August Spies
Deceased Person
1855 – 1887
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Who was August Spies?
August Vincent Theodore Spies was an American upholsterer, radical labor activist, and newspaper editor. Spies is remembered as one of the anarchist leaders in Chicago who were 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.
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- Born
- Dec 10, 1855
Germany - Nationality
- United States of America
- Germany
- Died
- Nov 11, 1887
Chicago
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on July 23, 2013
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