THE CHARLOTTE MESSENGER. VOL. IV. NO. 18. CHARLOTTE, N. C., SATURDAY, NOV. 1!>, 1887 $1.50 per Single Copy Terms. Ainu 5 cents. # Not THE TRAP many minutes from six o’clock under the SPRUNG. came pinioned white muslin. by a string of cabs, and proceeded by a ing could rorther from the truth. the crowd with their daylight, and a hustle different Fischer's countenance had opened fire upon from that of night a peculiar carriage containing the committee, the They were men who loved peace, whose revolvers. The crowd responded invaded the seclusion glisten, totally unlike the ashiness of hearse and moved freely Four of Chicago’s Anarchists Die on of the prison. The day of the hanging wagons speedily along. hearts were full of tenderness; to the fire. The police immediately Engel’s heavy features, and in some There was no excitement, and a few who loved the Gallows, had arrived. It was 15 minutes to 7 only were by those who well knew charged. Then began the work of car- when strange contrast with the dead lack of persons gathered. The corpses were them, trusted those who to for Engel awoke. Within the next color in the lineaments by came un- ing the injured, who were taken to ten his pinched of Par- taken to an undertaker's shop, where derstand the glory and power of their Street Where their minutes three doomed com- sons. The once Texan, Desplaines Statiou. The Renleace of Two Uniiiintili'it jaunty, vivacious they were dressed and afterwards taken lives. And the anarchy of which they wounds their to Im panions opened their eyes. They tumbl- came fast, a withered old were dressed prior to re- prlaormrot for l.iro-Oeo ( otnnill. Hu- ed man. to the homes oftheir relatives. spoke and taught, what was it! but an moval the tho out of their cots and hastily* dressed The moment his touched the scaf- to County Hispital. Os Irldo. feet The Faaeral attempt to answer the after the from themselves. No conversation took place fold Parsons seemed to have Crteae. question police, seven died their wounds, excitement which between completely resolution, what?" They believed while of the crowd one Ttic had prevailed the Anarchists and their guards. lost his identity and feel that his The precession of the Anarch- that at. tho meeting, . Bpies and Parsons to funeral there was that of wrong and hardship in was killed and some twenty in Chicago for many days was increased simply lmde them spirit was no longer a part of his body. ists began to move between I and S wounded, good-bye and in a few minutes the the exacting order which pointed to con- so far ns known. in a measure by the announcement that depu- He had wrought himself up to an ecstacy o’clock Sunday afternoon. I» was head flict, because believed that selfish- ties emerged from the ccllroom. They were of solemn ed Chief Marshal they The arrest of August Spies, Michael Governor Oglesby had decided to inter- self-glorification. by Hopp. with two aides ness would not and Samuel who shot The and a surrender peaceably Schwab, Fielden, was squat form of Engel alongside, band of musicians in the uniform of its motion to fere in the case of two of the seven An- with of the own righteousness, and in the knee at the riot. Oscar Neebe, stupid, wide-jawed face, made a German army. Immediately af- the whole of their of their archists—Bainucl Ficldcn and Michael hideous terwards came members of thought, phi- Adolph Fischer, Louis Lingg and George contrast to Parsons’ assumption the defence losophy as the establish- Engel for in the gchwab. Their sentence of the halo of a headed Anarchists, was complicity murder of of death the martyr. Fischer was committee, by George A. Schill- ment of an order of the society that the A. head and shoulders than the other ing, who carried in his hands police followed immediately. Governor commuted to imprisonment for talier a floral should be symbolized in the words, R. Parsons for a time escaped arrest, but life because hod united with three, making his occasional looks of too tribute. “Order without force.’ Is it practical? The they Spies evident bravado more noticeable than Following abreast finally surrendered himself, “Ar- them marched, eight Iknow not. They thought it was. I beiter the organ of the in a plea for mercy. The Governors’ they might otherwise and nearly two hundred members of the Zcitung, Anarch- be, at a sorry know that itis not practical now, but I ist, was suppressed, and the Anarchist reasons for not interfering in the ense of disadvantage compared with the steady Aurora Turnverein, of which August know also as a and Christian haunts in Then coolness of The w« a member. Hie philosopher tne city were raided. Carsons, Lingg, Engel and Fischer were Bpies. latter’s exhibition Spies whole society that under the inspiration of love that followed endictment of the of was as many are the eight that were and hnd asked quiet, thorough nerve, far surpassed not out, members noi day will come when righteousness will for the murder of they guilty not as a wonder the demeanor of of his in sympathy with hun- Officer Matthias J, any Anarchy, four reign in the earth, and" when sin and Their trial on the indictment for executive clemency as guilty men, comrades. dred of the Vorwartx Turner Degan. Society eelffehness will end.” was the most important and prolonged hut hnd demanded freedom as innocent The four burly deputies, standing to came next, wearing red badges on the Capt. Black ended his address read- in Cook criminal the rear of the four left This branch of by County'B jurisprudence. men. In the ease of Spies, editor of the condemned men v breast. turners is ing a poem reciting the virtues of the All were found guilty, and all but began without delay to the ropes. more strongly tinctured with Socialism Neebe Anarchist ncwspa|rer at the time of the adjust deceased and lauding Anarchy. Capt. who received fifteen years’ imprisonment, Spies’ noose being the first one placed. than any in the city. One hundred of terrible Haymarket riot, the Governor Black was foUowed by Robert" Reitzel, were sentenced to death- The case was The knot was slipped down, the cord the Fortschritt branch came next, and of Detroit, who made fierce in did not feel justified in interfering. then a speech carried to the higher courts, until the close against his neck. Spies did not followed a hearse bearing the bodv German, condemning the of United States Court wSh show a tremor, but when the of August The of the hearse workingmen Supreme reach- same pro- Spies. top Chicago for having allowed five of their ed, but without avail. cess* was being carried out with Fischer was so covered with floral tributes that best men to be murdered, declaring that innumerable for and he turned and else could be Petitions against quietly whispered to the nothing seen. Inside was they died for justice, and denouncing a the exercise of executive were A. R. PARSONS. HArGED. baliff some the s richly covered casket, over the black clemency suggestion concerning society “based upon robbery and sus- sent to Governor Oglesby, and the peo- releived by others. Fischer was the first rope. broadcloth of which was thrown n sash tained murder." Ills remarks of by were ple of Chicago were wrought up to a one to emerge from Ills cell. Accom- J ust then Dr. Murphy, a young physi- red silk. Then another band wheeled welcomed with applause, tries of ‘‘bravo!’ It cian back of into Lake street high state of excitement. was feared panied by deputies lu* stepped over to standing Engel, whispered playing a dirge, fol- and fierce veils. that at would occur, and the iron a in as many hundred members of attempts rescue plain sink and took a good joke Engel’s ear. Incredible it lowed by the OTHER SPEECHES. made the Central Labor Union, extensive preparations were by wash. Bpies next performed this ablu- may seem, low-browed Anarchist which comprises T. J. Morgan, a local Socialist leader, police and military to preserve order. tions and seemed to enjoy them. Old laughed outright with the rope around some of the most extreme Socialists in of birth, then his con- the English expressed Sketches of the Anarchists. nut! Engel followed the young Anarchist his neck, and while another was being rity; next came a hearse in tempt for the law which hanged Anarch- and the last to wash was Parsons. fastened on Parsons by his side. which lay the coffin of Adolph Fischer. ist (a voice “throttle the law,”) and August Spies came to this country At The white It also was decorated with flowers, when of He was about 32 7.20, two waiters from Martell’s caps were deftly slipped sneered at the “spread-caglism of the 16 years age. restaurant brought to the prisoners their upon their heads and drawn quickly but not so profusely as that of Spies. American fourth of July, which obscured He learned the trade of saddlcmaker in breakfast. The edibles were carried in down to their necks, shutting off the Next came a hearse' containing the re- the minds of the Chicago, but gave up this occupation mains of people.” a large new clothes basket and the linen view of each as completely and with less Parsons. On the box by the The last speech was in German, by when he was 20 years of age. and tramp- and table-ware looked bright and clean. warning than does the camera cloth of driver sat a man holding in his hands a Albert Cumin, of the “Arbeiter ed through