"The officers of the Western Federation of Miners, and those of the executive board, who are implicated in the secret desig^ns of the leaders, will never leave Idaho alive.
"Although they will not leave Idaho, I have information and proof of their connection with a dozen atrocious murders in Colorado that would hang them if they did.
"I worked single-handed in the Molly Maguire case, and single-handed in this, and I know the ins and outs of both gangs. And let me tell you that the most fiendish work carried on by the Maguires was but child's play compared to the plots hatched by the officers of the Western Federation of Miners and carried into effect by their tools.
"I felt it my duty, as a citizen of Colorado, to outroot this gang, and as such I undertook the work. These fellows thought that it was so long ago that I had broken up the Molly Maguires that I must now be in my dotage. They weren't afraid of me. But there is a weak spot in every wall, especially such a wall as that upon which the Western Federation was founded, and that weak spot I found.
204 The Pinkerton Labor Spy.
"It will cost Moyer, Haywood and Pettibone, and as many more their lives."
Since Manager McParland felt so very positive that he had discovered the weak spot of the Western Federation of Miners, and that the confession of Harry Orchard was so very sure to send Moyer, Haywood and Pettibone to the gallows, WE ARE REALLY AT A LOSS TO UNDERSTAND WHY Mr. McPARLAND DELIBERATELY BROKE THE LAW IN ARRESTING THESE MEN.
On Friday, February i6th, 1906, three deputy sheriffs arrived in Denver from Boise City with extradition papers for Messrs. Moyer, Haywood