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'.**4 ler Perish by the Bope. i;#;- tin WaUtaUoit if I Saying TTiey Win PniPsfMI forDnlt. •%JM *«* ¥*% i»,Ur . f l « o » ̂ S e e t I t Stoically. , ;r .*Kr' Usual Fornfelitiai at the GHUIOWB Kot Observed by Sheriff Matson. K .v • > lt i". ' • * " Death Warrants Read to the Vfc- tims Before Their Removal t Fatal Trap. r ̂ •> • •*», ; : t "' ^ - •• •• •- Yariout Wayi in ^hich the Four Anarchists Passed Their Last • " ' Sight 'on Eartiin rm #•? Owing Smrm in the Hreit Tragedy §^*-1 Hfstorj of the Bay*' - '.market Biot. % W ^ssa«A •i f f " -fti#anarchists,ftngn#* 8ptes,Al- bwtB. Parsons, George Engel, and Adolph Mv. were hanged at the county jail in i on Friday morning, Nov. 11. The i oocurred at 11:59 o'clock. There was an absence of many of the usual for­ malities on tlte scaffold, the Sheiiff reading the death warrant to the men in the ii- before leading them to the gallows, vfeM they perished miserably for their pStitfpatimm the haymarket tragedy. UST rABBWEU/-' 'J'] with the Families of the lata--Sad Partings, hi afternoon of Thursday there were ssttibe jail when the families of the cube ID to say farewell. At 5:10 i#tb came to the jail to bid her hns- ba a last fare- and her face twab was brought jail office~&nd sat silently listening who conversed with him in low Oooaaionally she would reach over and by the hand or pat him encouragingly bat his rigid face never changed, •at immediately beside them to •eemed eomptstalr _. •" -nim TAX aurort wmN sttfc, • When Nina Van Eandteaaw lata the jail at I C:0f>. Spies was sitting with both hand* on his bearfa man bereft of all bqpa For the first tune in her life Nina embraeadendklsaed him with all the affection she could iDmoxtt. Spies remained seated and Nina sat herself doWn in his lap. She then threw both arras about him and talked with him In low but impassioned tones. ^ Occasionally sbe would stroke his forehead or run her shapely fingers through his hair, bat she did not give way to her emotion. She re­ mained with Hjiit g for about fifteen minutes, and kissed hint perhaps a dosen times as she was about to-leave. Mrs. Kngel<did not care to bid her husband farewell, nor did Mrs. Partona. I HEIR APPETITES AM. RIGHT. • Hearty Sapper Eaton with RoUah a»4 a Good Breakfast Ordered. At 7:30 Thursday night Sheriff Matson went in person to the four condemned men and asked them what they wanted to eat. Spies and Fischer were in the iibrary, Engel sat chatting pleasantly with two bailiffs in Jailer Foil's pri­ vate oitice, while Parsons reposed in his ceil, discoursing I ree/.ilv throngh the open door to the death watch, who leaned against the sash and smoked a cigar. The prisoners all professed, with an air of forced cheerfulness, to be hungry. Spies aaked for mutton chops, fried eggs, and coffee, and Fischer wanted the same, saying that for meat he preferred beefsteak. Engei and Parsons both hit upon cream toast and coffee. The orders were served with creditable promptitude from a neighboring restaurant. Spies and Fischer sat side by side upon a pile ot mattresses in the library, utilizing two ehairs for tables, and ate fairly well as they laughed and jested with the bailiffs. Engel ate but lit tie of his supper, and continually stroked his chki and throat, while he cracked grim German jokes with bis two watchers. Parsons went through his meal hartiiy and said nothing until, finishing his repaBt, he brushed the dishes aside, struck a match on his flank, aud leaned back to smoke and resume gossip with the solitary guardsman. When the restaurateur went around to clear away the remnants and the crockery service he took the four men's orders for the morrow's breakfast, wh'oh was t.o be their last meal on earth Spies and Fischer united on beefsteak, eggs, and coffee. Parsons more daintily fixed preference on fried oysters and milk toast, while Engel sturdily demanded steak and coffee, with the evident view of faring better at breakfast than he did at supper. Lima's last meal consisted of potato salad, chicken salad, and t offee. This be ate on Wednesday nieht. When the restaurateur re­ quested his order for the morning he replied : "You needn't bring me anything. I shan't eat," tthus evidencing that he' even then contem­ plated his self-destruction before another meal­ time. SPIES AND DR. BOLTON. , The Ex-Editor of the "Arbelter Zeltang" Refuses the Minister's Sympathy. Not Ion? after the death watch had been set the Rev. Dr. Bolton, pastor of the First Metho­ dist Episcopal Church, called upon the prison­ ers. The reverend gentleman visited the whole four unfortunates, and his reception was almost the same in every case. 8piea received him quietly and with a smile. "I have called on you, Mr. Spies," said the clergyman, "to help you to prepare for the awful end which is now but a few short hours away." Spies smiled again, but shook his head slow­ ly. "There is no use praying for me," he said, in a melancholy tone; "I need them not; you should reserve vour pravers for those who need them." The two men then discussed matters of re­ ligion and social economy, and Spies waxed warm in his defense of tne- doctrines of social­ ism as if looked to him. The conversation was a long and somewhat rambling one, and finally Mr. Bolton arose, bade Spies adieu, and left him. When he had gone the latter turned to the two deputies who kept watch over him, and with a short laugh exclaimed : "Now, what can you do witii men like that V One doesn't like t,o insult them, and yet one finds it hard to endure their unlooked-for attentions." ^pies then waxed talkative and aired his opinion freely to his death watch. Deputy John B. Hartke. Speaking of the anarchists' trial,' he said that its conduct and the finding were without precedent in the history of this coun­ try. "Why, don't you know," said he, "that when the jury brought in the verdict they were all so badly frightened tbat they trembled, and the Judge himself, when he pronounced the sen- WBS'M ha said; .u*. BOtton ealladnpon Pattooifa was iwwtved with the same ooutssy wfctoh haa al­ ways distinguished that erudite snsiehist The eoMemaed