The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-03-09
A BAND.
COAoRaDo's as AssINs ABOUT
TAE WORST ON RECORD.

TAE WORST ON RECORD.
organized labor Not asspoosihla for
the Cutrages In the West OF
La Q Years.
A dispatch from Denver, Colorado,
says James Mcfarland, general mnna
ger Of the western division OF the PIX
kertOn agency, upon whose report + Q
officers OF tho Western Federation OF
Miuers weio arrested, olarged with
being implicated In the murder OF ex-
G vernon Steunenburg, makes the
most sweeping charges against the
men under arrest, ac,uaing them Of
thirty mur lers witch have occurred
In Western states during tie past i've
years.
"Y~u can say for me that al at
tempt to kill Justice Goddard Of the
State supreme court Vas made last
May. We dug up the bomb chat was
TO nave bsen the instrument Of d..
sSrucj1ou at the gate If MS resid nc,
ne declNed 10 repiy 20 the NJ nsatlOnal
report from IdaOo that Harry . :
cLard, acting or the Wes,orr Fedora
ton Of Miners. had %endeavored to put
an end to the J sbice.
Il will not say who the man. wa
who was to d the work or why the
plans failed at this t IN but the at
tamps vas made during the meeting
Of the Western Federation of Miners
executive committee at Salt l. Ike latt
Nav.
Whom Merritt b Valley was kill
cd by an explosion OF dynamite tn q
vacant lot at the corner If Emerson,
ana Colfax avenues last summer e
saved another Justice of the c)urt. a
bomb Killed VALLEY, hut 1T was MOI
intended for him. VINO 1t was In
tended for will all come out in dur
time.
When l make these st attments d
not think that l am theolizing, for ]
am not. | have absolute evidence tt
p owe every assertion that / make anc
l make no assertions until l ave tho
evidence.
beginning with the murder Of Ar
thur Collins, superinterd lent Of tho
Smugglers Union In Telluride. the as
sS ssination Of Martin GLEASON Of the
Wild horse in Cripple Creek, the kill.
Ing Ct Smith and Barn S In Telluride,
the heartless destruction Of fourteen
mon at the Independence depot IL
Cripple Greek, the brutal assault Of
old man Stewart at Col field, the
killing Of Lyle Gregory In West Den
YER Two years ago, the death Of Wal
ley and the murder Of other men in
this state ana Idaho, who had ircui.
red their enmity-all Of til Sc crimes
can be, and will be, II necessary, laid
at doors Of men we all know, but
they will never be punished for then
'T1eir last work, the assassination
OF the popular ex executive Of Idaho,
proved their undoing, and when they
nave accounted for this deed 1t will
be impossible 50 punish then for what
they hav done in Colorado and for
the reign OF terror that they have ere
attd among the honest and i a y-abid
ing people Of this state.
"When the full his tory OF these
Colorado crimes Will be givon to the
world l cannot state, but 1t will be
just as soon as we possibly can do it.
L will shock the people Of this state.
but they must know about 1T. For
the present., only the story of the
Steunenberg assassination can be
made public and this will be divulged
as soon as the men we have already
arrested and thoNe that we are about
to arrest are placed On tiial for tEeil
crimes.
There arc jlsb as good man In the
Western Federation or Miners az ever
lived, but they coull MT h9Ip them
sclves after they found cut the KING
OF mon that bad got c ntr0l over
them. Every member CT the Westerr
Federation Of Mlnsrs VINO dared t.
oppose the wishes OF these men stooo
in fear OF his life, and there will be
many signs OF relief when these men
are removed and the sun daally sets
on the day OF dynamitcrs in the West
and the strong arm OF the law metes
out ju}tice.
Il nay urqualifeGly that the crimes
and operations or cheese men arc the
most horrible that | have ever hcai {
OF. AS | said before, the Molly Ma
"o'o hOthibB Will
these men.
"Otganized labor Is not responsible,
for the ou0ragts In the West OF lat
years, but the Clique tf evil minded
men at the head or TIE Western Fed
GRAFTON Of Miners, who were Geter
mined to run things in the West II
suit themselves by lawless tactic
whenever necessary.
We have not made all Of our ar
rests, but l think we have Aoue yer,
we'll for the present. The man
wanted the most-Steve Adams, ALA
Steve D~ickson-has Just been captur
ed 20 Baker City, Ore.
Harry Otcnard, the man first ar
rested for the murder OF former Gov
ernor Steunenberg, may have or ma,
have not made q confession. l vii
not say whether or no5 he did max,
suoh q confession as attributed t,
him. l was compelled In working u,
my case to use some Of his statement!
as well as the statements of others
hut l did not call upon him for a con
fcssio1 duplicating Moycr, Haywoot
and Pettibone. Numerous efforts wer,
made to intimidate the man into say
ing things against himself, but l IL
fused to ALLOW this.
Il certainly have not dropped thi
case, even Though the principal male
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