Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1906-02-27

@1oV,ooU mlll or the Bunker Hill-Sulli-
van Mining company at Wardner,
Idaho.
December %, 19O1-Murder of Martin
Gleason. manager of the Wild Horse
mine, in Cripple Creek. Col Gleason
was thrown down the mine shaft.
June %, 190l-Murder of ]. w. Bar
ney. non-union shift boss in the Snug
gler-Union mine at Telluride Attack
ed in a livery stable, dragged out by
murderers, and he has never been
seen since.
March 2, 1902-Murder of Wesley j.
Smith. non-union shift boss at Snug
gler- Union mine at Telluride.
November 19, 1902-Murder of Man
ager Arthur l.. Collins, of the Snug
gler Union mine at Telluride. Collins
was fired upon through a window at
his home.
July 5, 19O3-Power house of Colo
rado Springs Electric company blown
up. Bungling work of the dynamite
ers saved the lives of seventeen men.
September /, 19O3-Aged non-union
carpenter named Stewart, working at
Golden Cycle mine in Cripple Creek,
beaten almost to deeath.
November q, 19O3-Murder of Su-
perintendent MacCormack and Fore
man Beck, Of the Vindicator mine at
Telluride. Internal machine in mine
shaft.
June 6, 1904-Railroad depot at 1nde-
pendence, Cripple Creek district, dy-
namited Fourteen non-union men
killed and many crippled
December &c. 19O5-Dynamiting of
former Governor Frank Steunenberg,
at his home in Caldwell, Idaho.
Il undertook the investigation of
Governor Steunenberg's death at the
request of his personal friend, Cover
nor Gooding, and Governor Gooding
has personally paid what expenses
have been incidental to my investiga-
ton
II felt it my duty as citizen Of Col
orado to outroot the gang, and as such
l undertook the work. These fellows
thought it was so long since | had
broken up by the Mollie McGuires that
I must now be in my dotage. They
were not afraid Of me. But there is a
weak spot in every wall, especially
such one as that upon which the West
ern Federation was founded, and that
l.
Haywood and Pettibone, and as many
more. their lives"
Mcfarland denied the charge that he
had kidnapped the federation's officers
| in Denver. "The papers We're regular.
he said land were served regularly
| could not be expected to notify theil
lawyers that Meyer, Haywood and
Pettibone were in Jail and about to be
taken to Idaho. They knew that If
they were captured they would never
be able to clear themselves, and were
about to leave the country when they
were arrested. They had planned to
blow up the train if any attempt was
| made to remove them to Idaho and for
this reason l insisted on having a spe-
| cial train to take them out of this
| state"
Boise, Feb. Ex-Governor Gooding to-
night issued the following statement IL
regard to the Governor Steunenbert
assassination case:
II want to state officially that Harry
Orchard has made a full confession az
| to the manner and motive of the assas'
! Sination of Governor SteunenberS, tell
ing of the plans made and giving the
names of those making them. The as
sassination of Ex-Governor Steunen
berg which occurred at his own gate
on the evening of December 80, 1905
was the third attempt that Orchart
had made against his life. This con
fession was made to Captain James
Mcfarland. It included history Of
his life from his early boyhoOd up t
L; In,
sion, Orchard implicated all those nov
under arrest, and others, including )
J.. Simpkins. He told the story of =
murders, the result of conspiracies II
which all the accused parties were IN
terested. When this story Is given u
the public, l believe it will be th'
/ greatest narrative Of crime which thu
world knows.
| There has never been any doub
as to the truth Of Orchards confession
among those who are familiar with th'
crimes committed in Idaho and Colo
RADIO, and charged 0 the inner circle o
the Western Federation o Miners.
attribute Orchards confession to th'
great brain of James Mcfarland, wh'
has been employed by the state to rul
down the murderers of ex-Governo
Steunenberg. l have seen Orchard my
self since this confession was made
He told me that he was not promised
either clemency or reward by Mr.. Nc
Partland or any one else. Mr.. McPart
land was aided in his work by Or
chard's early training. In his boyhoot
the Bible was read night and morning
by his parents. The impre ssion of tn
early days came up and smote his con
science when he was brought face tt
face with his God. He told me that h
believed in the Supreme Being and ;
hereafter, and that now his on
thought was to make peace with hi
Maker.
The finding of the bomb at Judg
Goddard's gate, and many other thing
which will later be made known at tn
trial have proved the truthfulness o
Orchards confession beyond all ques
tion to those familiar with the story.
THE state desires to secure justice
There is no thought of Furnishing tn
ization. The assassination of ex-Gov
ization. The assassination eX-Gov