man. however, did not seem to tike kindly to the proffered ministrations of the °^"9ou"!Sb welcome, Dr. Bolton,' "prav, what can 1 do for you?" The reverend visiter explained, hit mission, and the old oynloal expression stole over Par­ sons' face. "Preachers are all Pharisees," he answered, "and you know what Jesus .Christ's opinion of the Pharisees was. Re called them a generation of vipers, and likened them to whited sepulcbers. I don't desire to have any­ thing to do with either." Dr. Bolton remonstrated a little, and finally Parsons appeared to be relenting somewhat. "Well, well," be said, "I will say that while 1 do not absolutely refuse your kind attentions, I will impress on you the fact that I aid not want /on." A desultory conversation ensned, and the minister, on leaving, told Parsons that he would pray earnestly for him during the night. The anarchist's hard gray eye grew moist, and he murmured, hoarsely- "Thank you," "Don't forget, though, I didn't aeud i •as that netting wsa handed to Schwab by his tence, shook like a leaf* . This, In said, looked bad. After **w*1*! » . . 111 tell you," he continued, "in five or six wiliMrS affectionate fate- years from now the wonle will see the error of ^r(Se 8.° fr°,m *""• £ug- hanging us, if they do not see it sooner." g?2•Vffyyg' 1.then only did the hue- With this Spies, who had been lying on his •••d bceak down. He arose as she did, and back with his hands avove his heafi, removed them and turned on his side with his face to the wall. «if •-'""" wi- ; , The anarchist editor then lay down on the 5f5^.y~ffP°rt*ra w^re alike affected. Tear- bed, and with hie white face upturned, talked womTA t.^ i g/fle' continuously with Deputy Hartke about mu- naan-^rMen -woman turned to leave the jaiL ' tu&l acuuaintancea and thincn «n<i nt , for tbe last time, no word •*""g been received at that time of the Gov- •tnor's mercy to Schwab. • NO UCABS IN ENQELfe EYES. I oldest daughter was the next to ar- £waa fhoWn into Mr. Folz's private of- . ..--.TrW* »er father Was sitting on the lounge. mtmgn aa she law him she threw both arms WOOKhis neck, and kissed him affectionately. nags® was very little moved by the grief of his ••SqgMer, although his eyes showed sigits of - - . - -- MMp once or twice After remaining with him ^57^ °Sl ""r *hen he came to be more familiar far about fifteen minutes his daughter left him 'he death watch, be talked with them aftUs fate. As she reached the jail door she was «^^toad5downofV t*1' and wa8 crying bitterly, i IfeSf -J. ' **?• S1>IKK IS BUOKKS-HEA.BTED. "iS - ®Piea aged mother a little before ' gf j^tfMOea was one of the most pathetic scenes Witnessed in the countv jail. Mrs. Spies I dressed in black, and deep lines of care and "• plainly noticeable on her face. . into the iail library, where her !, she tUrew herself at his feet, -ttatully into his face, and talked i him in German, until she became "if" * f'tle was '6(1 from her son's * eompletely broken down and scarcely »- T-.-i» P*** Her daughter Gretchen awaited ^ , ) u i l ' i n g t o t a k e h e r •WJT* Spies did not visit her brother. , *ra. atseher pay in io king stolid and >ndif- wm awrwy seemed to realize at first <wiha wvi^tog ber husband for the last iHil aPer talking With him a few moments «ae*sys bs«sn to gathur in her eyes, and she •BHMjy her ><>HH«UHbmid in despair. As she W--i^ocft tj#MFi*>er pulled a short letter Mid handed it to his wife. It and he tyld her to have id fit her. hhe, went to Mr. him* to tell her what was in it. 'S recommend at ion she took the " had him translate it tual acquaintances and things and event* of days gone by. He never referred to the mor­ row, and seemed desirous of keeping the thoughts of his approaching execution as far as possible from his mind. KNOB!* ; Protest* His Innocence and DumW Wsit Religious Sympathy. Engel grew a little more seriona a* the night „ ore on, and when he came to be more familiar with the death watch, be talked with them slx>ut the cause for which he was about to die. He protested his innocence over and over again, and told the story of the Haymarket riot, and all he knew of it. The Kev. Mr. Bolton called on Kneel as he did on tbe others, but with the sanw unsatis­ factory result. The wretched Engel dwelt with bitter emphasis upon the fact that it was the informer Waller, who afterward swore his life away, that first informed him of the massacre. "I was drinking beer and playing cards with my neighbors when Waller called and tauntod me with not being down in the Haymarket fight," said Engel, as a big lump seemed to rise in his throat, "and he afterward swore my life away, but I die for a just cause." . Engel slept none until 1 o'clock, but at that honr, just as the death watch was being removed, he turned round in his conch and dropped into a light slumber. •PARSONS AND FISCHER. "Both Refuse Spiritual Comfort--Parseas Insults the Visiting Ministers. Fischer's last night was quietly spent. Re talked but little, but was restless. His dsalh- watch said though he did not st>-ep mUch, he appeared to take the terri­ ble prdeal pnt upon him with great composure--almost lndifferenoe. He, too. teuMteaorttoM the ooS"aSpw- •hers Spiet, tragi, trad Comrades, Chica- aad one from Madison, Wis;, addressed Condemned Anarchists." Both letters ••at to the men. At0 -4 • o'olook aarowd of women dressed In deep mourning, accompanied by two children also in Hitk,uiAiMd down Clark street to the ropes acrqss Michigan street and asked the of­ ficer at Michigan street to be allowed to CO into the JaiL The crowd included Mrs. Fataons, . - iwaya it with a gled straightened and,a* ha eyes ape® fook of awful reproach and raftwMi* aa to strike the SntfinwttU not fall hardest heart there. It waa -a to be forgotten. Thar* expression almost of inspiration on the white, calm faoa, and the great, atony ®X?f »®?