the West and South for a floral formerly Active preparations for the execution a photographer. rmbem of such immense sire that He scarcely got started when couple of years. When 24 he went back the the of flowers, “From K. Zcitung. and took in liegan at 7:30 o’clock, when Chief Bailiff August Spies was first of the four inscriptian of Captain Black stepped to the front and to Chicago, soon part poli- Chaill arrived at the jail and assigned doomed men to make use of his wits L. Assembly No. 1,307.” could be seal a laid his hand on the arm. It tics. At that time there were no Anar- feet speaker's the deputy sheriffs to their various posi- while he could. In a tone of intense hundred away. This is the Assem- was now dark in the and chists in Chicago. Spies himself was a which Parsons pitch graveyard tions during the event. The Rev. Dr. bitterness of spirit he hissed out between bly to belonged until it people were being wrought up to a high Socialist, and being a gaod speaker he m. his clenched teeth: “There will was expelled from the account soon to be leader of the Socialists, LOUIS LINGO.COMMITTED SUICIDE. Bolton arrived at 7:45 a, and passed tightly Order on pitch of excitement by oratory and sur- rose a into the cell. Passing first into Parsons’s come a time when our silence will be of its adherence to the cause of Anarchy. roundings. who were so strong that they cast 10,000 Louis Lingg, by some means unknown, a cell, he attempted to engage the doomed more powerful than the voices they are Across Parsons’ coffin was thrown Capt. Black gave the word that the votes for their candidate for mayor. Dr. ftorreted in his cell a small dynamite Texan in religious conversation. Par- strangling to death.’’ simple strip of red silk ribbon. Then ceremonies would now be closed. The Ernst Schmidt. Spies became afterward sh«*ll. Placing this in his mouth Thurs- sons had not yet finished his breakfast. The lasUsyllable of Spies’s concluding came another cohort of the Central La- coffins of the five Anarchists were car- manager of the Socialistic daily in Chi- day morning he blewr his jaw and neck to In the meantime Spies had called for words, hoarse with suppressed passion, bor Union, composed of representatives ried into the blackness within the vault, cago, the Arbeiter Zcitung, which had pieces. He lingered for several hours in paper and envelopes, ami when they were had not reached the end. when Engel, of all sorts of trades. Behind these were and the ceremonies ended with a general at that time a big circulation and great agony. His death and the commutation furnished him lie began writing. After raising his voice wildly, cried: “Hurrah the hearses of Engel and Lingg. over stampede of the people for the return influence with the workingmen. of his companions left four men to la? a stay of eighten minutes in Parsons’s cell, for Anarchy!” trains. A. R. Parsons was a native of Massa- hanged on Friday. The terrible events Dr. Bolton emerged and, walking to Fischer caught the fire of the utterance The Stars of the Crime. chusettes and was about forty-five years lending to the arrest and trial of the An- Bpies door stood looking at that individ- and still more loudly exclaimed: “Hur- It was May 4, 1886. a day only equaled old. He edited a paper called the Alarm archists, with details of the execution ual, who glanced at the clergyman and rah for Anarchy!’’ Adding: “This is in importance in the history of Chicago last winter, in which he gave special di- funeral of four of the condemned men, continued writing, Dr. Bolton remained the happiest moment of my life!’’ by October 9, 1871—the date of the great rections in bomb-throwing and the man- and sketches of the lives of all seven, standing in front of Bpies two or three There was a silence like the grave, fire—that the memorable circular, “Re- ufacture of explosives, following the ex- will Ik* found below. minutes, but receiving no recognition he broken abruptly by the slow, measured venge! Workingmen, to arms I” was ample of Spies and Most, the latter being were Parsons, pamphlet dealing with Thrlr IjH*iHour*. walked away, Writing materials intonation of like a white-robed struck from the type of the “Arbeiter the writer of a furnisned to Parsons and Fischer, who priest before the altar of sacrifice. Not Zeitung” office, and was sent broadcast the methods of making war upon society. During the long hours of the night the immediately set al»out preparing state- as a djing request, but rather like a com- among socialistic and anarchistic groupes For some time he was a scout in Texas, only newspaper men who were admitted ments. Engel made no request for pen mand or warning, he sounded forth: ofthe city. Carried away with the fury and was considered a “dead shot.” He to the inner precincts of the jailwere the or paper, hut sat stolidly on his bed look- “May I he allowed to speak?’’ Then, oftheir followers the leaders believed had always been eonsistant in his practi- representatives of the Associated Press. ing at the opposite wall of his cell. with slow entreaty came: “Will you let that the time of the “bloodyrevolution,” ces. doing very little work, and conse- They had quarters in what is known as At 10.55 fully 250 newspaper men, me speak, Sheriff Matson?” so long predicted and prepared for was quently liecoming a financial burden up- the cage, and were within was hand, on Anarchist in lawyers’ ten local |H)liticiuns and others, among them There another agonizing pause. IB e 'at and the hour for action had the party Chicago. f»*et of the Anarchists. At 4 o’clock one the twelve jurors who were to view the Muffled through the shroud broke out in | come. Samuel Fielden was born in Lanca- of them marie the tour of the lower cor- bodies after the execution, had passed unnatural hollow accents: “Let the voice That night a meeting was called on shire, England, in 1847. He worked in ridor where Spies, Parson, Fischer and through the dark passage under the gal- of the people lie heard.” Haymarket Square ostensibly to denource a cotton mill from the time he was eight were Engel confined. In each cell were lows and began seating themselves. The A crash as of a falling house thunder- i “the latest act ofthe police,” in depress- years old till he reached his majority. two stalwart guardes, who stood watch bailiffs said a few words to the journa- ed through the corridors, the slender ing the crowd of strikers about the Mc- When he was eighteen years old he went over the Anarchists. The former chat- lists, begging them to make no rush ropes were taut. In full view of the two Cormick Reaper Works. A vague but to Weslyn and joined the Methodist ted in low tom**, and whisjiercd jokes when the but to wait decently hundred front four white, ; very certain or ran Church, becoming a Sunday-St&ool su- * drop fell, men in w’ere August spins. hanged. feeling presentiment among themselves to while aw ay the time. and in order. Parsons was given a cup shrouds. The ropes could be through the city that the meeting meant perintendent and afterwards a local writhing States Hut the talk and whispered jokes were of coffee a few minutes before the march seen slowly tightening about the necks whose black coffins were the red banners trouble, and that a struggle for suprem- preacher. He came to the United all lost on the prisoners. Each one was to the scaffold was begun. The rattling that, between the cap and shroud, could under which the men had fought, {sev- acy between the Anarchists and the po- in 1866, and after stopping three years in the heaviest of slumbers. Spies lay of the chairs, tables and benches of the be noticed blackening and purpling. eral floral pieces were carried behind. lice was to take place. The night at in Cleveland, took up his residence in on one side, his head on his ami, and re|K»rters continued several minutes, hut Nine minutes passod. Then it was The hearseswere so Mowed by carriages first pleasant, darkened along toward Chicago, where he has since resided. “lent as peacefully as a balie. Fhcher by 11.05 there began to fall a hush and known to a certainty that not a neck had containing relatives of the dead men and nine o'clock. An express wagon was George Engel was a native of Germa- had turned om on his back, and the conversation among the crowd sank al- been broken. The four mur- by various labor organizations and placed near the alley north of Randolph ny, having been born in Kassel, Hesse, Haymarket great he conscience wits that his frequent snoring most to a whisper. The bare whitewash- derers had been literally throttled and numbers of men. women and children on street and near the Crane Manufacturing in 1839. Early in January, 1872, echoed in a startling manner through the ed walls madr a painful contrast with strangled. foot. Company's establishment, and was util- came to America, and afterwards to Chi- silent corridors of the building. the dark brown gallows, with its four When the news that the end had come Particular attention was attracted by ized as the speakers' stand. Some two cago, where he had since lived, working Engel lay motionless, as did Parsons, noosed n»|K*s dropping ominously near finally reached Ihe public there was but two local assemblies of the Knights of thousand people stood in the street as a painter. That year he was a candi- except that at