death, 243
relocation to Argentina, 241, 242, n51, n62
L’Velle, Martin, 106, 124, 136, 143, 145, 333, n28
questioning of JM, 77, 156–57
Mahanoy City, 6, 31, 53, 56, 57, 69, 70, 72, 73, 78–81, 92, 108, 140, 155, appA, n26, n33
dead line, 6, 69
Major, George, 69–70, 76, 80, 143, appA, n33
Masterson, Bat, 179, 180, 330
Matz, Bishop Nicholas, 245, 246
Mauch Chunk, 31, 34, 91, 100, 106, 112–13, 116, 121, 130–32, 134, 147, 150, appB, n41, n43
McAllister, Charles, 107, 117, 118, 146, 149, 159, appB
McAllister, Ellen, 107, 110, 111, 365
McAllister, James, 93, 95, 97, 107, 130, 146, 163
McAndrew, Frank, 63, 82, 97, 163
interactions with JM, xi–xii, 63, 64, 74, 78, 81, 86, 96, 97, 118–119, n36
and planning of murders, 78, 81, 96
saves JM, xiii–xiv, 118–119
as Shenandoah bodymaster, 67, 74, 77, 80, 81
visit to Ireland, 120, n36
McCann, John, 70, 76–77, 143
McCarron, Barney, 85, 87, 88, 116, 145, n41
McCarty, Tom, 222, 223
McClellan, George B., 19–20, n14
McDonald, Jesse F., 254, 277–79, 282, 285, 293, 309, n68
McGehan, Hugh, 117, 130, 145
hanged, 150, appB
and murder of Yost, 87–88, 92, 112, 116, 132, appB, n27, n28
and saloon, 90, 91, 98–99, 132
trial of, 124, 125, 138, n28, appB
McHugh, Frank, 80, 140–46, 155, appB, n40
McHugh, Peter, 148, 150, appB
McKenna, Jim, see McParland, James
McKenna, Patrick, 87, 147, appB
McKinley, William B., 264, 275
McLaughlin, Jacob, 174–76, 293, 300
McParland, Charles, 162, 167, 169–71
employment with Pinkerton’s, 146–47, n41
family, 191, 214, 219, 302
later life and death, 219, 363
relationship with JM, 187, 188, 219, 302
McParland, Edward, 162, 167, 187, 214
driven out of Victor, 253, 330
employment with Pinkerton’s, 146–47, n41
Kittie Schick on, 214
later life and death, 219, 362
testifies in Haywood trial, 330
McParland, Eneas (father), 12, 161–62, 189
McParland, Eneas (nephew), 219–20, 254, 292, 302, 361, n73
McParland (McParlan), James
Adams trials, testimony in, 313–15, 342–45, 350–51, n75–76, n83–84
adding “d” on name, 1, 166, n12, n45
admission to Knights of Columbus, 245–46
agency evaluation, 168–69, 219
as agent provocateur, 3, 73–74, 110, 133–34, 144, 156, 365
antiunion actions, 2, 206–7, 248–52, 293, 364
Appeal to Reason, as target of, 174–77, 292–94, 300–1, n77–78
attributes and traits, 1, 7–8, 47, 96, 125, 128, 156, 166, 171, 193–94, 199, 231, 245, 257, 294, 300, 330, 365, 366–67
ambitious, 15, 111
argumentative, 169, 256–57
arrogant, 7–8, 169, 282–83, 366
charitable, 220, 347–48, 358–59, 365, 367
charming, 7, 47, 245, 257
clever, 7, 50, 139
courageous, 50, 57, 104
heavy drinking, 7, 15, 52, 54, 58, 67, 169, 219, n78
mysterious, 1, 13, 365
proficient fighter, xi, 7, 15, 54
relentless, 4, 361
self-confident, 50, 96, 289, 366, 367
self-satisfied, 231, 243, 244, 267, 366
storyteller, 6–7, 13, 47, 50, 96, 245, n15
unflappable on witness stand, 126–28, 131–33, 135, 138–39, 155
unscrupulous, 3, 126, 133, 136, 142–44, 160, 171, 176–77, 293, 300, 364, n15–16
Bible stories, quoting of, 12, 271, 287, 334–35, 342, 344, 350–51, n70
birthdate of, 1, 11, 363, n12
bull terriers, 79, 106, 187, 271, 360, n50, n84
cases, 214, n57
Barnaby murder, 2, 199–202
beer burglars, 190–91
Columbus, Kansas, 171–72, 261
Mud Cut, 355
Mudsill Silver Mine, 2, 188–89
Overland Limited robbery, 356
Rossland mine explosion, 257–58
Section 30, 182, n48
Selby gold theft, 2, 246–48
shooting of Ancheta, 194–97, n52, n60
