The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-07-26
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The governor continues as follows
FOurth-At the trial a number OF
detectives and members of the police
force swOre that the defendant
f1elden, at the haymarket meeting
made threats to kill, urging his
hearers to do their duty as he would
do his just as the policemen were
coming up, and one policeman swears
Ghat F1elden drew revolver and
fired at the police while he was
standing on the wagon and before
the bomb was thrown, while some of
the others testified that he first
climbed down off of the wagon and
tired while standing by wheel. On
the other hand, it was proven by a
number of witnesses and by facts
and circumstances that this evidence
must be absolutely untrue. A num-
per OF newspaper reporters who testi-
lied on the part of the State said
that they were standing near
Flelden, much nearer than the police
were and hear1 all that was said and
saw what was done; that they had
been sent there for that purpose and
that Fielden did not make any such
threat as the police swore to, and
that he did not use a revolver. A
number OF other men who were near,
too, and some of them on the wagon
on which Fielden stood at the time
swear to the same thing. Fielden
himself swears that he did not make
any such threats as the police swore
to and further that he never had or
used a revolver in his life. But if
there were any doubt about the fact
that the evidence charging Fielden
with having used a revolver is un-
worthy of credit, it is removed by
Judge Gary and States Attorney
Grinnell Nov. 8, 1887, when the ques-
tion of committing the death sem
tence as to Fielden was before the
Governor. Judge Gary wrote long
letter in regard to the case in which
in speaking of Fielden he, among 9th
er things, says:
There Is IN the nature and p11v0te
character of the man q loue of justice, an
impdtience dt atadeserued suffering. -.
In has 0,Cn priU0te life he acas the honest,
Industrious, and peaceful labOrinq man.
In achat he SAID IN court before sentence he
aCds respectful and decorOus. HIS lam
g,tage and conduct since haze been i1re-
prOachfW. As there is no eridence that
he kneao OF any preparation to do the
specific act Of Htro,oi',g the bomb that
killed Deg0n, he does not understand euen
'oOau hdt general adrice to large masses to
do riolence makes him responsible for the
riOtence done By reason Of that dduice.
..... In short, he ec0s more q MISGUIDED
enthusiast than q criminal conscious of
the horrible nature and effect of has teach
ings and Of hts responsibility therefor.
Tl,o Ctoto,o
the foregoing letter beginning as
follows:
While endorsing and approving the
foregoing statement by Judge Gary 1
wish to add thereto the suggestion
the trial and when addressing the
was decOrOuS, respectful to the law,
and cOmmendable. $50. 1t is my
further desire to say that I believe
stronger will and more designing
person. Schwab seems to be friend
less.
AS to Neebe's case, the man who
was sentenced to fifteen. years i'm
prisonment, the governor says:
At the conclusion Of the evidence
for the State the Hon. Carter H.
Harrison, then Mayor of Chicago,
and Mr.. F. S. Winston, then Corpora
tiOn Counsel for Chicago, were in the
courtroom and had a conversation
with Mr.. Grinnell, the States At
tOrney, in regard to the evidence
against Neebe, in which conversa-
tion, according to Mr.. Harrison and
Mr.. Winston, the States Attorney
said that he did not think he had a
case against Neebe and that he
wanted to dismiss as to him, but was
dissu uaded from doing SO by his asso-
ciate attorneys, who feared that such
a step might influence the jury in ia
vor Of the other defendants.
Mr.. Harrison, in letter, among
other things, says:
/ was present in the courtroom
when the state closed it's case. The
attorney for Neebe moved his dis
charge on the ground that there was
no evidence to hold him on. The
States Attorney, Mr.. julius S. Grin
nell, and Mr.. Fred S. Winston, Cor
pOratiOn Counsel for the city, and
myself were in earnest conversation
| Wuou Uuc uuOUlOu Was mdUc. WT.
Grinr,eW stated to US that he did not think
ttat there acas sufficient testimonyto comrict
Neebe. thereupon earnestly advised
him, as the representative of the
State, to dismiss the case as to
Neebe, and if remember rightly, he
was seriously thinking of doing So,
but on consultation with his assist
ants, and on their advice, he deter
mined not to do so, lest it would
have an injurious effect on the case
as against the other prisoners .....
1 took the position that such dis
charge, being clearly justified by the
testimony, would not prejudice the
case as to the others.
Mr.. Winston adds the following to
Mr.. HarrisOn's letter:
March q, 1889: l concur in the
statement of Mr.. Harrison: | never
believed there was sufficient evidence
to convict Mr.. Neebe, and SO stated
during the trial. f. S. WINSTON.
And the governor winds up this
great state-paper with the following
terrific Indictment of Judge Gary,
! who presided in the trial of the case: