Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 November 1887 — Page 3

AN EYE FOR AN EYE.

Spi«i, Par»on», Engel and Fi«eher Throttled by Law All the Particulars of the Event—The Governor’s Action,, Etc., Etc. Linarfir Cheats the Gallows by a Horrifying Suicide. HTATKMMNT. August Spies, Adolph Fischer, George Hu gel and Albert R. Parsons were hanged in the jail at Chicago, Friday, Nov. 11th, 1887, at 11.54 a. m. lor the murder of Matthias J. Began during the Havmarket riot on the 4'.h of May 1886, at which time six other policemen were killed and scores of others injured. TMM LAST HOUR®.

The prisoners awoke at or about 7 o’clock and perfomed their ablutions. At 7:20 they ate a hearty breakfast. At 8:80 a. m. Dr Mayor, the assistant county phyaic&n, passed through and rapidly walked to the cells of the condemned. He asked each if there was any desire for stimulants, and all, save Engel alone, replied quietly in the negative. Engel asked for some port wine. It was given him at once and he uped down three large glasses. Spies requested water, and seemingly consume by a burning thirs" swallowed neavly two tmnblersof the pure, cool liq id. Rev. Dr. Bolton, arrived at 7:45, and depositing his satchel on a chair and hanging up his overcoat in the jail office, passed into the (jell-room. Passing first into Parsons’s cell, he attempted to engage the doomed Texan in religious conversation. Parson had not yet finished bis breakfast. What passed between them was not divulged. In the meantime Spies had called for paper and envelopes, and when they were furnished him he began writing. He was interrupted by the sheriff who ac hosted him and stood in front o f the cell door while the. talked. The sheriff took notes of llu conversation and then passed on. Alter a stay of eighteen minutes in Parson’s cell. Dr. Bolton emerged, and walking to Spies’s door, stood looking at. that individual, who glanced, at the clergyman and continued bis writing. Dr. 80l on remained standing in front of Spies two or three minutes, but receiving no r cognition, walked away. Writing materials were furnished to Parsons and Fischer, who irhmedialely set about preparing statements. Engel made no

A. R. PARSONS.

request, for pen or paper, but sat stolidly on bis be:!, looking at the opposite J.wall of his cell. • I "While standing in hoot of Engel’s fcell. Dr Bolton was in-danger of beecjn|ing involved in a religious controversy, ixortfco contemned man boldly coinbated the propositions of the divine. "Within a few minutes of 9 a message came from Mrs Parsons, through a bailiff, applying’at the jail for adtuission. The- request was refused The Governor’s decision on the application .for executive clemency was brought to Chicago by G overnor Oglesby’s son. Deputy Gleason intercepted the messenger on the train near the city limits, and the official copy was at once brought to the jail by the deputy. At 9:10 Deputy Gleason arrived with "the fatal doeuTnents authoiizing the execution, and/ with the commutation of Schwab and Fielden. Gleason immediately went into close conference, with the Sheriff in a private apartment that ■was locked and bolted at once on the inside. While they were still conferring, Spies’a internal fever had so increased as to induce him to order a glass of Rhine "wine, which was brought to his cell and swallowed at a gulp. A few min*tee were then occupied by him in writing autographs for officers attached to the Sheriff’s office.

It was j net 9:80 when information ticked front the Associated Press telegraph instrument, a few feet distant from the cells, that Captain Black was at that moment again pleading with Gdvernor Oglesby at Springfield. The message was handed into Sheriff Matson, who glanced at it a second and then crumpled the paper slowly in his hand. "Whatever ihe sheriff’s thoughts, no expression of their purport crossed his lips. Five minutes later the sheriff emerged, and in reply to a chorus of inquiries,said pleghmatically thathe had “not just fixed >he time as yet.” At 10 o’ciocn. Parsons, Fischer and Spies asked for twenty minutes each on the gallows in which to make speeches. The sheriff did not immediately return an answer to 'he request. Fischer then began sinning the “Marseillaise,” in which the other prisoners joined. The voice of Fit ehcr seemed round and full, but quivered just a triflerfrhe reporters pressed close about the door to the page, and listened until the deep tones died away in silence. . ~ The manuscript which Spies, Parsons and Fischer .*mt a portion of the morning m pr.-paring were in part writ-, ten statements the nature of which would not be divulged by any of the officials J hese were delivered into the liands of Clerk Price, who turned them

