The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-08-27
SENTENCED TO DEATH.
The Jury Votes to Hang AL the
Anarchists but One.
Neebe Gets on with Fifteen Years Inn
prisonment-Closing Arguments on
Both Sides-Judge Gray's Inn
partial Charge.
THE VERDICT.


Neebe guilty OF murder as charged in the
indictment, and fixed the death penalty in
the first seven cases, Neebe being sentenced
to fifteen years imprisonment.
Captain Black then said he desired to
make motion for a new trial. States
Attorney Grinnell said it would be impos-
sible to dispose OF the motion during the
present term, but by agreement the mo-
ton could be argued at the September
term. This was agreed to by the defense.
The Court ordered the motion entered and
continued until next term, and the pris-
oners back to jail.
7 Two ballots were taken, so the members
of the jury say, to determine the question
of guilt for all the accused. The question
was put: Are all the eight guilty." and
the vote stood to 3. On the second bal
lot twelve men voted guilty. 1t
Is the opinion of the bailifA that
the jurors had agreed, practi-
cally, before the arguments were
made. 1t was only the statement OF Mr..
Grinnell, that the State did not ask for the
life OF Oscar Neebe, which saved that So
ciaIist from the general condemnation.
The verdict was loyously received all
over the business portion of the city. and
men laughed and loked about the manner
in which the fates had turned upon the
Anarchists the doom they had decreed for
others. Business men generally were de-
lighted. How the workingmen will take
it is yet to be ascertained The better
class of them will of course applaud it,
but the large majority of the foreig n born
classes deplore its. severity.
Tbo frio i,oJ l.
most remarkable criminal trial that ever
has had place in this country. 1t began
on the 21st day OF June, and, occupying
| period OF exactly two months the verdict
was brought in the goth day of August.
| Twenty-Five days OF this period were occu-
pied in impanelng the jury. In all, 9S1
| men were examined, from whom the twelve
good and true men" were chosen. OF the
| whole number $50 were rejected upon
peremptory challenges by the attorneys for
the defense, who exhausted their legal
privilege. The taking of testimony occu-
pied twenty-six days, and the arguments
OF the lawyers eight days.
CLOSING ARGUMENTS.
CHICAGO, Aug. 19.-In his argument yes
terday morning in defense of the Anar-
chists Captain Black held that even
~
full which he would not admit its project
ors could not be held for murder because
some one Independently of them threw the
bomb This view of the case he undertook
to sstrTengtnen ny ny quotlng from Wharton
as follows. Where homicide is COM
mitted collaterally by one or more of
body unlawfully associated from
causes having no connection with the COM
mon object the responsibility for such
homicide attaches exclusively to its actual
perpetrators He then INDUCED IN an
apos6rophe to free speech. He passionate
ly proclaimed against the police as re-
sponsible for the riot, aud stigmatized
their conduct as anarchical. The Anarch-
lists, he said, were being prosecuted. Persecu-
ton could not prevail against truth. When
the great Socialists of Judea undertook to
| propagate their doctrines it was sought by
the crucifixion of Christ to put stop to
| the new faith; but it did not succeed
The speaker then went into a lengthy
| argument TO show that the doctrines
| of Socialism had had the approval OF
of the Christian church. They had the
sanction OF st. Augustine and of Plato
and of John Stuart Mill. He read an ex-
tract from Victor Hugo's writings freight
| ed VITA sentiments opposing the boarding
OF riches and crying out in behalf of the
poor. and characterized them as incendiary
and 1ntlammatory as any ever penned by
| the writers of the Harm
| Less than thirty years ago John Brown
| and his band rose against the then exist
| ing state of affairs in favor of freedom.
They were guilty of treason, and their
| ginia to indict Phillips, Garrison and all
those who thought, spoke and wrote
| in support of poor John Brown,
who held that freedom, and liberty
was above all forms of government and
leagues of state. Yet that was what
of
do in this case. Captain Black told
Jesus and his sacrifice, and DIRE drew "a a
| parallel between the attitude of Christ
ter-day Socialists. AS Christ stosd
with his accusers, with death
on one hand and deliverance on
the other, he unhesitatingly chose Death,
| saying: 10, thou has spoken what am
am King" And he was taken away and
crucfied.
! The Captain concluded his address in a
burst of eloquence, in which he appealed
| to the jury once more to lay aside all preju-
| dice and passion. 1t was only necessary to
| persuade them that his theory of the case
| might be correct-that is, within reason;
and if they thought it was reasonable
| theory then a doubt existed in their minds
which would shelter every one of the ac-
| cuSed. He would say, IN the words of that
| Divine Socialist: As We would that others
| should do to you, do We even SO to Them
States Attorney Grinnell then began the
| closing argument for the prosecution He
rebuked the gentleman who had just
CLOSED his eloquent address for what he
| termed his. odIous comparisons. Was
| the case for the defense descended
| SO low that He who came into
this world on mission of peace should be
compared with these miserable assassinS.
| Captain Black, to his shame be it said, had
| compared these wretches to John Brown.
John Brown stood up in open daylight
and never plotted secret assassina-
| ton. Victor Hugo, the exponent of
| Republicanism in France was COM
| pared with these men, and the ideas of
| John Stuart Mill on free speech had been
| quoted, but Mill also declared that he who
said that which melted Others to crime
| must suffer the responsibility. He pointed
out that the prisoners were not being tried
| for preaching or dreaming Socialism,
istic ideas effect by means of dyna-
mite. He explained at great length
| the law concerning conspiracy and
accessories. He maintained THAT it was
notnecessary to prove by d1ect evidence
| that the person who threw the bomb
| was member of the Anarchist con-
| spiracy. Circumstant al evloence was suf-
! 6cient on this point. He quoted from JUS
| tice Grove in the Most case to show that as
a consequence of their speeches and writ
luSS IaISOllS, Ei0iueH, sOpl6S ana cCnWdO
| we responsible for the use of dynamite
bombs tor the purpose of slaughter.
The States Attorney dwelt at length
on this case, and held that the
| defense had not in the least affected
the case as placed before the jury in
the mastery argument of Mr.. Ingham He
mercilessly scored Captain Black and Mr.
| Zeisler for their suggestion that the evil
dence as to the events before the 4th of
May testified to during the trial was not
| germane to the case. That, he thought,
was an insult to the Judge who had adj
mitted the testimony.
CHICAGO, Aug. 20-Mr. Grinnell closed
his argument for the prosecution yester-
day. These men were on trial. anarchy
was on trial, for treason. The penalty for
treason is death. There was no statute of
limitation for threats when repeated threats
resulted in the commission of deed. These
men had preached in this city for years
the use of dynamite, poison and daggers
as means of effecting social revolution.
Their threats had been carried out The
jury had nothing to do with the question
of whether or not the police had over
stepped their duty. That bomb was thrown
in furtherance of common design, no
matter who threw it In view Of the
fact that Spies had, as was
proven, given directions in an