times the latter started the floor. A gleam of sunshine shooting little Extra copies of the af- Labor, composed of women, who were about the wagon when August Spies date for the position of West Town col- uneasily as if dreams were coursing through the window at this instant fell papers were bought, but aflame with red in the shape of scarlet took his place upon it and began to talk. lector, on the Socialistic ticket. In the ternoon eagerly of the through his mind. Then at intervals the on a corner of the death machine and in that was all, and business soon went on ribbons in their hats, bows of crimson at His speech abounded in attacks on the spring of 1880 he took charge bus- silence wfas broken by the stealthy walk a slight degree relieved its sombre hue. as usual. their throats and long streamers of crim- police for their acts at the McCormick iness department of the Arbeiter Zeitung, of the armed guard, who made the Through the window were seen a num- It was w’onderful to note how quickly son hanging from their shoulders. In riot, and was foUowed by a speech by shortly afterwards assuming the position rounds of the lower corridor to see that ber of policemen armed with rifles, look- the excitement w hich had filled the jail front of them inarched Miss Mary Mc- A. R. Parsons, in which he advocated of associate editor. all was well. The only other disturbing ing down from the roof of the Dearborn all the morning calmed down after the Cormick, master workman of the organ- organized efforts by the working people element was the mewing of the jail cat, street wing at the proceedings. The execution. The two hundred prisoners ization known as “Lucy Parsons Assem- against employers. who kept up the noise so persistently chief bailiff began, ntll.lo, calling out confined in the place, who had been in bly, Knights of Labor.” She was at- that at last tne deputy bore down, rap- the names of persons summoned as jurors fever heat during the tragic event of the tended by two others and carried a huge tured and removed her to the basement, and bringing them forward to a row of wreath surmounted with n snow-white where her cries could not be heard. All little stools directly in front of the gal- dove, the emblem of peace. The wreath the common prisoners to the number of lows. No other sounds were heard iu and dove were sent by the ladies of the about two hundred, were left in their the long, high corridor but the solemn, defence fund committee of Cincinnatti. usual cells. monotonous voice of the bailiff and rust- The procession, which contained At one o’clock a change was made in ling of jurors as they tiptoed forward twelre or thirteen bands of music, was the death watch Deputy Jlartke had through the crowd. twenty-three minutes in passing. been guarding Bpies since 8 o’clock. He It proceeded to the Wisconsin Cen- reported that lie had quite a long talk i Mr l ~ jS tral depot, where the coffins of the An- with the Anarchist. Bpies declared that archists were transfered from the hearses he had no reasou to lie afraid, and then to a baggage car and the friends and aunched forth in a tirade against the relatives ofthe dead men took a special Courts. He asserted that all the. Judges 1 L f/ train for Waldheim Cemetery, where who had any connection with the case the interment was to take place. The ski had reason to tremble, while the An- funeral train consisted of seventeen archists could hold lip their litwls and coaches. Three othar trains were made up walk to death with a steady footstep. and all were crowded. Upon arrival at Tli#' deputy also related the manner in the cemetery, which is situated on a des- sV.W - which K*v. I)r. Bolton was received by olate stretch of paraire on the outskirts MICHAEL SCHWAB, SENTENCE COMMUTED TO LIFE IMPEtBOEMBET, Bpies. The divine asked him if he of the city the coffins of the dead An SanURL FIELDER, SBTISCI COMMUTED TO would not accept spiritual consolation. archists were laid upon a rude platform LITR IMPRISONMENT. Micluel Schwab was born in Bavaria in Bpies, with a haughty shake of the head, GEORGE ENGEL, HANGED. in front of a gloomy stone vault and in The next speaker was Sam. Fielden, 1833. He received a good education, and declared thit lie had no use for any cler- the presence of several thousand persons the ablest and brainiest of all the Anarch- in 1869 learned the bookbinder's gyman. “Pray for yourself,” returned day, regained their usual spirits. They Captain Black delivered a funeral oration' I ist leaders. The darkening clouds trade in Wunsenbcrg, where he became Bpies “you need it more than I.” At 11 eraeked jokes from cell to cell, and ais in the course of which he said: I gave evidence of an approaching storm, a Socialist. He came to America and o'clock Spies lay down on his cot and they hail nothing to eat since breakfast THE FUNERAL ORATION I and a good portion of the auditors of also to Milwaukee in 1879. After spend- closed his eyes, but did not sleep. Sever- they soon began to yell for soup. soup. Iam not here this afternoon to speak the earlier speeches hail gone before ing a year or two in Milawukee he re- al times he got up fora drink of water. I The spectators who had witnessed tne to yau any special words concerning the Fielden began. A motion was made by turned to Chicago, and became editorial But his every movement betokened a hanging walked rapidly out of the en- cause for which these men lived, nor con- Spies to adjonrn to a hall, when Fielden writer on the Arbeiter Zeitung. which was closure, and the weary deputies went to cerning the manner of their ¦ said he would much of the firmness astonishing ¦ taking off. not speak longer. Lonis Lingg, the youngest con- Ho It was with the rest of the Anarch- dinner, the only ones left in the jailoffice but to speak to you tike a friend, to tell At ten minutes before ten o'clock the demned Anarchists, was only 23 years ists. Parsons had the nerve to entertain ADOLPH FISCHER, HANGED. being the Press representatives. : you that that cause which command their ¦ solid ranks of the police were seen ad old. He was horn in Baden, Germany, hi* guard with a song. His selection It lacked just seven minute* and a half When the coffins were brought to the services was sealed at last by their lives. vancing from the Desplaines Street Sta- where he was given a common school ed- was “Annie Lburie.” He sang the sweet of the b >ur of high noon when a single seaflold, Sheriff Matson exclaimed: “His I with unstinted measure for the sake of ' tion. When the wagon was reached ucation. Leaving his native country, he was *ong entirely through and, when he had white-shrouded figure' above which will be done.” The bodies were lower- those they loved. You know how grand Captain Ward stepped forward, and, lived a few years in Switzerland, finished, rested his head on his hands for a face of yellowish pallor—tilt' fate of ed in the following order: Spies, Fischer ly they passed out of this life into the reading the riot act. commanded the and about three years ago came to Amer- a few m iments and then repeated the August Spies- past the first post of the Kngel and Parsons. All looked natural. perfect and glorious life that is beyond j crowd to disperse. Fielden replied : ica, and soon afterwards to Chicago, song. His fortituded was the wonder of The gapping crowd, ten feet Tlie coffins were quickly screwed down the reach of mis judgment We are not “We are peaceable,” and started to get where he at once became identified with gallows. their | all wh » heard him. Bet wren 1 and 2 below, half rose involuntarily from and paper tags were pasted on each I here beside the caskets of felons consign- i down from the wagon. Just then a blue the Anarchists. o’clock the sheriff and his nssistanls test chair* at the first glimpse of I lie appara- for identification. The liodiet were tak- ed to ignominious death. We are here ¦ light arose from the alley, and circling Adolph Fischer was 29 years old, and ed tie gallows. Heavy bags of sand tion advancing n ross (lie scaffold. lie en away from the jail abort 1.45. For betide the bodies of those who were sub- | over the heads of the crowd descended has lived in this county for the past fif- the a hearse had been There lime in their aelf-tacriflce and were attached to the ropes and the traps walked firmly over drop, guided by Spies provided. for whom : Iwtweea the solid ranks of the I>olice. teen years.* lie we* s and wss trouble in the cross. printer, were sprung. The machine worked to the grasp of the deputy, to the furthest was some getting away from gibbet became a glorious Thcv An instant later a dynamite liomb had employed in that capacity on the Arhei- |>erfc tion and in all was sati* edge of the gallows. Following close the crowd that tailed on to the last havc been painted and presented to the exploded, and sixty of Gtf |*diec lay on ter Zeitung at the time of his arrest, respect* touch world factory to the authorities. Tin* papal came Fischer, close enough to wagon, but rapid driving freed the |>n>. as men loving violence and riot the ground writhing m agony. For a lie was married and flic father of two quie". prevailed injbv jail. tipics'saliroud, had lus hands nut liccu i cession from this annoyance. Following , and UvocUUed ter o» own -air. Noth- -vvoud the police wavered, and then young children.