO JUDGE GARY.
ARGUMENTS BY ENGEL AND FIELDEN.
DEFENDING THEIR COURSE AS ANARCHISTS ~
CHICAGO-PARs0Ns BEGINNING AN ADDRESS
fBr TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBuSEI

CHICAGO, Oct S.-The scene in and about the
Criminal Court building to-day rivalcd that Of any
preceding day In the progress of the trial Of the An
archsts The wide publicity given the speeches Of tho
condemned men served to attract great crowd. 10
was better dressed crowd than that which for many
months has made loungiDr place OF the building.
There were moro women than As early as $50
a. m. there were twice many people waiting outside
as there were seats in the courtroom. A reporter
was in the Jail shorty before the Anarchists were
taken to the courtroom. They seemed in unusually
good spirits considering what the day had in store
for them. Shortly before the hour for opening court
Spies received bouque. of flowers which he carried
into the courtroom at the head OF the little
and moment later the Anarchists in their
usual seats. When court opened, George Engel
at began speech in German Ills argument
thought in many respects to be the abest uttered
by any of the speakers. Hewas less given to nvectye
though he held extreme views. The most significant
passage in his speech was as follows:
Because have named to the people the ways and
means by which they free themselves in the fight
hated and prosecuted in every State but spite OF
that and again III spite OF IT, anarchism Will still exist
II rot in puplic it will exist in secret The States
Attorney declared, or thinks that If he has hanged
these seven and sent the other 10 the peniten-
tiary that he has killed anarchisn. say that s noe
Only the tactics will be changed and that will bo
all. NO power III tnc WOfu Will the
men this knowledge and skill opportunity OF max
ing bombs. These things published. ! will not
wish to the States Attorney and Me-. Furthmsnn tho
tate of Rumpf but am convinced that anarchsm
cannot be rooted out. II that the case it would
have been rooted out long ago and lost by murder of
the Anarchists. That evening when the first bomb
in this country was thrown was sitting In my room
and did not know thing about the conspiracy which
the States Attorney has brought out here Ia trio
was acquainted with few OF these people, with tho
majority of them very little. Now then I met them
here and there and heard their speeches and met them
at their meetings | do not intend TO deny that
spoke at these meetings also declared that il every
had bomb in his pocket, there is the end of capi
talstic rule and errors and that but showing
my part only the wish the opinion of myself. These
are my opinions and conviction as against the meth
ods of the oaptaistic element as 1t exists to-day.
Fielden spoke two hours in the forenoon and in tho
afternoon renewed his appeal to the Court He closed
at $3.50 p. M, and Parsons spoke short time He
will close tomorrow when sentence will be passed.
The address OF Fieden at times pathetic aud he
the only one of the eight who spoke calmly and
with apparent honesty in declaring that he had no
hand in arranging tor the Haymarket tragedy.
When he spoke OF bis young child his voice taItered
for a moment aud q deep slencs tell upon the audi
ence. lie prefaced what he had TO say by recIting
poem from the German Of Ferdinand Freigrath.
entitled Revolution" He repeated the story of his
connection with the Anarchists as related on the wit
stand He said he had not intended TO 20 TO the
Haymarket meeting. but went there hoDIag TO see
little advertisement, and by seeing the advertisements
he had come to his death He declared that the
papers had either misunderstood or misrepresentcd
him and we're the cause OF his going to the gaows.
He had not advised the sacking OF stores. He was
severe the jury nd said of them were depen
dents OF capitalists. He turned his attention to what
he said discrepancies in the testimony OF those
who had sworn to his having said Here come the
bloOehounds now as the police came up, and made
an aule comparison of the testmon, given by those
witnesses. lie referred to Bonhelds evidence az
4" testimony of truthful James Bonfeld;" He added:
The worst newspaper in Chicago admitted that ie
was extremely doubtful whether Fieden ever fired q
shot or said /: You do your duty and I'll do ine,
or Here come the bloodhouuds' There was nothing
in Droof that | did walk psaa.sSiv. k,~sA
Ward and Steele said on the stand that went
away peaceaby. The evidence shows that the meet
ing grew more quiet alter my speech-then why wero
200 policemen sent there to disperse it . Ii has never
been shown that intended TO engage in the
blowing up OF the freight houses.
