Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-10-16

FIGHT WEEKS TO LIVE.
December 3 Fixed for the Execution OF
the AuarchtSfs.
CHICAGO, October 9-As the concluding
scenes of the great trial of the anarchists
approached its close much interest was
Ia en-. The suppressed excitement became
more marked, and hundreds of people
wendell their way toward the criminal court
building, each one DESTROYS of listening to
chiet Parsons, and with the expectation OF
hearing the death sentence pronounced.
Parsons resumed his speech az soon as the
court opened. He created something OF a
sensation by declaring in very dramatic
manner that there had been positive proof
that the bomb which created such destruc-
ton at the Haymarket was thrown by an
agent of New York capitalist and moDop-
olist, who sent tho man out here to take
this means of breaking up the eight hour
movement.
When Judge Gary was about to pronounce
the sentence, Captain Black desired that a
motion in arrest of judgment should be en-
tered. Mr.. Grinnell having assured him
that no merely technical matters should in
proceeded to execute tbs solemn duty de-
vclving upon him. IL br eff but impressive
words, the Judge gave Il ng expression to
the judgment of the CO, r. His face worked
convnlsively when he began, and when he
reached the word changed" he faltered and
could with difficulty utter IT'LL you are dead F"
The last words were scarcely audible. The
date fixed was the Sd of December.
Judge Gary spoke as follows to the de,
you have said, although addressed to me,
has been said to the world; yet nothing has
been said which weakens the force of the
proof, or the conclusions therefrom, upon
which the verdict is based. You are all men
of intelligence, and know that if the verdict
stands it must be executed. The reasons
why it shall stand have already sufficiently
stated in deciding the motion for new
trial. 1 am sorry beyond any power OF ex-
for the terrible events that have brought it
about. shall address to you neither re-
proaches nor exhortation, What l shall cay
shall be in the faint hope that few words
from place where the people of the state
of Illinois have delegated the authority to
declare the penalty of violation of their
laws, and spoken Cd an occasion SO solemn
and awful as this, may come to the
knowledge of and be heard by che ig-
have listened to your counsels and followed
your advise. Any government that is worthy
of the name will strenuously endeavor to
secure to all within its jurisdiction freedom
to follow their lawful avOcation and safety
for their property and persons, while obey
ing the law. And the law is common sense.
1t holds that whoever advised murder that is
committed pursuant to his advise, and if
men band together for forcible resistance
der as a means of making such resistance ef-
fectual, whether such advice be to one man
to murder one, or another, or to a numerous
class to murder men of another class, all
who are 80 banded together are guilty of
any murder that is committed in pursuance
of such advice. The existing order of 80
ciety can be changed only by the will of
the majority. Each man has the right to
entertain and advocate by speech and print
such opinions as suit themselves, and the
great body of the people will usually care
der as a means of enforcing his views he
puts his own life at stake. It only remains
that for the crime you have committed. and
of which you have been convicted after
trial unexampled in the patience with which
an outraged people have extended to you ev-
cry protection and privilege of the law
which you derided and defied, that the SEN
tence of the law be now given. In form and
detail that sentence will appear upon the
I0COTUS VI Inc COurt6. III SUBSTANCE anu o.
feet it is that the defendant Neebe be i'm
prisoned in the state penitentiary at Joliet,
at hard labor, for the term of fifteen years,
and that each of the other defendants, be-
tween the hours of 10 o'clock in the fore
noon and o'clock in the afternoon, on the
Sd day of December rext, in the manner
provided by the statute of this state, shall be
hung by the neck until he is dead. Remand
the prisoners"
A deep hum arose and every spectator was
on his feet to get glimpse of the prison
ers. Captain Black arofe to save some
point, when silence was restored
for moment. When the matter was de-
cided the prisoners rose and began slowly
to walk out of the court room with the
bailiffs who had them in charge. The pris-
oners, who had turned to listen to the SEN
tence with added pallor, exhibited no other
emotion on hearing the fatal words. As
hey rose Mrs. Parsons came up and kissed |
her husband. Mrs. Ames also kissed Par
ION on the cheek. The relatives of the
,ther defendants wrung their hands, but
lone of the women shed tear. They tried
o cheer up the condemned men, by a show
# fortitnde. The condemned men passed
lowly out of the court room to the Jail.