The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-05-13
PARSONS WRITES A DARING
LETTER.
The Situation In Chicago.

CHICAGO, May S.-A letter from the
anarchist, Parsons, for whom the po-
lice have been searching since Tues
day nights riot, is made public this
morning. He justies his course and
says he will never be captured. He
says watching his wife and her kind
friends will be of no avail, as he is al
ready dead to them.
81 count my life already sacrificed
for daring to stand between tyrants
and slaves. Continuing he says
enforce the laws against the rich
thieves as you do against the poor.
Grant the fair demands of labor and
will guarantee that all troubles will
be settled"
There are thousands of my breth-
eren who will sell their lives Just as
dearly and at as great cost to our ene-
mics. | shall wait just as long as
think necessary for the public to take
warning and then you decide your
own fate. 1t might be liberty for the
people or death for capital, | am not
choosing more, Itis your choice and
yonr last l love humanity, and
therefore die for it; no one can dc
more every drop of my blood shall
count an avenger, and woe to America
when these are in arms; / have not
yet slept, nor shall | until / sleep in
death, or my fellow men are on the
road to liberty.
[Signeel A. r. PARSONS.
When visited last night in relation
to the published letter alleged to have
emanated from the pen of her fugitive
husband, Mrs. Parsons was very reti
cent and defiant. She insisted thai
her husband was not in the city anC
that he was beyond reach of the de
tectives. This woman was born in Tex
as and married the noted anarchist ir
Houston twelve years ago. She i,
thirty-three years old. She and Par
sons came to Chicago about ten years
ago. Mrs. Parsons is of Mexican anC
Indian origin, with trace OF Ethio
plan blood in her veins She has
swarthy complexion, is darker than al
ordinary mulatto, but without the oil
i've tint of the half-breed Ethiopian
She is tall and angular, is Self-possess
ed and a fluent speaker She says tha
the ambition OF her life is to fire til,
engine that shall run for the guillo
tine to cut off the heads of capitalists
"That is my religion" she asserted las
night, as her eyes flashed with a dan
gerous CLEAN. She is a remarkabl,
strong-willed women, OF fair education
and no ordinary ability. She has tw,
children living, boy, aged seven, anC
a girl, aged four years.
There is the usual every day activi
| ty about the lost freight depots in tn
city to-day.
James Degrek, a bohemian an
archist and carrier for the Arbite
Zeitung incendiary sheet, and edito
Spies, was arrested to-day.
McCormick's reaper factory wa
started up as usal this morning witt
full force.
Armour's glue factory was runnin
with small force, under police pre-
lection.
A move is on foot to start up all tn
factories in the lumber district mex
Monday on the ten hour basis Cap
Cohen and strong force of watch
men are guarding against incendiar
fires.
Everything is quiet at Grand Cros
sing. The two foundries, wire work.
sewing machine and furniture work
are still idle, but expect to start up 0
Monday next.
Two hundred employers Of the Fo
Wayne found house were granted a
; advance Of 25 cents per cent in acce
sion to their demands, and returne
to work this morning.
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