Your Honor have tried to show you that the meet
ing on the 4th OF May was peaceable one. have
told you what meant by the expression Throttle
the law lou interpret my remark To mean kill tho
police ought to know what meant. 1t was not
the intention OF our organization TO take any mans
lite Ii was the system We were driving at II DEFY
any one to ind in my speech OF that night any sug-
gestion of violence spoke OF the blind rage OF tho
mob at McCormick's. Did that not mean that did
not sanction the acts done in ignorance and raget
Mccormick and Gould and Vanderbilt are victims OF
this system just much the beggars on the streets
The two classes at warfare. The policemen who do
duty in the vicinity where i've know me ana no ono
of them will say be thinks that ever entered INTO
conspiracy to kill one OF their number DO not
think the police intend TO do injustice. but they arc
the servants OF the system OF laws we hepiore ING
loICc "hOh PtN'e
does not protect his workmen Wien TIM are dttacked
by their employers. The evidenee OF AR. Engiish
about my speech not III the interest OF justice ie
has admitted that he instructed to report only the
incendary portions OF my remarks Much has been
SAID about my expression Stab the law Wca' hin
mean What does mean when he says he VIII
knife a canddater A prominent Chicago paper
SAYS Throttle the coal monopoly Henry George
says Throttle protection. Does that mean TO throt-
tie James g. Blaine. who uph0ds protection
am to be convicted am to be hanged Tor Tel ing the
truth IL will he better tor that ttc cnlld on tue
West Side. who kneels by her mothers knee every
yenng to ask why papadon't c)me home, II she never
leans 10 read II this to be then why Eotwipe out
every sonOo house whore the sentiments oil truth aro
instilled Your Honor after had escaped from tue
haymarket meeting went home. lhe explosion Oh
that bomb much surprise to me as 10 any
policeman ! resolved like any honest man to tell
lust what had to do with the calamity. Ithoughs
when they found out the facts would be released
sail lei them confess all they like 50 they tell tho
truth. - :. -. -, ..
1900 wears ago-Jesus Chrisl-has lett these worus on
record aud the principles OF justice and night have
never been expressed in language better than they
havo been expressed in these: Better that ninety
and nine guilty men should 20 unpunish.d thah thas
one innocent man should suher. Mr.. urlnnel,
should Judge from his statements. Is christian.
would ask him 10 apply that statement OF the ureae
Teacher 10 the different testimony that has been gwen
here and the to the contrary Ia other places
in the investigation of this case We claim that tn's
Is class verdict. that the iou'est crinlha. .h. coua
have been dug up out oi the slums oil any STATE IA
Cbristendon or outside of it, would never nave been
con yicted such testimony as has been brought nere
II he had not been dangerous man in the opinion OF
the privileged classes We clam that we are convicted
not because VIC have committed murder but because
we were very energetic in the advocacy oil tue rss
After a few more remarks in which he denied having
been friend OF Lingg, Engel and Fischer, he said
To-day tho beautiful aui uinn sun Kisses tue enec
ot NV fellow mani stand here never 10 oahe my head
in IL. ray- have loved my iellow-nan rs have loved
myselt have hated trickery and the monsrous inJus
ice OF the nineteenth century ev'nni's .ns o,'i.' III
Killing its beet friends and II will lie to repent ali
some day But, hav. said before. II =, wiii do any
good I freely yive myself up. trust the time VIII
49, uben there will DO a better understanding moro
Intelligence. and II the mountains OF mquiiy, wrong
and Corruption will be replaced by truth aud Justice
which will come to bathe in the pure light OF an eman-
cipated world-then am satisfied. l thank Your
Honor for your attention
Parsons said the one thing beyond others that bad
characterzed The great trial was 's VIRUS us passion,
and the ran GUS p udice that cha aceIzed the pro-