Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-10-13
THE LESSER LIGHTS.
Neebe Wishes He Was Going to Hang, To-
-Lingg Eecomes Abusive.

Neebe Wishes He Was Going to Hang, Too
-Lingg becomes Abusive.
Michael SchwLb follow rcd the chief anarchist
reading u manuscript speech. which he held in
both hands. through pair of old-fashioned
spectacles, in an awkward position, and with o
bad voice. He remarked that he would have
kept silence if keeping silence did not look cow
ardly. He went over much of the same ground
occupied by Spies, pictured the sufferings and
hardsbips Of the working people, and extolling
tho excellence of socialism and anarchy.
Oscar Neebe then took the floor, speaking
without notes in a firm, strong, grating voice,
with a dec .ded German accent He said that
he had been marshal OF n pr ocession and chair
man of q Iaror meeting and for those offenses
he had been accounted q crmina al and convicted.
He devoted some time to denouncing the de.
tectives OF Chicago, called Grinnell and Fursh-
man scoundre.s to their faces, and said that
Mr.. Ingham was the only gentleman among the
attorneys for the STATE. Mr.. GrinDell had
caused him to be indicted in order to crush out
the Arbeiter ZeitaHg, but he had fonnd his mis-
take. To-day that paper had two pre- sses instead
Of che, ard now the workingmen read
ing its langua' owned their own paper he
explained lis Connection with the labor move
ment and eisclaimed oil connection with the
Haymarket business. He enumerated the vari-
GUS Grimes" which, he said. he had committed
but according to his own acc lunt these were oil
yirtuous deeds on tehalf 81 the cause OF labor
classesof l4boring men in the city. and said that
when "these rats were let out OF their holes then
look out" The police had searched his home
acted like wild Indians. Hc was sorry that he
could not be hanged with the rest Of the pris-
oners. Then his wife and children coull visit
his grave, Now they would have to live under
the stigma that lie criminal in the peni-
Tertiary.
Adolph Fischer explained as to the printing
of the Revenge" circular, and said that when
he won Id be sentenced to death IL would be
not because he was q murderer, but be-
cause he was an anarchist When he first began
10 speak Attorney Solomon advanced with the
intention OF giving the prisoner some instruc-
tions. but WAS RI ceived with Il rebuff Don't
bother me know what to say, was the reply.
He made but rief address, was very sulky,
and out Of temper with his attorneys and all
concerned
He was followed by Louis Lingg, who spoke
in German. He eHid that the bombs he made
were not the same Ms that exploded at the Hay
m .rket. He 81 oke in very loud voice, and fire.
queutly pounded the table with his cienched
fist in accentuation Of his remarks, walk
ing nervously up and down the space
which Lad beCn cleare to accommodate
teo speakers He frequently turned upon
Mr.. Cirinne1 and his co-attorneys with out
bursts OF wrath AMI German iDvectiyss in q
style which led to some approximations that he
WA about to pounce upon them. His address
WAS simply TRADE against the police and tht
autL orioles GENERALLY. He concluded by sayinE
that Ii he was hanged thousands OF othcri
would use dynamite after he was dead. HI
defied the law and despise its administrators
and would 80 to the fallows in the eanse o
dynamite against uniest opPfessis0 o. me caIA
talists,