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He became a judge in 1863Events January-March January 1 Abraham Lincoln delivers the Emancipation Proclamation during the second year of the American Civil War. January 1 The first claim under the Homestead Act is made for a farm in Nebraska January 8 Ground is broken in Sacramen. He presided over the Haymarket Square case in 18861886 is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) Events January 18 Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. January 29 Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile. March, sentencing anarchists August SpiesAugust Spies ( 1855 11 November, 1887) was a labor activist, hanged under doubtful circumstances following a bomb attack on police at the Haymarket Riot. Spies was born in Germany and emigrated to America in 1872. He settled in Chicago where he began his, Michael Schwab , Samuel Fielden , Albert ParsonsAlbert Richard Parsons ( June 24 1848 11 November 1887) was a radical socialist activist, hanged under doubtful circumstances following a bomb attack on police at the Haymarket Riot. Parsons was born in Montgomery, Alabama. He fought in the Confederate Ar, Adolph FischerAdolph Fischer ( 1858 November 11, 1887) was an anarchist and labor union activist executed after the Haymarket riot, along with Albert Parsons, August Spies, and George Engel. He, along with his brother Frederick Fischer, were coopers in Chicago by 1880., George EngelGeorge Engel ( 1836 Cassel, Germany November 11, 1887) was an anarchist and labor union activist executed after the Haymarket riot, along with Albert Parsons, August Spies, and Adolph Fischer. He left Germany in 1872 arriving first in Philadelphia, Pennsy, and Louis Lingg to death and Oscar W. Neebe to fifteen years.

There was no evidence that any of the defendants had any connection with the bombing. Gary allowed them to be convicted on the theory that their speeches had encouraged the unknown bomber to commit the act.

In 18881888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). In Germany, 1888 is known as the 1888 Year of Three Emperors. Events January 3 91cm telescope first used at Lick Observatory January 12 ? Blizzards in Dakota and Montana, Minnesota, Nebr he was appointed by the Supreme Court to the Appellate Court for the First District of Illinois; he returned to the Cook County Superior Court in 1897. He was still active as a judge at the time of his death.

He has no connection to the city of Gary, Indiana, which was named after Judge Elbert Gary , a business associate of J.P. Morgan, and the first president of U.S. Steel Corp.