Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-06
M'PARLAND's FINE
DETECTIVE WORK
His Methods Are Said to be Of
Sherlock Holmes
Order.
MOLLY MAGUlRES IN IDAHO.
Claimed that Fugitive Ones Arc In
Control of Inner Circle OF
hcers Stlll on Their Trail,

James MCFARLAND OF Denver IS the
greatest detective In America, says The
Seattle Times The Pinkertons say he
is the greatest in the world. His work
r. of the Sherlock Holmes order More
than quarter OF a century ago In the
anthracite coal regions OF PENNSYLVANIA
he ran down the Molly Maguires the
worst band of murderers that ever ex-
listed In this country. lie sent some to
| the gallows. many more to the penlten-
| tiary, some escaped ami fled 10 the
| west MCFARLAND always declared he
| would die happy II he could see these
| fugitive Mollies In prison His day or
I happiness has come Part or the lIaao
band responsible for the assassination
OF the late Gov. Steunenberg, are no
other than the few Molies that gave
Mcfarland the slip back In the seven
/ ties Mcfarland Is the man who Is
/ given credit for their arrest.
! A deeper motive than surface condl-
| lions indicate lies behind the activity
of Detective James Mcfarland in se-
p curing the conviction Of the murderels
OF ex-Gov. Steunenberg of Idaho. with
the punishment Of these murderers
and the Inevitable humiliation of the
Inner circle" MCFARLAND viii have
destroyed the last root and branch or
the infamous Molie Magulres-his
HES work, commenced a thlrd OF
century age accomplished.
This opinion Is expressed by ;, g.
John. a Seattle resident, who person
ally saw Mcfarland at work in the am
b thracite region of Pennsylvania, saw
| him scatter those he did not hang or
/ imprison. and later felt the aid he rem
/ dered when Mr.. John was assisting I'm
/ the suppression Of the Occur d'Alene
! dynamiting and murderous acts OF the
miners in 1892,
MoLLIES IN BULL PEN
In 1892 Mr., John. judge of the pro-
| bate court a HALEY, dotted his ermine
| and accompanied the regiment COM
| prsng the state militia, as ranking
| major 10 the Couer d'Alene district
! with the declaration of marital law,
seeking relief from the terrorizing
| conditions and a punishment for the
| offenders, dynamiters and murdercrs,
| Judge John was assigned to Wardner,
| and, AZ assistant chief advocate gem
| eral sat in judgment on 1870 accused
| miners. The famous Bull Pen" later
held the majority OF these men COM
mitted by Judge John
Among the inmates Of that Bull Pen
and the host Of hangers-on, and later,
| when as "A county official, he was
| thrown among these miners during
| their renewed activity In the late sos,
| he met many miners whose names
stood prominently in the doings OF
| Pennsylvania Molle MAGNETISM, but
| who disappeared from their haunts
| when MCFARLAND commenced his grand
| roundup. From the bench and later
! In circulating among them, Judge John
| threw these words into their teeth II
| knew you and your kind back east. and
| Mcfarland knew you better You're
| sim engaged in your dirty work; and,
| let me tell you, that MCFARLAND whom
you knew as McKenna, will surely get
you before this Is over" His words
were prophetic.
Although MCFARLAND was practically
in hiding after his work was done in
Pennsylvania, It Is established that he
came west With the ayowed purpose OF
riddng the country Of the last trace
OF Molle Maguireism. The west was
the only haven for the scattered Mol
lies, and like the bloodhound, and with
all It's tenaclty OF purpose, MCFARLAND
followed-to make his life's work fact
for posterity to view.
KNELL OF INNER CIRCLE"
Mr.. Jonn continued: u was in my
teens when the Mollies killed at the
portals of my home town, and every
act OF that reign OF terror is vivid
memory as are the names OF nearly all
of them. ] recognized many by their
names, and few by their faces among
the federation men during my residence
In Idaho. | found that their methods
We're Identical in the use of explosives
for the destruction OF life and property
as were employed in Pennsylvania IN
the seventies. The same cunning
cruelty marked every step OF their
bloody course with but one distinct dif-
ference. They planned as Of old, but
the ignorant foreigners were their tools
in the execution.
Around the tragedy Of poor Steun-
enberg, MCFARLAND has written the last
chapter in his great work for humanity.
| The murder of the ex-governor was
but an opportunity. No sane man
would believe that MCFARLAND assem-
bled all his facts with the celebrity that
has marked results IN the rapidly NOV
ing incidents in the apprehension OF
the murderers. The mine was sprung
by the murder. MCFARLAND has been
on for years.
And row that MCFARLAND has all his
characters ready, the stage set and the
curtain about to go up In the Steunen-
berg tragedy, let me predict that there
wifi be unfoldet a story in which the
dominant note OF Vllainy will be
sounded by Molle MAGNETISM; the
murder but an incident, the main one,
Of course. with the climax, the triumph
of the man-hunter, james MCFARLAND
with the passage Of the tragedy
from the boards public sentiment viii
sound the knell Of tho Inner circle"
and the power OF vi OF the transplant
ed Mobiles will be gone forever. lt
may be that some OF them will suffer
for crimes that are forgotten-hy all
but Mcfarland. The work of McPar-
land. detective, carried on across the
American continent 20 great success,
stamps him In all detective history as
the greatest of his kind