Haymarket Affair Digital Collection

August Spies letter to Cook County Sheriff Canute Matson, 1887 Feb. 23.
Spies, August Vincent Theodore, 1855-1887.
1 item (1 p.); 11 3/4 x 8 3/8 in.
Gift of Isabelle Matson Hofmann (Mrs. Frank P. Hofmann) in 1964. (CHS ICHi 31362)

Holograph letter, signed by Spies, from County Jail requests permission from Sheriff Matson for Spies' wife to visit him in jail.


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Sheriff Matson
City

Dear Sir: -

My wife is ill. Will you kindly give her permission to visit me? If you fear another newspaper sensation - she might veil herself so that nobody would know her.

By granting the above request you will greatly oblige

yours most respectfully

A. Spies

County Jail
Febry 23/87


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