St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-08
The Motion for New Trial in the Case
of the Chicago Anaroh-
lists Denied.
In Response to the Query Why Sen
tenoe of Death Should Not
Be Entered,
The Condemned Men in Turn Make
Highly Sensational
Harangues,
Denouncfng the Laws, and the
Prosecution, and Posing as
willing Martyrs.
The Chicago Anarchists.

| streets as they fastened toward the spot. in
hopes of entering the presence of Judge
Gary and witnessing the expected sensa-
tiOnal scenes. But only one in ten could
get by the guards at the outer door, and by
10 o'clock the disappointed ones formed
quite an assemblage on the corners and in
front of the court house building. Inside
the courtroom the yellow curtains were
down and the brightness of the outer day
shed Sombre light on the aSsemblage. At
10 o'clock the prisoners were in their seats.
They were not stolid and indifferent as so
often before. A change had come over
some of them, and they all exhibited
EVIDENCES OF GREAT CONCERN,
Judge Gary in delivering his decision
reviewed at considerable length the evil
dence brought out at the trial, and said
concerning the instructions to which eX-
ceptiOn was taken by the defense:
| The question of the instruction, whether
| these defendants, or any OF them did antlcl-
pate. or expect the throwing of the bomb on
the night OF the fourth of May, is not ques-
| ton which need to consider because the IN
| structions did not go up on that ground. The
Jury were not instructed to find them guilty
| If they believed that they participated IN the
throwing of the bomb, or encouraged, or al
| vised the throwing of that bomb, or had
| knowledge that it was to be thrown or any
gone upon the ground that they did have any
actual participation in the act which caused
the death of Deegan, but upon the ground,
under the instructions, that they had gener-
ally, by speech and print advised large
class to commit murder and had left the oc-
casion, time and place. to the Individual will
and caprice of the individuals advised, and
that in consequence of that advice and in
pursuance of it. and influenced by it, some
body not known did
| THROW THE BOMB
that caused the death OF Deegan. NOW, under
| the circumstances, in the intamed state OF
tire public mind at the time each of these
| orators at the Haymarket was still more in
flaming the public III nd when he ADVISED the
people to use force, and some mani do not
| say identified, say NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. man IN
that crowd, when the police approached with
! a tomb Of Liugg'S manufacture kills Deegan,
all who have advised such action are guilty
of his murder. If anything can be proved by
| eircumstantial evidence, that is proved; that
! he threw that bomb in consequence of the in
| huence which these teachings this advice by
| speech and printing exerted over a course Of
| two years; that the man who threw that bomb
had been educated up TO it by the teachings OF
these defendants. The case, as said before,
| is unprecedented. There is no example of
any such crime having been committed there
is no precedent of any case like this having
become the subject of judicial investigation,
| but the principle of law is well fixed.
The court then passed to the objections
urged against the form of the sentence and
quoted from the Illinois decisions on the
point and said there was nothing in the cir
cumstances of this case anything less than
murder. The Instructions in regard to man
slaughter might have been refused. There
was no reason for them at all. Passing to
the alleged disqualification of the jurors on
account of having read reports in papers of
- Il
on, he thought the New York decisions set
tied the case and that if verdictS were to be
set aside for the reasons urged it would be
| the SureSt
WAY TO BRING ABOUT ANARCHY,
for there would be no way in which govern
ment could be maintained and the law adj
ministered. He concluded by saying: Il
think upon the whole proof that no case
could be tried of such magnitude as this
with less in the way or irregularity OF pro-
ceeding in the trial than was done in this
case. The motion must be overruled.
The court then addressed the prisoners as
follows:
''Prisoners at the bar: For the first time
| during this painful and protracted proceed
ing it is my duty to speak to you and call
| upon you individually and separately now to
| say whether you have anything to say why
sentence should not be passed upon you ac-
cording to the verdict of the jury. will first
! cal upon Mr.. Neebe."
Capt. Black-Let me suggest to your honor
| that 1 am advised that the defendants expect
| to
SPEAK IN RESPONSE
! to this, severally, at considerable length.
Would it not be better now to adjourn until
o'clock?
The court then adjourned to p. m.
When the court opened this afternoon the
defendant Spies. at once addressed the
court, with manuscript in hand. He said:
Your honor, in addressing this co1rt speak
| as the representative of one class address,
| ing the representative of another. l will be-
gin with the words addressed 500 years ago
| on similar motion, by the Venetian doge,
| who, addressing the court, said: My defense
| is your accusation, the cause OF my alleged
crime is your history l have been
| indicted on charge Of murder as an
accomplice or accessory. Upon this indict-
| menJ have been convicted. There was no
| evidence produced by the state to show or
even indicate that had any knowledge of
! the man who threw that bomb, or that l my
| self had anything to do with it. Not the
slightest evidence was ever produced to show
| that 1 had anything to do with the throwing
of the missile, unless you believe the testi-
| moay of the accomplices of the states at
torney and Bonfield-the testimony of Thomp-
son and Gilmer. If there was no evidence to
show that was responsible for it, then my
execution and the execution of the verdict is
nothing but wilful. malicious and deliberate
murder, as foul a murder as may be found in
the annals of religious political or any other
sort of prosecution. Judicial murders have
| in many cases heen committed where the
| representatives of the state were acting in
good faith, believing their victims to be guilty
| of the charge they were accused of. In this
case the representatives of the state cannot
shield themselves with similar excuses, for
--@I,o. F-l--
testimony which was used as pretense to
convict us. We were convicted by
JURY PACKED TO CoNvICr US.
| / charge the states attorney and Bonfield
with heinous conspiracy to commit MUIR
der. / will now state little incident which
may throw some light on this. Upon the
| evening of the Haymarket meeting about
| oclock / met young man, Klockner by
| name. My brother was with me at the time
and never left me on that evening until
jumped from the wagon few seconds be-
fore the explosion occurred. He knew | had not
seen Sehwab on that evening and he knew that
no such conversation ever took place between
US as that testified to by Thompson. He
knew l never struck match and igulted the
fuse in the bomb. He is not socialist. Why
Id we not bring him here and put him on the
stand, you ask. Because the honorable rep
resentatiyes of Grinnell and Bonfeld spirited
him away. They knew his testimony would
prove the perjury of Thompson and Gilmer
] will refer to the testimony given by few
of our witnesses. The wage-workers began
to say a few thingsl very Objectionable
to some of our patrcian friends. They
thought eight hours of toll ought to consti-
tute days work. The rabble ought to be
silenced, it was felt. Bonfied was the man
to consummate the wishes of the Citizens as
ISOLATION. Bonfield, with a visage that only
needs TO be seen to be mistrusted-he was the
man to do this work. If had thrown that
bomb if knew the man who did throw it. l
| would not hesitate to own it. This, your
honor, is one reason why sentence of death
should not be passed upon me in a court of
Justice, if that term can be applied to this
tribunal. ] remember that the Chicago Trib-
une of Feb. %, 1855, contained long
ACCOUNT OF DYNAMITE BOMBS
to be used against rebellious working men