Emil Hodel, the journeyman tinsmith who attempted to shoot the
German Emperor on May 11th, was tried on the 10th inst., convicted, and sentenced to death. It was clearly shown during the proceedings that Hide!, a man who from childhood had be- trayed an insolent temper, which he exhibited even in Court, had plotted to kill the Emperor, under an idea that the great people ate up the subsistence of the poor, and that he was the greatest of the great. It was not quite proved that he had accomplices in the deed, but it was proved that he himself believed that he had twenty-five followers of his own opinions, that he had persistently held " Anarchist " opinions —that is, Socialist opinions, with the addition that existing laws should be altered by physical force, and that his lead- ing idea was to make manual labour compulsory on all, but restrict it to two hours a day—rather a wild extension of the theory that leisure is essential to happiness. It is believed that Hodel will be executed, though executions are infrequent in Germany, as he refuses to betray, or possibly cannot betray, his accomplices.
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