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Newspaper
Cuba Pilot
Location
Cuba, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1887
Page
3
In Chicago the four condemned anarchists Spies Fischer Engel and Parsons faced execution after long night watches. Guards kept vigil as the prisoners prepared, prayers and last statements were exchanged. At 11:45 a.m. the four were hanged in the brown gallows, Spies first, followed by Fischer Engel and Parsons as the crowd watched in tense silence.
Sheriff Matson oversees the execution of four men Spies Fischer Engel and Parsons after a four day market murder case. Coffins are raised and identified with paper tabs as the bodies are moved from the jail to an undertaker shop for dressing and family funeral arrangements. Deputy Johnson reports on the bereaved families with varying visible grief.
Joel Wells of Chicago a noted escapee from the Elgin insane hospital in 1880 has returned to press for formal discharge. Superintendent Kilbourne states he can arrest Wells at any moment, while the case remains unresolved.
Sunday night fire at an Omaha stable consumed twenty six horses, with two men sleeping inside narrowly escaping death. Firefighters battled the blaze as the animals perished, leaving the scene under investigation.
Illinois Governor announces clemency actions in the 1887 anarchist case. Fielden and Schwab receive life imprisonment, while Parsons Engel Fischer Lingg are not commuted. The decision affirms guilt and denies mercy for most defendants.
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