August Spies, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

August Spies

American upholsterer, radical labor activist, and newspaper editor

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1855

Place of Birth: Burg Landeck, Hesse, Germany

Date of Death: 11-Nov-1887

Profession: writer, politician, editor, journalist, trade unionist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

August Vincent Theodore Spies (, SPEES; December 10, 1855 – November 11, 1887) was an American upholsterer, radical labor activist, and newspaper editor.
Spies is remembered as one of the anarchists in Chicago who were found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder following a bomb attack on police in an event remembered as the Haymarket affair.
Spies was one of four who were executed in the aftermath of this event.