Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-02-23
MEANT MURDER.
DETECTIVES CHARGE AGAINST
MINERS FEDERATION.
PLOT WAS TO KILL
Man Who Broke Up the Molly Ma.
suires Said to Be Responsible for
Arrest Of Meyer, Haywood and Pet
tibone

tibone.
morning says: James Mcfarland.
manager of the western division OF
Pinkcrton' National Detective Agency.
the man who ran down, cx-
posed and convicted the lead
ers II the notorious Molly
Masuircs' OF Pcnns. wanna, an organ
ization Oi aRsassins. Ii Responsible foT
the arrest Of Meyer. Haywood and Pet
tibon. Of III. Western Federation of
Miners Inner circle connected with
tn. assassination Of former Governor
Steuncnberg OF Idaho. lie went into
the Idaho and Colorado fields himself.
worked hs he had done In the anthra'
cite mines of Pennsylvania. ingraiiated
himself with IN. conspiraiorS. learned
their secrets. found out the leaders
ana In now ready To proceed against
III. nRsassins before the properly con'
hIitut.d courts. with an nbundnnc. OF
discriminating Testimony and .yiti' nee
Acting on the evidence gathered by
Mr.. Mcfarland nnd SubnIiii"h by HIM
to the Idaho p.ac. officers. Gov, Jesse
=. Mcdonald of this state HI,Eod the
rcIuiSiiion papers for the arTrH, OF
Haywood, Meyer and PetIihonc. and he
has no apologies to offer. He believes
that he did right. The csccu,iN. was
given mass Of documents 'o read rel
alive To the assassination Of ldaho'h
former governor. and the deeds u! sio.
lcncc In this state. and although he
has been In position for years tn know
something Of the rim. clubs" aud In
ncr circles" that appear In mining
camps during disturbances. h. was ap'
paiicd al tho evidence given him In
this StcGncnbcrI matter and the terri
BILE history Of the Western Federation
OF Miners In Colorado. Eit mot than
all was hc actually horrincd regarding
the crimes that failed of execution. Ot
the conspirucics n.t an loot III this
state to assassinatc citizens who hnu
Incurred the ,iispicasuru of the organ
ixation's leaders and the mur,icrous
ring that ran IL.
When the revelations are made re-
Inrding the operation of the inner
circle In Colorado and Denver. NOR"
than one family will oncr prayers 10
the Unseen for d.livcrancc from death.
The most miraculous escapes rom
death were those Of James ~. Peabody.
former governor. on whose head n
great price had been sei. His nssas'
head and front Of the opposition To the
Western Federation of Miners and "
was dccrccd that his murder should be-
n lesson to all who might be In place
to baik the will oi the ring of ASSN
sins. Explosives were placed where
II was almost certain that he would So
and meet the fate that bcfcil Governor
forStcunc nbcrg. The trap was bait.d
often for him. hut II ever u human
bore n charmed life II was the man
who smashed the Western Federation
OF Miners In this state. Iiy miraculous
means. Il seemed. he failed To enter
any of the traps laid for him.
Then u band of assassins was set on
TO shoot him or stab him To death
whenever the opportunity offered. For
more than u month his every footstcp
here md Mt his home In Canon City.
was doggcd by men who had been told
on to murder him. But no opportunity
offered.
As a last resort poison was adopted
as the method by which TO get rid of
him. The refrigerator Of his residence
ut Canon City, which WAS outside the
back door. was used by assassins. The
Peabody family was poisoned through
the milk. An awful tragedy was
aycrtcd through the intent OF the AZ
sassins to make certain of their work.
Cora Peabody. a daughter. was very
near to death and physicians from this
city had TO be summoned. Her life was
dcspaired OF. Former Governor Pea
body drank too much and Vomitch. hc
hau a severe attack for n day. hut
with Spartan resolutions he and tho
members OF the family said nothing. In
fact they issued stern denials Of the re-
ported poisoning. But. nevertheless.
the attending physicians took and held
the evidence that arsenic In large
doses had been administered.
The explosive that ended the life or
NJ. b. VALLEY last May was meant for
a member of the Supreme Court. The
bomb was arranged In vacant lot
through which the Justice passed al
most daily. II was known TO almost
the minute when he would reach tho
spot. II was by accident that Mr.. wal
ley exploded the bomb that scattered
the lower part of his body into fras
ments.
The adjutant general Of this state
in presence of Il number OF the most
reliable Witnesses dug from under the
gate of n public officer of this state.
resident in this city, a bomb. This
was done on the information secured
from those under arrest elsewhere and
II was an evidence of the truth OF the
made regarding the work
of the inner circle" He was 10 have
met the same fate in the self same
manner as Governor Steunenbcrg.