“‘I said: ‘Yes, but I would like to have something to remember you by.’
“He then pulled out a card from his pocket and wrote these words:
“‘Liberty or death. Adolph Fischer, Cook County Jail, November 11, 1887.’
“This card was given to me forty-five minutes before he died, and I am positive that these were the last words he wrote in his life.”
A fac-simile of the card appears on another page.
The Freiheit of March 16th prints what it calls Lingg’s literary testament. It is stated in the introduction to the article that while in prison the bomb-maker carved a handsome little casket, which shortly before his death he presented to Johann Most as a souvenir. In a secret compartment of this casket was contained a small book, on the leaves of which Lingg had inscribed his sentiments, and from which the following is extracted:
“What is Anarchy?
“A man-worthy existence for the entire term of life, guaranteed to every one through complete individual liberty, all human needs being supplied by means of equal participation in the enjoyment of all the products of the community.
“Free society (Anarchy) finds its limits only in those of the earth.
“The object of Anarchy is to secure the greatest possible happiness to all.