™edtoburninto men's hearts and ask: "What have I done?" There they stood upon the scaffold, four white-robed figures, with eel; stoical faoes, to but added for yon." THURSDAY NIGHT IN THE JADb. How the Prisoners Rested--Parsons' Death Soag--Testing the Gallows-- Preparations for the Execution. How did the condemned meh pass their last night on earth--how did they sleep? Notj very well during the first part of the night. At 12 o'clock Parsons was still awake, tossing uneas­ ily on his couch. Spies could not sleep, it ap­ peared. He remained twisting about with wide-open eyes, and naturally his sense of hear­ ing was acute. Certainly he mast have heard the sound made by tbe carpenters when they were putting np the gallows. That could not have escaped him very well, because it was distinctly audible even in the jail office, and the door there wns closed so as to shut out all sounds that might disturb the doomed men. At midnight tiie stillness could not have been greater. Perfect and entire quietness prevailed. Only the hissing noiso of the burning gas was heard. A few minutes before Parsons, moved to the uttermost of feeling,sang "Annie Laurie." The guaids were in his cell at the time. They coul n t or wouldn't prevent his singing; but as his voice went up in that old song a stir was noted in tho cells on either side of mur­ derers' row. The prisoners were awakened They listened, their heads propped up on their elbows to the homely but patriotic ditty, and more than a tinge of sadness char­ acterized the plaintive voice of the singer. He was singing his death-song. Mayhap in years agone he sang "Annie Laurie" to bis little ones at home. It was a favorite air of his, for at all events it was the last one he would sing before lying down for his last reBt. He slept well. So did Engel and Fischer. Two guards were in tbe cell of each man. Other guards were outside the cell; outside the corridor were other guards, more guards were in the jail yard, and still more of them were outside and all around the Criminal Court building. They all felt pretty secure for only that afternoon. All afternoon civil en­ gineers had examined every street and thor­ oughfare adjoining in a quest after explosive mines. The engineers finished their examina­ tion toward nightfall, and their assurance was to the effect that, despite all talk, to the con­ trary, there was no anarshist mine in any of the streets leading to the jail or Criminal Court building. Before midnight, and while the anarchists were either sleeping or feigning sleep, the gal­ lows were put up. They are the ones used .in the execution of Mulkowsky and the three Ital­ ians. About 1 o'clock Friday morning they were tested, just as had been done in tbe case of the Italians, and they were found to operate without any hindrance. A bag of sand Weighing 180 pounds was swung off four times, once from each rope, and with no other effect than to stretch the rope a trifle. The ropes were of excellent quality, and en­ dured the test to the best advantage. Experts who were present said there wasn't a doubt but that the ropes oould be depended on. At two o'clock tbero was absolutely noth­ ing undone. A wagon had been driven up to the jail some time before, $,nd four coffins were taken out and deposited in the basement adjoining the kitchen. That was the very last preparation for the impending tragedy. The officials who were to perform the execution slept, the men to be executed slept. Two guards watched the slumber of each of the doomed men. From midnight forward till day­ break silence reigned in the jaiL FRIDAY MORNING. Bravado of Spies and Parsons--The Last Breakfast--Other Incidents of the Morn­ ing- At 6 o'clock Fpies' guards came off duty for a moment or two. One of them, Deputy Sheriff Hartke, said Spies had slept well ever since 2 o'clock, but that before that time he was awake, though he pretended to be asleep Any little noise disturbed him, but the guards were warm in praise of his nerve. When Spies turned in he was smoking a cigar. He had his boots on and did not undress. Turning to the guards, while slowly puffing at his cigar, Spies said : "Boys. 111 be just as steady to-morrow when this little matter comes off as I am now." The police were out early. At 6 o'clock promptly 400 of them were in line in front of the Criminal Court building and ranging along on the sidewalk of the jail on Illinois street. Small details of police wera put on duty ii) the co irt - yard of the jail, more were assigned to nos .tions in the alley, and others asain were drawn up on. Dearborn ave- nm alongside the jail and Criminal Court building. At the same time ropes were stretched aio g i lark street from l oth sides of Michigan and Illinois street aud along Dearborn avenoe, likewise on Illinois and Michigan streets. On all these thoroughfares traffic was stopped. On none except Clark street waa traffic permitted till after the execut on. As the morning wore slowly along the bustle in the jail increased. Ihe deputies and re­ porters who were on duty all night were re­ lieved. and new men took their places. Seven o'clock came and the twilight of dawn had brightened xito the full beam of day. At that hour the anarchists were already astir. Engel awoke with a start, aui in an instant sat bolt upright. He began to talk socialism to hiB guard, but his haggard faoe revealod the strug­ gle that was going on inside. At 7 :2 i two waitirs from Martell's restaurant brought to the prisoners their breakfast. The edibles were carried in a large, new clothes- basket, and the linen and tableware looked bright and clean. A little incident occurred when Parsons stepped out to wash himself, which was described by Lieutenant Laugblin. All the ether anarchists contented themselves with washing at the tap, but when Parsons walked up to tbe basin he exclaimed: "I see no wash-basin here. I am accustomed to washing in a basiu, and I want one now." His manner was extremely defiant, but though he reiterated his request for tne basin in gruff tones he did not get the desired uten­ sil. He, by far, exhibited the most bravado of any of the aua chists. * Sheriff Matson reached the jail at 7 ^5 o'clock. He looked haggard and depressed, and said but little to the reporters. Aiter a glance throngh the interior of the jail he came out and went to his private office. He had at that time receiv­ ed no news from the Governor, or any other source. The Rev. Dr. Bolton arrived at 