Haymarket+Trial+Defense+Evidence

The image is the same announcement as you will see the prosecution used, except without the line making a controversial call to arms. The announcement on the right was introduced on August 2, 1886 as "Defense Exhibit 1." The controversial line was written by Adolph Fischer. Albert Spies feared that the call to bring arms to the rally would scare potential supporters and reduce the crowd. When Spies threatened not to speak at the rally unless the line was taken out, the presses were stopped and the line removed--but not before a few hundred copies of the first version were in circulation.