US History: Chapter 7, Exercise 2 — Possible Solution ====================================================================== CORRECTION The bomb thrower was never identified; none of the eight men tried threw it, and only two were even present. Four were hanged on 11 November 1887, one died by suicide before execution, two had their sentences commuted, and the remaining defendants were pardoned in 1893 by Governor Altgeld, who criticized the trial itself. BETTER STATEMENT "Eight anarchists were convicted of conspiracy after the Haymarket bombing, though the bomb thrower was never identified; four were executed."