The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-19
SPECIAL TRAIN
FOR PRISONERS.
Federation Officials Whisked Out of
Denver Without Fact of Their
Arrest Being Known.
HEAVY GUARD MAINTAINED
INTERVIEW WITH GOVERNOR
MCDONALD.
HEAVY GUARD MAINTAINED

Wallace, Ida, Feb. 1s.-Vincent !
ST John, president Of the Miners =
union of Burke, Ida, so Sheriff =
Angus Sutherland of Shoshone =
county states, is now in the county =
jail at Wallace. He was arrested =
this afternoon on a telegraphic =
order from Boise. Sheriff Suther- =
land drove to Burke, which is sew =
= en- miles from Wallace, found his y
man IN bed, arrested him and =
brought him to Wallace. St. John =
refuses TO say anything about his =
arrest or the causes therefor, and y
the sheriff is equally close y
mouthed, but It is almost certain it 4
is in connection with the murder of 4
Ex-Governor Steunenberg at CaId- y
well, Ida s.. John has been voting =
under the name Of John W. Vim =
cent, and is also known by that =
name in his dealings with the \
Burke uniOlr He came to the y
Occur d'AleEeS directly after the =
union troubles in Telluride, Colo, ,
year and half ago. He has =
been employed in the Hercules
mine at Burke as a common miner =
He is married but has no children. =
The arrest was made so quietly =
that Burke apparently was not y
aware last night it had occurred. y
Denver. Colo. Feb. 17.-Charles E.
Meyer and William D. Haywood, presi-
dent and secretary, respectively, of the
Western Federation of Miners. and G.
A PettibOne, a former member of the
executive board of that organization.
who were arrested in this city last night
on warrants charging them with COM
plicity in the murder of former Gov
eTnor SteunenberS of Idaho, were taken
from their cells in the county Jail at an
early hour this morning by an armed
guard Of twelve deputy sheriffs, es-
cOrted - the Union depot and were
there paced on board a special train
that a few minutes later left the sta
ton carrying the entire party, prisoners
and armed deputies, over the Union Pa
cif1c railroad en- route for Boise, Ida.
Great Secrecy Observed.
The three men who were taken out of
the city as prisoners of the Idaho au-
thorities, it was learned today, were
arrested last night by three different
officers after extradition papers had
been signed by Governor Mcdonald.
The papers were delivered to the gov
ernor on Thursday last, but not a word
TO the effect was allowed to escape
from the executive chamber. In fact,
1t is believed that no one except the
authorities who came with them TO the
city was advised that Governor Nc
Donald had in his possession the papers
issued in Idaho. Governor Mcdonald
signed the papers not later, it is be
heVed, than , o'clock yesterday after |
noon, and short time afterWard left |
the city for Colorado Springs. The gov
ernOr is not expected to return before |
Monday or Tuesday.
Placed in Separate Cells.
From information received tonight /
from officials at the county Jail, where /
Meyer, Haywood and Pettibone were /
taken Immediately upon their arrest 4
by deputies. it IS understood that three /
deputies were detailed from the office |
Of Sheriff Nesbitt of Denver to make |
the arrests. The officers were instruct |
ed 10 preserve the greatest secrecy as
10 their mission. The three officials of /
the federation were apprehended in diff /
feTent parts Of the city and were taken I
each by a different officer TO the county /
jail, where separate cells were provided. /
Meyer Arrested on Train.
President Moyer was about to leave
the city for DeadwoOd, S. D.. it is said.
on a Burlington train, when he was
aCcosted in the car by a deputy who
forthwith presented a warrant for
Meyers arrest. Secretary Haywood
was taken into custody by an officer
just as he had stepped from the eleva-
tor TO the main floor of a downtown
building. 1t is thought that little at
tention was paid to Pettibone before
his arrest. No watch. it is said. was
kept over his movements, and he was
arrested almost simultaneously with
the others. but in a very secret man
ner. Neither Of the federation officials
were informed of the others arrest and
only when the three men were led out
Of separate cells this morning prepara-
tory TO the journey to the depot were
the prisoners allowed the information
that a triple arrest had been made the
night before on warrants charging
completely in the murder Of Idaho's
former governor.
Governor Pretends Surprise.
Owing to the absence of Governor
Mcdonald from the city last night no
statement could be obtained concern
ing his action on the request of the
Idaho authorities for the extradition
of the federation men. Over the long
distance telephone tonight. however
Governor Mcdonald expressed himself
as being much surprised to learn that
a special train was used to convey the !
officials of the Western Federation of
Miners from Denver. He had no
knowledge of a plan to secretly shirt
the men out of town.
Last Thursday morning." said the
governor, Deputy Warden Mills of the .
Idaho penitentiary. who had arrived in
Denver the day before, called upon me :
at my office and presented the reduisi-
ton papers for the arrest of the three !
men. Charges of completely in the
murder of former Governor Steunen-
berg were set forth. spent all of the 7
day as well as Friday and a part of :
investigating the charges :
against the federation officials, and in :
the end I honored the papers. 1 gave :
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