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Show ! ii . i ANARCHIHT MOST SKNTENCPO ' TO ON Ii VfcAH IN PltlSON r rob'l.tilna K.lltorlal AilviMsatln the M.rilrr ..f K-iler Which A red Hay Alter MrHlnlef aa Hh. Jul. nun Most, the anarchlat, wna acntenced to one year in the penitentiary peniten-tiary Tueaday in tlie Court cf Speclnl Heaainna. New York clly, for put. hah. -ing In hi. pnH.-r. the l-reibeit, an alleged al-leged sc. lit, una article on the day following fol-lowing the ahiMitlng of the lute President Presi-dent McKlnley. The article in question waa entitled "Munlur Agaillal Murder, and la ft follow.: "We know our enemies: w know them all and everywhere tleraoiilil I V. There enn be ahilutely 110 excuse if they are again .pared. Whatever ktnnda on the other aldo of tile lin w hich divide, tlie camp of the ruling possessorn of power from Hint of tlie people h.ta coiue under tho ban. Let the people carry out the acntence. The road of humanity lends over tlie pcuUa of hnrh:irity. Thnt is once for all ft law of necessity dictated by Ilia reaction. reac-tion. Wc ennnot get nroilud It, ainco we will not give up the future. If we wish lo attain lite end we must wish for the means, also; if we wish the life of peoplea, tve mtial wiali tho dentil of their enemies. If we with for humanity, human-ity, we are obliged to wlah for murder. We any. 'Murder the nitirderere. Save humanity by blood and ateel, poison and dy tidtnite.' " In bis defense Herr Most claimed that the paper containing the article waa printed and ready for distribution before the president waa allot. Also that It waa a quotation from an ftrllcl published llfly yeara ago and republished repub-lished by him. After Ittqioallig Ih sentence. Justice Hinsdale rend the opinion of the court, in which h aid: "It l no answer to lb evil and criminal crim-inal nature of thla rllcl to claim that It waa written for th purpose of destroying de-stroying crowned tirade. It Innulcate and enfurcea the Idea that murder la tlie proper remedy to be applied gainst rulera. The fact that It waa published fifty yeara ago and ngMn re-published re-published about flfieen yeara ago only emphasises and glvea added polut to tlie criminality ofthe republishing of It at any time. It ahowa deliberate Intent to inculcate and promulgate Ih doctrluis of the article. This we hold to be criminal act. It I not neces-tary neces-tary lo truce any connection In thla article with the saaaaaluatlon of the late president. The offense here In the eyea of the luw la precisely the aame aa if tha bloody event had never occurred. Tlie murder of the prealdent preal-dent only sci re, to llluatrate and illuminate il-luminate the enormity of the crime of the defend. nl In teaching hla diabolical diaboli-cal doctrine. |