Show TRIED AND SENTENCED two london anarchist will sojourn six month in prison london july 31 thomas cantwell and charles quinn two anarchists charged with inciting persons to murder members of the royal family on the day preceding the opening of the tower bridge are on trial at the old bailey the prisoners it seems the day before the opening of the tower bridge succeeded in getting together a crowd about them on tower hill and then cantwell mounted to the parapet of wall and displayed a placard reading as follows tower bridge fellow workers yon have expended life energy and skill in building this bridee kow come the royal vermin and the rascally politicians with pomp and splendor to claim all the credit voa condemned to the workhouse and pauper graves to glorify these 1 swine who live upon our labor I 1 heard men saying leave tears and praying the sharp knife not the sheep are we not stronger than the rich in addition to the placard cantwil held in bis hand a number of leaflets printed why threw the bomb made a speech in which he referred to the queen and prince of wales and referring to the anarchist murders on the continent said the murders abroad have not been half good enough finally the mob became enraged and attacked the prisoners with cries of lynch them tha prisoners took refuge in a church but cantwell was turned out of the building and was followed by a booting crowd through various thoroughfares until be was apprehended during the course of bis flight cantwell threw away a large clasp knife when his lodgings were searched a printing press type and a number of pamphlets advocating anarchy were found A loaded revolver was also found in his room guinn and cantwell were sentenced today each to six months imprisonment |