New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-24
ASKS FOR
"S|MPLE JUSTICE .
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righteous cause, and ended IN d pisa loi
simple Justice"
AS Ettor sat down In the prisoner
| oaxs, scores OF women were weeping
| Even men were in tears among then
leaders associated with the defendants
In the Lawrence strike.
! Then Giovannttt ross. HIS race
seer,sd swollen with emotion and mis-
eyes were yelling with tears. He SAID
he was about 10 make the first pubic
spesch he ever had uttered i'm your
beautiful language" Leaning toward
the District Attorney, Giovsnnhi SAID
] In a trembling voice:
30 solemn is this mopent, so fun with
cIaskhng emotions am L now, tnal l 90
not know whether 1 ever WIN cVnOiuu"
what have to say.
Then he Strengthened ZIP In the cage
and for twenty minutes spoke as one
| IN the crisis Of passion. RE did not dis
cuss the evidence, but what he called
tho prepostsrousness Of the idea that
such as he and his comrades could have
been guilty Of murderous thought.
| whfrIing around with violent gesture
he exclaimed:
III there is a man in the courtroom
who has murder in his heart he Ia not
| in this cage"
! Glovannitti went on to tell Of his
life. his ambition and his seizure on the
cause Of Socialism as the solution of
human ills, and ended with a fearful
plea. Life was sweet, he said. A wife
loved him, a mother loved him, and he
pa ssion OF living, and did not want to
die a martyr, but TO live for the better
msnt Of men. II he could live he would
20 on as be had been doing. II he had
to die he took solace In the thought
that he would go to a higher Judgment
seat.
Judges Charge Goes Over.
There was a hush over the courtroom
as Gloyannitti sat down. Not man or
woman moved for several tense mo-
ments. Then Judge Quinn. apologiSing
to the Jurors, announced that he would
be compelled TO hold them further, as
| he would not deliver his charge in the
case until Monday morning. The pris-
onsrs were taken back to the jail
through streets lined with their friends
and followers, who cheered them loudly
as they passed.
While Ettor was addressing the jury
he analysed the testimony at length
and gave in detail his social ideas.
Then no went on:
Ny social views cannot be tyied In this
| courtroom with all respect To you. That
| trial was tried thousands OF years ago,
| when men were told the only way to
end revolutionary ideas was through the
cross. then the guillotine. the sallows
and tho rops. l want 10 know II the
District Attorney believes that the cross.
the guilloune or the hangman's moose
ever settled an idea. IL never did. The
social ory Of yesterday becomes the re-
iigion Of to-day. The social criminals or
one age become the saints OF the next.
But u you believe that We should die.
we will carry the nag Of labor to the
grave. II you believe. az the District
| Attorney argued, that / killed Anna Lo-
plzro, or that ! wanted anybody 10 XIII
Anna Iopl5Ho, or That l llrted q nTlkG
az alnst her, ! will stand up with head
erect. | shall offer no excuse and accept
your verdict. But do not come back
| here and say that We must be shut up.
| II / am guilty / want 10 pay the fun
| penalty Ny comrads, Gioyannltti, has
| just whispered 10 me 10 say IL for him,
| too Wen accept your verdict.
| 7 believe In the death chair. l will 80
there 80 will Gioyannitti. We will go
| with heads erect. singing the song Of la
Dor. with smile on our lips, and we viii
drop the flag OF labor.
| I make no threats But on the morning
we drop the flag, hundreds OF thousands
| OF wage workers win pick up the flag and
carry IL along until the nag OF the work:
ers Is unfurled over the workshops ana
| workers will enjoy tho profits OF their
| toll II 20 70 the death chair, II will
be with the happy thought that on the
eve OF IL was defending my ideas. n
20 to my death millions OF men and wom-
en- will know that my social ideals had
| the determining effect upon your verdict.
I neither offer apology nor ask favor.
| ! ask for justice Are you twelve men
going 10 offer up blood now Ia order 10
assuage tho wounds Of the mill owners OF
| Lawrence
Well and good | have no fear Of the
| result I ask simple justice Giovannit
asks that Carllso asks only that.
oiovsnnitti Pleads for caruso.
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