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; 44 Francisco Ferrer^ TO FRANCISCO FEJiJlEli By J. William Lloyd. O Hero of the Unbound Brain! From thy great heart the bullets tore, From thy great agony of pain. There conies to us, forevermore, The sign of eoiirage, faithfuhiess In faee of death to huinan need; And tho these hounds thy flesh possess 71iy soul goes sozcing Freedom's seed F Eternally. They murdered thee, But on the black cloud of their shame, JVhere all mankind for aye must see, In blood and fire they ivrote thy name. THE TRIAL OF FERRER By Helen Tufts Bailie and Leonard Abbott. RAXCISCO FERRER was tried by court martial in Barcelona on October 9, 1909. The trial has been fully reported. Not only has the Spanish government published a collection of trial documents, but the newspapers of Europe were represented at the proceedings by reporters. It is from the ofificial documents, as well as from the newspaper reports, that the following facts are set forth. Imagine a man trapped in the midst of his enemies confronted with the testimony of a multitude of soldiers, spies and weak-kneed radicals who had turned "State's evidence ;" undefended except by an army captain whom he had been compelled to choose at the last moment. This was the plight of Ferrer. Every influence was hostile to him. The presiding officers who constituted his judge and jury were military men who had themselves taken an active part in suppressing the people's anti-militarist revolt in July. No less than sixty witnesses had been persuaded, or bribed, to testify against him. Many obviously testified to save their own skins, and several were allowed to testify
His Life and Work, 45 anonymously. Not a single witness was heard on Ferrer's side. THE OPENING OF THE TRIAL. Pale from his prison confinement and clad in rough hoodlum cap and clothes which the prison authorities had provided as part of his punishment, Ferrer's first act in court was to apologize for his personal appearance. He was curtly interrupted. The reading of the indictment was called for. Thereupon the magistrate who had been engaged in collecting evidence against Ferrer pointed out that among the articles seized during the inquiry were documents relating to a proposal for a Spanish Republic, various Masonic writings, letters from Free-thinkers, and documents relating to a universal society of the proletariat. He stated that these articles proved that Ferrer had had dealings with the revolutionary elements for several years past. DEPOSITION OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE. The Barcelona Chief of Police was then permitted to make a deposition in writing. "Ferrer," he said, "is an ardent Anarchist, a propagator on a large scale of radical ideas, which he seeks to inculcate in our youth through his Modern Schools. At Paris he was one of the most active agents of the Confederation of Labor. At London he associated with well-known revolutionists and Anarchists." One phrase in this deposition recalls the charge against Socrates. Ferrer, like the old Greek teacher, was accused of "corrupting the youth." If to inculcate higher ideals and aspirations in the minds of the young is to corrupt them, then Ferrer was guilty; but only then. As to the other accusations of the Chief of Police, one, that Ferrer was an active agent of the well-known French "Confederation of Labor." is entirely false, and the rest are inconsequential. It is no crime to be "an ardent Anarchist ;" nor is it a crime to associate with "wellknown revolutionists and Anarchists." THE FORMAL INDICTMENT. After the deposition of the Chief of Police had been read, the Fiscal, or public prosecutor, proceeded to his formal indictment. By a strange irony of fate, the name
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