The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-06-30
Orchard Did Not Make Confession
So Declares Detective Mcfarland, Who Ran Down the Alleged
Assassns-Famous Official Talks of S~teunenberg Case
WHY the Cases Have Not Been Brought to Trial

James Mcfarland, manager Of the
western division of Pinkerton's Ma
tional Detective agency. with head
quarters in Denver. is a guest at the
Wilson. Naturally averse to speaking
of the assassination of Gov. Steunsn-
berg, of which case he has had sole
charge from its beginning, he was led
to make the following statement in
regard to it. believing it was time the
general public had an authoritative
statement regarding the case. Mr.. Nc
Parland, speaking of the case. said:
McPorLond,s Statement.
1.-THE trouble with the accused men
now in Jail. indicted for this murder,
is not a fear that they will not get JUS
tice, but a real fear that they will get
justice. / am simply manager Of the
western branch of Pinkerton's National
Detective agency. which branch in
cludes all territory from central Kan.
sas and Nebraska t o the Pacific Coast,
with Old Mexico and Alaska included.
NV home Office is in Denver. While in
my office at Denver l received an urg-
ent request from Gov. Gooding that /
go to him and take up the case. 1
went there, expecting to remain two
or three days, and believing the Spo-
kane office of our service could handle
the matter. l very loon found things
different from what / first thought them
to be, and now the whole country
knows the result of our work there.
We're Properly Extradited.
81 have been accused of kidnapping
these men in Denver and running them
out surreptitiously. Let me make a
public statement on that head. Our
agency caused the arrest of these men
in Denver and extradited them to
Idaho. We had the proper requisition
papers. properly signed by Gov. Good
ing, and Gov. Mcdonald of Colorado
could do nothing else than honor them.
1t is always the aim of a good officer. es-
pecially if he has had some 40 years of
experience. to get accused men. who
are ~extradited, away as quietly as pos
sible. 1t is not his place or duty to
notify their counsel that they may get
out a writ of habeas corpus.
Where Men We're Arrested.
Meyer was arrested ON February II
as he was about to leave Denver on a
Burlington train. He had $3.50, a A
automatic Colts revolver. and 100
rounds of cartridges. Do you think he
was going on a peaceful errand, as his
friends claim? The arrest was made at
s o'clock in the evening, when hundreds
of people were about that great union
depot.
Haywood was arrested between 9
and 10 o'clock the same evening in a
well.kpown house of %ill.repute. He was
in company with q woman. and he is the
moral man his friends pirate so much
about.
"Pettibone was arrested at his own
home at 10 o'clock the same night, and
all three were taken to the county Jail.
about II o'clock that night Mr..
Hawkins of the legal firm Of Patterson
Richardson q Hawkins Patterson be-
ing United States Senator from Colo
RADIO just now. and also proprietor OF
the Denver News and Times,) who are
of counsel for the Western Federation
of Miners, telephoned to the Jail to learn
if 1t was true thai these men had been
arrested. Does not this fact prove that
their lawyers knew of their arrest?
Prisoners Taken to Idaho.
"On Sunday morning, the 18th of Feb
ruary-the next day=these men were
placed aboard a special train at 8 O'Clock,
being then and there delivered to the