Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-08-11
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soENEs AND TRANSACTIONS 1 N THE COURT
BEFORE WHICH THE ANARCHISTS ARE
ARRAIaNED.
Chicago, August LA little before
ten O'clock this forenoon the defendants
in the anarchists trial marched into
Judge Gary's crowded court room,
headed by August Spies. Tbe prisoners
oil looked smiling and comparatively
unconcerned and greeted lady friends
with smiles. They had scarcely taken
their seats when q young lady with q
basket on her arm went along the line
and presented each of them with O bunch
OF flowers One Of the papers this
morning stated that Mrs. Black, wife
Of the leading counsel for the defense,
supplied the anarchists with their morn
ing boquets. She WAS quoted as say
ing in a florists shop that she wanted
these for THE poor saints at the criminal
court. The dear martyrs are beng sorely
abused by the t~vranta nnw and fee:
something will happen to them, but Al
anything does there are thousands ready
to tear their oppressors to pieces" Mrs.
Black Indignantly denied the remarks
attributed to her to a reporter this
morning.
Officer Palmer was called to the stand
by the state and testified that Schnau-
belt could speak English, c~ontradicting
the statement made by Spies on the
stand. The witnesses was not cross K
umined.
Detective Bonfeld said when Spies
was arrested nc n offered him any
violence whatever and declared the
statement made by Spies as to his treat
ment when taken before superintendent
Ebasold was untrue,
A long discussion then followed as to
the order in which the speeches should
be made to the jury.
1t was finally decided that Assistant
States Attorney Waller should open for
the state, to be followed by zeiler for the
defense. Ingham will follow for the
state and he will be followed by Foster
and Black for the defense, Grinneil
closing the case for the state,
Mr.. Walker began by stating that In
this republic all men stood equal before
she law and when the perpetrator
Of any crime stood before the bar
for trial the goddess of justice
was indeed blind until guilt had
been proven. No matter whether he
was q socialist or an anarchist, the very
law which he had desired to throttle
now stood as his protector until his
guilt was known, and in this case proof
had been made that the defendants were
guilty beyond d shadow of doubt. The
Gsnaake. ss 1aiiud inc atten-
tion of the jury to the definition
of reasonable doubt and quoted
numerous authorities defining the crime
Of murder. He also quoted to show
that any who did assist or encourage a
murder should be deemed guilty and
punished accordingly, and whether the
principal is punished before or after, or
punished at all, those who assisted,
aided or encouraged were equally guilty
OF murder. He then quoted from the
speech of Solomon, OF the defense, in
which the latter said tho defendants
were guilty OF conspiracy, but not OF
murder. He further quoted from
Solomon's speech in which
the latter asked, "have
they murdered many people?v Mr..
Walker said, "only seven has been muir
dered and some sixty wounded, and vet
the council asked if they had murdered
many people," The speaker said shat
but for the heroism OF the police on May
4th many more would have been muir
dered and a social revolution, for which
the defendants admit they brought
dynamite and arms, would have been
accomplished. These men we're guilty
under the law OF conspiracy, the result
of which was the sarsmias Of bomb
and the death of Matthias J. Deegan,
.and the punishment for murder" said
the speaker. sis DEATH"
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