ovc" to the sheriff, and this offlcial,locked them in his private safe. It was stated by the sheriff that Spies, Parsons and Fischer had, in addition: written letters which he had also locked ud securely. Parson’s letter was addressed to nis wife and children; that of Fischer gofes to his wife; but the address bn that of Spies’s the sheriff refuses to divulge. It is supposed it will reach Nina VanSiandt. Before 10 o’clock Dr. Gray went into the prisoner’s celjs for the second time, bearing inhis hands three wine glasses and a bottle of Jarvis brandy with which to brace up the men. All of them partook of the stimulant. kiscjier continued to a display qf bravado. Soots After singing the Marseillaise he spoke to Turnkey St'ubbe in a laughirtg way, “When I getto heaven. I’ll put in a good word for you.” When Fischer woke up in the momfnghe turned to one of the officers, and said: ,“I dreamed about Germany last night.” Then he relapsed into silence for quite a long period. Engel’s daughter applied to the sheriff for permission to visit her lather and say good-by, but was refused. She was not agitated in the least and took the refusal in a very matter of fact way. ■■ ' A little ripple of excitement oc curreil at 9:30 when Mrs. Parsons and Mrs. Holmes went up to the police lines and

AUGUST SPIES.

demanded admission. . They were refused and requested to move on. They declined to do this, and becoming very violent, in their talk, were arrested without further ceremony and taken to the police station. There was no expression or demonstration of sympathy on the part of the crowd. THE LAST HOWR. Following close upon a telegraphic report from Springfield that Gevernor Oglesby had decided once for all, the deputies commenced, at 10:27 o’clock, distributing tickets to reporters who were to watch the march to the gallows. The greatest bustle and excitement prevailed in the jail office, but Spies,’ in his 'cedl/TolibThued'wrifingirmtderruptecriy’ and the others remained equally nonchalant, notwithstanding the confusion that marked the beginning of the end. The representativea of the press • were conducted to the north corridor and seated within a few feet of the scaffold. At 10.55 fully 250 newspaper men, local politicians ami other, among them thetwelve jurors who were to view the bodies after the execution, had passed under the ’ gallows and began seating themselves. The bailiff said a few words to the journalists, begging them to make no rush when the drop fell,but to wait decently and in order. Parsons was given a eup of coffee a lew minutes before the march to the .scaffold was begun. The rattling of jo! airs. Jallies* ami benches continued r.imWo, ••ut by 11:05*-there beg ah to iail a hush/ an-! ebhvepM • h among trie crowd sunk a boos' to ;r whisper. The bare white-washed walls rnaXe a pairdnl contrast, with the dark brown gallows with its four noosed ropes drooping ominously near the floor. A gleam ot sunshine, shooting” through the window at that instant fell on a corner of the death machine and to a slight degree relieve l its sombre hue. ■ At. 11:12 the condemned ate their final lunch. The chief bailiff began at 11:80 to calling out the names of the persons summoned as jurors, and, bringing them forward to the row of little stools directly in front of-thu gallows. Nu either sounds wereiieardpn .the longhigli corridor but the solemn monotonous voice of the bailiff and the rustling of the jurors as they tiptoed forward through the crowd.- ' ■ - j '■ . The men were placed in their sebrouds

GEORGE ENGEL.

