Show THE anarchists CASK CASE TODAY the fitial final argument on behalf of the condemned anarchists was to be made antte in abe supreme court of the united states they are represented by J randolph tucker and benjamin F butler who make the speeches roger A k pryor who files a brief and theia chicago y attorney captain black the grounds upon which these attorney at fc uly ely are tuat the manner in which toe jury was drawn X way as such as aa to admit of the packing process and anat tah tu in fact was waa done contrary to 10 the provision of the national constitution chich aims itt at securing fair minded disinterested unbiased and impartial inen as of every case reat areat or swall and the additional dit ional objection that contrary ar to co another constitutional provision ube se accused were compelled in effect 0 o testify against themselves then private papers and documents having been brought in against their will and woven into the fabric of evidence out if f which conviction was made it will scarcely be proper when the lives of seven men are involved in tnt issue to say that these grounds are shadowy and technical the which so many drowning men mefi clutch tt it in the desperation of imminent death they ve are substantial and rest it at the very foundation of just govern govera ment and good society without che strict observance of bum of those safeguards against ju jimial murder abe courts might soon become more dangerous is the class of men we ask them to protect ds as against we cannot in accordance with christianity or the just laws ol of man take that which we did not kivi in the first instance and cannot restore unless th necessities A t the situation are such that no other safeguard to our well being exists and guilt has been determined in accordance with the abe methods and forms duly accepted and in force it t therefore only remains to be seen whether or not the attorneys points are well aken ak enand an d have been supported by toe record it if so the duty of the supreme court in the premises would seem to be plain indeed ia A glance at the salient points in the ther evidence shows that there is and was something wrong somewhere judging at a atis lance in relation to the case against spies schwab parsons and fl fielden elden particularly does there appear some black and grained spots so tar as the record lof lot the pro an article in ia the chicago news mews says of these men there is no claim that any of them were at the monday night meeting nor at a meeting on me previous day when the colos conspiracy piracy was first batched hatched Spies wrote toe the revenge Ee circular which was read at the monday night meeting but there is no claim that it was read with bis knowledge spies wrote the word rube for toe tae printers of the arbetter but there is ia no evidence that he knew its special import and when he learn edit he be told his bis advertising agent abent to go and aad tell the armed men that the word was put in by mistake spies was invited tuesday morning by bylls fis cher to speak at the haymarket meet ing out kut noticing that the handbill hand liani bill calling tor for the meeting contained the words workingmen arm yourselves au and dapper appear iu full force he said aard to fischer that those be struck out or he would liot attend the meeting or figlak speak 7 spies spoke at the haymarket but t mayor harrison and the reporters re heard beard him and they made the testimonies that I 1 have already given this looks as though there were still much BUCQ room for upon the question of gull gulf or innocence standi standing nethe the verdict the same auth rity says of sell ab spies assistant on the arbeiter that there Is no evidence whatever ot of hn bis connection with the plot pave that afforded by the doubtful testimony of and kofl of pardons that he was in cincinnati when the conspiracy was formed he only returned to chicago on tuesday morning moi olda he called a meeting aria and atten attended kled it that evening of what was known aade american Amen can group at the arbetter arbeiter office aad at the time of going to it did not know that any meeting was to be held at the haymarket at all 11 it is almost incredible th that at parsons should have brought his wife and children to the meeting if he expected bombs would be thrown there we all understand that the most powerful outside pressure ever known in this country perhaps was brought to bear upon the jury to force a verdict of conviction this was to some fx X tent natural enough since the crime was an awful one and stein justice was not to be thwarted through tae imperfections of legal machinery but if the men named had bad no further connection with the con 1 or carrying out than betag being associates socia tes of and sympathizers with the actors in it there should be a grave hesitancy about instituting as dangerous a form of anarchy as that aavo bated by the condemned men it should not usurp the temples of justice uslice tice and take possession of the processes pr and mechanism by which justice Is satisfied chicago is not noted for the purity of its administration in some of the branches of the public service and on great ocea occasions it might require close watching this is justifiable now when three of the most eminent criminal lawyers of the no practical campen bation undertake to show that the state of which it is the metropolis apropo es to commit murder under the name and in toe form of law through its peculiar system of jury drawing and disregard of accepted prin principles ciplis however H irever it may turn out the principles upon which they rely are aie sound and ought to be maintained at all hazards two or three of the condemned men seem to be guilty beyond doubt and ther ou ought bt to pay the penalty but unless the facts and forms warrant it thel the others should not be punished further no matter how bow loud and long ther the clamors of the populace |