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Burying Place of the Anarchists

Illinois Staats-Zeitung, July 26, 1888

Upon the burying place of the Anarchists at the Waldheim Cemetery a tombstone has been placed temporarily. A large and expensive monument will be placed on the tombs in the near future. The Anarchists expect to get together and to spend for the monument not less than $25,000. Arrangements for the placing of the temporary tombstone were made by the committee appointed, consisting of Dr. E. Schmidt, F. Stanber, and H. Linnemeyer and paid for out of the defense funds. It is to serve the purpose for the time being, to point out to visitors at Waldheim Cemetery the burying place of the five anarchists who were executed in 1887. The inclosure of the place, containing the five tombs, is very artistically arranged. The temporary monument consists of a slab of marble, which rests upon two heavy plates. On the marble slab the names of the five executed anarchists are attached in the following order: Spies, Parson, Fischer, Engel, Lingg. Above the names is the date, November 11, 1887. On the upper plate the last words of Spies are engraved: "Our silence will be more powerful than our words". The graves are richly decorated with flowers, and in each corner is a large urn containing grasses and climbers. As a present Mecca for the anarchist, the burying place of their martyrs is, indeed, artistically decorated.

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