and the death-march began at 11:49. The death warrant was red first to Spies, then Fischer, Bagel and Parsons. Parsons, after tne cap had been placed over his head said: “May Ibe allowed to speak? Oh, the shamefulness of Strang-* ling free speech.” Fischer, Spies* and Parsons died very hard. The pulses stopped peating in 18) minutes. Following are the last words of the dead anarchists : 74 — — iple*—There win come a time wtea our alienee

will betaor* •owerfml thaa th® v«i®e® they ar® strangling to death .now. Engel—Hurrah for aaarxhr a Fischer—Hurrah for anarchy. ThU ia the happiest moment of my life. Parsons- May Ibe allowed to speakT Will you let me speak, Sheriff Matson? Let the volo® of tha people be heard. All of the anarehlets died of strangulation. None of their neck® were broken. 'the coffins, plaia black, with but the Bilver heads of screwß for orrfaments, were carried to the scaffold at 12:17. When the coffins were brought to the scaffold, Sheriff M«tson ex. laimed: “His will be done.” The bodies were lowered in the following order: Spie®, Fiachcr, Engel and Parsons. AH looked natural. The coffin lids were quickly screwed down. Paper; tabs were pasted on each for identification. ErgelV ». aiM Lingg’s (the suicide’s) remains were taken to 289 Milwaufc'fc avenue. Fischer’s wife Claimed hjs. Mrs, . Spies took August’s and Mrs. Parsons receiyed those of her husband THE FUNIUAi. The funeral of the five dead Anarchists occurred Sunday. The procession consisted of 8,000 persons, and was made up of.men, women and children. The women displayed the Anarchist color largely in their dress, but no banners or flags except the American, which was not displayed, weio allowed in the procession by the police. A half million watched the demonstration. The remains were taken to Waldheim cemetery, whither the crowd was conveyed in forty coaches. At the graves attorney Black made a speech eulogizing the dead as soldiers and martyrs of truth, and a German orator delivered a fiery anarchist speech,mjwhich he’advocate vengeance for the hanging of these men.

PARTING SCENHS.

How the Announcement of the Governor’s Decision Wui Received. When the news of the commutation of the sentence of Fielden and Schwab was received at the jail there was an extraordinarv scene of activity. The news was sent to the relatives of all the condemned men, and in a short time they began to arrive at the jail. The first of the women to come was Mrs. Schwab. Soon after Schwab was brought from his cell to the main office. His wife quickly advanced to him and, throwing her arms about his neck, burst into tears. Schwab returned the embrace in a calm maimer and soon the two were chatting quietly together. After this Spies and Fischer were brought from their cells and taken to the jail library. Engel was brought to the private office of Mr. kola. Thi3 was done for the purpose of allowing the relatives to take their last interviews. The'first of the women to arrive after Mrs. Schwab was Miss Engel, the daughter of the condemned anarchist. When the two met in the private -office there was an outburst of grief which it is impossible to describe.' Father and daughter dung to each other and sobbed convulsively. Their conversation was in German, and was listened to only by Deputy Olesen. Then came Mrs. Spies, the mother of August. She had been wating outside for an hour and a’half. Her sobs could be beard through the corridors of the

ADOLPH FISCHER.

.building. She.' didx-otustay long irr the library with her son, and on her exit from the jail, Mrs. “Fischer was admitted, She wen t into the library and her lamentationsw ere heart! above the tramp of the deputies who swarmed about the place. But the crowning scene of all was the visit of ./Nina Van Arndt, the, proxy wife of Spies. She was conducted to the library by Deputy Oleson. As she walked through the main office she betrayed no emotion. The moment at which she saw August, however,completely changed her demeanor. There was a lob,k, then a gasp, and in a thrice they were in each others arms. A bevy of curious reporters and officers crowded up to the door of the library, but it was quickly shut by the deputy. The interview between the prisoner and his devotee lasted nearly half an hour. What actually transpired will never be known to the world, but it was sufficient to bring a glimering tear to the eyes of the old deputy. In half an hour the lovers had parted and the excitement of the entrance of Nina had passed, BIOGRAPHICAL. Albert R. Parsons, the only one who can be strictly called an American, was a native of Texas. He was a printer. He lived in Chicago for fourteen years. Of the two his wife was much the most bloodthirsty. Bamnel Fielden (commuted) is an Englishman, coming to America m 1866, and to Chicago in 1860. August Bpies was a German, coming to America in 1871". George Bn gel was, also, a native of Germany, and came to America in 1872. Michael Schwab (commuted) is a Bavarian. He oame to . America in 1879. Louis Lingg was only 24 years old, and was a native of Germany. He had been in America fnnr years. Adolpfr Fischer, German, had been in this country 16 years. Oscar W. Neebe, sentenced to the penitentiaYork in 1850, of German parentage.

