The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-10-16
The DEATH SENTENCE.

Upon Them.
CHICAGO, Oct. 1O.-At the concluding
scenes of the great trial of the Anarchists
approached a close more interest was
taken and the suppressed excitement be-
come more marked Hundreds OF peo-
pie wendell their way toward the Grim.
inal Court building, each one DESTROYS
of listening to the conclusion of the
speech of Anarchist Parsons and with
the expectation of hearing the death
sentence pronounced.
Parsons resumed his speech rs soon as
court was opened. He created some
thing of a sensation by declaring in
very dramatic and impressive manner
that they had positive proof that the
bomb which created such destruction at
the Haymarket was thrown by an agent
of the New York capitalists and monopo-
lists, who sent the man out here to take
this means of breaking the Eight
movement. As proof of his assertion
that there was a great conspiracy on the
part of capital against labor, Parsons
quoted the expressions of three Senators
on the floor of the Senate, in which all
d1ICeu OH INC lOuONluS IuNOlJ 1HStN
is a conspiracy to increase the value oil
the dollar and decrease the value OF labor
the world over" Parsons claimed again
that he and his colleagues were the vic.
TINS of this conspiracy. He asked
"What are the real facts in the
Haymarket tragedy, your hOnOrP Mayor
Harrison has caused to be published his
opinion as to the matter of conjecture in
| the New York World, which was copied
in the Tribune, of this city, and in which
| he said: Il do not believe that there
was any intent on the part of Spies and
| those men to have bombs thrown at the
| Haymarket. If they had, why was there
but one thrown2 1t was as easy to have
a dozen or fifty of them thrown in all
| parts of the city as to throw one. And,
again, if it was intended to threw bombs
that night, the leaders would not have
been there at all; but, in my opinion,
like commanders in. chief, would have
been in a safe place. No, it can't be
shown that there was any intention on
the part of those individuals to have that
act perpetrated at that particular meet
ing
"Now, your honor, this is the Mayor
of Chicago. He is sensible man; he
is in a position to know what he is talk
ing about; he ought to be able to form
an intelligent opinion, and one that is
worthy of respect. He knows more
about this thing than the jury.
Parsons maintained that the American
group were justified in bearing arms;
that the Constitution gave them that
right. But that question was not raised,
! fnr nlnparnpn
not sought to prove that he was vio-
laing the law while a member of this or
ganization. Judge McAllister had held
that the police could not invade their
meetings without legal process. But the
police, in 1871 did break into the Turner
Hall on Twelfth sire ct during meeting
of the furniture workers which was be-
ing held and killed one man, and judge
McAllister said that if every policeman
in the crowd was killed those partici-
pating In the meeting could not be held
responsible. Were Parsons and his
friends, then, to be blamed because they
followed Judge McAlister's advice as
contained in his decision, which meant
that the American group could bear
arms? Why, then, was this construed
as illegal when an eminent judge said it
was according to Constitutionallaw2
When ne had finished speaking from
his notes Parsons entered upon an &C.
count of what he knew about the Hay.
market killing and of his movements i'm.
mediately aflerWard up to the time when
he surrendered himself in court When
he began this portion of his speach he
paced up and down the limited space
around the table on which where his
notes He said he had surrendered him.
self, willing to get fair trial along with
the other defendants, knowing himself
3 to be innocent In relating how ne met
) Captain Black in front of the courtroom
and assembled the stairs with him, Par
sons placed his hand affectionately on
, Captain Blacks shoulder and spoke in a
more gentle voice. He concluded hold
, ing up his head proudly. Given now
| have nothing to regret"
lie had spoken continuously five hours
and forty minutes and he sank into his
seat exhausted.
Judge Gary was about TO pronounce
sentence, when Captain Black desired
that motion in arrest of judgmen
should be entered, Mr.. Grinnel havin!
I assured him that no technical matte
b, rights. The Court proceeded to execute
r the solemn duty devolvng upon him. Ii
= brief but impressive words and in tone
!. which at any time would nave com
. manded respectful attention, the judg
=. gave fitting expression to the judgmen
= of the court His face worked convul
slvely when he began, and when HI
reached the word changed" he faltere
+, and could with difficulty utter "till-yo
% -are-dead." The last words wer
II scarcely audible. The date fixed was tn
Sd of December.
II A deep Sigh and every spectator wa
o on his feet to get glance Of the pris
ID oners. Captain Black arose to save som
q technical point, when silence was +,
X stored. When the matter was decide
If the prisoners rose and began slowly
= walk out of the courtroom with tn
is baiiffs who had them in charge. TIL
IL prisoners, who had turned to listen {
the sentence with added pallor, exhibite
no other emotion on hearing the fat