The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-02
Not in Idaho for Years.

we were not in Idaho for years before
. the crime was committed. Under the law
We could not be extradited from Colorado,
But. in spite of this. we were arrested on
a perjured affidavit charging that We
were IN Idaho a: the time of the commits
sion of the crime, and that we immedi-
stely fled from the state. and on this
periured affidavit. known to be false, the
governors of the two states of Idaho and
Colorado kidnapped us in the night time,
refused us an interview with family.
friends or counsel or a chance of appeal
10 the courts. and brought on spe-
cial train a thousand miles from home
and into state and community sys-
tematically poisoned against us by news
papers and officials We have been con-
fined in jail for fourteen months. against
OUT protest and denied bail while con-
stantly demanding a trial. Every effort
has been made TO teach the farmers.
business men and wOrkingmen of the
community that ware assassins and out
laws.
i)e reached. and the president OF tlP Unit
I'd States. in no way interested officially
or otherwise, sends two letters broadcast
over the country. charging us with guilt
and crime These are repHblished in az
cry papc~ IN the land, and especially in
EVERY paper of Idaho. The governor Of
Colorado. day or two later, adds his
words OF spite TO the venom of the pres
tdent and says that We are not only
guilty Of the crime charged, but Of many
Others zoo While the president Of the
I nlted states and the. governor OF Colo
RADIO are sending out their statements to
compass our death, the judge Of this
county has brought a citizen before him
for contempt or the charge that ne tried
10 influence the mind Of a prospective
Juror by saying that the state admins
tTatiou was trying TO railroad US On the
appearance Of this man in court the judge
promptly told the states attorney that
he should have this obscure farmer in
dicted for felony. because he tried 10 in
1luence the mind of a prospective juror.
The president knows how much greater
weight viii he given TO his words than
40 those of an obscure private citizen.
Should Withhold Judgment.
IF we are ahoIt TO be tried in court,
EVERY law-abiding citizen. however great
or humbls. should do everything in his
power to cool the passions of men. rather
than add fuel TO the flame. II We are 10
be thrown t. the mob. the officers should
at least open our prison doors and give
as some chance to defend ourselves
Barring the pallOr inseparable from con-
1inement. Haywood Meyer and Pettibone
show no mark of long confinement nor
apparent fear at the close approach Of the
trial so high in consequence TO them.
They were laughing at story told by one
Of their counsel when they received a cor
a respondent OF the Associated Press this
Nafternoon. and the laughter went on UNI
iii q discussion of the old battle of cap
staI and lahcr made grave the general
conversation.
PettibOne whom they used to call Hap
Jy Hooligan' down in Denver, is the fun
maker of the trio. He has marked native
wit and q droll, quaint manner of eX-
pressing himself. and even when today
he made sport of his own execution il
was impossible to refrain from laughing
with him. ~PettibOne has taken up py-
Biography since his Incarceration. and fol-
lowing the introductions today he showed
several samples Of his handicTaft. He has
gone to the ionic supplements for many
of his models and with rare fidelity has
HnOfIggF
and the goat
"NIr. Ddrrow tells me these will be
worth a lot more after I'm hung" he
eaid. but I'm not saving any of them. ."
Are Treated Well.
To the query, How have YOU been
treated here the three answered. An
Eve have absolutely no complaint"
said Haywood.
der like circumstances. said Meyer. The
sheriff and his men have all been very
fine with US. We have absolutely no
All this point Mrs. Haywood was
wheeled into the yard in an invalid 5
chair and Haywood was taken out to see
her. She has long been an invalid and
has not walked for years Her youngest
daughter. bright child of 10. accom-
panied her today
."rhis day cell Of ours is really the home
of the Western Federation of Miners. "
said Pettibope "A little later, Tor il was
IN here back in 1892. after the trouble
IN in the Occur d'Alenes. that the feder-
alton was first proposed and discussed.
Tou will remember that they arrested q
lot of our men in 1892 and held us until
The supreme court decided in 1893 that We
were Illegally in custody.
while we lay in here in this cell We
planned the federation. This is indeed, a
historic place for the old federation
Conditions Were Bad.
"You men who have not been in the
Occur d'Alenes and underground there
- know nothing of the frighdul conditions
Sthat prevailed" went on Petit
I bone I'VE were Wretchcdly housed
and most miserably fed A company
store supplied everything at outrageous
prices a company doctor was supposed
10 look after US. and we were paid IN
scrip IL there was ever anything coming
10 us when the company got through. I've
seen company surgeon refuse to go t
the home OF a dying miner. Now what
ere men to do? Is there anything toe
mean to do to men who grind down then
lnborers under such circumstances?
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