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Show UNJUSTLY SENT TO DEATH Spanish Tribunals, After Hla Execution, Execu-tion, Concede That Ferrer Waa Not Guilty ef Extreme Offense. Spanish republicans, socialists, anarchists an-archists and radicals of all degrees celebrate January 10 as the birthday of Francisco Ferrer, who, convicted of having Incited revolutionary riots In Barcelona, was executed In 1900. Ferrer waa In many ways a remarkable remark-able man a fanatic of unbelief, who accepted death as bravely as any martyr mar-tyr of the faith. That he waa unjustly un-justly convicted and executed has since been decided by Spain's tribunal, which generally considered the case months after the death of the victim, and as gravely handed down a decision de-cision that Ferrer was Innocent of the charges made against htm I Ferrer was born In a village near Barcelona on January 10, 1800. Early In life he became a ahop boy, and then a ticket Inspector on a Spanish railway. rail-way. Although he had few educational education-al advantages, he waa naturally a student, and spent all his spare time reading and studying scientific and philosophical works. He early became be-came an opponent of the church and a republican, and hla Intellectual ability abil-ity won for him a place among the leaders of the Spanish antl-clerlcala and anti-monarchists. |