LOUIS LINGG’S DEATH.

Anarchist Linn Blows HU Hoad to Plea** With a Fulminating Cay. Louis Lingg, ‘the bomb mak * and condemned Anarchist, attempte .ticide in his cell in thq Chicago jail, Thursday, in a peculiarly horrifying manner. He pint a fulminating cap in his mouth and lit it with a candle which was burning in hie cell.

The explosion was the first warning the jail people had, the guard Beeing him with the candle in bis hand supposed that he was lighting a cigar. Immediately after the explosion Deputy O’Neil rushed into Lingg’s cell which was completely enveloped in arnoki . There he found the young anarchist lying on his back with great holes in his head from which the blood was rußhing in torrents. He was at once carried into the jail office and placed on a table. He was still breathing faintly, and .while Dr. Gray was examining his wounds,he coughed slightly, and the blood poured forth again from his terrible wounds and from his mouth and nose. At a later hour the physician made a further examination and found that the tissues of the throat, the neck and the front of toe jaw had been torn. away. He administered stimulants, but they failed to rouse the man. j_’ Lingg died ai 3 o’clock of his wounds. Tne scene in Lingg’s cell after the explcsion was ghastly. Teeth, bits of jaw bone, shreds of flesh and blood were scattered all over the narrow compartment. A little trial of blood marked the way over the stone flagging to the room where Lingg was carried. Within fifteen minutes alter the explosion, Fischer, Parsons and Engel were taken from their cells and searched in the jailer’s private office. All their clothing was taken from them and new suits, made bv the sheriff’s orders, were given then. All day Wednesday it was thought that Lingg acted differently from usual Tuesday night he gave out his “farewell address,” which was written for the Alarm, Parson’s old paper * In it he recited at length his old grievances. When the explosion occurred, all the anarchist prisoners were on their feet in an instant, and every one of them, looked stunned and frightened. Jailer Folz at once gave orders to have every one of the other cells searched, and Parson’s was the first one. A descent was made upon the cell. The deputies entered biß cell, took him by the wrists and shoulders and led him to Jailer Folios private office. There he was detained until his cell was thoroughly searched and nothing found. The ek-editor of the Alarm shivered with mingled excitement, fear and curiosity. Hie face was white and his eyes looked ready to start from their sockets. He was in hip shirt an<Ttrousers, and a wide felt hat shaded his face, He looked as if he would have given worlds to know what had happened, but no information was vouchsafed to him. How he secured the cap with which the deed was committed i® a mystery, as hie cell and clothing were Jjsgain thoroughly searched Wednesday, and, te all appearances, the guards that sit in front ol Mis cell have watched him every minute and vat, the ®hell. was so small as to have allowed the smuggling of it into the jail without trouble. Lmggba® always been regarded es the most desperate anarchist of the lot. It wa3 he who manufaetnred the bombs for the Havmarket riot# and in whose cell the bombs were found last Sunday. Jailer Folz made an examination of the cell. On the floor he found the shell of a fulminating cap. The sheriff said there bad undoubtedly been dynamite in it. The explosion was terrific. It 'startled the official, who though’ it was a bomb, the noise was so great. O’Neil, one of the two guards who remain on duty before Lingg’s cell throughout the day, declared that, Lingg was the'coolest man in Cook county jail. He was very pale, but his appetite was good and he slept well.

THE HAYMARKET RIOT.

Evonta Directly Leading lu K—The Airlul “""STutiKhter amt tlie Trial. For months before the first of May, 1886, the labor agitators of the country had been busy/urging the adoption of tke eight-hour* law. The Ist of May had been set by them sos concerted action to compel employers to come to their terms. The agitation had been very active in Chicago, arid a general feeling of unrest prevailed. When the first of May arrived, many shops were closed, and-, in many other.-, the mein streek, ana all socalled workingmen were out of employ meut in many parts of the city. On :he afternoon of May S the men employed in McCormick’s reaper factory, in the South western psy/t of the city-, most of whom were not mqiribers of any of the trades-unions, were set upon by a large body of strikers as they were leav ing the shops, and a lively and bloody "Skirmish ensued. The police, who were on the aiert, hurried to the scene, and with clubs and revolvers soon put the strikers to rout, several Of them being Very dangerously wounded. That night a circular headed “Revenge,” calling upon the workingmen of all classes to arm and resist the bloodhoundfc’of the law, and also called a meeting of workmen in Haymarket square, less than one block distant from the Desplaines police station, was printed and circulated by men on horseback in all the parts of the city. Copies of it were printed in the morning papers of May 4, and added to the general feeling of alarm. On the evening of May 4 an immense crowd assembled, pursuant to the call, at the -Haymarket. Addresses were made by several speakers, among them August Spies, A. R. Parsons and Samuel Fielden, all ot whom spoke froma wagon standing near the sidewalk, opposite an alley in the rear of Crane Brothers’ manufacturing works. Shortly after 10 o’clock, detectives,who had been at the meeting in citizens clothes, reported to Inspector Bonfield, who was in command at the police Btation, that the speeches were becoming more violent; and the inspector resolved to disperse the meeting. He accordingly called out the large force of policemen which had been kept waiting at the Desplaines street 'Btation, marched, down on the crowd and called upon it in the name of thelaw to oisperse. The police had proceeded almost to the wagon, where Fielden was then speaking, calling upon hiß hearers to throttle the law, when from the direction of the alley a leaden bomhwas throWninto tfae closed ranks of the policemen, and exploded with

terrific farce mortally or dangerously wounding sixty-eight officers. The shattered ranks closed up immediately, and with their revolvers and clubs the officers soon put the crowd to flight. The wounded were gathered up and taken to the station. On the way Officer Matthias Degan, who had been hit in the side with a large piece of the shell, died. The other officers were taken to the county hospital, where, within the succeeding ten days, six more died. The others all subsequently recovered. On the day following, the police were busy making arrests. All the more vio lent agitators were sought out and taken into custody. v pies had been the editor of an anarchist paper. Parsons was the editor of the Alarm, another anarchist paper. These men were fonnd in their offices and taken into custody, together with Michael Schwab, a sub-editor of the Arbeiter Zeitung, Spies’s paper, and Adolpb Fischer, foreman of the news room. On searching the office, the officers found considerable quantities of dynamite in various forms, and it was taken, together with the pris, oners,to the Centra) police station, whorthey were locked up. Later in the daye Samuel Fieldenr, who is a teamster, was found at his home with a bullet wound in his leg, which he had received the night before. One other prisoner was taken, and, for some reason never yet explained, was allowed to* go. His name was Rudolph Schnaubelt, a brother-in law ot Schwab, and on the trial it was proven that he was the man who threw the bomb. Since that time he has been a fugitive from justice and has been heard of from time to time in various countries, though officers and others who have been on his track have never yet been able to over take him. Some days later old man Engel, who was known to have been an ardent sympathizer with the anarchists in their doctrines, was taken into custody, although vigorously protesting his innocence, and in the course of three or four weeks Louis Lingg was surprised jnhis own room, on Ambrose street, engaged in the very act of making bombs. The trial of these seven men, indicted for the murder of Matthias J. Degan, began June 21, before Judge Gary. Three weeks were consumed in getting a jury, as under the Illinois law twenty' challenges are alTdwed’for each defendant, making a total of 140. These were all exhausted before the last juror was obtained, as it was evidently the pose of the defense that they should be, and the last two jurors were selected without the right of peremptory challenge. The theory of the prosecution was that a conspiraby had been formed to wreak vengeance upon the police, and that it had been completed at the meeting of the anarchist groups held in Zi ph’s hall, on West Randolph Btreet, on Monday night, after the riot at McCormick’s reaper factory; that the “Revenge” circular was issued after that meeting was broke up; that Ling had

previously made the bombs; and that several men that he selected there were to provide themselves with a sufficient supply of the missiles and hurl them at the police in case they should attempt to disperse the meeting the following evening. It was » clearly shown that Lingg had for a long time been engaged in the manu ufaeture o< dynamite bombs of various kinds; that on Tuesday night, before the gathering in the Haymarket, he took a number of these in a satchel, and in company with one or two other persons, one of whom was Engel, took them to a place on Clybotirn avenue, more than two miles from the Haymarket, arid left them in a hallway; that several people subsequently called and helped themeeives to the contents of the satchel and went their several ways. It was shown also from a chemical analysis of portions of the bomb that were taken from tne bodies of the wounded officers that its shell was composed of identically the same material an that of the bombs "captured in Lingg’s room. One witness swore positively that he saw Spies light the bomb, and another man, whose photograph he identified, threiw it. The photograph was that of Schnanbelt. The case was given to the jury on August 20, the six ietli day of the trial. The jury retired at 2:30 o’c« ek and reached its verdict at, 10 o’clock in the evening: The verdict found Spies, Schwab, Fielden, Parpons, \ Fischer. Engel and Lingg guilty of murder, and fixed the penalty at death. An eighth defender);! named Oscar Neebe, Who had been active as an agitator, bai whose connection with the conspiracy bad not been positively proved, was also found guilty and sentenced to the penitentirry for fifteen years. Liter events are so familiar to the public blind that wq do not repeat them here

EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY.

Governor Og-ifsby Cnmuiutfs the Sentence in the Ouse of Fielden and Schwab. The following is the Governor’s decision in full in the Anarchist esse: State of Illinois, ~) Executive Office, Springfield. Ill:, V' November 10, 1887. J On the 20th dry of August, 1886, in the Cook County Criminal Court, August Spies, .Albert R. Parsons, Samuel Fielden.Miobatl SchwsbAdolph Fischer, George Engel aud Louts Lingg were found guilty by the verdict of the jury and afterward were sentenced to be banged for the murder of Matthias J. Began. An appeal was taken for such finding and sentence to the Supreme Court of the State. That court,'upon a final hearing, and after mature deliberation, unanimouslv affirmed the judgment of the coart below. The ca*e now eomes before me by pet* tiou of the defendants for consideration as Got emorof the State. If the lowers of Albert Parsohs, Adolph Fischer, George Engel, and Louis Lingg, demanding ' unconditional release,' 1 or as they express it ''liberty ordeath,” and protesting in the strongest language against mercy or eommutation of sentence pronounced against them can ,be considered petitions, a pardon could It be granted, which imply any guilt’ whateTer upon the Dirt of either of them, would not be such a as they demand. Executive intervention upon the grounds insisted upon by the four above named persons, could in no proper sense be deenSed an exercise of the constitutional power to grant reprieves, commutation and pardons unless based upon the belief on my part of their entire innocense of the crime on which they stand convicted. v A careful consideration of the evidence in the record of the trial of the parties, as well as of all alleged and claimed for them outside of the record, has fated to produae upon mv mind any impression tending to impeach the'verdict of the jury o r the judgment of the trial court or of the Supreme Court affirming the guilt of all these parties. Satisfied, therefore, as I am of their guilt, I am precluded from considering the question of commutation of the sentence* of Albert R. Parsons, Adolph Fischer, George Engel and Louis Lingg to Imprisonment in the penetentiary. as they emphatically declare they will not accept such commutation. Samuel Fielden, Michael 8 hwab and August Spies unite in a petition for “exeutive clemency;” Fielden and Schwab, in addition, present seperete an supplementary petinms for the eommutation . f their sentences. While, as said above,l am satisfied ol the guilt of all the parties, as found by The verdict of the jury, which was •stained by the judgments of the courts, a most careful consideration of the whole subject leads me to the conclusion that the sentence of the law as so gamtiel Ffclden and - Sellwab,~ may be modified aa to each of them in the in-

t®re«t of humanity and without doing violence to public Justice. And as to the said flamu el Fielden and Michael Schwab the sentence 1® commuted toimpriaonaaent In the renitentlarr foi life. As to all the other named defendant®. I do not feel justified In Interfering with the aentance of the court. While t would gladly have come to a different conclusion in regard to the aentence of defendants August Spies, Adolph Fisher, George Engel, Albert R Parsdns and Louis Lingg, I regret to say that under the solemn sense of the obligation of ay offloe, I have beea unable to do so. Rich AMD J. Oeusar Hsrsrnor

SPIES'S LAST APPEAL.

He Rapreasr* » Willingness to Din lor the , Good of the Cans*. Spies’s appeal to the fl-overnor for executive clemency, made at the last moment almost, is somewhat remarkable and is appended: Cwsieo, Nov. «, 1887. fiov. R. J. Oglesby, “Springfield, 11l : Sir-The fact that some of us;have appealed to you for justice, under the pardoning prerogative, while others have not, should not enter into consideration in the decision of our wise. Some of my friends have asked yon for an absolute pardon. They feel the injustice dona them so In tensely that they cannot reconcile the idea of a commutation of the sentence with the consciousness of innonenee. The others, (among them myself] while jkis- eased of the same feeling of indignation, can, perhaps, more calmly and dispassionately look upon the. matter as it stands. They du not disregard the fact that through a systematic course of lying, distorting, inventing and slandering, the press has sucee ded in creating a sentiment of bitterness and hatred among a great portion ok the populace that one man, no matter how powerful, how courageous and just he lie, ho can uot possibly overcome. They hold that to overcome that sentiment or influence would almost bo an impossibility. Not wishing, therefore, to place your Excellency inastlll more embarrassing osition between the blind fanati- I cisrn of a misinformed public on one hand and justice on the other, they could do to submit the ease to you unconditionally. I implore you not to Ist this difference of action have anv weight with you in determining our fat®. During onr trial the detdr® of the prosecution to slaughter me and let off my eo-def®nd®nt® with milder punishment was quite apparent and n. ,ife®t, It seemed to me then,and to a great many others, that the prosecution Would be satisfied with one life. Btate’s Attorney Ortnnell, in his argument, intimated this very plainly. I care not to protest my innocence of any crime, and of the one I am accused in particular. I hav® done that, and leave the rest to the judgment of history. But to you-1 wish to address myself now, as the alleged arch-conspirator (leaving the fact that I never have belonged to anv kind of conspiracy out of the question altogether.) If a sacrifice of life there must be, will not my life suffice. The States Attorney of Cook county asked for no more Take this, then—take my life. I offer it to you that you may satisfy a semi-barbaric mob, and save those of my comrades. 1 know that everyone of inv comrades are as willing to die, and perhaps more so, than I am. It is not for their sake that I make this proffer, but in the name of humanity and progress, in the interest of a peaceable,if possible, development of the social forces that are destined to lift our race upon a higher and better plane of civilization. In the name of the traditions of our country, L beg you to prevent a seven-fold murder of men whose only crime is that they are idealists: that they long {ora better future for all. If legal murder there mus®

be, let one, let mine suffice.

The report of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue for the year ending last June shows the aggregate collections in Indiana districts to be as follows: Sixth district, Wm. D. H. Hunter, collector, $2,880,505; seventh district, Thomas Hanlon, collector, $189,958; seventh district, M. Di Manson, collector, $978,975; eleventh district, J. 0. Henderson, collector, $261,796 During the year/there, Were reported from the three Indiana districts 496 cigar makers’ accounts, showing that 964,482 pounds of tobacco were manufactured, making 42,701,500 cigars. There are fifteen cigar factories in Indiana, and last year they consumed 49,238 pounds of leaf tobacco, 11,471 pounds of scraps, 1,156 pounds oi licorice, 1,161 pounds of sugar, and 833 pounds of other ow-rials—in all, 68 409 pounds. The account of *ohacc .i man# factured in Indiana is as follows: Plug, 6,284 pounds; smoking, 81,679 pounds; snuff, 28,422 pounds; t0ta1,51,885 pounds. There were 28 120 licenses issued for liquor dealers, during the year, as follows: Rectifiers. 16; retail liquor dealers, 61; brewers, 55; retail dealer* in malt liquors, 172; wholesale dealers in malt liquors, 102. Indiana has 12 grain distilleries registered, bus only 9 were operated. She also ha 355 fruit distilleries registered; of which ail but 1 were operated. These rectified 778,842 gallons of spirits.

On the docket of the federal court the conspiracy cases are marked as “unasr signed,” and no steps have been taken looking toward a new trial of them. District Attorney .Sellers says he has some new evidence in his possession which will he especially damaging to some of the defendants, who were heretofore only regarded as technically guilty. Among the federal court officials there is understood to be a variety of opinions regarding these cases. Some of them regard it useless to try th«m again, believing there is no hope of a conviction, and others are inclined to pusii them. Judge Woods is understood to be anxious that they shall be finally disposed of in some way. They have already cost-the Government about $6,000. “ “ l

THE MARKETS.

indiakapous November 15,1887 GRAIN. Wheat. No. 2 Med... 75% I Corn, No. 2 White 18 No. 2 Med... 7 i j No. 2 Yellow, 13 No. 2 Red... 71% | Oats, No. 2 White.... 2914 Wagon wheat 78 I Rye 50 live stock. Cattka—Extra choice steers. 1 ..4 50a4.70 Good to choice Rteers ....”.4.00a4.5i Extra choice heifeis 8.00*3.25 > Good to choice heifers. ......2.75*3.98 Good to choice cows 2.25*188 Hogs—Heavy paekiug and shipping 1.70*4.7? Light and mixed packing Aiaa4 S 5 Piffs and heavy roughs.. . 3.75*4.25 Stump -Extra choice .......... 3.25aJ.M Gopd to choice . 3.00a8 26 \ BOGS, BUTTER, POULTBY. ®K»- \. ..18c I Poultry, hens per lb 5% Butter, creamery.„2ic I Roosters 8c fancy country..._l2c f TUrkeys.. “ choice country...loc | Cincinnati - Family flomi, 3.10a8. SO; wheat, 76 com, 46%; oats, 28%: rye, ■’s; pork, 12.80; lard 6.40: short ribe. '<■, butter, creamery, 28*21 MLSC’E: .LANEOUS. Wool—Fine merino, tub washed ._3Baioe “dounwashed, med ....Ha2sc “ “ very coarse.. ;....20a23c Hay .choice timothy i;Wj Sugar cured hamllallc Bran . ~13.00 ! Bacon clear sides .9c Flour, patent... L40at.65 | Feathers, prime gooselS Extra fancy 3.65a390 I Clover seed 400 Tallow, 3a3%; Hides, No, 1 cured, 7%a7%; Sheep skins, 25a- 0c; Beans, 2 25a2.75; Beeswax, 18a20e: Apples, 150a1.75 per bbl; Potatoes, 7aaßo per ba: Onions, 2.50*3.00 per bbl. Chicago. .. -A Wheat (Oct.), 78% I P0rk..... is go Com laird 6.U9 Oats 9%j Ribs,. CATna—Beeves i.00a1.90 I Hogs—Light... 4.20*4.5* \ Cows. L>sal2S I Rough pack !.30*4.45 Stockers....l.lOat.OO Mixed necking 2k ship ?beep..... ... 2.50*3.10 | 1 .._.4.ATaA& „ ■ | Timothy 5eed„,......a.» y. or . k —Wheat,JH ■ com, 68; oats, 38*10, Aamiavuile— Wheat, 76; com, 44; oats, 28%.

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