The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-22


EAs Classng ne>ae II Jadss 0asy's Cosvs
- CAlenes = sAe Anarchists Tr,sl--Assss
Gxseen1~G q Speeches frous Al sh~ Cal-
priss ~ Jsdge r.ssss seru.al Sens~ses
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cnscAGo. Oct. lC.--At the concluding
sceses % the great trial Of The Anarchists
approached : close, more interest vas
taken and the suppressed excitement be.
coDe more married. Hundreds Of peo-
pc Wended their way toward the Grim.
lnal Court building. each one DESTROYS
q listening 70 the conclusion o. The
speech Of Anarchist Parsons end with
he expectation Of hearing the death
sentence pronounced.
Parnons rosumcd his speech q soon q
oOurt Was 0p~ned. He created some
thing 81 . sensation By declaring 10
vogy 0ramatic and impressive manner
thai they had positive proof thet he
bomb which created such destruction q
~ Haymarket was thrown By a egent
% ~ New YoFk capitalists and mon0po-
lists. who sent Tie man ont herr 20 take
this means q breaking the Eight Hour
movement A. proof o. his assertion
that there Vas . great conspiracy on the
part Of capital against labor, Parsons
quoted the expressions Of three Senators
on the door Of The Senate. In which all
agreed on the following theory; "There
- conspiracy 70 increase the value Of
the dollar and decrease the value Of Iatsr
ths world over" Parsons claimed sgain
that he and his colleagues were the VIC
TINS Of this conspiracy. He asked
s.Whst are the real facts In the
- Al.
Harrison has caused to be published his
opinion q 70 the matter Of conjecture 10
the New York World, which Was copied
he said: 4 do not believe that there
Was any Intent On the part Of Spies nd
those men 20 have bombs thrown at the
Hsyuarkek II they had, whv Was there
but one fhFoWnp Il was Is easy to have
. dozen or ffty Of them thrown IN all
parts OF the city as TO throw one. And,
again, II ft was intended 70 threw bombs
that night the leaders would not have
been there at all; but, In nv opinion,
like communicative chief, would have
been In Z safe place. No, II can't be
shown that there was any intention on
the part Of those individuals TO have thst
oct perpetrated &C that particular meet
ing
snow. your honor, this u the Mayor
Of Chicago He ID sensible man; he
d IN position 70 know what he u talk
ing about; he ought TO Be able 10 form
An Intelligent opinion, and one that Is
worthy Of respect He knows more
about this thing than the jury.
Parsons maintained that the American
group were justified In bearing arms;
that the Constitution gave them that
right But that question was not raised,
% far - Parsons was concerned II was
not sought to prove that be was vi0-
lating the Law while member Of this or
ganixation- Judge McAIlisser had held
that The police could not invade their
Drcsngs without iega; process But the
p0lice.i 10 1871, did break into the Turner
Hall on Twelfth sire ct during meeting
Of the furniture workers which was be-
ing held and killed one man, and Jude
McAllister said that II every policeman
n the crowd was killed those partici-
pating IN the meeting could not be held
responsible. Were Parsons and his
friends. then. 70 be blamed because they
followed Judge McAllister's advice As
contained II his decision. which meant
that the American group could bear
arms? Why, then, was this construed
- illegal when an eminent Judge said IL
was according 10 Constitutional awf
Wien be had finished speaking from
his notes Parsons entered up0n an &C.
count Of what be knew about the Hay
market killing and Of bis movements i'm
mcdistely afterward up to the time when
he surrendered himself In court When
be began this portion Of his speach be
rrced up and down the limited space
around the table on which where his
nOies. He said he had surrendered him
>elf, willing 10 get fair trial along with
the other defendants. knowing himself
70 be innocent In relating how he met
Captain Black in front Of the courtroom
and sscended The stairs with him. Par
Sons placed his hand afIectionately on
iptain Blacks shoulder and spoke n
more gentle voice. He concluded. hold
Ing up his head proudly. "Dven now
have nothing % regret"
He had spoken continuously i've hours
and forty minutes and be sank into biz
sat exhausted.
Judge Gary was about 70 pronounce
sentence, when Captain Black desired
that : motion In arrest Of tudgment
should be entered, Mr.. Grinnell having
assured him that no technical matter
should Interfere with the defendants
rights The Court proceeded TO execute
the solemn duty devolvinz upon him. In
brtef but impressive words and In tones
which at any time would have con-
0anded respectful attention, the judge
gave fitting expression - the judgment
q he court. His lace worked convul-
s1vely when he began, and when he
reached the word changed" be falteyed
md could with di0culty utter s'till-you
--are-dead" The last words were
scarcely audible. The date fixed was the
% Of December.
A deep Sigh and every spectator was
on biz feet TO get glance Of the pris-
0ne8. Captain Black arose 70 save some
technical point, when silence was Re.
stored. when The matter was decided
the prisoner ross and began slowly q
walk ont q The courtroom viii The
baiIl0s who had them ID charge. The
prisoners, who had turned 70 listen 90
the sentence with added palIor. exhibited
20 other emotion on hearing the fatal
words. A they rose Mrs. Parsons
came up and kissed her .hus
banl. Mrs.. Ames also kissed
Panons on the cheek. The reIa
lives Of The other defendants wrung theIl
hands, hut none Of the women shed
tear. They aimed 10 cheer mp the con
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