Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-10-29
THE LESSER LIGHTS.
Neebe Wishes He Was Going to Hang, Too
-Lingg Becomes Abusive.


-Lingg Becomes Abusive.
Michael Schwab followed the chief anarchist,
reading manuscript speech, which he held in
both hands, through pair of old-fashioned
spectacles, in an awkward position, and with u
kept silence if keeping silence did not look cow
ardly. He went over much of the same ground
occupied by Spies pictured the sutferngs and
hardships of the working people, and eXtolling
the excellence of socialism and anarchy
Oscar Neebe then took tho floor, speaking
without notes in q firm, strong. grating voice,
with 8 decided German accent. He snid that
he had been marshal Of q procession and chair
man Of a LABOR meeting, and for those offensos
he had been accounted q criminal and convicted.
He devoted some time to dcpouncing the de-
tectives of Chicago, called Grinncll and Furth-
man scoundrels to their fnoes, and said that
Mr.. Ingham was the only gentleman among the
attorneys for the State. MIR. Grinnell had
the Arbeiter-Zeit,lny, but he Ind found hfs mis-
take. To-day that paper had two presses instead
Of one, and now tie worh;nasncn read
ing its language owned thoir own paper. He
explained his connection with the labor move
ment, and disclninlcd all connection with tho
Newmarket business He enulncrao cd tae vari-
GUS Grimes which, he said, he had committed,
but according to his own account these We're all
virtuous deeds on behalf Of the cause of labor.
He pictured the terrible poverty of the lower
classes Of laboring 1nsn in the city, end SUD that
when "these rats We're let out of their holes then
look out" The police haa searched his home
and found q red ilug nn'1 q rosoiver. They had
acted like Wild InualnS. TIC WIS hOffy til'tL Nc
could not be hanged with THO lost of the pris-
oners, Then his wifc AMI children could visit
his grave Now they woul'i hGvo to 1.-Two under
the stigma that lie WAS q cr:lninnl i'll the peni-
Tertiary.
Adolph Fischer explained us to tho printing
of the "Rovenge" circular and said that When
he would be sentenced to death it wonld he
not because he was IL murderer, but be-
cause he was an anarchist. When he first began
to speak Attorney Solomon advanced with the
intention of giving the prisoner some instruc-
tions but was re ceived with IL rebuff: Don't
bother me; I know what to say, WIS the reply.
He made but O brief address, was very sulky,
and out of temper with his attorneys and oil
concerned.
He was followed by Louis Lingg, who spoke
in German. He said that tho bombs ne made
were not the same as that exploded at the Hay
market He 81 oke in o very loud voice, and fire.
quently pounded the table with his clencbed
fist in accentuation Of his remarka, Walk
ing nervously up and down the space
which had been cleared to accommodate
the speakers. He frequently turned upon
Mr.. Grinnel and his co-attorneys with out
bursts of wrath and German invectives in q
style which led to some apprehensions that he
was about to pounce upon them. HIS ADDRESS
was simply a TRADE against the police and the
authorities generally. He concluded by saying
that If he was hanged thousands of others
would use dynamite after he was dead. He
defied the law and despised its administrators.
and would go to the Sallows in tho cause OF
dynamite against unjust oppression OF the CAPT
talists.