Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-08-23
THE CHICAGO ANARCHISTS.
Their Friends Subscribe Four Thousand
Dollars at a Meeting Friday Night to
Garry their Case to the Supreme Court.

CHICAGO, Aug. Is.
There was meeting last night of female
relatives of the sentenced Anarchists. They
were reinforced by men from all parts of the
city and Miss Spies subsequently said that
$4,000 was subscribed to fund to carry the
case to the Supreme court. Miss Spies said ::
eve havembeen watched and bounded by
detectives and newspaper men until we are
nearly harassed to death, but we got away
with all of them this time and had our meet
ing. The law may beat us by Judge Gary's
rulings and by the special pleas made by
Grinnell, but the supreme court will never
endorse or rule the same way. Judge
Phillips and others have told us that.
Think of my brother being hanged when he
was only trying to do the best he could to
help the workingman.
1t was reported that Mrs. Holmes made an
energetic plea to the meeting in favor of
awaiting the decision of the supreme court.
The women said they were not in any fears
of starvation or being distrained for rent
as the oppressed of all nations would come
to their succor. When the meeting dispersed
it was an early morning and the women all
embraced and declared they would stand to-
gether.
w. H. Parsons, brother of the cond. mned
Anarchist, said to a reporter last night that
the case would be carried to the supreme
court of the United States if necessary. 1t
is very well understood that the leading ex
ception will be the refusal of Judge Gary to
give for the defense the instruction which
gave to all men the right to peacaby assem-
BILE. and to repel, by force, any attempt either
by the authorities or private individuals to
break up such meeting. II the State
supreme court overrules them on this point
they will app cal 10 the United States supreme
court on the grounds that the question is a
constitutional one.
CHICAGO, Aug. 22.
Capt. w. p. Black, attorney for the con-
demned Anarchists, was asked today =
"Should the supreme court refuse to reverse
the decision of the court below, and refusing
a new trial, can the case in any way be taken
to the United States supreme court?" He
replied eyes, sir and / may say, will be in the
event of the supreme court of the state refus.
ing to reverse the adverse decision of the
ourt below. / have aimed from the first tc
have the case in such shape AS to raise and
present fairly and fully upon the evidence
and instruction the great constitutional ques.
tions of the right OF the people 10 meet in
public assembly, and of the right of the peo-
pie so assembled to resist all unlawful inter
ference herewith. | believe | have those
questions on record in such shape as TO en-
title me as denisr resort to go TO the federal
supreme court"
Continuing. Capt. Black said: 1.-THE sever.
ity and general scope of the punishments
meted out by the verdict shocked me mex
pressibly. | did what / could in behalf oi
justice and mercy, but that effort, as the re-
suit discloses, was utterly unavailing against
the almost universal clamor for the execution
of the men, and as vain as was the pleading
Of PLATE with his Judesn accusers in behalf
of the Divine Socialists.