The Dawson journal., 1886-11-11
THE ANARCHIST WOMEN.
The Wives and Sweethearts Of the
Chicago Bomb Throwers.

CHICAGO, october 3U.-"Do you
know why Lining is such a favor
ite among female anarcbiStsY'
asked socialist yesterday. "No,
it isn't because he is handsome.
1t is for the reason that he is ap-
parently indifferent to his fate. |
mean by this that he exhibits that
bravado or daredevil recklessness
which wins the admiration of cal
low girls and hare-brained women
Before he was captured up near
the Hinman street station, a we k
or more after the Haymarket riot,
he was not known outside OF the
armed group. The ferocity with
which he fought Officers Lowen-
stein and Shutter when they over
powered him in his friends house
attracted the'attantion OF anarch-
lists all over the city. Young girls
saw in him hero, and when the
trial began many of them came to
the criminal court for no other
purpose than to see the young
man who was so bold as to DEFY
the law and its servants. They
saw in the bomb maker a good
looking fellow, who, at all appear
ance, was as stolid as q statue OF
Justice above-l1is head. AS the
story of his devilish work was
drawn from the mouths OF the
witnesses these girls-these reds
in petticoats--began to think that
he was just TOO brave aud too nice
for anything. They wrote lettefe
to him, and shook the tips OF his
fingers through the iron lattice
work Of the jail. Kisses, the only
anarchist token of friendship,
passed between them. There
were pledges of undying love for
one another, and before half
the spooney girls know just what
they we're doing, Linng was set
ting dates for orange blossoms,
beer and German band. I hear
that Spies is going to get marnel
in Jail. Perhaps there will be a
double wedding, the bomb maker
figuring as the otlier groom.
"rhe pretty woman in black
who sat all through the anarcA-
lists trial" said an attache Of the
criminal court, SIS August Spies
stqunchest friend in Chicago. She
believes the arch-anarchist lnno-
cent of the charge upon which he
was tried, and [ have TO doubt
that she woGld exchange places
with him if she sHas positive that
oy SO doing he would gain his
liberty. They are more than
friends August and this little
woman in black. Each longs to
take the other by the band and
walk up to the altar; but
then there are tie bars and tho
terrible sentence Of death. 1hey
may be married before tie hang
man builds the tree Of death FOR
the groony tat it will take place
within the walls Of tho Jill and IN
the very atmospheric Of the grave.
l watched the little woman in
black while tho fiery laaIer O! the
reds made bis eloquent and defiant
plea before Judge Gary. CAarm-
ed with the ilowery passages Of
his phillippic, she would toss
her head about in piquant admi-
ration; but when the spoaker'w'ta
knitted brow, Kissed and thunder
ell his bitter sentences against
Grinnell and the jury, the woman
sat IS motionless as a statue. IL r
eyes blazed with a latent fire, her
cheeks grew red with excl'enant
and her breath came short and
fast. ] watched her Ill through
that speech, but the only time
that her eyes filed with tears wos
when the pale and curly haired
prisoner declared that il death
vas the penalty for proolaiming
the truth he woull readily and
deGantly pay the price. 1t was
then that the little woman i'll
black wepd in the folds OF Eer
handkerchief"