7:15, and, after depositing his satchel on a chair and hanging up hla o ercoat in tbe jail ofl|et-, passed into the c< 11-roorn. Passing first into Parsons' cell, he attempted to engage tbe doomed Texan in re­ ligious conversation. Parsons had not yet fin­ ished breakfast. What passed between tliem is unknown. In tho meantime Spies had called for paper and envelopes, and when they were fur­ nished him, be began writing. He was inter­ rupted by the Sheriff, who accosted him, and stood in front of the cell door while they talked. The Sheriff took notes of the conversation and then passed on. After a stav of eighteen min­ utes in Parsons' cell, Dr. l'olton emerged, and walking to Spies' door, stood looking at that in­ dividual, who glanced at the clergyman and content ed his writing. Dr. Bolton remained staiiAng in front of Spies two or three min- utesg but receiving no recognition he walked away. The clergyman then passed around into the north corridor, and from the gallery overlooking the scaffold took a view of that gritn structure. Then he returned and paced nervously back­ ward and forward in front of the cells contain­ ing the fated four. It was now 8:30 o'clock and not thirty feet away from the coming victims the massive iron-barred door was clanging constantly, ad­ mitting crowds of newspaper men and Deputy Sheriffs, crowding the little room almost to suffocation and indulging in a loud baaz of con­ versation that could be heard plainly in the cells. Nearly everybody in tbe room wa* smok­ ing, and, what with the fearful feeling of de­ pression felt by the most hardened, the place WBfc nearly unendurable. Meanwhile the Iiev. Mr. Bolton, who had walked down the line of cells and received but I cold recognition from the men inside, betook himself to the northeast corner of the jail-yard, where t e gallows stood. The reverend gen tletunn closely scanned it from the gallery, and then returned agai i and looked into tho cells, but did not talk to the occupants while they were writing. Following tho example of Spies, P«r-ions and Fischer called for writing material and were busy writing when Mr. liolton re­ turned on his second visit. l)r Gray, tho Assistant County Physician, called on the prisoners alx>ut 8:30 o'clock and a"ked them if|they required any stimulants. Parsons, Spies, and Fischer refused, but Engel dr >nk three glasses of port wine. Dr. Gray asked if more was required, and re­ ceived an answer in the negative. He. how­ ever, left three more glasses of wine beside the doomed man. Parsons, Fischer, and Spies were still busy writin; when Dr. Gray's visit was made, and their cbiregraphy was as steady and firm as if they were merely inditing a letter or an article to the Alarm or Arbeiter Zeitwig. Not a tremor could be detected in one of the char­ acters. At 8:15 Deputy Sheriff Burke eame out and announced that all who had passes to witness tho hanging must now give tliem up. Tbe re­ quest was complied with by the t*o-score re­ porters and others who were then present, lhpngh tho execution, it was understood, would hoc take I>1HC > until aft'A- 10 o'clock, this an­ nouncement was looked upon as a pretty sig­ nificant hint that the awful hour waa very close at hand. At̂ jMa. m. CMat Papoty, Olsason arrived CRIMINAL COUBT BUHJHNG AND /AXL--DEABBOBN AVENU* ̂ ROKT. Mrs. Engel, Mrs. Fisher, Lingg's sweetheart, Mrs. Holmes, Mrs. Spies, Miss Spios, and a number of their female friends, and the chil­ dren were the son and duughter of A. B. Par­ sons. The policeman told them his orders--that they could not advance--aud they moved on to Illinois street, where they repeated their de­ mand to Capt. Hubbard and I/ieut. Fitzpatrick. The «ame thing was told them by these officers, and all except Mrs. Holmes and Mrs. Parsons moved away. Mrs. Holmes denounced the execution as a murder and the policemen aB murderers. Mrs. Parsons continued to beseech and demand admission, and the polio3 Contin­ ued obdurate. At 10 o'clock she was still on hand, but under the closest surveillance. At about 9:30 o'clock Mrs. Parsons suddenly determined to make one last desperate effort to see her husband, Dragging her children at her Bide, and obediently followed by Mrs. Holmes, she endeavored to push through the line of police. Her resistance was so stubborn when opposed that Captain Buckley was at last com­ pelled to order her arrest. Every effort of gentle restraint, persuasion, argument, and entreaty was employed to no effect. Finally a call waa ^ent in for the East Chicago avenue patrol- wagon. The four prisoners were led to the cor­ ner of Illinois street and Dearborn avenue, where the wagon drew up. Little Albert Par­ sons, Jr., and his still smaller sister were lifted in, and, while breathing sentiments of commingled rage and despair, Mrs. Parsons waa assisted to ascend. Mrs. Holmes disdained as­ sistance and mounted the wagon with a show of offended feeling. A tremendous crowd had centered at that point, and it was only after a squad of off cers had. rushed upon the throng with drawn clubs that the wagon was able to pass out. Onca at the station, the prisoners were given setets in the basement registry- room. They were not booked nor locked in a cell. Clothed in deep black, with her bonnet and face enveloped in a heavy crape veil, Mrs. Par-1 sons Bat brooding over the children at her side, the very picture of desoiat.on. Mrs. Holms* paced tragically back and forth, and aa Lieut, (juinn politely approached deihanded: "Do I understand that I m detained?" The Lieutenant mildly replied that suoh waa the case to the best of his knowledge. Mra, Parson*, raising her head, with flashing eyes •aid: "Oh, they'll keep us here till their mur­ dering spree is finished, and then they'll likely let us go." At about the-hour Mrs. Parsons was arrested Nina Van Zandt, accompanied by her mother, was driven in a cab from their residenoa to- wird the jail. AB the lino of polite which blocked the avenue at Illinois Street appeared tbe driver reined in, but was urged onward by the ladies. The police began signaling the cab to turn back, but the driver, obedient to his passengers, pushed on. As the cab