The Law Vindicated

PAID TUE PENALTY. Chicago, Nov. li. - The Anarchiste Spies, Parsons, F.scher and Engel were haned at the couuty ja 1 yester ay morning at 11:51 o cloek. The exeoution took plai:e in the presenoe of a amall assemblage of peoplo, and was devoid of S"usational incidents. Tho men mot their late stoically, and were evideatly impressi'd w.th the idea that they wera ÊUffcrmg msrtyrdom for a glonous cause. The wurk ot preparing the tour men for the gallow, was begun at :, at wh.oh time Dr Gray arrived. The flrst thing was to dress thein in the sulta prcpared for the execution. After belng dressed, Fisotier, Engel and Parsons oommenced to pace up and down their cells, and Fis-.hur said he feit perfectly ha py Spies leaned against the wall away back in h 3 cage. Sher II Matson stated that a: the condemned men had written letters to th"ir families and other friends, which had been intrusted to hitn for personal delivery. At 10:56 the outer duors were opened and the ticket-holders were adinitteü. At 11 o clock the prcas representativos and the Jury were condueted to seats in front of the gallows. There were about ïnO people In the corridor. AU of the prisoners on that sida of the juii had been taken to cells on the west and south sides, where they could not see the execution. Attliistiaie there were no polica in the corridor. Tiie incandcscent electrio lights were alight, and the sunl ght was refleoted from the walls outside, mak ng the corridor qu te light. At ll:lü Deputy Sheriff Gleason called the roll of the jury: Dr. F Henrot-.n, Dr. DenslowLewis.Dr. Henry ürown, Dr. li. A. Hall, Dr. M. W. Tuompson, John M. HiIIk, John Hoffman, George Lanz, George M. Monltou, Edwin Gwynne, Willium IS. Keep, J. L. Woodward, H. L. Anderson, Dr. J. D. Andrews. At 11 :20 the fi nal act ín the trngedy began The sheriff and hls deputios, witU uncovered lieuds, proceeJea to the cel.s of the condemned men and read the death-warrant to each, after which the process of pinionmg the doomedmen and clothing them in their wnite shrouds was completed. During thls ordeal :ill were perfectly calrn, ann, though pale, on not one was a muscle observed to tremble. Themarch to the scaffold was led by Spies, Fischer, Engel and Parsons followlng ia the order natned. On the instrument of death the last words of the victims were uttered. Spies saying: "It is not meet that I should spealt here, where my silenoe is more terrible tban my utteranccs." Fischer sad: -'This is the lappest moment of my life." Kngel said: "Hurrah for anarehy ! Hurrah!" aud Parson9 exclaimed: -May I be allowed to speakf O, men of America!" he cried, "may I be allowed the privilege of speech even at the last moment? Heiirkon to the voice of the people " There was a sudden pause. Parsons never spoUe a word mure. A sharp, creakim? noise, a crash, a sicken.ng, erackling sound, and Spies, Parsons, Fischer and Engel wero no more. At 18: 0 Sp.es' body vas cut down and placed in acoffln, while the doctor exammed him and found that the neck was not brokun. He wore a darligray flannel shirt and dark pantaloons, but no coat. His arms wereconfined by astran as were those of all the otners. Fischer's was next out down. His neck was not broken. He wore a blue flannel shirt and gr y trousera. Engel carne next. He had a blue flannel shirt and wore a collar. H s neck was broken, but the spinal cord was not severed. Parsons was the last to be taken down. He was ciad in a neat, black suit, but haj only an undershirt on. The four physicians who examined respectively the boches of Parsons, Engel iind Fischer were sat sfi d Ihat all these three had died from straiii-'ulation. The doctor who examined Spies seemed to be in doubt as to whetherthe latter's neck was broken or not. The three other doctors, however, seemed to think that Spies' neck was nut broken. but that his strong convulsive motions were due to a sligkt slipping of the rope to a higuer p sition on the neck than it should have been. Engle had his trachae or windpiDe broken or ratuer toro. When all the boaies had been arranged in the cofflns, tbe physicifns made another examination, an then the llds were placed on