Governor McDonald of Colorado defended himself by saying that the extradition of these men was demanded by Governor Gooding of Idaho, and as the evidence against them seemed very strong, he signed the papers. It was not HIS business to notify the public of the proposed extradition, and he therefore kept the matter to himself.
The officials of the Denver County Jail claimed that the prisoners were given every opportunity to notify their friends of their arrest, but we need not stop to prove the falsity of this statement. The lie is apparent at one glance.
We have already told what Manager McParland had to say about the arrest of these men; namely, that they would hang.
Not one person connected with the prosecution would admit that Messrs. Moyer, Ha)rwood and Pettibone had been kidnapped, as KIDNAPPING is a CRIME against both the spirit and letter of the law.
Any citizen who is seized by superior force and restrained of his liberty without due process of law, and deported to other States or countries against his will and without a chance to appeal to a court of law
2o6 The Pinkerton Labor Spy.
for a hearing, is KIDNAPPED, and the persons committing the deed are unquestionably KIDNAPPERS. Consequently, every person participating, either directly or indirectly, in the unlawful seizure and deportation of Messrs. Moyer, Haywood and Pettibone is a KIDNAPPER, and eligible, on account of the success of the venture, to prison or to membership in any of the robber bands that abound in Greece and Turkey.