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CONDEMNED TO DEATH

Seven Of the Chicago Anarchists:
Found Guilty OF Murder.
After long and exciting trial the jury IN,
the case Of the eight Chicago Anarchists
charged with causing the death Of number
of policemen by bomb thrown during the,
recent riots have rendered q verdict condemn
ing seven of the prisoners to death and the
eighth to fifteen years. imprisonment a;
Chicago dispatch describes the scene when,
the iury's verdict was announced as follows:
Anarchism has received its death blow IN
free America The men who tnstagated tse-
Haymarket riot and threw the bombs at the
police have been found guilty. AL were
promptly sentenced to death except Neebe.
he was sentenced to fifteen years imprison-
ment From the moment the jury retired un-
til Judge Gary took his scat upon the bench
this morning the city has been In state OF
excitement Crowds surrounded the court
All sorts Of rumors were in circulation. Ex-
tra editions Of the newspapers were printed
and sold like hot cakes. At Soclok about
2,OO0 persons were In the streets In and.
around the court house. Extra policemen
were on duty and they had all they could do
to keep the people in order. The prisonerss
were brought into the court room at 9:55
o'clock, and were seated at the north
east corner Of the court room on some,
side bsnches. The court was called
to order at Gas. The prisoners were obeerv.
able to the eyes Of but very few In the court
room. They presented about the usual ap-
pearance, though Spies aud Fischer looked
deathly pale The jury arrived at 800
O'Clock. There was impressive -eSe1eo Gs'
they fled ir. When the jury appeared,
Judge Gary enjoined silence. There was
whispered consultation between the Judge
and the clerk, when the verdict, as follows,
was read: .
ave, the Jury, find the defendants, August.
Spies, Michael s .hwab, Samuel Fielden, Az
bert R Parsons, Adolph Fischer, George:
Engel and Louis Lingg guilty OF murder as
charged in the indictment, and fix the pen
atty at death. We find the defendant Oscar
W. Neebe guilty of murder in manner and
form as charged in the Indictment, and fix
the penalty at Imprisonment in the peniten-
tiary for fifteen years"
Capt. Black, OF defendants counsel, asked
that the jury be polled The jurymen an,
swered with firm voices. Capt Black said
he would desire to make motion for new
trial State Attorney Grinuel said it would
be impossible to dispose of the motion during
the present term, but by agreement the mo-
ton could be argued at the September term.
This was agreed to by the defence. The
court orderei the motion entered aud con-
tined until the next term and the defendants
taken back to Jail. 3d. =
Hardly had the jury loft the roen when q,
shrek was heard, followed by the heavy
falling of the wife Of Schwab to the
floor, to whom the result Of the YER
dict had been interpreted. She is also
the sister of Schnaubelt, the alleged
bomb thrower. She was carried out
to the air by the police and soon revived Mrs
Parsons looked haggard as she started to
leave the court room, but maintained mod
crate degree of composure. The crowd re-
mained outside for an hour after the readlng
Of the verdict