The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-14
RrSTS OF THE MARTYRS"
ryr CHICAGO ANARCHISTS WORK
ING A LITTLE SCHEME.

ING A LITTLE SCHEME.
1sster of Paris Busts OF Lingg and
cnies Being Sent to the Big Cities of
r,,rone and America-A Talk With
.ha Artist Who Took the Death
Masks and Who is Making the Busts
-L,ngg in Greatest Demand,
From The Chicago Tribune.
The Chicago Anarchists have evolved
,rbst thew consider great scheme and are
,,orking it for all it is worth. They,
~ mature consideration and in the light of
,.a,ant events, have come to the conclusion
.bot science, all-pervading and all-powerful
osit NAV be, is apt to become boomerang
tina. too close a study of pyrotechnical pro-
i.ct;le forces may be quickly followed by a
Jingle lesson in aerial teIpsichorean gym
nastics.
This being the case, they have cast about
.oobtain an effectual but innocuous substl-
.r.e and after weighty deliberations have
tor a time at least turned their efforts into
new direction. From their point of view
Jynamite has proved entirely too elevating
~ ire students. The new instrument
cbosen is the well-known article of com
u,erce syclept "plaster of Paris" This Use
mi and pliable material, already utilized for
% mauy strictly legitimate purposes, isnow
~ be the missionary OF Anarchism, whose
yotaries have discarded the byways of
science for the broad path Of art. The new
motto of the Anarchists is, Where bombs
have failed, busts may succeed" aud a
strong and consistent effort is being made
4. i ia the new dpDarIure
Nov. II. when the bodies OF the executed
Anarchists and the suicide Llngg had been
remoyed to the two uudertakers' establish
ments on Milwaukee avenue, almost the
first work done was the taking of death
masks bv an artist who resided in that dis
trict. This was done with no settled pur
nose at the time, but rather as a matter of
instinct Since then, however, the rem
nant of the Anarchists and the ultra-radi
cal Socialistic organizations have deter
mined to use these CHASTITY relics.
The artist who was called upon to take
the death-masks was Charles Hoffman, who
resides in a handsome floor fat at No. 60S
Milwaukee avenue A reporter called upon
him Yesterday and found him quite a pleas
ant genial old Teuton with long, white,
natriarchial beard A small, well-lighted
room at the rear was his studio He took
down from little hooks the death-masks of
Spies. Parsons, Fischer and Engel, and hand
ed them to the visitor On inquiring for
the masks of Lingg the reporter was hand
ed a nondescript affair reaching only TO the
middle of the nose, the artist observing in
German
That's all l took of him; the rest was
shot away and unusable."
How. then, did you complete that
bustn asked the reporter pointing to a fine
~ tho of "a Dt Of N
room.
From a photograph" said the artist.
1T was good deal of trouble, especially
as they wanted it with beard. but think
that succeeded pretty well, don't you"
ION what terms do you do this work."
was asked.
The agreement was $50 for the first
bust and $40 each for all Others. This is the
same price as was paid for those of Spies,
which was the first one completed"
The busts were then examined in detail.
That of Lingg is % inches in height. Along
the shoulder projection at the back is the
following inscription in one line: Born
Mannheim, Baden, Germany, Sept. 9,
1854" In the center, lower down. III large
capital letters is; "Sir, | am an Anar-
chist."
Louis Lingg" in bold, artistic charac-
ters was at the top of the pedestal in front.
The bust of Spies was the same height.
The inscription along the shoulder projec-
ton at the back ran as follows: Born
Iaudeck, Germany, 1855. August Vim
cent Theo. Spies Murdered Nov II, 1887"
The lower inscription is: Last words of
Spies, There will be a time when our silence
will be more powerful than the voices you
strangle to-day
DO you dispose of the busts yourself"
was asked.
No | have nothing TO do with that"
@id the artist. II make those of Lingg for
the Carpenters Union and they pay me for
them. When they have to go a distance l
pack them up and forward them"
Have many of these busts been soldg'
about fifteen OF Lingg's SO far-ail
have been able to make; in fact, the demand
is so rushing that have dropped Spies for
time, though | have an order for fifty on
hand
Have all been sold in the cityl"
"Oh, no. have sent some to London,
Berlin, Paris, Stuttgart, and other Euro
pean cities; III this country to New York,
San Francisco, Boston, Sacramento, Den
yer and other places. A few have been de
llyered TO city customers, but | believe the
Intention is to attend to outside trade
first"
Have you had any commission for busts
OF Parsons, Fischer, or Engel yet!'
"Pottstansend Do you think | can do
everything at once1 They will have their
turn in time"
Which do you think will be the nextN
wsS asked.
"Parsons.n
Union No. 241 of the Brotherhood of
carpenters and Joiners are the contracting
parties Of the second part in the Lingg bust
enterprise. They have not gone into the
art business to make money, however, but
soeiy for the good of the cause, and are ex-
pending some Of the organization funds in
.nls business. Their sole agent in the mat
yer is Mr.; F. Bethig, who gained some re-
nown as Lingg's most intimate, closest and
most faithful friend. Bethig resides at the
rear OF No. "A Evans court, small blind
Moroughtare commencing at No. 696 North
Halsted street.
me Spies bust enterprise is in charge, it
sStated, of the Aurora Turn Verein.
CITY OF PHOTOGRAPHERS.