Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-15

IS j. '...s&. 41f ind uaIgnse, uhiscfp 20 'he
WhsIstsas Mnnptf IN which fhe
Rlh1e scskl - Convict

iho closing ni Mr. IngpHm's 7peech "
~ prosecution. In bis opinion he 40
..resped himself particularly 70 the greh
nasiy aud encrey ahcwn BY Lingg am
Hnael On MaY 4 IN scte q slsninoenc
lesdlna no TO tie nny,lnefket MASSACRE
IA ,Ivrelt with great force upon inc lac
mi s6e bomb which Killed the police wa
,, ~, he hnnd.wofk Of Llngg
w frahan,ia address n considered M
&, t . - n,ea vei made for tho conviction
N the oria0ncra His orAtory was NO
fnlv powoffal, but HE analysis Ok tn'
eci3enen VA considered very convincing
Ise roneludcd a6out o'clock, when Mr.
~ ~ Va, h.gsn al ire defense.
MI. FOSTER said shat ihe inct tnat ~
ire defendants were foreigners, eAcep
paraonh. shonld make no difference WIN
fhe turV. lie then described the deIenu
ante a. martyrs, surrounded ~ thei
weeplpa families, against whom me en-
Ira leahl and detective force OF the cltj
wero affayed,
neAunslnr bic address when court re-
.ss1rnY.le,l AZ 2 O'Clock Mr.. Foster de-
sa,e,l considerable time to further dis
rssalon 81 .he power prejudice Yields
n the deolelone Of mankind. He said he
vac canlidtnt that did the jury consult
ihe aylience presented IN this case only,
ara dtreat their declalon ghOlly OF enc
rfeet of previously acquired opinions
and prejudicgs, the deieudantr were seie,
otherwise they we're not SAFE roster
SAID 10 felt sure that the Judges charge
% lhe lgfy would not recognize the ques'
lion 81 whether or not mo defendants
had construed TO overthrow tho govern
ment and bring about a revolution,
enlcea he found such conspiracy
waa directly connected With the murders
committed ~ the bay market A verdict
rendered upon any other basis would not
~ worth tic paper used 10 write II upon.
Tue speakor was not here 10 discuss So
cinllu,n and anarchy. Tic wished TO say
Al once ana for all that he was opposed TO
Rncialisn, communism aud anarchy, but
helleglnr a. he did that these doctrines
were wrong he dld not see that his faith
Ia hls case should 10 lessened thereby. He
would admit that the defendants were, Ia
hIs opinion, altogether wrong In preach
jng anarchy az they had donej but that
ain not Affect the case. The one question
10 DO considered was, did the defendants
commit murder, or conld they be proved
70 have conspifed TO commit murder.
After referring 70 other legal points In
volyed IN the case, Mr.. Foster made an
earnest nloa for tho defendant Lining,
dcyotlna himself principally 20 tho cir
cumstaHcea Of l.inng's arrest, He
maintained that Llungs resistance Of
All oflictr was the only charge upon
which he could DO placed uuder ar
rest. With that object In view
officers In plain clothes we're sent
tDl arrest him Was II strange
that Llneg reeistedG lie was sol upon in
his own nome by strange men who bore
no evidence that they we're officers OF the
law, aud Il was no wonder that he re-
sisted.
Mr., Foster next criticised tho states
attorney for having made lob lott Of
The defendants and for attempting to con.
Flot thpm by ''wholeHale." This was the
reason why nearly every utierance or
pnblishnd article OF Spies and Parsons
whichhAd ayiuiant atlnR had heen drae ged
Into court as violence, but II did not AZ
feet thu caae as defined In the Indictment,
/. did not prove that the defendants
tad committed or c0nspired TO murder
IA great paper IN Chicago" said Foster,
an 80 Rrtielo relating to the labor
troubles then current, proposed that
those troubles be settled with tho aid OF
Calling guns aud brave men behind
Why, u The Alarm or Arbeiter Zeitung
lad published such sentence as this the
slAte would never tire OF ringing the
changes rpcr sheni, but the great pa.
rers Of Chicago are protected. Only
tle Alarm and Arbeltcr Zeltung
are uulpaDlc, Waen vigorous statements
asc made IN their columns. | am not
here 10 defend the Alarm aud Arbolter-
xellung, but 70 protest that these defend
ants are mol on trial for socialism nor
anarchy, hut for murder.
Foster declared that the speeches al
lhe hayrmafkot were not Of character
Halle TO incllo such an act az the throw
Ing ol bombs, reporter who had pub
lished lhs speeches Of Spies, Parsons aud
Weldon lpr SIX years, had testified under
cath That me utttfances OF these men AZ the
Agy'mafket meeting were mllder, II any
thug than those which they had been
Hakspg for six years previously.
ue then went on TO say that the OK.
pfesslons commonly used by the defend
An'sta thelrfpg eches were unnoticed when
eoniue IRON the lips Of political orators,
ANYONE might make them but these dc.
lendeuts, They alone were responsible
Tor their ultcfances, aud the state would
have Z that thoIr lives hung upon these
uttgianpea The theme OF Fosters ad.
otesp shroaehout was that the In.
alcimenls and evidence Of the
state Old not correspond. Again and
again ne declared that the defendants
were not being tried for socialism or an.
hFchS, or even for making BOMBS aud
ptsvehlag ennihlAtlon, but for murder;
snqnv testimony was competent which
gig not connect the defendants with the
murder specified.
vnee curing the afternoon Foster be.
eA'ie nercely denunclAtory. For fully flge
wlnvssSA no. ipred ais cloquonce upon
w ''pfuieseloual dcteclivOs,n He said
Rsy Eelo born IN an evil hour, lived
enioyeu and died unmourned al
Wy ynilehlng The soil, doing the only
1000 Aoel they were capable Of doing
NY kelncd friendships for the purpos,
y ufeaklpg them. TWAS their bushes.
% ne ana 70 swear. He would not civ,
snem character, The supreme CONT q
Nv s'Aes hau taken this view OF the pro
sss,onsl detective and the speaker be
netsN tRsy had been Instrumental In con
, sas.lnE more Innocent men than any othe
Foster asd not tnlshed when the cour