Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-10-14
THE ANARCHISTS.
Conclusion of Parsons Address and
the Sentence OF tho Court.

CHICAGO, Oct. lin Judge Gary's court
Saturday morning Parsons continued his
speech. He continued in endeayoring to
show the operations aud effect OF the existing
social system and the evils that flow from it
evils that afil.ct society flow from the econo-
mic dependence Of laborers upon monopoliz-
ers of means intended for their subsistence.
Having dwelt upon this subject at some length,
Parsons went on to charge the counsel for
prosecution and the legal authorities with
having violated the rights Of free assemblage,
free press and Of self defense.
Parsons then proceeded to discuss the
course of himself and his colleagues in regard
to arms and dynamite. He quoted some al
legged utterances of railroad men and others in
regard to the means to be used to suppress the
riots Of 1877. Since these utterances were
made it had become the custom to call out the
militia in case Of strikes. Monopoly, he declar-
ed, had been the aggressor. 1t had first sug-
gested the rifle diet and the hand grenade, and
he continued: 1.-THE bomb thrown at the Hay
market was thrown by a man employed by
monopoly, sent here from New York, to throw
it in order to break up the hour movement"
Parsons read in prosy sort Of way from man
uscript several pages about watered stock and
fictitious capital, and the profits thereon
Parsons New York World interview
was also read and comment
ed on a., some length. Parsons asked il he was
10 be hanged because he was a member Of the
American group and maintained that that Or
ganzation was justified in bearing arms.
Judge McAlllster had held that the police
could not invade meetings of worllmen AMI
break them up, and it was for the purpose of
repelling the attack, for purpose of defense,
that the workingmen bore arms.
Parsons next attacked the imformers Wal
Ter and Seliger, and said they had not only
been paid for their testimony by the state
but had life and liberty promised them If they
would inform. The means employed to con-
meet him with the alleged conspiracy he de-
cribed as absurd. L'ngg, he had never seen
before the Haymarket meeting but once.
Next he commented on the testimony that
was adduced regarding the bomb throwing,
and said it was absurd to say. that a sensible man
would light a match and throw bomb with
the police standing all around him. The
meeting at Haymarket was legal and peace.
full assemblage, and entitled to protection
under the constitution.
Parsons made an appeal for adjournment at
the usual time, saying he would need two
hours to close but was weakened by confine-
ment and unable to proceed. Judge Gary de-
clined to adjourn, but gave the prisoner all
the time he wanted. Parsons then proceeded
with his reading and denounced capitalists,
the police and the press at great length.
Judge Gary, In addressing the prisoners,
said he was quite well aware that what they
had said, although addressed to the court, had
been addressed to the world, yet nothing had
been said which weakened the force of the
proof or the conclusions therefrom on which
the verdict was based. The judge expressed
sorrow for the condition Of the defendants
and the terrible events that brought it about.
He disclaimed any intention to reproach or
exhort the prisoners, and no hoped that what
he said might come to the knowledge Of and
be needed by the ignorant, deluded and mis-
guided men who had listened to their coun-
sells and then followed their odvice. at only
remains" said Judge Gary, shat for the
crime you have committed, and Of which you
hayc been convicted after trial
unexampled in the patience with which an
outraged people have extended to you every
protection and privilege of the law which you
derided and defed, that the sentence Of that
law be now given, in the form and detail that
the sentence will appear on the records of the
court. In substance. and effect 1t is that the
defendant, Neebe, be imprisoned In the State
penitentiary at Joliet for the term Of Is years,
and that each of the defendants, Spies, Par
sons, Fielding, Lingg, Engle, Fischer and
Schwab, between the hours Of 10 o'clock In the
forenoon and 2 o'clock in the afternoon Of the
Bird day Of December next, in the manner pro-
vided by the statute Of this State, be hung by
the neck until he is dead Remove the prls.
oners."
Capt Black said that inasmuch as an appeal
would be taken to the Supreme court he asked
that there BE- stay of execution in the case of
Neebe until the Sd day of December. States
Attorney Grinnell assured the counsel for de-
Tense that every possible facility would be
granted them that particular good sense and
proprlety dictated. The prisoners were then
removed to their cells.