ajjproached the ropes with no evidencing of intention to halt an officer darted forward and throwing np his musket barred further progress, Lieut Larson advanced, and as gently as possi­ ble informed the ladies that they oould not proceed and could not be admitted to the jail. The cabman then turned about, ahd Nina, bursting into tears, fell upon her mother's shoulder. In this attitude they were driven homeward. Nina fairly Hung herself into the honse, and could be heard from without sob­ bing and moaning. Crowds were not allowed to stand. Thrones of curious people were being kept moving up and down Clark street and Dearborn avenue. THE FATAL DROP. "Hurrah for Anarchy!" Shouts Engel-- Parsons Choked Off in the Middle of m Sentence. Parsons was given a cup of cbffee a few min­ utes before the march to the scaffold was begun. . which it wonld seem no influence could bring a tremor of fear. And now a bailiff approaches, and, seizing Spies' robe, passed a leathern strap around his ankles. In a moment they were closely pin­ ioned together. Enqel's legs were next strapped together, and when the official ap­ proached Fischer the latter straightened up his tall figure tj its full height and placed his ankles close together to facilitate the operation. Parson's waa the last, but he was the first around whose neck the fatal cord was placed. One of the attendant bailiffs seized the noose in front of Spies and passed it deftly over the doomed man's head. It caught over his right ear, but Spies, with a shake of his head, cast it down around his Deck, and then the bailiff tightened it till it touched the warm flesh, and carefully placed the noose beneath the left ear. When the officer approached Fischer threw back his head and bared his long, muscular throat by the movement. Fischer's neck was very long and the noose nestled snugly around it When , WW BHXBirr MATSOH, THE HANOMAK. tightened aronnd his windpipe Fischer turned around to Spies and laughing­ ly whispered something in hi* ear. But tbe latter either did not hear him or else was too much occupied with other thoughts to pay attention. Engel smiled down at the crowd, and then turning to Deputy PeterB, who guarded him, he smiled gratefully toward bim and whispered something to the officer that seemed to affect him. Parsons' face never moved as the noose dropped over his head, but the same terrible, fixed look was on his face. And now people were expecting that tho speeches for which the four doomed ones craved twenty minutes each would be delivered, but to every one's surprise the officer who had adjusted the noose proceeded to fit on the white cap without delay. It was first placed on Spies' head, completely hiding his head and face. Just before the cap was pulled over Fischer's head Deputy Spears turned his eyea up to meet those of the tall young anarchist. Fischer smiled down on his guard jiiBt as pleasantly as Engel did on his, and he seemed to be whispering THE JAIL PBOPEH -1 LUN D] 8 BTBEET FRONT It wa* exactly 11 £0 o'clock when Chief Bailiff Cabill entered the corridor and stood beneath the gallows. He requested in solemn tones that the gentlemen present would remove their hata. Instantly i;very head was bared. Then the tramp, tramp of many footsteps were heard resounding from the central corridor, and the crowd in front of the gallows knew that the condemned mm had begun the march of death. The slow, steady march sounded nearer and nearer. The anarchists were within a few feet of the scaffold. There was a pause. The condemned men were about to mount the stair­ way leading to the last platform from which they would ever speak. Step by step, steadi­ ly they mounted the stairway, and again there was another slight pause. Every eye was bent upon the metallic angle around which the four wretched victims were expected to make their appearance. A moment later the curiosity was rewarded. With steady, unfaltering step, a white-robed figure stepped out from behind the protecting metallic screen and stood upon the drop. It was August Spies. It was evident that his hands were firmly bound behind him underneath his snowy shroud. He walke I with a firm, almost stately, tread across the platform and took bis stand under the left-hand noose at the corner of the scaffold larthest from the side at which he had entered. Very pale was the expressive face, and a solemn, far-away light shone in bis blue eyes. His tawny hair was brushed back in the usual crisp waves from tho big white forehead. Nothing could be imagined more melan­ choly, and at the same timo" dignified, than the expression which sat upon the face of August Spies at that moment. The chin was covered with a freshly budding beard • that purtially concealed the expression of the ii m y cut mouth. The lines were a littli hardly drawn around the ccr.iers, however, and bespoke great internal tens.on. Mu st od directly behind the still noose, which reached down almost, to bis breast, imd, having first cast a momentary glance upward at tbe rope, let his eves fall upon the 20) faces that were .upturned toward him. Never a muscle did be move, however; no t-ikjn of >iinching or fe r could be discerned in the white face -white almost as the shroud which it surmounted. Spies had scarcely taken his place when he was followed by Fischer. He,,Coo, wa* clod in a long white shroud that was gathered In at the ankles. His tall figure towored several inches over that of Spies, and as he stationed himself bt'liltifi bis particular noose bis face wa* Very pale, but a faint smile rested upon bis lip*. Like Spies, the white roho setoff to advantage the rather pieasiug features of h i bo her, and aa the man stood tn^re waiting for his last moment bis palo face was as calm as if he were asleep. Next came George Engel. There was a ruddy glow upon the rugxed countenance of tbe old anarchist, aud when he ranged bfmself along­ side Kischer he raised himself to hiatull height, while his bnrlv form seemed to expandWithjthe 4ceinigi that were within him. . ^atefmePanpne, «-peJpbJusl •ome word* of fargiveneaa. Engel and Par­ sons Boon donned their white cap* after this, and now the four men stood