Morris tribune., 1886-10-13
f. w. RANDALL,
SENTENCED TO DEATH.
THE LAST ACT IN THE CELEBRATED
ANARCHIST TRIAL.
Published Wednesdays.

Engel and Fischer to Die on the Gal
lows-Neebe Gets Fifteen Years in the
Renitentiary-Speeche of Fielden and
Parsons-A Sensation.
CHICAGO, Oct 11-Fielden's speech Fri
day before the criminal court was not fin
ished until $50 p. m. He closed as fol
lows:
To-day as the beautiful autumn sun kisses
With balmy breeze the cheek of every free
man stand here never to battle my head in
It's rays again. have loved my felow-men
as have loveed myself. l have hated trick
cry, dishonesty, and injustice. The nine
teenth century commits the crime OF killing
But, as have said before, il 1t will do any
good, freely give myself up I trust the
time will come when there will be better
understanding, more intelligence, and above
the mountains of iniquity, wrong and cor
ruption, hope the sun of Righteousness and
truth and justice will come to bathe in its
balmy light an smancipated world. thank
your honor for your attention.
Albert R. Parsons was the last to speak
which arrangement was made at his own re-
quest. He began, as Fielden had, with q
poetical quotation, entitled Bread is Free
dom" the last verse of which was:
Break thy wants enslaving chain.
Break thy slavcry's want in dread;
Bread is freedom-freedoms bread.
He said the poem epitomizes the hope and
need Of the working classes of the whole
world, and thsn said the distinguishing char
acteristic Of the trial had been its heat and
passion: "You ask me why sentence of death
should not be pronounced upon me, or, what
Is tantamount to the same thing, you ask me
why you should give me new trial in order
that might establish my innocence and the
ends of justice be subserved I answer to
your hon or, and say that this verdict is the
verdict of passion, born in passion, nurtured
in passion and is the sum totality of the or
ganized passion of the city of Chicago. For
this reason l ask your suspension of the
sentence and new trial" He then declared
that he had some knowledge of the
labor movement in the country, obtained
from experience and study, and that in what
he should say regarding the subject he
would speak the truth, though his tongue be
torn from his mouth, $50 help me God" He
then gave a definition of wage-worker, and
said there were 16, 100000 of them in this
country, and he had undertaken to advocate
their cause. The Chicago Citizens associa
tion was clamoring for his blood and the
blood of his fellow-prisoners, and the judge
stood between with the poised scales of JUS
tice in his bands, and he warned the Judge of
the danger III this case of committing ju-
dicial murder, as had been done many times
before. The execution of the prisoners as the
case stood, would be judicial murder. The
trial was conducted by a nob-a mob
that was howling for victims. The
persecution had been a capitalstic persecu-
tion. He then went into review of the la
Dor question and the oppression of monop-
oily, declared himself Socialist and elabor-
ated the Socialistic view of the cause of the
want and misery and care among poor peo-
pie. He denied that Socialism advocated
blindly striking at machinery or at property,
and said that it was the methods of using
these things that Socialists opposed. He
drew pitiable picture of child labor, and
said: 1--WE plead for the little ones; we plead
for the helpless; we plead for the oppressed;
we seek redress for those who are wronged;
we seek knowledge and intelligence for the
ignorant; we seek liberty for the slave; we
seek the welfare of every human being"
At this point he asked that he be permitted
to conclude Saturday, and the court granted
the request and adjourned.
Parsons continued his speech Saturday
morning and created sensation I'm court
by saying:
Who first counselled violence! Was it not
Tom Scott who first said: ''Give them the
rife logic" Was it not The Tribune which
first said: "Give them slice of bread with
strychnine on itl" And they have done it.
Since that time they have been administering
the strychnine, and they have cast the hand
grenades as counselled by The Times And
here, your honor, l proclaim that the
hand d-grenade thrown at the haymarket
on the night of the Ath of May was thrown
by the hand OF a monopolist conspirator sent
from the state of New York for the specific
purpose OF breaking up the eight-hour move
ment me and bringing these men to the gallows
Your honor, we are the victims of the foulest
and bla ckest conspiracy that was ever prose-
cuted in the annals of time
At about o'clock Parsons asked that court
adjourn for an hour. Judge Gary refused and
told him to proceed. Parsons then said he
would speak for two hours more.
When Parsons had finished speaking, Judge
Gary pronounced the death sentence on Au-
gust Spiss, Michael Schwab, Albert R. Par
IONS, Samuel Fielden, Louis Lingg, George
Engel, and Adolph Fischer. Dec was the
DAY set for the execution. Oscar Neebe was
to spend fifteen years in Joliet PEN
ltsntiary.
The scene was one of the most impressive
ever witnessed in court of justice. The ex-
element outside the building was of most
marked character, and so ended the scenes of
\ trial whose Importance has had no equal in
The annals Of American history.