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Illinois vs. August Spies et al. trial evidence book. People's Exhibit 122.
Arbeiter-Zeitung (Newspaper) article, "Editorial Notices," 1885 May 5

1 p.
Introduced into evidence during testimony of E. F. L. Gauss (Vol. K p. 721-732), 1886 July 31.
Transcript of translation of article.


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Tuesday, May 5, 1885.

Editorial Notices.

"When anywhere a small party of workingmen dare to speak of rights and privileges, then the "Order" draw together all the murdering scoundrels of the whole city, and if necessary from the whole country, to put their sovereignty the more clearly before the soverings. In short, the whole power of the capital, that is the entire government, is ever ready to suppress the petty demonstrations of the workingmen by force of arms one after another, now here, then there. This would be quite different if the working men of the entire country could only see that their class is in this wise subjected part by part without condition and without repartee. The working men ought to take aim at every member of the militia, and do with him as one would do with some one, of whom it is unknown that he is after taking one's life. It might then sooner be difficult to obtain murdering tools."

In a small notice under the same heading is this:

"Workingmen, arm yourselves! Let the butchery of Lemont be a lesson unto you."


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