upon the scaffold cladfrom top to too in pure white. All was ready now for tho signal to let the drop fall. In the little box at tbe back of the Btage and fastened to the wall tbe invisible ex-, ecutioner stood, with ax poised, ready to cut the cord that held them between earth and heaven. Tbe men had not noticed this, but they knew the end was near. For an instant there waa a dead silence, and then a mournful, solemn voice Bounded from behind the first right-hand mask, and cut the air like a wail of sorrow and of warning. Spies was speaking from behind his shroud. The words seemed to drop into the sold, silent air like pellets of Are. Here i* what he said: "It is not meet that I should speak here, where my silence is more terrible than my ut­ terances. " Then a deeper, stronger voice came out with a muffled, mysterious cadence from behind the white pall tbat hid the face of Fischer. He only spoke eight words: "This is the happiest moment of my life * But the next voice that catches up the refrain is a different one. It was firm, but tbe melan­ choly wail was not in it. It was harah, loud, exultant Engel waa cheering for anarchy. "Hurrah for anarchy 1 Hurrah 1" were the last words and the last cheer of George Engel. But now the weird and ghastly acene waa brought to a climax. Parsons alone remained to spB ik. Out from behind his maBk his voice sounded more «ad. and there was a mo> o dreary, reproaahful tone in it than even in Spies . "May I be allowtd to sneak I Ob, men of America!" he criod, "may I be allowed the privilege of speech even at'the last moment? Harkon to the voice of the neople " 'i here was n su Iden vs. :se. Parsons never spoko a word more. A si a^p, creaking noise, a crash, a sickening, crack1 ng sound, and Spies, Parsons. Fischer, and En >1 were no more. When tbe pulse-beats «.f all became imper­ ceptible. which was about 12 :10 o clock, the physicians sat down and the bodies swung buck said forth, while the deputies stood above them. There was a continual shifting ot seats after the physicians left tbe b dies, and1 nearly al who cou!d get away w anted to be allowed to do so Tho Sheriff opened a door at the we at aide of the building and a great many of the specta­ tors left. At 112:20 Spies' body waa let down and placed tn a coffin, while the doctor examined him ana found thai his neek wa* not broken. He wore a dark-gray flannel shirt and dark pantaloons, but no coat. His arms were confined by a strap, aa were those of all the others. Fischer WM next cut down. His neck was not broken. He wore a blue tlannal shirt and gray trousers. Engel came next. He bad a blue fainel ; shirt ahd wore a collar His neck wa* broken, but ihe spinal eoad wS#aot severed. I Parson* waa the laat to be taken down. Be betvrnedov*rtot_^.w.^. wanted his body givwn to xww J*** ?** <***»« Hert* dUreetod that the body of Mngg be given to Mr*. Engel-and the Carpentera'Union, in aeeecdanc* with Lingg's request, aothst they might all be buried together. MAKE good twe ol to-day: ax# aot wm of to-morrow.- <, , i < 'f. « -f., > *•*' THE STORY OF. THE CRIME. Be# the Haymarket Meeting £ed to Vari­ ous Tragedies. The Haymarket riot occurred on May 4,1«83, and was the result of a aerie* of attempts made by the anarchists to piolnee boodshed. During tha at i te that oocurred April 25,1883, Pielden and. Parsons were familiar figures among the dissatisfied men, urgina them to resort to arms as a solution of their grievances. At the Street- our strikes in Jnly, 188•, and the McCormick strike in Febiuiry, I83tt, Spies and Parsona took the Initiative in inciting the idle men to deeds of violence. Spies was then the editor of the Arbeiter Zei- tuno, aid when not dlsaaminating his vioiona editorial* he and Parana were haj^«gni«|. meet­ ing* of striken that were generally assembled at tbe speaker*' call. All these revolutionary attempts thus far had proved failures, is waa not until May 1,1886, that another suitable opportunity for sowing anarchi*tio principles wa* afforded Spiea and his contingency, for fry this time Spies was the recognized leader of tho revolutionary movement. At thla time there waa a general atrike among all classes of laborers for eight hours to consti­ tute a day's work. It was tbe greatest strike in the annals of Chicago, and the immense num­ ber of idle men and the extent of the dissatis­ faction furnished an excellent opportunity for inculcating inflammatory doctrines. The an­ archist leaders perceived this opportunity and made the most of it. On the 3d of May the strikers from MeOor- miok's machine-shops gathered on Bine Island avenue, near that establishment^ their alleged wrongs. Spies appeared in the throng and harangued the crowd in an imum. mat >ry speech, urging them to resort to mm. Intense excitement enaned, and the enraged strikers attacked the shops. The appearance of the police prevented any disastrous results, though during that day several more attempts were made to demolish tbe building. Several workmen were injured by the efforts of the po­ lice to preserve order, and this tended to aggra­ vate the prevailing discontent. . After tiiii diBturoance had fairly been set in motion Spies fled to the office of the Arbeiter Zeitwsig and issued the notorious "Revenge" circular. It began: "Pevenge! Workingmen. to arms!" and closed with "To anna t We call you to arms 1" This circular was distributed among the belligerent striked, and was thought to have bad a tremendous influence in nerving the men for the subsequent fray at the Hay­ market. On the following day, May 4, Infuriated work­ ingmen continued to prowl around the neigh­ borhood of the McCormick shops, and were only restrained by the presence of thepolloe. A cir­ cular, asserted to have been written, printed, and circulated under the superviaian of Spies and his allies, was scattered among them. This circular was addressed to workingmen and announced a mass-meeting to toko plaoe on the following night at Haymarket square. The striken assembled early in responae to this call, and packed the square with eager spectators. Tne speakers did not appear till earlyo'clock, when they mounted a wagon on