The Rise and Fall of Anarchy in America: From its Incipient Stage to the First Bomb Thrown in ChicagoMcLean, George N.
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The Rise and Fall of Anarchy in America: From its Incipient Stage to the First Bomb Thrown in Chicago
McLean, George N.
Anarchists -- United States; Haymarket Square Riot, Chicago, Ill., 1886
"As a matter of fact you woke up Engel in his cell after midnight to
interrogate him, didn't you?"
"Well, I don't remember. If I did, I did, and I suppose I did. I had a
right to do it."
"Do you know of two detectives at your station who went to Lingg's cell
late at night and exhibited a rope saying they were going to hang him?"
"I do not, and I do not believe anything of the kind was done."
Officer Hoffman, of the Larrabee street station, testified that he
found nine round bombs and four long ones under a sidewalk near Clyde
street and Clybourn avenue.
"Who was with you at the time?"--"Gustav Lehman."
Under John Thielen's house the witness found two long bombs, two boxes
of cartridges, two cigar boxes full of dynamite, one rifle, and one
revolver.
"What else?"--"Lehman pointed out to me a can holding about a gallon,
and this was filled with dynamite."
"Look at this box of caps. Where did you find them?"--"They were with
the dynamite. They were all under the sidewalk on Clybourn avenue, back
of Ogden's grove."
Assistant State's Attorney Frank Walker opened the proceedings Friday,
July 30, by reading extracts from Parsons' _Alarm_, dated May 2d of
this year. It was a speech delivered by Parsons April 29, the night
the new Board of Trade was dedicated, and that occasion afforded the
speaker his subject. The speech was full of rabid utterances, of which
the following are samples:
"To-night the property owners are dedicating a temple for the plunder
of the people. We assemble as Anarchists and Communists to protest
against the system of society founded on spoilation of the people."
In conclusion Parsons advised his hearers to save their money and buy
revolvers and rifles, and recommended the use of dynamite.
Under date of December 26, 1885, the _Alarm_ contained a long
description of what qualities should center in a revolutionist. "The
revolutionist," it was said, "must dedicate his life exclusively to
his idea, living in this world only for the purpose of more surely
destroying it. He hates every law and science, and knows of but one
science--that of destruction. He despises public sentiment and social
morality. All his sentiments of friendship, love and sympathy must be
suppressed. Equally must he hate everything that stands in the way to
the attainment of his ends. He must have but one thought--merciless
revolution; he must be bound by no ties, and must not hesitate to
destroy all institutions and systems."
On February 6, 1886, the _Alarm_ paid its respects to Captain Bonfield,
and the attention of the revolutionists was called to the clubbing done
by the police at the time of the car-men's strike, by saying: "American
sovereigns, if you don't like this, get guns or dynamite."
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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