stolen ore, 190–91
Treadwell Mine theft, 217–18
Whitney and Perry diamond theft, 355–56
Wild Bunch, 2, 221, 228, 231, 243
as Catholic, 12, 50, 111, 120, 123, 245, 358–59, 361, 367, n36–37
Coleman’s assessment of, 363, n15–16, n85–86
Darrow on, 307, 315, 321–22, 329, 334–36, n75–76
daughters, 168, 169, 171, 187, 191, 192, 367
death, 361, n84
death threats against, 301, 303
Denver office, as head of, 186–88, 192–93, 194–98, 202–3, 206, 214, 217, 231
description, 7, 47, 125, 219, 245, 256, 257, 323
dismisses Cary, 353–54
and Divine Providence, 278, n68
early jobs, 12–13, 14–16, 47–48, n12–13
early period in Schuylkill County, 52–64
early period with Pinkerton’s, 16, 47, 48
as Elk, 220, 245, 268
and Fitzgerald family, 166–68
“Great Detective,” referred to as, 1, 3, 7, 9, 177, 187, 189, 254, 322, 329, 362, 364, 367, n65
hair loss, 8, 67, 104, 111
and Horn, 198–99, 233–34, 306
image of, 3, 100–2, 171, 192, 355, 363–65
change of, 1, 2–3, 150–51, n14–17
as hero, 1–2, 3, 136–37, 150, 356–57, 361–62, 365, n14–15
as portrayed by Conan Doyle, 8–9, 357
as portrayed by Hammett, 192, 245
as scoundrel, 2, 3, 144, 150–51, 352, 365, n15–17
immigration to U.S., 13
initial report for Allan Pinkerton, 48–49
inner circle, theory of, 65, 154–55, 157, 197, 269–71, 272–73, 289, n66
Ireland, visit to, 161–62
McKenna, referred to as, xi–xiv, 31, 124, 183
McParland et al. v. Larkin, 169–71, n47
in mines, 59, 61–63, n23
and Molly Maguire investigation, xiv, 5, 50–102, 106–111, 114, 117–20, 125, 132, 147, 149, 154–56, 202, 205, 219, 245, 282, 293, 343, 357–58, 364–65, n36, n41–42
accused of being a spy, xi–xii
attempts to stop crimes, 73–74, 77–78, 81, 84–85, 97–98, 100–1, n25
and August 25 convention, 93–94, 144–45
courting Mary Ann, xi, 89–90, 117, n35
decision to accept assignment, 49–50, n21
fame due to, 2, 161, 166
fictional background of, 51, 54–55, 65
inability or refusal to warn murder targets, 81–82, 95–96, 97–98, 100–2, 127–28, 133, 135, 136, 159, n41–42, n44–45
initiated into AOH, 64
interactions with Kehoe, xii, xiv, 57, 93, 106, 108, 118, 141
interactions with Linden, 76, 90, 91, 93–94, 103–5, 110, 119–20, 122
investigation of Jones murder, 88–89, 132
investigation of Sanger and Uren murders, 97–98
investigation of Yost murder, 86–92, 132
and June 1 convention, 80–81, 141–43, 144
/> planned murder of, xii–xiii, 118–20
receives confessions, 74, 82, 89–92, 96–97, 125, 132–33, 135, 138–39
selection for undercover duties, 27, 47–50
views AOH as the same as MMs, xi, 48–49, 125–26, 154, 157, n37
and Molly Maguire trials, 5, 76–77, 101–2, 114, 124–28, 129, 131–50, 154–60, 171, 333, 364–65, appB, n28, n35, n36–37
decision to testify, 120–21, 122–23, n37
defense attacks on, 126–27, 133–34, 136, 142–44
interactions with defense attorneys, 126–27, 135, 138–39, 156–57
opinion of Darrow, 307, 321
opinion of WFM leaders, 283, 306
perjury, 2, 3, 13, 128, 135, 156–59, 343–45, 365, n16, n44
Pinkerton’s Western Division, as head of, 2, 214–17, 228, 231, 244, 302, 319
poor eyesight, xii, 47, 219, 254–56, 359, n58, n64
poor health, 8, 67, 81–82, 84, 104–6, 161, 166, 215, 219, 241, 256, 289, 310–11, 359–61
popular press, use of, 220, 277, 282–83, 288–89, 357, n58, n72
promotions, 186–87, 192, 214, 231, 244
relationship with Eneas, 219–20, 254, 292, 361
relationship with Orchard, 268, 270, 278, 295, 349