the cofnns, anu the worU was done. une condenined men airected that their bodies be turned over to thelr wives, except Spies, who wanted his body given to his mother. Their wishes will be respected, and Coroner Hertz has directed that the boily of Lingg be g ven to Mrs. Engel and the Carpenters' Union n accordance with Lingg's request, so that they may all be buned together. Michaol Schwab was born in Klttriigen-ontbe-Main, Bav .ria, August 9, 1853, came to America in June, 1879, and was aa editor on tho Chicago Arb u Zeil uiuj. Albert R. Parsons was born June 20, 1848, at Mongomeiy, Ala. He carne to Chicago in 1873, andw.is a printir by trade. G-eorge C. Engel was born in Casse!, Hessf Germauy, in 183. Early in January, 1878, he carne lo America, and afterwards to Chicago, where he has since lived, worldng as a palnter. Samuel F elden, was born in Toilmorden, Lancashire, Eng., February 25, 1847. He cama to Chicago .n 1871, where he earned alivelihood by domg stone work and teaming. Oscar W. Neebe, who escaped with a flfteen years1 sentence, was born in New York City thirty-six years ago. He was a ttnsniith, and came to Cliicago Li 1870. Louis Lin;g was born in Baden, Qcrmany, in 1964, was a carpeuter by tradö, and came to Chicago in 18.95. Adolph Fischer was a native of Prussia about k6 or 27 years of age, and had lived in j this country for the last thirteen years. Ho ' was a printer by trade. August Theodore Vincent Spies was born at Friedonwalti, Province Hesse-Nassau, Qermany, in 1855. He landed in New York City in 1872, arrived in Chicago in 1873, and at the time )f his arrest wni editor-in-chief of the Ar iiiter-Zeitung. Chicago, Nov. 14.- A gieat concourse of peo ' ile foliowed the remains ot August Spies, Adolph Fischer, Albert K. Parsons, G irge ' ;el and Louis Iingg, the dead Auarou sts, in he;r funeral procession yesterday. The day waswaim, and early in the morning crowds wended their way to Milwaukee avenue, clown whioh thoroughfare the parade passed. LeavIng Milwaukee avenue ihe proceesion marched to Polk street, wUere the Wlsconsin Oeatral traiu was taken to Waklheiin Cemetery i though there were probably 100,00.) persons mass-ed along the line of tho procession, there was no disorder. The entire ceremony, from i the homes to the cemete.y, was con ducted with as niuch quiet as possibla in so vast a throng. The floral offorlngs were many and beautlful. At the cemetery, Captain Black del vered a brief oration, epeakini prmoipally of the love the dead men had for the cause for which they gave their lives. He was foliowed by Thomas J. Morgan, the Social stic leader, whO deiiouncid in bitter terms the execution, but said their revenga would be, hol in murder, but " in ald.ng by our Voices to bring out a public opinión that will outlive these men. Take the Hves of their execut'onersT No. Leave them to the bitter memories that in the future will come to them, gleeping anti waking. That is tho revengo that I urge upon you. Sevi-ral otliers made short addroMea and the MBembltigQ diiilily ftud qu etly wended its way to ihe trains. Tho meuibers of the committec of arraugements, assisted hy the ntendent of the cetnetery, conveyed the cofDns into the vault, witti the flowers and crimson flags, the Itod gute was closed and loeked, and the Anarchist runeral wa9 over. The Arheif r-Zeitung, the local orgnn of the ' Anarchiste, formerly edited by the late August Spies, saya: "The luw murdered Puraons, Engel, Fischer and Spies." New York, Nov. 14.- Herr Most adilressed about 300 Anarchiste Saturday nig';t, dentmnc Ing the executions in Chicago and snymg that they wouid be avenged. "Theday of roekoning is approaching. Let those who were interested ín the urrests, trluj and hanging beware. That debtshall be pad. I point my tlnger at Gary, Bonlleld, the Judges of the Supreme (Jourt and that cowurd of a Uovernor, Ogitsby.' Superintendent-of-Police Murray saysthat all who maki; incendlary speeches, and agitators whose vehemence lends them to use language "oaloolated to cause a breach of the peane," will be arrestad and prosecuted under the same section of the code that sent Herr Most to pnson. Chicago, Nov. 14.