Desplaines street at the north entrance to the square. It was estimated that two thousand people were present when Spies, Parsons, and Fielden spoke. The two first were surprisingly mild in their ut­ terances. This is accounted for by some by the presence of Mayor Hnrrison, who had been urged to prohibit tbe meeting. When it came to Fielden's turn to apeak he wrought his auditors to a high pitch of excitement by his inflammatory words. He advised them to "throttle and kill the law." Capts. Bonfield and Ward, who were holding police in readi­ ness to quell any disturbance that should take place, considered this the proper time for action. At the head of seven com­ panies, aggregating 175 men, the Cap­ tains marched up Desplaines street to the speakers' wagon. Fielden, seeing the men approach, oxclaimed: "Here come the bloodhounds 1 You <Io your duty and I'll do, mine 1" Capt. Ward then gave the order to "dis­ perse peaceablv." "We are peaceable," replied Parsons, and at that moment the deadly bomb was thrown and exploded with a roar that was audible for two miles. Officer Matthias J. > Degan and an anarchist named Kistler were killed outright Six more were mor- tally Injured and sixty others received injuries that incapacitated them for duty for many weeka. Neighboring buildings were shaken to the foundations, and for a moment the police were driven in confusion. They recovered themselves, however, and, after using their re­ volvers and batons so freely as to fill the air with groans of the wounded, succeeded in quell­ ing the disturbance. Spies, Schwab and Flacher were arrested the following morning, and on May 17 a grand jury, charged by Judge Rogers, found indictments against Spies, Parsons, Fielden, Schnaubelt, Fischer, Lingg, Engel, Sohwab, Neebe, Anton Hirachberger and John Apel. The two last and Schnaubelt were released, though it is now snpposed tbat Schnaubelt threw the bomb. The rest were held without bail. The trial began on June 21, Judge Gary pre­ siding. Tbe leading counsel for the prosecu­ tion was Julius S. Grinnell; for tbe defense Captain W. P. Black. On the first day of the trial Parsons surrendered himself. Till July l~> was consumed in impaneling a jury, and evidence was heard till Aug. 11. On this date the attorneys began to argue the case and con­ cluded on the 19th, when the case was given to the jury. At 10 o'clock a. in., Aug. 20, 1886, the jury returned a verdict of guilty, fixing Neebe's punishment at fifteen years in the peniten­ tiary and sentencing the others to be hanged. A motion waa immediately made by tbe coun­ sel for the defense for a new trial, but Judge Gary refuged to grant it. They succeeded, how­ ever, in obtaining from Judge Scott of tbe Su­ preme Court a supersedeas on Nov. 27. The case was then argued at great length before the Supreme Court of Illinois. Unfairness was charged the State in the selection of jurors and the seizure of private papers that Judge Gary admitted as valid evidence. The Supreme Court rendered its decision on Sept. 14 last, sustain­ ing the decision of the lower court. The next step was to get the case before the United States Supreme Court. This application was made on the charge that the defendants were not accorded due process of law, and that tbe Illinois jury law was unconstitutional. Gens. Pryor and Butter and J. Randolph Tuoker ar­ gued the case for the anarchists, but tbe court declared the jury law to be constitutional; that it did not have jurisdiction in the case, thus sustaining the decision of the Illinois Supreme Court, sentencing the seven anarchists to be hanged on Nov. U. • • J ' " 'en1 •/ i •. XIsi .or Mrs. :: So much has been said in regard to the neoessity of a pronoun in English equivalent to the French on without accomplishing anything whatever that it seems of no especial use to point out the deficiencies of the language; but there is often a certain satisfaction in stating difficulties, and so we all keep on. One of the annoyances of corres­ pondence is the utter impossibility of telling from the signature of a letter whether the unknown correspondent is Miss or Mrs. A note is signed by Jane Smith, but how in replying is one to know by what title to address the writ­ er ? Of course, the epistle itself will sometimes contain a clew, but there are instances enough where the recip­ ient is absolutely unable to decide, and he always runs the risk of offending by a wrong address, an awkwardness which is by no means pleasant, and he is exposed a1 so to the more serious dan­ ger that a letter may miscarry through a blunder in the use of the title. There are people who are wise enough to give some indication, some bracketed [Miss] or [Mrs.] besides the signature, or some indication in the body of the note. If this custom could be made general it would save much perplexity, relieving letter writers from the doubt involved in the ques­ tion reported in Punch when a servant asks'her new mistress, "In the course of conversation shall I address you as 'Miss* or Mum?'" Of old all ladies, married and single, were addressed as Mistress, a custom which at once did away with the wlio'e difficulty, and which perhaps might be worth reviving. Some such device might easily be resorted to, and seems to be necessary unless one follows the example of a New York editor who said he always in ease of doubt addresa- ed his letters to "Miss or Mrs. Jane Smith," a method more clumsy than satisfactory.--Boston Courier. Produced by Evaporation. - "George Gulp," said his friend, warmly, "is one of the salt of the earth.* "I believe you," replied the other man; " he's dry enough to be all of ik* --liurdetle. 1h s'Vfi ,i ,w„ u> Among SISKKl* thoae ^ " have two oapilal ama 1 . * AoCOTdingJko the ftrat an } students •grinat putting thTSThSu*^: Vl his desk. The university)* the Scot- ?