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unusual facts about Samuel Fielden


Samuel Fielden

Samuel Fielden was born in Todmorden, Lancashire, England to Abraham and Alice (née Jackson) Fielden.


August Spies

Spies was to stand trial with three others (Michael Schwab, Samuel Fielden and Oscar Neebe), separated from the "Monday Night Conspirators” (Louis Lingg, George Engel and Adolph Fischer), the more extreme defendants alleged to have attended a planning meeting in the Greif’s Hall basement the night before the bombing.

Haymarket Martyrs' Monument

Following the Haymarket affair, and trial and executions, August Spies, Samuel Fielden, Adolph Fischer, George Engel, Louis Lingg, and Albert Parsons were buried at the German Waldheim Cemetery (later merged with Forest Home Cemetery).


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