- Samuel Fielden and Michacl Schwab were taken to Joliet at 1 o'cloek Saturd:iy afternoon for a life imprisonme t, In couformity to the commutation of sentnc:e grautcd by the Governor Thursdav. Joi.iet, 111., Nov. 14.- On arnving hero Saturday afternoon Fielden and Schwabb were take i at oncu to the pnson, and after donning the regulation uniform and beingbereft of their hair and beard were placed ,n the court solitary, from whence they w 11 be taken thismorning and assigned suitable work. Neither wuuld talk. JOLIET, 111., Nov. 15.- In the penitentiary Schwab and Fielden, the Anarchists, hav ; beea assignedto work, the latter in t e inarble shop and Schwab in the bakery, whcre he will assist in kneeding dough. New Youk, Nov. 15.- James E. Qulnn, of District As-embly 49, Knigiit of Labor, of this city, was onu of the many who petitioned Governor Ogleshy in behalf of the Anarchists. He says thüt the Governor told him that for every petition for mercy for the condemned men he could produce hundreds from law-abidlng citlzens all ovur the ciunlry requesting him not to interfere w:th the sentence. PKEVIOUS NEWS. Springfieijd, 111. Nov. 11.- At 7 o'cloek last evening the Governor's secretary announced from the steps of the Executive mans.oo that the Governor had deckled not to tnterfere in the cases of Spies, Parsons. Fischer, Engel and Lingg, but would commute to life.lmprisonmeut the sentencns of Fielden and Scnwab. The decison of Governor Oglusby in the Anarchists' case s as follows: "State of Illinois. Executive Office, Sphingfiei.d, 111., Nov. 10.- On the 20thday of August, 1880, in the Cook County criminal court. August Spies, Albert R. Parsons, Samuel Fielden, Michael Schwab, Adolph F.scher, George Engel and Louis Lingg were found guilty by the verdict of the jury and afterward sentenced to be hanged for the inurder of Matllias J. ])-. ;.'in. "An :ppeal was taken from such flnding and sentence to the Supreme Court of the State. That court, upon a final hearing and after mature deliberation, unanimously afflrmed the jurtgment o! the court bolow. The case now comes before me by petition of tha defendants for consideratlon as Governor of the State, if the letters of Albert Parsons, Adolvili Fiseher, George Engel ai d Louis Liogg ctemar.'.dinij 'unconditional release,' or, as tney express it, 'liberty or death,' and protesting in the strongest language against mercyorcommutation of the sentence pronouuced against them, con be considered petitions, " Pardon, couid it be gramed, whlch might imply any guilt whatever upon tho part of eiiher of them, would not be such avmdication, as they demand Eiecutive intervention upon the grouniis insisted upon by. the four above named persons. It could in no proper sense be deemed an c xerclse of the constituuonal power to grant repneves, commutations and pardons, unless based upon the belief o:i my part of their entire innocence of the crime of whh;h they stand convicted. "A careful consideration of the evidenee in the record of the trial of the part ;s as well as of all allegad aud claimed for ihem outside of the record, has fa led to produce upon my mind any impression tending to impeach the verdict of the jury or the judgment of the trial coarts or of the Supreme Court amrming the guilt of all those parties. "SatisfleO, therefore, as I am, of their guilt, I am precluded from considering the question of commutation of the sentences f Albert R. Parsons, Adolph Fscher, George Engel and Louis Lingg to imprisonment in the penitentiary, as they emphatically declare they will not accept such commutation. "bamue. Fielden, Michael Schwab and August Spies umte in a petitlon for 'Executive clemency.' F.elden and Schwab, in addit on, i present separate and supplementary petitlons for the commutation of their sentenoes While, as said above, I am satisfied of the guilt of all the parties as found by the verd et of the jury, which was sustair.ed by the JLdgments of the courts, a most carefnl cons.drration of the whole subject leacls me to the conclusión that the sentence ff the law as to Samuel Fielden and Mieha-1 Kehwab may be mod lied as to each of their, in the interest of humanity, and without doing violence to public juatice. And as to the suid SumueJ Fielden and Michael Schwab the sentence is commuted to imprisonment in the pcuitentlary for life. "As to all the other above nameddefendants, I do not feel justifled in inteifering wah the sentence of the court. ' hile I would gladly have come to a different conclusión in regard to the sentence of defendauts, August Spies, Adolph Fischer, George Engel, Albert R. Parsons and Louis Lingg, I regret to say; that under the solemn sense of the obligations of my office. I have been unable to do so. 