* tish capital la remarkabfo for a scanty > ' ' ' of oloMt-rooma, and in the :&>,y •' , of examination hate are, or used to be, t- ' nhng down anywhere. Thla examiner ' -A w announced one dav that if he fouad an- - Y-T other hat on hia desk he would rip it - i '14 up. Next day no "hata were laid there? v: * < v o when the students assembled. Pres- 5 1 & ently, however, the examiner was?; ";V ^ called out of the room. Th&i some. ; / "" naughty undergraduate slipped from -' ; f » i got ,tho e**miner'« hat, and* ^ J placed it on the deak. Whon the ex*** aminer re-entered the haU every eye'^l* was fixed on him. He observed the hat * | - Mid a gleam of triumph ahot across his ,* \ V face. "Gentlemen," he said, "I told T;V, * K you what would happen if this occurred J. * ' again." Then he took his pen-knife ' I v v from his pocket, opened it, and blandly cut the hat in pieces, amid loud and prolonged applause. They do say that T there were other examiners in the room 'V' at the time who could have warned him 1; „ ,• had they chosen, . ^ Another story illustrates the fact that' ' rr the student ,may sometimes be too ^ Y", much for his examiner. Soon after the s" examination opened he was observed *Y l" looking around him stealthily, as if ^ / **<• meditating guile. From the other end ti ' ^ of the hall the examiners watched him i. narrowly; so did a number of students. He took a handkerchief from his pocket fp , ^ and spread it over his kuee. Every $£r ' * ^ few minutes he lifted up the handker- k \ chief and looked beneath it, and then f 1"% wrote with renewed vigor. It seemed 1 ' *^ a clear case of copying, so tin active ex- % ^ aminer pounced upon him. The atu- dent whisked the handkerchief into hia pocket "Come, Mr. ," said the < examiner, "I must see your hanker* chief." "Certainly, sir," said the stu- .V dent, blandly, showing it to him. Then " the pocket was searched, with no re- result. The student began to grin and ; then the other competitors, and then - the other examiners followed suit. ;^V Obviously it was a practical joke, though at the time no one understood how practical. The crestfallen exam­ iner returned to his desk and soon .af­ terward the student took a small book from his pocket, spread it upon his r*' • knee and'seemed to resume his old V* tactics. The fear of being "sold again" . kept the examiner from interfering this time; but when they looked at his pa­ per subsequently it was seen that his i '-•* answes had come from a "crib." Whether his ingenuity availed him in ' the end I cannot say. A better story, * in the opinion of the examiners, is one "' • of ,a student who made a miniature crib ^ for himself, meaning to smuggle it up his sleeve into the examination-room* He forgot it, however, and his mother, finding it in his room, hurried to the /. university with it and sent it by a mes- senger to the examiner, asking him to give it at onca to her son, as she knew it was something very important. Chinese Fables. A young tiger met an old one and said: "I got hold of a. man to-day , whose upper parts were so tasteless and his nether parts so sour that, hun- ' gry aa I was, I left him in disgust. I v wonder what sort of a man tbat could be?" "A student who has had to buy his degree,".was the reply. The lord of hades considered a cer* tain spirit to have been a great sinner, indeed, so he adjudged that he should - re-enter the world and become a poor C scholar with five children. "Is not that a rather light punishment," remon­ strated an angel, "No," said his emi­ nence. "The five hungry children will soon drive him mad." Ohang and Chung mutally agreed to start a brewery. Said Chang to Chung: "You supply tbe rice and I will furnish the water." "But," queried Chung, "if the profits are divided according to the capital embarked I am afraid it will be difficult to apportion your share." "Oh, I'm not afraid," said ^ Chang; "when the brew is over give me the water, you can hare the re- mainder." A man was seized by a tiger. The victim's son took his bow and pursued. "Hit him in the leg," oried the father, "else you'll spoil the market value of the skin." A bibulous individual on entering a restaurant noticed that the wine-cups were small After seating himself he gave vent to a most demoniacal series of howls and groans. "What is the matter?" asked the startled landlord. "Ah," answered tbe man, "my father, • hale, hearty man, met his death at a friend's table by accidentally swallow­ ing a small wine-cup, so whenever I see similar ones the memory of the sad event overcomes me." It is needless to add tbat the cup was replaced by a larger one. A hard drinker dreamed that he had become possessed of a bottle of genuine stuff, but, determined to enjoy it thoroughly, he had begun to heat it. During the heating process he awoke. "Hoo, hoo," he groaned, "it I had known this _ waa to happen I would have drank'it cold." A servant did not fill a guest's cup to the brim. The latter, holding it up, remarked: "This cup is too deep," and broke a piece off. "How is that ?" cried the host. "If the upper part cant hold liquor, of what use is it ?" waa the smart retort--Chicago Times. J Hobnobbing with Amphibians. - I.was now within thirty feet of -Muti seals. I could sse they had my wind, and were getting restless; some were moving down to the water. The ring­ ing of the church bells at Hoy iu Ork­ ney brought them in great numbers into thd little bay, for tliey are fond of music. I recalled an old story where shipwrecked sailors enticed seals to their boat by playing on an improvised Jew's harp. I determined to try tho effect of music. I tried to whistle "Yankee Doodle," but it was hard work. I oould pucker all right, but there was no whistle. Three-quarters of an hoar in a semi-Arctic stream only a few days from Labrador, had frozen the whistle. At this moment I heard .% low, hoarse moan close by, and turning qniokly saw a round black object close to my toes. .1 sprang up ; so did the peals, very much frightened; and such a scampering! The old patriarch moved slowly between me and the herd, and was the last to take the water. Before entering he- turned deliberately and gave me one look, after which I felt that if I ever got back to the'mainland it would be through the courtesy of that old amphibian, who refused to injure a very sorry and unarmed man. --A* J£* Durable, in ihe American MagaHni, .-3 r •* *, v'.-ySS^ R • ' A- fc-, -• /v; * niej KKKP cool and jwi vftOian)inrf bodr.-HSt JlMt ^ -