At 50, he was the oldest of the defendants to stand trial. He was convicted and was sentenced to be hanged. After hearing in 1887 that several letters had been written from Samuel Fielden and Michael Schwab to Illinois Governor Richard James Oglesby, Engel wrote his own letter asking the governor not to consider any clemency, stating that: "not being conscious of any guilt, the powers that be may murder me, but they cannot legally punish me. I protest against a commutation of my sentence and demand either liberty or death." [emphasis in original] Death Engel was hanged with three others of the condemned on November 11, 1887. His last words were "Hurrah for anarchy!" Engel was buried, in a plot marked since 1893 by the Haymarket Martyrs Monument, in the Waldheim Cemetery (now Forest Home Cemetery) in Forest Park, Illinois. See also Dyer Lum References Further reading The Accused the Accusers: The Famous Speeches of the Chicago Anarchists in Court: On October 7th, 8th, and 9th, 1886, Chicago, Illinois. Chicago: Socialistic Publishing Society, n.d. [1886]. Meet the Haymarket Defendants David, Henry. The History of the Haymarket Affair. New York: Collier Books, 1963. 1836 births 1887 deaths People from Kassel People from the Electorate of Hesse Hessian emigrants to the United States Members of the International Workingmen's Association People from Chicago Haymarket affair American people convicted of murder People convicted of murder by Illinois Executed people from Hesse 19th-century executions by the United States People executed by Illinois by hanging German people executed abroad 19th-century executions of American people Burials at Forest Home Cemetery, Chicago 1886 murders in the United States