Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-02-23
IMPLICATED TN CRIME:
President and Secretary Of Western
Federation of Miners Arrested
FOR MURDER OF STEUNENBERG
Arrests Based Upon Confession Of Har-
ry Orchard. Who Says These Men
Were mstigators of the Crime.

tion recently obtained through full
confession of Harry Orchard,
charged with the assassination of ex-
Governor Steunenberg. officers from
Boise went quietly to Denver last
Saturday and, assisted by Denver
ofiiciaA that night placed under ar
rest Charles Meyer, president, and
VIM. Hay wood, secretary Of West
ern Federation of Miners, and Geo.
A. Pettibone, former member of
the executive committee of the or
ganization, on the charge of being
accessories to the crime.
The plans of the officers for the
arrest of these men were well laid.
They took with them to Denver
requisiuon papers which were pre-
sented to Governor Mcdonald of
Colorado and by him signed before
the men were taken into custody.
Arrangements had also been made
with the Union Pacific officials for
a special train to convey the prison
ers to Boise, and SO we'll was the
news oflhe arrests guarded that the
train was we'll on its way to Idaho
before the people of Denver knew
what had transpired. The train
was given a fast schedule On the
trip, and at the important division
points the change Of engines were
made at sidings outside the limits of
the town to prevent the public from
obtaining the least inkling as to
who were on the train. The special
passed through Montpelier about
1O:30 Sunday night, and the engine
crew that took the train from here
were not informed as to the nature
of the special.
: Upon the arrival of the train at
Boise the prisoners were quickly
conveyed to the penitentiary, where
they will occupy separate cells, un.
til after their trials, unless sooner
released upon a writ of habaes
corpus.
Following the arrests of Meyer,
Haywood and Pettibone, Vincent
St. John, president of the Miners
Union at Burke, Idaho, was taker
into custody Monday. st. John,
who has been gong under the pam.
of John w. Vincent, went to th.
Occur d'Alenes directly after The
union troubles in Telluride, Colo
RADIO, two years ago, and the author
tiles claim to have proof that st
John assisted in formulating tn'
plot to assassinate Mr. Steunenberg
AS previously stated, these arrest
resulted from the confession O
Harry Orchard made three week
ago to Detective James Mcfarland
&ho has been hard at work upon tn
case for the past month. Followin,
is synopsis of the confession an,
the manner by which it was obtain
ed, as published in the Statesman:
Convinced that Orchard was on
of the guilty parties and, from Gel
tain information gathered early i
the game by men working under hi
Instructions, being reasonably cel
tain that Orchard was backed IN hi
fendlsh enterprise by other men VIII
were closely allied with the .nne
circle membership of the Wester
Federation of Miners, Mr.. McPa
land resolved to use his own persol
al energies in persuading Orchard I
make confession.
This was SLOW work indeed, b,
the sagacity of the detective, h
great ability of reading huma
nature, his uptiring patience, h
wllllpower working over that of Il
prisbner, al last accomplished Il
desired result.
After several methods were use
and Orchard still remained as fir
as adamant In bus denials of havir
any knowledge of the crime, the d