Louis Lingg

Louis Lingg
Born(1864-09-09)September 9, 1864
DiedNovember 10, 1887(1887-11-10) (aged 23)
Cause of deathSuicide by blasting caps in mouth
OccupationCarpenter
Known forHaymarket Square
Political partyAnarchist
ParentFriedrich Lingg

Louis Lingg (September 9, 1864 – November 10, 1887) was a German-born American anarchist who was wrongfully convicted as a member of the criminal conspiracy behind the 1886 Haymarket Square bombing.[1] Lingg was sentenced to die by hanging, but shortly before his execution, he committed suicide in his cell using an explosive. In 1893, Illinois Governor John Altgeld granted Lingg a posthumous pardon, stating that he and the other seven men who had been convicted were innocent of the charges.[2]

  1. ^ "Bombs In Lingg's Cell; A Startling Discovery By The Chicago Sheriff. Four Dynamite Bomb Found Concealed With One Of The Condemned Anarchists". New York Times. November 7, 1887. Retrieved October 31, 2007. Four bombs were taken this morning from the cell of Louis Lingg, the condemned Anarchist, in Cook County Jail. They were found under his cot, hidden beneath a mass of papers and odd and ends of various kinds, and were inclosed in a harmless-looking ...
  2. ^ "Lingg Biography". dwardmac.pitzer.edu. Retrieved November 12, 2021.

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