The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-06-25
GAVE HIMSELF Up.
Parsons, the Fugitive Chicago Anarchist,
Appears in Court and Surrendcrs HIM
self-He Pleads Not Guilty to the Charges
[ of Murder and Conspiracy.

Parsons, the Fugitive Chicago Anarchist,
Appears in Court and Surrendcrs HIM
SETTLE Pleads Not Guilty to the Charges
of Murder and Conspiracy.
CHICAGO. June 22.-The trial of the in
dicted Anarchists Of this city began yester-
day morning. The motion fur separate
| trials for several OF the defendants was
Oyerriled, as also was motion to quash
the indictments. The court is now select
ing jury. The indicted men are August
Spies. Samuel Fielder, Michael Schwab,
Adolph Fischer, A. r. Parsons, George w.
Engel, William Seliger, Louis Lingg, Ru-
dolph Schnaubelt and Oscar Neebe This
indictment is for the murder of Officer
Matthias began at the Haymarket riot.
No jurors have yet been chosen.
Arch-Conspirator A. r. Parsons amazed
the crowd, and even dazed Judge Gary,
by marching into the courtroom beside
Lawyer Black, chief counsel for the An
archists. The much sought-after dyna-
inter walked quietly into court and took
chair. He made no more ado than
If he had come in as an inter-
ested spectator. The idea OF being "a
hunted fugitive did not seem to possess
him in the least. Captain Black intro
duced him to the court as one of the de-
PENDANTS in the case at bar, and asked that
he be arraigned. Not a word of oxpl;t-
nation was vouchsafed, nor was there
any attempt by the police officers pres
ent to interfere. Where he came from,
or where he had spent the time he has been
SO sadly missed, was not known. No one
ventured to inquire while the prisoner was
being arraigned.
On last Saturday Mrs A. r. Parsons
was notified by Captain Black to write her
husband to come on and stand trial with
the others. The lawyer, of course, knew
where his client was. He reached the city
at eigh. o'clock and Was taken to a North
side hotel until the attorneys were ready
to bring him out.
Parsons" said LAWYER Black, has not
at any time been over five hundred miles
from the city, yet all the two hundred
officers looking for him would never have
unearthed him. He was not brought for
ward before simply because the methods
OF the Chicago police are brutal and utter
~ above and regardless of the law. | pro-
posed to have my client treated legally
and not bullyragged and tortured as pris-
oners are not even in Russia"
After the futter following his entrance
was over Parsons was formally arraigned.
This took but few minutes, the prisoner
pleading not guilty. He then took his seat,
and the examination OF the jurors was
proceeded with.
After the adjournment OF court Parsons
was taken to the county jailwith the other
prisoners. When he had been taken into
the Jail office he stopped for a few min
utes before entering q cell to converse
with few reporters who were lingering for
him. He was willing to talk. He said he
had been in Detroit and other places
and that all the time he had been hard
at work. In support of this state
ment he held out his open hands. The
palms were hard and calloused. lie had
decided to return, he said, because he felt
himself to be innocent, and was confident
he could prove his innocence. He intended
to defend the rights of the poor and OF la
borers, and to struggle for the mainte-
nance of the liberty OF the press. He was
apparently upon the point of describing
his travels when he was cautioned by one
OF his fellow-prsoners against talking to
reporters, and thereafter kept q close
mouth