West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-10-22
SENTENCED TO bEATH.
DER ~ OF THE COURT IN THE
CASE OF THE CHICAGO ANAR.
CHISTS.
'cVCn Sentenced 10 be Hanged and One
& Imprisonment

The trial OF the eight anarchists held re-
sponsible for the massacre at the Haymarket
Chicago, has at last been brought 70 an end
Seven of the prisoners-A. r. Parsons, Au-
gust Spies, Samuel Fielden, Louis Lingg,
George Engel, Michael Schwab and Adolph
Fischer-have been sentenced TO be hanged
and Oscar Necbo has been condemned To un-
dergo fifteen years Imprisonment ut hard
labor
Tho scene in tho court room was, according
to Chicago dispatch, a most impressive
one. Judge Gary, who has always been con-
sldered the coolest aud hardest man on the
Bench, showed more emotion than no was
ever thought capable of His voice faltered
aud he was much affected. The prisoners
all took the sentence. calmly and
coolly, except Schwab, who is a broken and
nervous man He grew pale aud gaspcd for
breath The others had apparently long ago
given up all hope and knew what was coming
Ihey have made up their minds TO die
bravely in the hope of being looked upon
hereafter rs martyrs to n great cause.
The closing scenes were watched with the
profoundest interest by tho public, and for
more tLau an hour the street in froat OF the
Court House was thronged 10y an eager
crowd, not one-tenth of whom could possibly
hope TO gain admittance. The police were in
full force all over the court room, and there
was more than the ordinary large attendance
OF ladies. The prisoner Parsons was the last
OF the prisoners 10 address the court i'm re-
sponse 10 the Judges demand whether they
had anything to say why sentence should
not be passed He spoke continuously five
hours and forty minutes
At the conclusion OF Parsous' spec Judge
Gray was about TO pronounce sentence when
Captain Black, of counsel for the prisoners
desired that n motion in arrest of Judgment
should be entered. Mr.. Grinnell the States
Attorney, having as 'ured him that no merely
technical matters should interfere with the
dafA nlnU.s - ..aml.N
the solemn duty devolving upon him
In brief but impressive words and
in tones which at any time would
have commanded respectful attention, the
Judge gave fitting EXPRESSION TO Tho judg-
ment of the Court His face worked convul-
sively when he began. aud when he reached
the word hanged" he faltered and could
with difficulty utter "till--you-are- dead .
The last words We're scarcely audible The
date fixed for the execution was the Sd of
December
Captain Black arose to raise some technical
point. When the matter was decided, the
prisoners rose and began slowly TO walk out of
the court room with the bali1s who had them
in charge. The prisoners, who had turned to
listened TO the sentence with added pallor, ex-
hibited no other emotion ON hearing the fatal
words. As they rose, Mrs. Parsons came up
aud kissed her husband. Mrs Ames also kissed
Parsons on the cheek. The relatives of the
other defendants wrung their hands, but
none OF the women shed a tear. They aimed
20 cheer up the condemned men by n show of
fortitude. The condemned men passed
slowly out of the courtroom TO the iail As
Parsons passed some police officers he drew
his hand across his throat i'm signifi ant
manner.
A daugter was born in West Polk street
at the same hour that her father, Samuel
Fielden, in Judge Gary's court, began Civ
ing reasons why sentence Of death should not
he passed upon him But few who listened tn
Fleldens plea guessed the cause of the added
bitterness in his bitter speech The
knowledge of the scene being enacted at hi
latle home made his burden harder 20 bear
Tue mother was heartbroken at the thought
offhe irtiprobability of the newborn babe
ever seeing her father.