The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-10-15
THE DEATH SENTENCE.

Listening to Speeches From All the Gull
prits the Judge Passes Formal Sentence
Upon Them
CHICEGo, Oct i6.-At the concluding
scenes Of the great trial of the Anarchists
approached q close more interest was
taken and the suppressed 6Ieitsn3ePt be-
come more marked. Hundreds of peo-
pie wended their way toward the Grim
inal Court building, each one desirOus
OF listening to the conclusion of the
speech of Anarchist Parsons and with
the expectation IF hearing the death
sentence pronounced.
Parsons resumed his speech as 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 mOuopo-
| lists, who sent the fian out here to take
this meals of breaking the Eight Hour
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
agreed on the following theory: eth
is a conspiracy to increase the value
the dollar and decrease the value of Iabo
| 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 hOnor7 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 L 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, whv was there
| but one thrown? It 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 throw bombs
that night, the leaders would not have
been there at all; but, in my opinion,
like Commanders in chief, yonld 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 a sensible man; he
is in 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 btarihg arms /;
that the Constitution gave them that
right. But that question was not raised
so far as Parsons was concerned. 1t was
not sought to prove that he was viO-
lating the law Whilc 4 member of this or
ganiZatiou. Judge McAllister had held
that the police could not invade their
meetings without legal process. But the
police, in 1877, 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 Jdd Le
McAllister said that if every policeman
in the crowd was killed those partici-
pating IN the meeting could not be held
responsib Bile. Were Parsons and his
friends, then, to be blamed because they
followed Judge McAllister's advice as
contained in his decision, which meant
that the American group could bear
arms? Why, then, was this construed
a. illegal when an eminent judge said it
was according to Constitutional law?
When ne had finished speaking from
his notes Parsons entered upon an ac-
count of what he knew about the Hay.
market killing and of his movements i'm
mediately afterward up to the time when
! he surrendered himself in court. When
he began this portion of his speac ch he
paced up and down the limited space
around the table on which where his
notes. lie said he had surrendered him
self, willing 10 get a fair trial along with
the other defendants, knowing himself
to be innocent. In relating how ne met
Captain Black in front of the courtroom
and ascended 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
lave nothing to regret"
He had spoken continuously five hours
and forty minutes and he sank into his
S4at-exhauSted.
Judge Gary was about to pronounce
sentence, when Captain Black desired
that a motion in arrest of judgment
should be entered, Mr.. Grnnel having
assured him that no technical matter
should interfere with the defendants
rights. The Court proceeded to execute
the solemn duty devOlving upon him. III
brief but impressive words and in tones
which at any time would nave com
manded respectful attention, the judge
gave fitting expression to the judgment
of the court. His face worked convul-
slvtly when he began, and when he
reached the word changed" he falteTed
and could with difficulty utter "tnl-you
-are-dead" " The last words were
scarcely audible. The date fixed was the
Sd of December.
deep Sigh and every spectator was
on his feet to get a glance of the pris-
oners. Captain Black arose to save some
technical point, when silence was re
stored. When the matter was decided
the prisoners rose and began slowly tc
walk out of the court room with the
baiIiffs who had them in charge The
prisoners, who had turned to listen to
the sentence with added pallOr, exhibited
no other emotion on hearing the fatn
words. As they rose Mrs. Parsons
came up and kissed her hus
band Mrs. Ames also kissed
Parsons on the cheek. The rela
tives of the other defendants wrung theil
hands, but none of the women shed 6
tear. They aimed to cheer up the con
1emed by a show of fortitude. The con
demned men passed slowly out of the
courtroom TO the Jail. As Parsons
passed some police officers he drew his
hand across his throat in significant
manner. Whether the motion had ref
erence TO his own tate or was intended
as a prediction of the fate awaiting them
they could not tell.
Death of Newspaper Man.
WAsHINGToN, Oct. l1.-Mr. Geo w
Adams, president of the EUening Sta