August Spies

August Spies
Spies' appearance at the time of his conviction in 1886
Born
August Vincent Theodore Spies

December 10, 1855
DiedNovember 11, 1887 (aged 31)
Cause of deathExecution by hanging
Resting placeForest Home Cemetery
MonumentsHaymarket Martyrs' Monument
Occupation(s)Upholsterer, newspaper editor
Political partySocialist Labor Party
Criminal chargesConspiracy to commit murder
Criminal penaltyDeath
SpouseNina van Zandt (m. 1887)

August Vincent Theodore Spies (/sps/, SPEES; December 10, 1855 – November 11, 1887) was an American upholsterer, radical labor activist, and newspaper editor. An anarchist, Spies was found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder following a bomb attack on police in an event remembered as the Haymarket affair. Spies was one of four who were executed in the aftermath of this event.


August Spies

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