The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-10-09
ARE STILL SPOUTlNG.
TIE ANARCHISTS CONTINUE
To BOrate the Court aud officials Who
Brought Them to Justice, and ars AL
lowed to Rlasphsme the Savior by
Their odiOus Comparisons.

lowed to Blasphsme the savior by
Their odIous Comparisons, a.
CHICAGO, Oct. s.-Ths crowds which be,
slsged the Criminal Court this morning
for admittaucs to Judge Gsry's room were
larger and arrived earlier than at any
other time during the Anarchists trial,
the speeches which the condemned men
are making in their own behalf, and the
fact that the date for their execution is to
be given to-day, being responsible for the
crush, Only a small portion Of those who
sought admission were successful, the en-
frances being carefully guarded by depu-
ties and police officers, and the' Judge
permitting no one in the room who could
not be accommodated with seat Many
women, iashionkbly dressed, were among
the lookeTs.on, and several ot the female
admirera Of August Spies were PRESENT.
OF the trlenda and relatives OF the pTis-
eners In the court were Mrs. Parsons and
her two children, Mrs. Nsebs and herlittla
boy, Miss Spies and Mrs. Captain Black.
Captain Setback and large number Of
police in full uniform, and detectives In
civilian dress, were as usual In and about
the court, Judge Gsry's vile and daugh-
ters and number OF special lady friends
were given seats inside the rail among the
attorneys and reporters. -..,,.| .0.
When court was opened George Engel,
one OF the defendants, at once began a
speech In answer to the Judges inquiry
az to why sentence ahould not be
passed upon him. Eugel recounted
bis experience-in- Germany, where
he was born, and reCounted the
hardships and tyrannies the people
were forced 10 submit TO there. He came
To this country, sought work In Philadsl-
phia and Chicago, and found the same
state Of affairs existing. The capitalists
became rich by the expressions Of the
working classes. Engel then made q
study OF the question. He read Henry
Georges booka and became Socialist.
Epgel concluded with TRADE against the
capitalists. ~. f..s ,,l
DRoPPED NTo POETRY, tt,li
Three minutes were spent by counsel
and sps ctatorsi in whispered discussions
and then Sam Fleldsn rose and pretaCed
what he had to say by reading poem,
from tho German OF Ferdinand Frelli-
grath,' entitled: "Rsvolution." The first
stRnza WAS as follows: \
''Andtho' ye caught your noble prey within your
| X hanginans Sordld thr!ll,
And tho. your captive was led iorthhsneath your
And tho The gra's lies Der her green, where, at
| the mornings early rcd. -.
The pca,aut gill brings funeral Wrsaths, tell you
| sill-she Is not dead"
Fielden's speech, however, was quiet
and commonplace. He reiterated the
story Of his connection with the Anarch.
lists as related on the witness stand, He
said he had not intended TO go 10 the
Haymarket meeting, but went there owing
to see q little advertisement, and by see
Ing the advertisement he had come to his
death. He declared Lhst the newspapers
had either misunderstood or misrapre-
sented him, aud were the cause OF hiB go-
Ing TO the scsfold. He had not advised
tho Backing Of stores. He was severe oa
the Jury, and said some OF them were
dependents on capitalists. Before Field
en- concluded tho court adjourned to 2P NJ.
plELDRE's srEeou.
oa the Ye.assombllng Of court, Ficlden
continued: "what docs mCn mean
| when theaays he will knife a candidate,
a prominent Ohicsgo paper ssys: 'Throt'
tie the coal monopoly Henry George
says. Throttle protection Does that
mean to throttle James G. Blaine, who
upholds It? III am to be convicted, Lam
TO be hanged for telling the truth, 1t will
be better ior that little child on tha West
Sido who kneels by her mothers knee,
leyery evening TO ask why pspa don't come,
liz she. never learns to read. II this Ia
every school house where sentiments Of
truth are instilled. Your Honor, attet i
had escaped from the Haymarket meet
ling went home. The explosion Of that
bomb was as much surprise to me as 10
any policeman. 1resolvod like any hon
eat man to tell Just what had to do with
the calamity. thought when they found
out the facts would be released. l said,
let them confess all they like, so they tell
1.-The truth. The great socialist who lived
lin this world over 1890 years ago,
Jesus Christ, has left those words
on record, and the principles Of juStiCe
and right have never been expressed In
Ithis: dBetter that ninety and nine guilty
men should 20 unpunished than that one
Innocent man should suffer-
Mr.. Grinnell, should Judge from his
statements here, Is Christian. l would
ask him to apply that statement Of the
Great Teacher and apply 1t to the differ
ant testimony that has been given here
1 and ptataments 10 the contrary iu ether
places IN the investigation oil this case.
q Y Ac1Ass VERDICT. =
Your Honor, we claim that this iS'a
class verdict. "That the ioulest Csiminal
that could have bsen dug up out Of the
sluns OF any State ID Ohristendom, OF
outside Of Il would never have been con-
victed on such testimony as has beer
brought hore II he had not been danger
ous Ia the opinion ot the privileged GLASS
co. We claim that we are convicted, nol
because we have committed murder, but
because we were very energetic In adyo'
cacy OF the right Of labor.
i Flelden turned bis attention TO whal
he claimed 10 be discrepancies between The
Testimony OF those who had sworn 10 hii
having said. "Here come the blood
hounds now" as the police came up, ant
made On eloquent argument as to the com
parison oi testimony given BY these wit
nesses, He referred 10 Bonaellg evidence
Has testimony Of truthful James BoR8eld.'
He went on 90 follows 10 speak Of his acti
on, the fatal night. "The'wors newspaper
] In Chicago admitted that II was extremely
. doubtful whether Bleldsn eyer said, "Yot
do your duty, and I'll do mine, /" or There
4 eo1iS tho bloodhoundB." There wa
nothing ID proof that did not walk away
peAcea6ly. went away peaceably."