Francisco Ferrer; his life, work and martyrdom, with message written ...

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48 Francisco Ferrer,
testimony of
lorenzo ardid.
Lorenzo Ardid. a Republican, testified that he took
coffee at the People's Palace in Barcelona. Ferrer accosted
him, and this conversation took place between
them, accordinor to Ardid
"I have something particular to say to you," Ferrer
began.
"Fm at your service."
"What do you think of to-day's happenings"
"I think everything is over. In my opinion it is nothing
more than a mere protest, and will not extend beyond
Barcelona."
Then Ferrer asked him : "Do you really believe it
cannot go any further"
The witness affirmed energetically, and Ferrer rcmaincd
siloit a }o)ig time.
This accusation made such an impression on the public
prosecutor that Ardid was brought face to face with
the accused—one of the very few that Ferrer saw
throughout the proceedings—and Ferrer admitted that
he had remained silent a long time
OTHER TESTIMONY BEARING ON BARCELONA.
Francisco de Paule Colldeforas saw on one of the
main streets of Barcelona on the evening of July 26 a
group of people commanded by an individual. And that
individual seemed to him to he Ferrer whom he knew
beeause he had seen his photograph.
Two soldiers of the Santiago regiment solemnly deposed
that on the evening of the 26th, they told an individual
whom they met on the streets to "move on."
He was reading a proclamation on the wall, and he retorted
angrily: "Can't a man read that" And that
individual was Francisco Ferrer
There was much more of the same kind of testimony.
Soldiers, detectives, the barber, the treacherous Republicans,
all hrd their say. Captain Galceran. Ferrer's defender,
summed up their testimony in a neat phrase:
"May it please the Court to reflect that this magnificent
testimonial proof resolves itself into suppositions based
on rumors."