The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-06-30

| lawful messengers of the State Of Idaho,
who bore lawfully signed ~extraditon
papers. Many have said, Why did we
not wait till z O'Clock. and send them
on the regular train p and my answer
is simply this: Knowing the character
of these men aud the desperate crimes
they committed and the crimes they
contemplated committing, l would not
! allow men of that character to ride in
the same train with innocent passengers;
by the Almighty l wouldn't
"These arrests were made openly and
above board. These men tool their
own time and their own way TO assas-
situate Gov. S~teunenberg aud commit
other crimes and we took our time aud
way to arrest them that is all there is
to it.
No Confession by Orchard.
Notwithstanding the fact that l
have seen from time to time in repu-
table newspapers and magazines what
purported to be confessions of Orchard
and Adams, there is no truth in such
alleged confes sions whatever, and the
statement made to the effect that any
person outside of the authorities OF
Idaho has ever seen these confessions,
is unqualifiedly false. The papers and
magazines have been deceived. When
the real evidence is given in court /
know the civilized world will be aston.
ished.
"As the case now stands, it is before
the United States Supreme Court on
appeal both from the State Supreme
Court of Idaho and the United States
Court there. both appeals being on
identical points. a writ OF habeas oor-
pus. The United States statute and
the decision Of the Supreme Court on
that statute says: Pending an appeal
from a United States District Court to
the United States Supreme Court, all
action of State Courts shall be null
and void
Defendants counsel claimed they
were ready for trial, therefore counsel
for the State, in advance of the opening
of court in Canyon County, Idaho.
called the attention Of defendants
counsel to this statute. and asked them
to withdraw the appeal taken from the
United States District Court. to the
United States Supreme Court. and the
would lose no rights by so doing, as
the appeals are identical, but they
would not. II they had done this. we
should have gone on with the trial.
Date Set for Cases.
1.-THE cases are set for hearing before
the United States Supreme Court on
the 9th Of October next. Counsel for
the defense are Richardson of Denver.
barrow of Chicago, Nugent of Silver
City, Idaho, and Miller Of Spokane.
Wash. Counsel for prosecution are
Owen Van Dyne. District Attorney of
Canyon County, Idaho, and Hawley &
Borah of Boise City"
Mr.. Mcfarland is a well-preserved
man. and is the oldest detective in ac-
tive service in the country. He be-
gan work under Maj. Allan Pinkerton
in Washington. D. O., in 1862, and
when Allan Pinkerton died, his sons,
William A. aud Robert A., inherited the
business. aud he has always peer in
their employ. Robert A. Pinkerton's
son, Allan, is now in his fathers Office
in New York City, and SO. in q Measure
Mr.. MCFARLAND has been in service
under three generations of Pinkertons.
His fame as an expert was made when
in the four years between 1873 and 1877
he uprooted the great Molly Mcguire
conspiracy in Pennsylvania. He is
hale and hearty and a man Of affable
manner and modest presence.