HE APPEALS TO THE PEOPLE.

“I appeal to the American people, to their love of justice and fair play. I submit that the record does not show my ~~gilt~~guilt of the crime of murder, but on the contrary it proves my innocence.

“Against me in this trial all the rules of law and evidence have been reversed in that I have been held as guilty until I proved my innocence. I have been tried ostensibly for murder, but in reality for anarchy. I have been proved guilty of being an anarchist and condemned to die for that reason. The State’s attorney said in his statement before the court and jury in the beginning of the trial: ‘These defendants were picked out and indicted by the grand jury. They are no more guilty than the thousands who follow them. They are picked out because they are leaders. Convict them and our society is safe,’ and in their last appeal to the jury the prosecution said: ‘Anarchy is on trial. Hang these eight men and save our institutions. These are the leaders. Make examples of them.’ This is a matter of record.