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* * / // - ’ ♦ fa - VOL. XIX. BEFORE THE HM. Louis Lingg, One cf the Chicago Anarchists, MEETS HIS DEATH BY HIS OWN HAND. ■ 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. ; PRICE FIVE CENTS. THE LAW TRIUMPHS: The Haymarket Quartette Meet Their Deserts. 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 Z- z', v V- V• - c-ar _-v x - z'. wvw e . Contlnu** ou B«oou<i I'ags.