Jan spies biography
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August Spies
American anarchist (1855–1887)
August Vincent Theodore Spies (, SPEES; December 10, 1855 – November 11, 1887) was an American upholsterer, radical labor activist, and newspaper editor.
Jan spies biography
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.
Background
Spies was born on December 10, 1855, in a ruined castle converted into a government building on the mountain Landeckerberg in the Electorate of Hesse, Germany.[1] His father was a government forestry official.[1]
Spies later recalled that he had a pleasant and privileged childhood, one filled with recreation and study.[2] He was educated by private tutors and trained for a career following in his father's footsteps as a government forester.[3] His father died suddenly in 1871, however, ending