Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-08-20
ST ven OF Them Sen enceh to
Die and One to Eff
teen Years I'M
prisonment.
Satisfactory Close of the Long Trial
Of the Leaders of the
Chicago Anarchists.
THE VERDICT.

Imprisonment.
ETA OF THE VERDICT.
There are four different ~versiena out
this morning as to. the verdict decided
upon by the jury in the anarchist cases,
The only accepted fact is that the jury
has decided upon q verdict and that all
the defendants except Neebe have been
found guilty and been given various
grades OF punishment. The police
rnmor is that six men, Spies, Fielden,
Fisher, Parsons, Schwab and Lingg,
have been found guilty of murder and
that Neebs and Engie will be given
penltentiary sentences.
ANoTnER STATEMENT
rsdneea the nnmhes zssc ~::M ==eeccee::==ss Ii. Ii
capital penalty to three, Spies Fielder
and Fisher. There are no means OF
accurately determining any OF these
mo and until the verdict is given at
ten o'clock no absolute evidence can
be given to any OF them.
The jnrymen remain in their rooms OF
the Revere house, just across the street
from the court room. About the build
ing are q large number of police, to pre-.
vent any ats mpt to break in on the
privacy OF the jury. In front OF the
main entrance to the court house are
thirty police, and three lines of police
court bail1ffs have to be encountered
before any one can approach the court
room. AT nine O'Clock this morning
there were twenty police in uniform in
the court room and several press repres-
entatives.
A SISTER on SIZES.
The court officials have decided that
the relatives of the prisoners should be
allowed in the court room and at 9:I5
O'Clock q sister OF Spies, with another
Young woman. made her appearances.
she moved as though she would pro-
eeea$&o close proximity to the chairs
heretoSare occupied by the prisoners,
but she Vas motioDed to a seat on the
opposite AIDE Of the court room, in roar
Of the line ofaolics officers. Il us indi.
eating that tbe prisoners are not to be
surrounded by theis admirers this fore.
nooD. Shortly aftef@ard the mother of
Spies, accompanied bya younger son,
also entered the oonrt room and took a
seat on the back benches.
THE JURY
left their hotel at :15 O'CLOCK and, under
the guidance OF, ten bailiffs, took their
way to the court HOUSE, and were coas
Quoted to an inner room adjoining the
main court room. AZ 800 Mrs. Parsons
entered the court room, accompanied by
the ! who has attended her
throughout the trial. She was given q
seat between two policemen and two
policemen in her rear. Whether this
precaution was to guard against any
extraordinary exploit in the court room
or not is OF course not known, but the
seat accorded the female anarchist was
deemed significant. Mrs. Black, wife of
the counsel for the prisoners, who has
been In the court daily, proceeded to
take her former seat, uear the prisoners,
but wac requested to take o seat on the
opposite side Of the court room. Mrs.
Black remarked to four newspaper re-
porters, as she laid down her package OF
newspapers: well, they say 1T has all
gone against our men.
THEY TAKE 1T yERY WE'LL,
though. They seemed to expect it,
The sheriff has refused TO allow any one
to see the prisoners aud no one has been
permitted to enter the jail since the
case was given to the jury yesterday
afternoon.
THE PRISONERS
were brought into the court. room at
9:52 O'clock and were seated at the
northeast corner of the court room OF
some side benches Court was called to
order at 9:54. The prisoners were
observable to the eyes OF but q very few
in the court room. They presented
about the usual appearance, though
Spies and Fisher looked pale. The jury
arrived at 9:55 O'Clock. There was an
impressive silence as they fled in.
Juge Gary arrived at 9:47 o'clock and
! almost at the same moment Capt. Black
and Zeiler.
When the jury appeared Judge Gary
enioined absolute silence. There was O
whispered consultation between the
judge and the clerk, when the verdic,
was read as follows:
THE VERDICT.
We the jury fnd the defendants
August Spies, Michael schwab, Samuel
Fielder, Albert r. Parsons, Adolph
Fisher, Geo. Engle and Louis Lingo
guilty Of murder as charged in the liz.
dictment and FIX the penalty at death
We find the defendant Oscar
W. Neebe guilty of murder in the
manner and form as charged in the in.
dictment and FIX the penalty at I'M.
prisonnienti in the penitsnliar; for cit.
teen years.
THE USUAL PROCEEDINGS.
Capt Black asked that the jury be
polled. The iurymen answered with
firm voicss.
Capt. Black said he wGnld desire to
make . motion for a new trial. ~
STAKES Attorney Grinnel said it would
be impossible to dispose OF this motion
during ne present term, but by agree.
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