Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 September 1887 — THEY WILL HANG. [ARTICLE]

THEY WILL HANG.

No Means of Escape for the Chicago Anarchists. The Illinois Supreme Court Affirm the Judgment of the Lower Court bya Unanimous Opinion. The liiindis Supreme Court in session at Ottawa, Wednesday morning, delivered an opinion in the anarchist case, affirming the judgment of the court below. The opinion was written by Judge Magrj#b?r, ■aLthe Chicago district, and is an able exposition of the law and previous interpretation thereof by eminent jurists in this country, as well as of the' courts bearing on the alleged and perhaps real errors in this record. In his work he was ably helped by each of the other six distinguished judges, who made him their spokesman,and through him expressed their unanimous decision. The opinion covers 225 pages of closelv-written manuscript and contains about 56,000 words. The opinion of Judge Magruder says: “In this case the judgment of the court below is affirmed as to all and as to each and every one of the defendants. An opinion has been prepared setting forth the reasons for the affirmation of the judgment. The opinion is now handed to the clerk to be filed.”

The judgment of the court was unanimous; After the reading of the opinion Judge Mulky said: “It is not my intention to offer a separate opinion, as I should have done. I desire to avail myself of this occasion to say that while I concur in the conclusions reached and also the general views as entertained in the opinion filed, I do not wish to Be understood as holding that the record is free form error, for Ido not think it is. I am, nevertheless, of the opinion that none of the errors complained of are of such serious character as to require a reversal of the'judgment. In view of the number ofdefendants on trial, the great length of time consumed in the trial, the vast amount of testimony passe'd apon by theemn-t, and the alm»st numberless rulings the court wail required to make, the wonderment to me is that the errors were not more numer-

one and of a more serious character than they are. In short, after having fully examined the record and giving the question arising on it my very beet thought, with an earnest and conscientious desire to faithfully discharge my whole duty, I am fully satisfied that the -opinion reachedGflfficatesfheTaw and does complete justice between the State and thedefendonts, fully warranted by the law and the evidence.” The substance of the decisionas stated by Judge Sheldon is that the Court orders that the sentence of the Superior Court of Cook county of the defendants in the indictment—August Spies, Michael Schwab, Samuel Fielden, R. Parsons, Adolph Fischer, Engel and Louis Ling—be caraied into effect by the Sheriff of Cook county on the 11th day of November next:-Friday—between the hours of 10 o’clock in the forenoon and 4 o’clock in the afternoon on that day. The anarchists are making great efforts to enlist the interest of workingmen in behalf of the condemned Chicago fellows.