The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-07-04
RELEASED ANARCHISTS.
Fielder Will Try and Live Down
the Past-lndignant
Jurors.

OF the pard"ncd anarchists, Samuel
Fielden, has no resentment against
any one connected with his trial and
imprisonment.
MY intention is to forget the past,
to let the dead past bury its dead
and begin lite all over again" said he
this morning as he sat in the parlor OF
Gen. NJ. NJ. TIumbull, chairman Of
the Amnesty commission. II have
never hurt anybody yet and do not
intend to begin now. 1 do not like
to be hurt myself, and though l have
been very badly hurt myself / do not
feel like subjecting those who are to
blame to the same treatment"
Charles B. Todd, who was one of
the jurors in the Anarchists trial, was
seeL to-day in regard to the alleged
boast of Bailif Ryce, as told by Gov.
Altgeld, that ''he was managing this
case. and that these fellows IAN
archists) would hang as certain as
death that he was calling such men
as the defendants would have to chal-
lenge peremptorily and waste their
challenges on, and that when their
challenges were exhausted they would
have to take such men as the prosecu-
ton wanted"
Mr.. Todd, with much reluctance,
consented TO talk about the case. He
said: IL consider this an outrage ON
American citizenship. If Gov. Alt
geld had given the pardon as an act
OF mercy il would have been different.
1t would be bad enough in that case,
for l feel very strongly against having
the par,ioning power in any way con-
nected with politics. But for Gov
Altgeld to constitute himself the judge
and jury, is an outrage"
Charles Fl. Ludwig. another of
those who sat as Jurors in the same
famous trial, said: ANY charge, by
whomsOever made, that there was any
thing unfair or prearranged in the
selection Of the jury is perfectly pre-
pOsterOus. / am mantel-maker by
trade and was yanked away from my
business right in my busiest time. /
did not wish to 90 and would gladly
have got out of serving. As to my
being prejudiced, l must say that no
man could have been lesssO. At first
from hasty reading of the paper, I
was inclined TO think they had got
the wrong people. / thought that
like many other harmless Germans
the defendants were in the habit of
sitting down and drinking beer, and
at such times had a way of talking
through their hats. But after listen
ing to the evidence as given at the
trial there was but one conclusion !
could arrive at. l had no doubt the
men were guilty. If l had to go
through with it again ! would act as
l did,"
A meeting OF the Amnesty Associa-
ton, which labored 90 long for the
freeing of Feilden, Schwab and Neebe,
will be held as soon as the members
can be called together. Arrange
ments will be made with the Pioneer
Aid Association, which took care of
the families of the men to raise a fund
to be used in establishing the three
pardOned men in business. Schwab
was printer, Fielder a stOne-cutter,
while Neebe was engaged in selling
yeast.
LABADIE ON ANARCHIsM.
DETROIT, Mich, June 28.-F'
Detroit's leading anarchist, Joseph A.
Lebakie, is popular here in spite
Of his opinions. He said to-day:
eve knew before the election that
Gov. Altgeld would let these three
men out of prison; that is, we knew
what his opinion regarding those men
and their trial was, and We were posi-
tive that he had the nerve to do what
he thought was right despite what
others might think about it. We
knew that he would follow the dictates :
Of his own conscience, prompted by a
knowledge Of the facts The manner
IF drawing the jury, the manner of
getting the evidence, and the manner
IF distorting the facts of the case were
al known to Gov. Altgeld. The
only surprise We have felt is that he
waited so long before acting. We are
pleased because this liberia
ion of the three anarchists will tend
o keep the subject Of anarchy before
he people. Those who are capable of
understanding philosophical questions
yill be led to investigate the principles
# anarchism. When they do that
hey will learn that it does not mean
,haos or bloodshed, but that it is the
ogical result Of that individualism
which was held by the founders ofthe
United States GOvernment-theJ JEFF: