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VOL. XIX.
BEFORE THE HM.
Louis Lingg, One cf the Chicago
Anarchists,
MEETS HIS DEATH BY HIS OWN HAND.
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Mrs. Parsons Takes Final Leave
of Her Husband.
STRENGTHENING THE JAIL GALLOWS,
Upon Which the Italian Murder
ers Were Hung.
FIELDEN AND SCHWABB COMMUTED.
Chicago, November 7. —Not the least re
markable phase o£ the bomb discovery is that
it camo about from the fact that Anarchist
George Engel, attempted suicide Saturday
flight by taking an ounce of laudanum at about
3.1:20 o'clock. Emil Zoener, who is on the
night death-watch, passed Engel’s cell and was
attracted by groans coining from within. On
Stopping to inquire the cause he found Engel
breathing heavily and lying prostrate on his
back He called him by name, but received
®o answer, and on opening the cell door dis
covered that the man was unconscious and suf
fering from the effects of some stupefying
drug. After repeated attempts he awoke the
sleeping man. Zoener became alarmed and
decided to call in Dr. Gray from the insane
ward in the same building. Dr. Gray Was sent
for immediately. On going to Engel’s cell,the
doctor soon discovered Engel suffering from
poison, his eyes dilated; and rolling spasmodi
cally.
' Dr. Gray at once commenced active work on
his patient. As soon as Engel came to his
senses he raved and cursed at being disturbed
in his sleep, and asked the reason of his being
awakened. He protested that he had only
drank a little whisky, apd was all righ.t.- His
s.* subsequent- events sbowel that
Angei was OTnbcratoiy lying, and that in the
face of death. He was at once forced to take
emetics and kept constantly walking for an
hour, until all danger had passed. From that
time on the surveillance over him was not re
laxed for an instant.
The attempted suicide of Engel is what led
to a search of the cells in the morning. Be
sides the discovery of explosives among the
effects of Lingg, there was found, in Engel's
cell, the bottle from which he had taken the
laudanum. It was concealed in the urinal.
Three or four drops of laudanum still remain
ed in the bottle, and Engel was confronted
with the evidence of his intended suicide. He
continued to deny, but at last sullenly admitted
the truth of the accusation. He hail preferred
death by his own hand, he said, to any carry
ing out of the sentence under the law.
The scheme to furnish Lingg with the bombs
Which were discovered in his cell yesterday,
was evidently carefully thought out by some of
his copartners in crime on the outside*. Several
days ago, a fancy soap box was brought to the
jail, and just now in the heat of excitement,
tin o tieials say they cannot remember who did
it. Taey may know who it was, but if they do,
will not say so until they have made some
arrests. The box was a harmless looking affair,
and it was handled by a deputy in the rough
manner jail officials usually do those things.
A hasty examination disclosed the fact that to
all appearances it contained nothing more than
a few delicacies, for which such a ‘'human
tiger 1 ' as Lingg, has an appetite. Had the
police and deputies known that there were
Bombs lying around loose in such close
proximity they would not have felt so easy, but
they were in ignorance ofjany danger and they
would probably have continued so, had it not
been for the raid on Lingg’s cell. It was
then that the insignificant looking soap box
was found to have a false bottom, and it was
underneath it that the four bombs had been
smuggled into the jail.
- Mayor Iloche and Sheriff Watson spent
sometime last evening examining the windows
and doors of the criminal court building, and
as a result of their investigation the outside
iron shutters were ordered closed ami barred.
The heavy iron doors at Miceigan street en
trance were closed and securely fastened with I
shackles, and every caution taken to preclude i
the possibility of an outside attack.
In regard to yesterday’s discovery of the I
Bombs in the county jail and Lingg, Judge [
Gary said concerning the latter:
‘Tie is generally looked upon as the most I
desperate of the condemned men, and undoubt
edly lie intended to blow up the building and
kill as many people as possible. The fact that '
lie had armed himself with four of the deadly ;
weapons, would seem to indicate that he was I
determined to do as much damage as he could, i
I suppose this will teqd to alarm tiie people, j
and will create a most decided sensation. 1 |
am not worrying over my prospects.
“I expect to live awhile anyhow. One of |
my neighbors is afraid her windows will be ;
broken when my house is blown up. I feel [
sorry for her, and shall try to bold down my |
Louie in order to save her windows. I hate ;
to have my friends suffer on my account.”
The sheriff was a busy man to-day. No ■
sooner had he reached the office in the morn- j
ing than his office was invaded by men who j
had been waiting to see linn. - Some were anx- |
lons to learn if the story of bombs being '
found was true, and when they were assured 1
that it was, they all had good advice to give I
(him. The sheriff said finally:
■ ‘‘l might as well tell you that it is known '
to be dynamite. Captain Schaak opened one >
of the boombs last night, and took out a small
portion of its contents. He exploded it, and
found it to be very powerful. An analysis j
ds being made and I expect to receive a report
of this to-day. When it is secured, I will not
hesitate to make it public.”
.Tail officials here say there is some reason to
believe that the pieces of gas pipe of which
J.iugg's bombs were made were given to I‘ar
sons a long time ago to exercise with in place :
of dumb bells, for which he had asked. At
any rate, these pieces of pipe are missing from ,
Parsons's cell, and the theory is that they are '
the same pieces of vNiich Lingg made tho
bombs.
Just before noon today Anarchist Engel was
■visited by Dr, L. J. Gray, assistant county phy
sician, to whom the anarchist made a partial
confession of his attempted suicide. In addi
tion to swallowing lamianurn, Engel said he
took sixteen morphine pills Friday night. Dr. |
■Gray was amazed at this intelligence, but un- i
Wieratood why they proved ineffectual when '
Encei said he had had the pills ever since he
"♦as brought to jail. That was exactly eighteen j
I
i months yesterday, and long since then the pills
j ceased to have any active power. Engel said
he swallowed the sixteen pill -at a gulp late
Frjday night, end walked ins cell ali day Sat
urday, expecting at any moment to fall down.
, When it grew toward night ami the morphine
I had no effect, he resolved to take laudanum.
After his friends left in the evening he poured
i out six or seven teaspoons of the poison and
, tossed it off. Dr. Gray thinks the stuff was
j purchased at some cheap drugstore, and that
j in consequence it was adulterated and a very
I poor article of its kind. When lie found
' further concealment useless he told why he
wanted to die. ‘‘He'd rather die.’ he ‘said.
I ‘‘then go to tiie penitentiary for life, and he'd
| rather go off by tiie wav of poison than the
route ordered by law.’’ He didn't think he
I had bad a fair trial. The old man said ho had
I only made three speeches, and what he scem
i cd to regret w>st was that he had not made
thirty or tiffee hundred speeches when lie
! found lie was to be hanged for speechmaking
This afternoon W. M. Salter, who lias been
I working in company with H. D. Loyd, to se
' cure the signatures of prominent citizens to
, the request for a commutation of sentence
against the anarchists, asked Spies to say
■ plainly what lie. knew about the bombs found
; in l.ingg's cell yesterday. Spie- wrote the
following, and to it are appended the signa
tures of Fielden and Schawb. Further be
low is a statement by Fischer.
I t'mcaw , 111 , November7.—Mr. Salter: It isuse
i less for me and my friends to say that we had no
I knowledge'bf anything of the kind. No sane man
would have bombs in his cell or countenance anv
such thing in a cell. Think ol it—subject to search
at any moment and at all times. Tiie" iir.-t Intima
tion 1 received of the matter camo from Sheriff Mat
son last evening. I could not believe it at first, and
can hardly believe it now. I haven't
spokeft to Lingg for, 1 think, nine
months. I don't know much of him. but I
think lie is a monomaniac. I had only seen him
once or twice before we were put together and
charged with “conspiracy.” I don't believe that a
single one of the other prisoners had even as much
as suspicion, for otherwise they would undoubtedly
have reasoned tiie num out of his follv.
What use was he going to make'of the shells?
Throw them into the jail? What intention, what
object could there have been hi such an undertak
ing? I repeat, no sane man would be capable of such
a thing.
Lingg, as far as I can judge him. seeksto liemar
tyred and to l.e candid, would like the rest of us to
go with him. Idd lie put those histiumentsinto his
cell so that they might be found. That is the ques
tion I have been asking rnyielf. If he had them
there for any purpose this is the only one that loots
plausible to me. He wanted to die, thinking there
by to help the cause of labor. But he wanted us to
die also. Perhaps he thought the best and surest
way to bring th s about was to place a lew bombs in
his cell.
I have never met as peculiar a man as lie is in mv
lite, and for almost a year I have considered him a
monomaniac and I have had nothing to do with
him. You ask me to condemn his action. It is use
less to condemn tho aetton of an irresponsible man.
If any one holds us, or any one of us. responsible ibr
Lingg’s deeds, then I can’t say why we shouldn’t be
held responsible for any mischief, whatsoever, com
mitted in the world,’and it has actually come to
that. We are being made scapegoats for everything.
Very sincerely you: s. A.
In the above 1 concur fully.
Michael Schwab.
I also concur in the above statement.
S. Fielden.
Fischer wrote:
ldi n t know what to think or it. I cannot com
prehend that Lingg- Intended to take the life of the
jail officials, who in every- respect have treated us
very kindly. Neither do I believe Lingg wanted to
commit suicide, because lie possessed too much
courage. Tae whole allaii i-a puzzle to mi'. Mai
nly fate be what it may. 1 will be grateful to jail
official* for their kind treatment to the lust.
Springfield, HL, November 7.—Great ex
citement was occasioned here tonight by Hie
announcement that Colonel Everet, assistant
adjutant-general, was notified that the com
manders of two Springfield companies- of tho
Fifth regiment, state militia, must hold their
companies in readiness to assemble at
their armory for service. The signal for
assembling is to be three distinct
taps of the fire bells. Men in military uniform
are to be seen on tiie streets and when ques
tioned, all they can tell is that they have been
notified to be ready to respond to the signal.
It is not known, at this writing, what tho ob
ject of the order is, nor where troops are ex
pected to bo sent.
New York, November 7.—The leading topic
of conversation among anarchist leaders in this
city today was the report of the finding of
bombs in the cell of the condemned anarchist,
Lingg. All of the leaders agreed that it was a
]ob put up by the police, and when talking
about it they grew; greatly excited. Herr Most
was seen at Ids office. He denounced the po
lice as .cut throats, thieves and murderers, and
claimed that they had placed the bombs in
Lingg’s cell for the purpose of influencing pub
lic opinion against tiie condemned men.
Chicago, November 8. —The dark-skinned
wife of Anarchist Parsons lias at last aban
doned hope. Last evening she said:
“My husband is dead to me, ami I return
homo to my children to mourn for him. I
spoke good-bye to him for the last time this
afternoon, for I never will cross the threshold
of the jail again to be insulted and humiliated.
Other women can go there and grovel before
the men who turned us out this afternoon, but
I will never go until 1 sit at the side of my
husband and talk with him without an infa
mous guard at my side. I want to live with
tho picture of my husband in the dungeon ever
before my eye. That will give me strength to
bring up two revolutionists.”
Miss VanZandt and Mrs. Fischer were the
only visitors at tho jail, except Bev. W. 11.
; Bolton, of the Methodist church. Miss Van- j
Zandt talked witli Spies three or four minutes
I with a bailiff within hearing distance.
“He is like a caged tiger,” said Sheriff Mat
| son, when Lingg was taken from his cell to
i give tiie bailin a chance to search it. Two
i deputies watched him as he strode up and down
examining the cage with a nervous movement.
. Tiie jailer took two clocks from the cell, tiie
i only pieces of metal left to him.
Eight baskets of grapes were brought to jail.
I Nothing edible is allowed to go to the prisoners
’ from tiie outside for fear of poison being con
i veyed to them. The grapes were sent by John
I Brown, Jr., and were given to the wives and
I friends of the prisoners.
I Anarchist Louis Lingg was visited in the
j county jail by Attorney Seastcr this afternoon,
> at the request of Captain Black, for the pur
j pose of obtaining from him a statement in re-
I gard to tiie bombs which were found in his
I e 11 last Sunday. Lingg emphatically denied, I
; in German, that he had anj’ knowledge of the
: bombs, And then continuing, said :
“1 have and still do refuse to sign any peti
; lion to the governor asking for a commuta-
I lion of my sentence. I and a few others will
I surely swing, but I will not make a statement
j lor the benefit of those who have signed the
[ petition. I hato them for the course they
| have taken, and would not even lift one
of my fingers to save them if I could.”
Then, for the last time, Captain Black
visited Panons, Fischer and Engel in tho pres
ence of Jailer Folz for the purpose of inducing
j them to sign a petition to Governor Oglesby j
asking for mercy. It was ail without avail,
i Parsons voicing’ their determination by the 1
words:
“If the state can afford to put mo to death,
I can afford to die.”
Chicago, November 9.—The Tribune this
: morning says tlut Judge Gary has written a
statement on behalf of the state that will un
, doubtedly result in saving Fielden from the ;
gallows. Tho statement relates to none of the
; other prisoners and cannot possibly affect their
fate one wav or another. The judge was asked if
ho would give a copy of it or make statement
as to what the points enumerated were, but lie ■
. declin'd.
“'J he statement is in tiie hands of Fielden's
friends,” he said: “and I do not know what j
i their wishes are in ti e matter, so I do not feel
at liberty to say anything about it.”
"Does it contain any request that the gover
nor commute Fielden's sentence?”
j “It contains no request at all. I simply de- j
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY,* NOVEMBER 15,1887
tailed some points in his case, and said that, in
my opinion, they might justify a favorable
consideration of his petition.”
“The points are:’’
State’s Attorney Grinnell was told what
Judge Gary had said, and asked if ho had
done anything of a similar nature.
“I indorsed Judge Gary’s statement in
Fielden’s case,” he said, "and also added a
few points that occurred to me.”
“Did you write any statements or opinion
for any of the others?”
“I made a plain statements of facts in re
gard to Schwab that I thought tiie governor
ought to know, but I made no suggestions
whatever. Merely a statement of facts.”
“.Ami the others'.’”
“I have written nothing in regard to their
cases, nor will I. I did not deem it policy for
tho stale, and refused to do anything.”
“Did you send j our statements to the gov
ernor by mail ?”
“No; they are in the hands of the prisoners'
friends.”
Mr. Buchanan, who made an estimate of all
the petitions sent from ail parts of tiie country
says that there are eleven miles of names
begging for clemency. A delegation of labor
people from New York consists of J. E. Quinn.
Samuel Gempers. L. J. Terrell and Edward
King. It is claimed that they alone have peti
tions with 100,000 names attached.
Black began by reading the general petition
which had been signed by the mon themselves,
and when he closed,he said:
“This has been signed by Michael Schwab,
Samuel Fielden and August Spies. The rea
son that the accused Parsons, Fischer, Engel
and Lingg did not append their mimes to this
paper was because they claimed that they had
forwarded to your excellency their autograph
letters did not think it necessary to sign
Captain Black presented an affidavit from
Otis 8. Favor, a business man of Chicago,
tending to show that the jury which tried
the anarchists had been deliberately packed
against them by a bailiff.
Mr. George Schilling and Mr. L. S. Oliver
carried a trunk containing tiie petitions in
front of the governor. Taking out a largo pile,
Mr. Oliver said:
“The petitions contain the names of sixty
thousand people, living in Chicago.”
Tiie executive requested an affidavit to that
effect, and Mr. Oliver replied:
“It will be presented later.”
A telling point of the mercy-seekcrs was
made in the. afternoon, almost at tiie very
outset. William Urban, representing the
Central Labor Union of Chicago, over 10,0t>0
workingmen, was at tiie moment addressing
the governor. The shooting of Begley by tho
Pinkerton men at the stockyards,
was instanced by Urban as a
case where murder was committed
by a member of a well-known organization—
the Pinkerton Agency—in the employ o! an
other well-known organization—the Packer's
Union—and tiie controlling spirits of the or
ganization, were not held responsible for tiie
crime of an individunl member.
THE ARIIBITER-ZBITUNG'S ADVICE.
Chicago, Ills., November 9.—The Ai-boiter-
Zeitung, to-day, in a long article about the
condemned men says:
Should there be any plans for disturbance during
the probable murder of our condemned men, wo
hereby request the respective persons, not onlv in
cur own mime, but in tiie name of Mrs. P.i.kon.s.
who has given up her husband for lost, ano taken
leave of him forever, that they may desist from
cm-ying them out. When the trap with our mar
tyrs drop, that sound shall be hoard thro igh
out the wide land, free from alloy with
anything else. The people of murderers, the great
majority of whom, even now, stand by in dumb,
stupid apathy and listen to the money rubble say
ing: ‘ Tueir blood conic, upon us and our children.' 1
This people of murderers shall be brought to an un
derstanding of what it is doing in murdering ours
and its best mei* 'Whoever wants to show, on
Frid.-y, t! at lie looks upon the strangling of
our condemned men as a murder, a murder for
robbery, committed by robbere upon the defen dors of
their victims; let him do as, according to ibeßiblii al
legend, the children ol Israel did when the angel of
death went through Egypt—let them go; and, by
c rape on their doors, indicate how they feel. Let
everybody remain at home oa Friday. May tiie
metropolis, in sombre silence, contemplate the work
which its rulers propose to do; may it be so still
that even those who. at the order of the societies
should try to make disturbance, may not dare do so
Among the petitions presented to the gov
ernor this afternoon was tho follow ing:
To ids Excellency, Richard J. Ogl csl,y—Bear sir;
As supplemental to the petition hereiolbre signed by
me, 1 desire to say that I realize that manv utter
ances of mine in connection with the labor agitation
of the past, expressions made under intens? excite
ment and often without any deliberation, were in
judicious and immature. These 1 regret, believing
thutltliey must have hud the tendency toexcite to un
necessary violence oftentimes. I protest again that
I had no thought or purpose of violence in connec
tion with the Haymarket meeting. J did not attend
and I have always deplored the result oftluit meet
ing. Respectfully. Mic haki. Schwab,
At 2:40 o’clock, this afternoon, the following
telegram was received by Parsons in jail:
“Sign immediately tiie jietitiou I have prepared
for you and get Engel and Fischer to sign it. Every
thing may depend upon this—your lives and others
—tiie public, For God's sake sign, and wire me at
once. “W. I*. Black.”
Parsons at once declared the communication
to be a fraud, as did also Fischer, but Engel
said lie would sign if the others did. The dis
patch was dated Springfield, and was filed at 2
o'clock, p. m.
Bread dealers on the north side have request
ed their customers to buy enough bread to
morrow to last them until Saturday. This is
because tho German bakers refuse to work the
day of the execution,and arq going to make it a
holiday in accordance witli a resolution adopt
ed by tho Central Labor union at their last
meeting.
San Fhanctsco, November 9.—The follow
ing telegram was sent to governor Oglesby to
day: The American Alliance, with it mem
bership of three thousand, representing Amer
ican sentement of tiie Pacific coast, implores
you to let the law take its course as regards
the Chicago anarchists convicted of murder.
Chicago, November 10.—Louis Linug, ono
of tiie seven condemned anarchists in tiie
Chicago jail, ended his life this morning by
means of a fulminating cap. He had tiie case
in his mouth and lit it with a candle which
was burning in his cell. The explosion was
tho first warning that the jail people had, the
guard seeing him with tiie caudle in his hand
supposing that he was lighting a cigar. From
the effects of the explosion half his head was
torn away.
Immediately after the explosion Deputy
O’Neil rushed into Linng's cell, which was
completely enveloped in smoke. There he
found the young anarchist lying on his back
with great holos in his head from which tho
blood was rushing 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 him ho
coughed slightly and blood poured forth again
from his terrible wounds and from his mouth
and nose.
After awhile Jailer-Folz made an examina
tion of the cell. On the floor he found the
shell of a fulminating case. Tiie sheriff said
there had undoubtedly been dynamite in it.
Tiie supposition that tiie man put tiie Shell in
hi-i mouth and deliberately applied a candle
flame is undoubtedly correct. The exjdosion
was terrific. It startled the officials, who
thought it was a bomb, tiie noise was so great.
The shell was so-small as to have allowed tho
smuggling of it into jail without trouble.
At 10:15 Dr. Gray made a further examina- ■
ti< n and found that tissues of the throat, neck
and front of the jaw had been tom away. He |
administered stimulants, but they failed to i
rouse the man.
Ho-.v the dynamite was smuggled into the I
cell is not know n. but it is generally believed !
that there is a traitor among the death watch i
who gave him the d windle and cap. This is '
the theory at the sheriff s office. ■ |
The scene in Lingg’s cell after the explosion >
wa, ghastly. Teeei. bits of jaw -ime, shreds.
of flesh and blood were scattered all over tho
| narrow compartment. A little trail of blood
i marked die way over the stone flagging to the
: room where Li was carried. Within fif
teen minutes after die explosion Fischer, Par
dons an.: Engel were taken from their cells
and soareheu in the jailer’s private office. Ail
their clothing was taken from them and new
Suits, made by the sheriff's orders, were
given them. SheriiY Matson says 1 .inrjg
was stripped and carefully ‘ searched
The explosion in Lingg’s cell created a de
cided sensation in jail. All the prisoners, over
two hundred, heard the report. Jailor Folz
was the one who carried tho news to the other
anarchists. Tho jailer approached Parson’s
cell.
“Lingg has killed himself,” said Mr. Folz.
“Groat God, is that so?’ exclaimed Parsons.
“Yes, it’s a fact,” was tho reply.
“Well, nty God,” exclaimed Parsons, “I
wish 1 had some dynamite. 1 would kill my
self only too quick.”
August Spivs was then informed of the trag
edy.
“I expected nothing else.” said Spies,
cjuiotly. “Ever since the finding of the bumb>
in his cell, last Sunday. 1 was satisfied that if
it were possible he would make away with
himself. For my own and my comrades
sakes, 1 am glad he is out of the way.”
According to Folz ali the remaining an
archists are completely down. They look on
the suicide of Lingg as placing him in the cat
egory of an extreme anarchist, which place
they do not wish tooccupy themselves. Schwab
became deeply depressed' - . He walked up and
down his cell with his head on his breast.
Engel and Fischer refusedlto talk to their
keeper, but wore evidently almost over
whelmed by the tragedy. While it is gener
ally thought around the jail now that Lingg
had all along determined on (‘tiding liis own
life in some tragic manner it is also believed
that for some reason or other he committed
the act sooner than he first intended. Tues
day, when Captain Black was leaving the
jail on his way to Springfield. Lingg called
him to the grating, opposite his cell, and in
broken English, asked him to see that he had
some clean linen sent him. and he was also
very particular that it should be arranged that
the messenger who brought him his clean
clothes should arrange to take away his soiled
things.
“All right; I’ll attend to it.” said Capfjin
Black. “What shall Ido for you at Spring
field ?”
Lingg shook his head and said, “Do not
forget the clothes.”
When the explosion occurred all the anar
chist prisoners were on their feet in an instant,
and (‘very one of them looked stunned and
frightened. Jailer Folz at once gave orders
to have every one of the other colls searched,
and Pabon’s was the fiist one a descent was
made upon. Deputies entered his cell, took
him by the wrists and shoulders and led him
to Jailer Folz’s private office. There he was
detained until his cell was thoroughly ’search
ed, and nothing was found. The ox-editor of
the Alarm shivered with excitement, fear ami
curiosity. His face was white and his eves
looked ready to start from their sockets. He
v. > in his shirt and trousers r.nd a wide felt
ha i shaded his face.
it is believed by some of the reporters that
something was found on Parsons, although
the jail officials deny this. Parsons was
given anew suit of clothes to put on and
taken to another cell, where he is now with
two deputies standing guard over him. One
of them stands at the back of the cell and
the other at the door. Tho other men ami
their cells were also searched, but nothing
found. When Engel was being searched ho
completely broke down and cried like a child.
Jailer Folz was asked this evening to ex
plain the way in which Lingg had kept his
dynamite cap from the eyes of his keepers.
Said he:
“Yon know that Lingg had a very bushy
head of hair. It is not without the bounds of
possibility that he placed the cap in his locks
and kept it there while we searched him last
Sunday. At that time ho was stripped com
pletely. My deputies searched his clothing
and could find nothing of a suspicious char
acter.”
Jailer Folz thus explains the manner in
which Lingg took his life. He said: Lingg,
in sonic way. became possessed of a dynamite
cap. This cap is between one and one-half
inches long. It is made of copper, and the
outer emi is plugged up with a
piece of lead. The copper for at
least half an inch is filled with dyna
mite. Then a small portion is filled with ful
minating powder. Into this powder runs a
fuse made of braided cloth. In my opinion
Lingg. while lying in bed, reached out his
hand, took from his table a lighted candle, then
placed the explosive in his mouth with the
fuse outward. This he placed to the candle
and his mortal wound followed. As soon as
the surgeon arrived he ordered Lingg taken to
another room. The ono selected was the bath
room of the jail.
The dying man was carried to this apartment
and placed on a hastily improvised table. By
ibis time three other physicians had arrived.
One dies .cd the torn flesh, another gave atten
tion to the tongue of the n ortally wound’ d
man. A portion of the tongue was left and
was attached to the palate. This fell back
into the throat, stopping Lingg’s breathing.
The physicians pulled this back and a string
was attached, which was he]<i by a deputy,
thus allowing respiration. While this was
going on another surgeon operated a deodorizer.
Another had a syringe in bis hands ami
frequently injected portions of br«an<ly ami
again doses of salt. Morphine injections were
also given. Lingg died at 2:50 p. m.
lingg’s strange actions.
All day yesterday it was thought: Lingg act
ed different ly from usual. Tuesday night ho
gave out his “farewell address” which was
written for the Alarm, Parson's old paper. In
it he recited at length his grievances and closed
as follows:
‘Now, with alast and earn ent farewell toall friends
and comrades, and with final wislx-s for their pros
pcrlty, 1 close, in the view of a certainty that Ihall
never have the chance of seeing you again, rny be
loved corn rad* s with an earnest and hearty wish for
your future success in life, your comrade, Hoch bie
anarchic. Louts Lingg.’*
Yc-ttciday when one of the guards told him
that the papers had published his letter to J).
D. Lum, a young bomb manufacturer, he ex
pressed strong desire to “read it in English.”
Jailer Folz consented and Lingg slowly plodd
ed through, the translation. Englehart speaks
German, and wlion appealed to, gave Lingg
the meaning of the English words in German.
ASKING ABOUT IDS SWEE J HEART.
The doomed man said the letter was an ad
mirable translation of the original. Turning
to another nage of tho paper, Ids eye caught
the line, “Lingg will surely liang.” Calling
Mr. Englehart lie asked :
“What is meaning of this worl s-u-r-c-I-y,
in German?”
Englehart told him and Lingg laughingly
observed,
“So, so; I will fi-h-u-r-e-l-y hang.” His
manner was such that Englehart joined in the
laugh.
“Say,” the blonde haired young anarchist
called to a reporter, “Did you see my macd
schen,” He was told that Eda Muller had not
bcj ii seen ami his next querry was, “H as my
s< atz, fsweeth( ait gone to Sp>inlLld ?”
Thi.s question was answered in tho afiirrna- j
tive, He seemed pleased and remarked that
if he could have sc< u her, he would have told ;
her to stay at home.
O’Ne.'l, one ol the two guards v, ho remain ;
on duty before Lingg’s coll throughout the day, ’
declared that Lingg was tho coolest man in j
Cook county jail. He was very pale, but bis
appetite was good and he slept well.
B>'/ES S LETTER TO THE GOVEBUOR.
Springfield, 111,, November 10—Governor -
Oglesby has roo ived the following letter, writ
ten by Aug' st Spies.
Chicago, November G.—To Governor Ogleiby.—
: Sir: The fact that some of us Im vo appealed to you
for ju.'ticc, (un ler nurd »uiu- p?erogativej while
i others have no!, should not I enter into consider
i nt ion in the »'e ision of our c.t-.c. Some of my
’ frleud-i have you for ab olnte pardon. They
I feel the injustice done them so intensely that they
’ cannot aconcil the idea of oounnutntron of the
scut-Uvu with consciousness of innocence. Others,
i among (hem myself, while of the
I same feeling of indignation can perhaps more
calmly and db; a <oimi. ly look upon tin* matter
ns it stands. They do not regard th? fact that
th’ough a sv.'temaih’ course us Being, distorting, in-
i vonllng and sh'.mlering, the press hns succeeded in
creating a sentiment of bitterness and hatred among
a iji'at port i< u of the populace, so that one man, no
matter now powerful, how courageous, how Just he
be. cannot po>Jbh overcome it. “ They hold that to
i overcome tliat seui .m?nt or inihiem e thereof would
i almost be nn impossibility. No! wishing.therefore.to
place your excellency in the still moreembariassing
positlticn. between the blind funativLsm.- of a mi'in
! formed public on one hand anti justice ‘»n tho other,
they conclude to submit the case’lo \ ou unvvndilion-
I I implore you nnt to let this difference of art ion
■ have any weight v :th you in Uetermin
; ing our fate. During our tri.il t’ e
i Godrc of tbe pro-'cetUor to slaughter me and
let my co defendants off with milder punishment
1 was quiio apparent and i. It .‘canned tome
■ and a j»r.many others, that the prosecution would
i bo sntisi e l with one iifu. tau '; Aht.rnej Grinnell,
1 in his :irgum?nt. ii tim i'el this vur\ plainly. I care
i not to protest my inu.iH'om e (>f any crime, end of
; one lam m . .>..« I of in j a*, liculnr. 1 have done
; tin t, mid lt‘.<vc the'rust to the jml'.ment of hi.-tory.
But to you 1 wish to addiC'N inyselt now. as alleged
■ ;iruhconspirator, <k*;ivivg th.- bu t that I never have
Ibi lon. e 1 1<> any kind of cmspirnc y out of tho ques
; lion altogether.* if sacrifice of lite there must be-
i will nut my life Stifiice ? The siate's attorney of
j Cook county a<ked fi rno more, 'l ake this, tnen,
i take my life. 1 offer it to you, that you may satisfy
the 'Vi y oft l.e semi ’ arba'rlc mob, and s ive those of
' my coinrade-. I know that every one of niy com
rades is .!•; willin ’ to die. am!-perhaps m«»re sb. than
1 am. It is u>t i,r t.'ieir sake that 1 make' this
proffer, out in the mime of humanity ami progress,
in the in'.uru-.: of the penoeubm, it possible, develop
ment of social forces G at arc de-tlned to lift our
race upon a higln r and better plane ot < ivHization.
In tie name of i',.e traditions of our country. I leg
you to pr vent a seven fold m;;r ler of meh üb'ce
only crime is that they are idca’hts, that they long
lor a better future for all. it lugal murder there
must be, let min? iffw> A. spies.
Si’r.iNG'. iei.d. Ilk. November 10.—Follow
ing is the' governor’s decision in full in tho
anarchist case;
Exr.i rnvE Oi-TK e. Sit.:xr.field, November 10.—
On the 20th day of .\u rust, 1880, in Cook county
criminal court, August Spies, Albert K. Parsons,
Samuel Fielden, Michael Schwab, Adoluh Fischer,
George Engel and Louis I .in ng were found guilty
by a verdict of a jury, and afterwards sentenced to
bo hanged for the murder of Matthias J. Dogan. An
api cal was taken from such finding and sentence Io
tiie ■'Upreme com tof the state. That court, upon
final hearing, and viler mature delil>eration, unani
mously affirmed the judgment of the court below.
'l’iie ca.-c now-como before me by petition oft! ede
f. ndiuits for consideration, ns governor of the state.
If tiie letters of Albert Pat sons, Adolph Fischer,
Guorge Engel ami Louis 1 ingg, demanding •‘uncon
ditional release,’ or, as they express it. ••liberty or
death,” ami prolesting in the strongest language
a ".ainfat mercy or a commutation of the sentence pro
nounced against them. <an they be considered pe
titions? A pardon, could it be granted, which might
imply any guilt whatever upon the part of either of
them, would not be such a vindication as they de
mand. Executive intervention upon the grounds
insisted upon by the four above-named iktsoiis,
< ould, in no proper sense Ixs deemed an exercise of
tiie constitutional power to grant reprieves, commu
tationsand pardons unless bns »d ujam a belief on
mv part of their entire innocence of tho crime of
which they stand convicted. A carchll considera
tion of the evidence in the record of the trial of the
parties, ns well as of all alleged and claimed for them
outside of the record, Las failed to produce uj on
my mind any Impression tending to impeach tiie
verdict of the jury, or the judgment ol the trial
court, or of tiie supreme court amrmlng the guilt of
tl e e parties. Satisfied, therefore, as 1 am, of their
guilt, I am precluded from considering the question
of the commutation of the sentences of Albert R.
Parsons, Adolph Fischer, George Engel and J.ouls
Lingg to imprisonment in the penitentiary, as they
emphatically declare they will not accept such
commutation.
Samuel Fielden, Michael Schwab and August
Spies unite in the i etition for “ex••cut!veclemency."
Fielden and S iiwab, in addition, present separate
and supplementary petitions for a commutation jf
their sentences. While, ns said above, J am satis
fied of the guilt of ail the parties, as found in the
verdict of the jury, which was sustained by the
judgment of the < ourts, a most careful consideration
of tiie whole Hiibj.ct leads me to the con
clusion that the -entenuc of the law ns to Samuel
fielden and Michael Schwab may be modified
as to each of them in the interest of humauitv and
without doing violence to public lustice. And as to
said Samuel Fielden and Michael Schwab, the spu
tenec is commuted to imprisonment in the penitan
tiary for life. As to all the other above named de
fendant*, 1 do not feel justitkd in interfering with
the si ntence of the court. While 1 would gladly
have come to a different conclusion in regard to the
sentence of the defendants, August Spies, Adolph
Fischer. George Engel, Albert R. Parsons and Louis
Lingg, I regret to say that under a solemn, sense of
my obligations of office, 1 have been unable to do
so. Richard J. Ogli shv, Governor.
When the news of the commutation of the
sentence of Fielden and Scwab was received
at the jail, there was an extraordinary scene
of activity. The news was sent to tho rela
tives of all tho condemned men and in a short
time they began to arrive at the jail, and the
first of the women to come was Mrs. Hchwab.
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 em
brace in a calm manner and soon the two
were chatting quietly together.
After this, Spies and Fischer were brought
from their cell and taken to tho jail library,
Engel vas brought to the private office of Mr.
Folz. This was done lor the purposo of
allowing relatives to take their last
interviews. 'l’he first one of the women to
arrive after Mrs. Schwab was Miss Engel,
daughter of the condemned anarchist. When
the two met in the private office then* was an
outburst of grief, which it is; impossible to de
scribe. The father and daughter clung to each
other ami sobbed convulsively. Their conver*
sation was in German and listened to only by
Deputy Oleson. came Mrs. Spies,
moth* rof August. She had been waiting out
side for an hour and a half. Her sobs could
be bead through the corridors of the building.
She did not stay Jong in tho library with her
son, ami on her exit from the jail, Sirs. Fische r
was admitted. She went into the library and
her lamentations were heard above tho tramp
of the deputies, whoswarmedabouttho places.
But the crowningscene of all was the vl It
of Nina Van Zant, tbe proxy wife < f
Spies. She was conducted Io the library by i
Deputy Eason. Assho walked through the I
main office slm betrayed no emotion, but the
moment she saw August, however, her de
meanor completely change'l, and there was a
look, then a gasp and in a trice the lovers were
in each other's arm. A number of curious
reporters and officers crowded up to the d</or
of the library, but it was quickly shut by a
deputy. The interview' bet ween the prisoner
and Jus faithful devotee lusted nearly a half
liour.
Mrs. Lucy Parsons created a scene in the ;
criminal court building about ten o’clock to- j
night. Approaching tho door whicJi leads to ,
the iaiivard, she demanded permission to pro- j
cecd. This was denied.
“But J must go in to see my husband,” ex- j
claimed Mrs. Patrons.
“You cannot,” was the firm reply.
311611 the dusky wife of the anarchist threw .
up Jier Jiands and fell to the floor in a dead ;
faint. It took over twenty minutes to firing ,
Jut to consciousness, but when this was done j
she was c corted from tho building.
Parsons was not informed of the episode. I
Shortly after lids, Deputy Sheriff Curran, i
who had been guarding 1 iseher, came into tlio ;
jail ofii' c from the cell room. Ifc reported j
tliat al! the men were awake and talking ou
gem ral subjects to their guards.
