St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-26
THE CHICAGO ANARCHIST
Justice Scott Grants a Supersedeas--
The Reasons why.

BLOOMINGTON, ILL.,, Nov. 25.-At II
o'clock this morning Judge Scott granted
the supeTsedeaS in the anarchists case.
MessrS. Black, SWEET and Solomon started
at once to Ottawa to have the clerk issue
the order in pursuance to Judge Scott's in
structions. The effect of the order for the
SuperSedeas will be to stay the execution at
least until the full bench of the supreme
court has passed upon the questions raised
for new trial. 1t is estimated that in the
ordinary course of procedure hearing and
decision cannot be reached for six or
eight weeks, and that even if the lower
court is sustained sentence cannot be car
red out until some time in March or April.
The points made in the brief in behalf of
the anarchists which the attorneys desire to
argue before the supreme court are the ones
raised during the trial and argued before
Judge Gary on the motion for new trial
that the Judge allowed jurors to try the
case who admitted on examination they had
formed opinions; that he ruled that the
juror under examination that would require
evidence to overcome his views was COM
petent, provided he should swear he could
render fair and impartial verdict; that
where
THE PROPOSED JUROR
admitted prejudice or bias against social
ists anarchists or communists. the Judge
refused to allow counsel for the defendants
to ask whether the prejudice was such as to
materially effect the weight they would
accord to the evidence of the defendants if
it should appear that they or some of
them were socialists, anarchists or COM
munlsts; that he refused to allow
challenges for cause on account of such
prejudice; that the bailiff selected men
unfavorable to defendants. so that their
pre-emptory challenges might soon be eX-
hausted; that in giving instructions the
court proceeded upon the erroneous theory
that the defendants might be convicted
without the state being Obliged by legal
evidence to indemnify the principal or to
show that the defendants advised or even
had knowledge of the commission OF the
particular act by the principal; that the
court refused to give any instruction al
lowing the jury to consider whether the un
known bomb thrower might not have
thrown the bomb under some sudden pro-
vocation, by reason of supposed unlawful
attack of the police upon peaceable and
lawful assemblage, that there can be no
conviction of an accessory without the
Identification of the principal. and that the
llIoGL uOGiOuS SlfCll cuOSC Odl On
own motion. in which he undertook to con-
dense all the instructions in the case were
improper and fatally defective.
Judge Scott's order granting super
sedeas is purely formal. Without going
into any particulars or giving any reasons
he simply certities that in his opinion there
is reasonable ground for granting the writ.
THEY HEARD THE NEWS.
CHICAGO. Nov 25.-The news was re-
ceived by the condemned men quietly with
some expressions of pleasure, but few of
surprise. They treated the Supersedeas as
a matter of course. and said little, except to
intimate an increasing belief that the Illi-
nois supreme court would grant them new
trial, though they admitted having been still
more confident that Judge Gary'S rulings
would be in their favor.
OTTAWA, ILL.,, Nov. 25.-COunSel for
the condemned anarchists arrived this even
ing. but did not press the supreme court
clerk to Immediately issue the SuperSedeaS
ordered by Chief Justice Scott. There
was question as to the legality of having
the writ issued ON Thanksgiving day.
When the holiday had ended, one minute
after midnight, the record was filed and the
certified writ issued.
Hanged TO a Derrick.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, Nov. 25.-John
Davis, the negro rapist. was lynched at
Randolph, Ala, last night. Davis was the
perpetrator of three outrages. He had the
reputation of being one of the worst char
acters in the state. The last outrage was
committed near Randolph on the 21st inst.
ON the person of Mrs. Crumpton, a white
lady. The victim had gone out distance
from her residence, and was gathering up
firewood, her husband at the time being
away from home. She and her little boy
while picking wood were behind some
bushes. One of the negroes drew pistol,
cooked it, and placed it to her head, saying: |
IF you scream l will kill you" telling the
boy the same thing. Davis was captured |
soon after the perpetration of the outrage.
He had preliminary trial and was placed !