Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-08-26
THE VERDICT Is MURDER
Thot is the Verdict of the jury !, tbo
Anarchist Trial at Chicago.
Judge Gary Delivers His Charge 10 tho
Jurors in the Anarchist Trial

Thursday afternoon in the anarchis.
trial at Chicago, Judge Gary delivered h.
charge to the jury. The first instructia,
was the statutory definition of murder-
the unlawful killing of human beir,,
with malice aforethought, etc.
The second was the statutory purisb
ment for the crime - death or imprisor
ment for life or any term of imprison.
ment not less than fourteen wears ana
that it belonged to the jury to fix the INN.
ishment If they found the defendant
guilty.
The third was that it was provided bv
the statutes of Illinois that eyerv nerso,,
may speak and write in any manner ba
pleases, but he is responsible under tbe
law for what he says and writes. Free.
dom of speech is limited to the extern,
that no man is allowed to advise the com.
miss on of any crime against person or
property within the state The statnts
provides that he who stands by, aids or
abets, or assists in the perpetration of
crime, is to be considered as the princi.
pal, and may be indicted at the same
time as the principal or before, and anv
one who being not present advises OF in
cites another to the commission of
crime he is as guilty as the principal.
Even ladies drank in every word of
each long phrase in the instructions as if
o lose nothing which might furnish
clue as to what the verdict might be
The strained attention of the defendants
was painful to witness and the anxiety of
Mrs. Parsons was scarcely less apparent
The jury seemed glad of an opportunity
-. l.
throughout the reading of the instruc
tions. The counsel of both sides crowded
as close the bench as possible, and once
or twice Captain Black or Mr.. Zeister, for
the defense, interrupted the court to sug-
gest Interpolation or exchange of words
or phrases. When the jury retired the
prisoners were taken to the bailiff's rooms
adjoining the court room, and few min
utes later Fisher emerged accompanied
by bailiff, and entered another room to
get drink of ice-water.
HE WAS DEADLY PAIN.
The bailiffs took pains to assure the la.
dies present that it was extremely i'm
probable that a verdict would be return
ed before the adjournment of court, but
every one of them remained till Judge
Gary put on his hat and went out of the
building. During the three hours of
waiting for the verdict the attorneys
present were subjected to repealed inter
views, mostly by ladies, as to the proba-
bility of averdict being returned which
would fix the extreme penalty. Mrs Par
sons, Mrs. Neebe and Mrs. Schwab con
versed together in low tones at the end
of one of the attorneys tables, and were
now and then frightened up by a cheer
full word from Mrs. Black, who is said to
have firm faith in an acquittal The
MOST TOUCHING SIGHT OF ALL
was the aged mother of Spies. Her i'm
perfect knowledge of the English Ian
guage has made it impossible for her to
follow the evidence closely, but her in
tense solicitude for the comfort and safe
ty of her favorite son, the enormity of
whose offense, as maintained by the pros
ecution, she has seemed little to under
stand, has made her the most pathetic
feature of the trial. While waiting for
the return of the jury frequent teare
rolled down her wrinkled cheeks, and
when the court adjourned, with her sur
pense still unrelieved, she moved slowly
out on the arm of her young daughter
seemingly oroken-hearted.
HERE COMES THE JURY"
was the startled whisper which went
around fifteen minutes after that body
had retired, and it created momentary
sensation, for the jury had returned,
but it was only to receive some additional
instructions concerning the crime of
manslaughter, and the hopes of the sem
sation seekers present speedily fell again
1t was with extreme disappointment that
the larger part of the audience received
the announcement that court had adj
journed. They would gladly have waited
until midnight to hear the verdict, but
Judge Cary was not so minded and the
crowd departed, many of the ladies
vowing they would be back early in
the morning, rain or shine,
At ten O'Clock Friday morning the jury
returned verdict that all of the defend
ants were guilty of murder except Neebe,
who was given fifteen years imprison-