But we must not leave Mr. Moyer in the bull pen ; and the reader is certainly curious to know how he finally obtained his liberty.
After the Colorado Supreme Court denied Mr. Moyer's application for a write of habeas corpus, the
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attorneys for the Federation of Miners realized that if they depended on Colorado justice, Mr. Moyer would have to spend the rest of his life in the bull pen. They therefore applied to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals at St. Louis, Missouri, for a writ of habeas corpus, and Justice Amos M. Thayer of that court issued the writ, ordering Governor Peabody to produce the body of Charles H. Moyer before him in St. Louis on July 5th, 1904.
When Governor Peabody discovered that the United States Court had assumed jurisdiction, he became so alarmed and confused that he scarcely knew what to do. He had a premonition that if he permitted the Moyer case to be tried by an impartial