'Richard J. Oglesby, Gjvernor." A cali was made at the F.xecutive mansion last uight. The Governor's mairaer showed that a greafc burden had been lifted from him, but he oxhibited a reluctance to speak of the steps by which he had coiné to h:s decisión. However, he said : "This matter was a del cate on", and gave me considerable trouble. It certiüjly d d, for I wished to be just. At one time I thought I would entr lnto the details of the procÉSS by which I came to my conclusions about Fielden and Schwab, but when I thought it all over I concludeii to stute simply the reasons for my general aetion as they are contained in my declsio'i. You see the mass of evidence and the Communications to me in the case were very vast, but I wished to get a proper idea of the case, and, indeed, at one time thougut of elaborating my reasons for what I havo done in aa opinión which would have taken flve times tho space of the decisión you now hold in yourh.nd, but after all it seemed best not to detail all the processes by which I arrivi d at my conclusions, and so I put it tiriefiy as you see." Chicago, Nov. 11.- The last farcwells were said to the conemned men late yesterday afternoon. Mis. SchwaD, Mrs. Spie, Nina Van Zandt, Mrs. Fischer and E!gol's oldest daughter, who had been waiting for perin ssion to see the condemned men once more, wero ushered luto Ule jal one by one. The scène was very affecting, and, as each left the place, they called back endearing terms and last good-byes. Mrs. Parsons was not allowed to enter the jail. HI3 OWS EXBCUTIOKErt. Chicago, Nov. 11.- Every thing was as quiet in the couuty jail as usual yesterüay morning untll about 8:31) o'clock. whea smldenly every body within the building was startled by a loud report, such as would be cnused by the discharge of a shot-gun, and for a moment every one seemed powerleas to act, as if waiting to see some dire calamfty follow. Then it was realized that the report had come from LinggN celi, and all the jail offlc als in the bu lding rushed to the srot from whlch the sound had come, with the exception of Tuinkey Pierce, who rushed to secure the door leading into toe visitóos hafi. Lingg's cell was entered, and the desperate man ■was found lying on his face on the cot, with the whole of the under part of his face and a portion of his nose blown away. He presented ono of the most shocking siRliDs that it is psslble to imagine. At flrst it was supposod that he was dead, and the body was carried out of the cell and laid on the bath-room floor. Then it was noticed that he was still breathing, and messages were at ouce dispatchedforthecounty physklan. His assistant. Dr. Gray, was si eedily on the spot, closely followed by Dr. Fenger, the expert surgoon. They directed that a beuch should be broueht into the room and the body placed upou it. Theu Dr. Fenger, speaking to Lingg in Germán, U ld hiin toope.i his eyes, and he did so. He told him tocl.ise them, and he did so, thus indicating cleurly that he was still conscious and knew what was going on around him. A cur sory examii aiion of the cell revealed a dynamite candle with a percussion cap fastened on the wiok and it was evident that Liugg had lifhted the candle and slioved it into his uiouth nntilit exploded. LtngK ren a ned sensible to within a few minutes of liis death, whicU occurred at 3:50 o'clock Thnrsday afternoon, s x hours within a minute or two o( the explosión of the fulminat ing eap. During this period of time he exhib ited maryelous nerve, on several occasions wrltlng brief requests on paper as they occurred to hun.