Michael Schwab
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Michael Schwab (August 9, 1853 – 1898) was arrested and sentenced to death for his role in the Haymarket Square incident.
He was born in Mannheim, Germany and he worked as a bookbinder before emigrating to the United States in 1879. He moved to Chicago and was the chief editorial assistant on the Arbeiter Zeitung. He was only at the Haymarket for a few minutes, but witnesses claimed to have seen him with Schnaubelt who was the alleged bombthrower. Schwab was sentenced to death, but the sentence was commuted. He served six years and was pardoned by John Peter Altgeld, the Governor of Illinois.