About 8 o’clock to-night a bomb was found -
by Thomas Maloney in tho rear of the res I- :
donee of Jami s Brayton. Tiie bomb consisted ;
of a pier (j of gas pipe twelve inches long and
about two inches in diameter, filled witli pieces
of iron and a substance supposed to be dyna
mite. Mr. Brayton was uno of the jurors .
who convicted the anarchisu. ;
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THE ANARCHISTS’ LAST HOURS.
Scenes In and Around Chi
cago’s Jail.
TREAD OF TIIE ARMED PATROL.
The Murderers Defiant to the
Last Moment.
■(SPRINGING THE DEATH TRAP.
Cook County Jail, Chicago, 2a. in.—At 1
o’clock a change was made in the death watch.
Deputy Hartki? had been guarding Spies sinco
do’clock. He reported that he had quite a
long talk with the anarchist. Splui declared
that he had no reason to be afraid and then
launched forth in a tirade against the courts*
Ho asserted that all tho judges who had any
connection with the case had roason to tremble
while the anarchists could hold up their head l !
and walk to death with steadfast stops. The
deputy also related tho manner in which tha
Rev. Dr. Bolton was received by Spies. Tho
divine asked him if he would not accept
spiritual consolation. Spies, with a haughty
shake of the head, declared that he had no
use for any clergyman.
“I’ll pray for you all night,” cried the
doctor.
“Pray for yourself,” returned Spies. “You
need it more than 1.”
At eleven o'clock
Spies lay down on his
cot and closed his eyes,
but he did not sleep,
i Several times he got up
; for a drink of water;
but his every move
mo n t betokened a
firmness wliioh was as
tonishing. So it was
■ with the rest of tho an
, archists. Parsons had
f the nerve to entertain
hlsigunrd with a song.
His selection was. “An
nie Lauric.” Ho sang
the sweet song entirely
AUGUST SPIES.
through, and when ho finished rested
his head on his hands lor a few mo
ments and then repeated tho song. His forti
tude was tiie wonder of all who heard him.
TESTING THE GALLOWS.
Between ono and two o'clock tlio sheriff and
his assistants tested tho gallows. Heavy bags
of sand wero attached to tho ropes and tho
traps wero sprung. Tho machine worked to
perfection, and in all respects was satisfactory
to the authorities. Then unusual quiet pre
vailed in the jail. The only noise In the cell
room was tho low voices of a few deputies,
turning of a key in tho lock and the rapid
ticking of the telegraph instrument which was
telling tho world of the last hours of tho foot
anarchists.
At six o'clock this morning three hundred
policemen, armed with rifles, bayonets, revol
vers and full cartridge boxes, were on duty at
the jail. Chief JCbers.dd was in command iu
person, bis aides being Captains Buckley, Hub
bard and Scbaack. Tho three companies
of police tliat has been quartered In the jail and
criminal court building since the new order*
went into force, did duty inside the building
today. The officers in command were in
structed liow to dispose of tholr meu, details
having been made for every advantageous
post. In addition to the battalion on tho in
side, there was a force ou the outside com
posod of a company from each of tho five pre
cincts, commanded by a lieutenant and throe
companies from tlio central deto'' This
force was armed with rifles, and sur. • ied
the entire block In which tho jail is situated,
which, in addition to cordons of police,
was inclosed by ropes. The lieu
tenants have been ordered to station
their companies in open order with loaded
pieces ami fixed bayonets and wero especially
Instructed to hold their positions no matter
what happened until they received orders
from their superior officers. The objects of
tiie orders were tbc;.e: The mon were deploy
ed in open order so that if they were attacked,
cspcr ially with bombs, tho execution would
not ho M’ great, while at tho same time tho po
ico would be. able to return the tiro with great
er offci-t and less danger to themselves, and in
cu eof attack they would not break but hold
their positions until reinforced or called back.
i A police official said in speaking of tho ar
-1 rangements that tiie chief desire in case of
| attack was to keep Um police from being
j thrown into confusion. It this could bo pre-
I vented they need not. fear any mob.
M.wsi'APEK kei-outkus on hand.
D iring tlii- long hours of tho night the only
m-v. paper men who were admitted to the in
ner preeim-H of tho jail were representatives
of tho Associated Brees. They had quarters in
what war known as tho “lawyers’ cage,” mid
were within ten feet ot the anarchists, At 4
o'clock one of them made a tour of the lower
corridor, where Spies, Parsons, Fischer anj
Engel wore confined. In each cell wero tw<>
stalwart guards, who stood watch over tho an
archists. The former chatted in low tones
and whispered jokes among themselves to
While away tho time. But the talk and whis
pered jokes wero all lost on the prisoner*.
> z-SC-fc.
!
I
Each ono was in the
iieaviest of slumbers.
Spies lay on one side,
his head|on his arm, and
slept as peacefully as a
Imho. Fischer had
turned over onhisback,
and the consequence
was that ho frequently
let out a snore that
echoed in a startling
manner through the
silent corridors of tlio
building. Engel lay
motionless, as did
Parsons, except that
at. times the latter I
started uneasily, as
it dreams were coursing
through his mind.
Then at intervals tho ADOLPH eischer.
Silence was broken by the stealthy walk ot
tlio armed guard, whomade the rounds of thi
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