The following proclamation of the governor was the answer to the orders of Judge Seeds:
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"Whereas, I have heretofore issued a proclamation declaring an insurrection and rebellion to be in existence in Teller County, and that the lives, liberty and property of the citizens in that county are endangered; and
"Whereas, it is deemed proper that needful measures be taken for the protection of such citizens, their liberty and property, and for the enforcement of law and order in said county; and
"Whereas, it has been deemed necessary, proper and lawful to place under arrest one Victor Poole, and he is now under arrest and in the custody of military officers in said county, and it is necessary to safety that he be detained tmder military authority until further orders :
"Now, therefore, I, James H. Peabody, Governor of the State of Colorado by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution of the State of Colorado, and the laws thereof, do hereby declare and proclaim that in my judgment the i)ublic safety especially requires that the privileges of the Writ of Habeas Corpus be suspended in his case, to wit, in the case of Victor Poole aforesaid, and I further direct that the said writ be suspended in his case until further ordered by me.
"In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the great seal of State to be affixed at Denver, the State capital, this gth day of December, A. D., one thousand nine hundred and three."
Governor Peabody's arbitrary suspension of the writ of habeas corpus in the case of Victor Poole created a decided sensation.