Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-08-18
THE CHICAGO ANARCHISTS.
The Closing Speech by Foster...He
Makes a Summing up for the
Defense.
pe Holds that the Indictment and
Evidence for the State do not
Correspond.
Lively Skirmishes and Loss of Life
Among the Revolutionists of
Mexico.

CHICAGO August 14.-The court room
was crowded this forenoon to hear the
closing OF 1ngham's speech. On opening
he addressed himself particularly to the
great haste and energy shown by Lingg
Engelmen and its significance, with pronu.
namento Of Spies, leading to the Haymar-
ket murder. He dwclt with great force
upon the fact that the bomb which killed
the police was unquestionably the handi.
work OF Lingg. lngham's address
is considered the strongest plea yet made.
His oratory was not only powerful but his
analysis If the evidence was considered
very convincing. He concluded his speech
about 10 o'clock when Foster began for
the defense.
Resuming his address when the court re-
assembled at 2 o'clock, Foster devoted
considerable time to the discussion of the
mower prejudice wields in the decisions of
mankind. He said he was confident that
did the Jury consult the evidence in this
case only and dive-t their decision wholly
OF the effect OF the previously acquired
opinions and prejudices, the defendants
were safe. Otherwise they were not. Fos-
ter said he felt sure the Judges charge to
the Jury would not recognize the question
Of whether the defendants had conspired to
overt row the Government and bring about
social revolution, unless he found that
sucb conspiracy was directly connected with
murder committed in Haymarket. A ver-
dict rendered on any other basis would not
be worth the paper it was written on. The
speaker was not here to discuss Socialism
or Anarchy. He wished to say once for
all that he was opposed to Socialism, Com
nunism and Anarchy, but believing as he
did that the doctrine was wrong, he did not
see that his faith in it should be less ned
thereby. He would admit that the defend
ants were, in his opinion, altogether wrong
in preaching as they had, but that did not
affect the case-one question to be
considered was did the defendants commit
murder. or could they he proven to have
conspired to commit murder-FOster next
made LOB lot" OF defendants and for
attempting to convict them ''by whole
SALE This was the reason why nearly
every public utterance or published article
Of spies and Parsons which had violent
language had been dragged into Court as
evidence, but it did not affect the case as
defined in the indictment 1t did not prove
that defendants had committed or hal con-
spir.d to commit murder. At this point Fos-
ter placed in a most ridiculous ii. hit what he
called The paradirg by the State Of tin
cans disrrver uncer SIDEWALKS two
months aft the Haymarket ri,t. Many OF
hi EXPIRE sinus ERE witt, t. Il remarA abe
dpgre- and with pnnto.imic yest res the
SD aker c, nvuls,d the audience at times.
while even the Jndg ont' states Attorney
could H. t /, press mi = ,n'i'ely bef".e
Fo~ter te.;m re los gain. tie said the
theor, OF 81" ,rOs'rut.Oa. ii TIM
jury would Eardon him f"r menti"u-
ing it va lh" flowers that bloom
in the Spring. H. wouldn't hive it. l.
had nothing to d" with the case. Th,
theme # Fist r. address throngh" ut WAS
thar the Indictment and 'hetvid-rce II the
State did rot c"rrespo"d. Again and
again he declared that the defendants were
not being tried fer Socialism or Anarchy,
or even for making bombs and preaching
anuihi'ation. but for murder and no 'es-
timony was competent which did not con-
meet deienhants with the murder specified
Foster h.. d not finished when he court I'D
jOUrned till MOnda, utorring.