relationship with Pinkerton family, 161, 167, 171, 256–57, 360, n44–45
relationship with Siringo, 187–88, 191, 207, 216, 240, 322, 348, 362
reports by, 1, 6, 48–49, 60–61, 63, 65, 67, 70, 72–73, 75, 78–82, 84, 89–90, 94, 96–98, 100–4, 108–11, 114, 117–20, 128, 130, 154, 160, 194, n11, n22, n26, n30–32, n37–38, n60
resignation letter, 108–10, n32–33
Roarity on, 163–64
siblings and family, 12, 147, 161–62, 167–71, 187–89, 191, 214, 219, 253, 292, 302, 330, 362–63, n41–42, n46, n58, n71, n73
Steunenberg investigation, 261, 266–67
attempts to return Adams to prosecution side, 305–6, 308, 316, 319–20, n77
cipher of names, 277
extraditions planned by, 276–80, 290, n68–69
Gooding, initial meetings with, 266–68
Gooding’s support, 266–67, 279, 286–87
as head of investigation, 276, 305–6, 338–39
and Hicks strategy, 319–20, n77
Moyer, attempt to turn, 321, 330–31
Nichols, pressures re Orchard, 267–68
receives Orchard’s confession, 272–73, 295
and search for Barney’s body, 296–99
and search for “Pettibone dope,” 294–95
and searches for suspects, 267, 276, 278, 281, 291
secrecy, importance of, 296, n69
tactics to obtain Adams’s confession, 281, 285, 287, 305, 342–46, 350–52, 365, n70
tactics to obtain Orchard’s confession, 267–71
validating details of confessions, 273–74
Swain, hatred of, 261, 266–67, 289, n65
undercover agents, use of 2, 185, 188–89, 194–96, 207–12, 213, 216–18, 248–52, 320–21, 324–25, n56, n60, n63
WFM, opposition to, 7, 245, 254, 257–58, 259, 274, 283, 338–39
youth in Ireland, 11–12
McParland, Kittie (daughter), 169, 171, 187, 191, 192
McParland, Mary Ann (née Fitzgerald), 166–71
McParland, Mary H. (née Regan), 1, 187, 192, 219, 220, 292, 302, 310–11, 359–63, 367, n73
Meeks, Henry “Bub,” 223, 227
Meldrum, Bob, 281, 291, 326
Mine Owners Protective Association of the Coeur d’Alenes, 206–7, 208
miners
conflicts between Irish and Welsh, 62, 63, 67–69, 72, 78
dangers faced by, 36–37, 62–63
JM as, 61–63
living conditions of, 32, 41, 59–60
strikes by, 25, 36, 38–39, 41, 71–73, 78–80, 83–84, 152, 205, 208, 212–14, 248–52, 254, 284, 294, n19, n56
unions, 2, 7, 25, 36–45, 65–66, 71–73, 78–79, 83–84, 121, 151–52, 160, 205, 206, 208, 212–14, 245, 248–54, 257–59, 262–65, 269–76, 278–79, 283, 285–86, 288–89, 293, 296, 298, 301–2, 305, 315, 317, 320, 321, 325, 329, 333, 338–39, 346, 352, n16, n17, n25, n27, n44, n63, n67
Miners’ Journal, The, 30, 35, 69, 117, 121
Miners’ National Association, 66, 205
mining, 57, 75, 264
conditions, 61–62
disputes, 25, 36, 38–41, 71–73, 78–80, 83–84, 152, 205–14, 248–53, 262–63, 273, 321
Gowen’s efforts to control in Schuylkill County, 22, 24–25, 39, 41, 42–44, 71, 79–80, 83, 151, 152, 153, n26–27
hierarchy, 61–62
independent operators, 24–25, 32, 39, 41, 59
owners associations, 71, 73, 79, 207–8, 249, 253, 298, 330
techniques in Schuylkill County, 61
Molly Maguires, 2, 4, 22, 31, 38, 68, 162, 167, 197, 351, 375, n31, n41, n44
bodymasters, xi, xiii, 55, 65, 67, 80, 125, 154, 160
books and films, 4, 6–7, 357, n14–17, n21
and Catholic Church, 46, 49, 50, 68, 73, 111, 112, 123, 128, 148
contemporary views of, 26–27, 30, 34–35, 43, 48, 53, 69, 103, 121–22, 125–26, 169, n14–15
effect of geography on, 30, 31–32, 62
“goods,” the, 64, 66, 125, 145
Gowen as opponent to, 28, 84, 112–13, 115, 122, 124, 152, 153, 190, n26–27, n30
Gowen’s linking to AOH, 72–73, 83–84, 124–26, 129, 139, 140, n37
Gowen’s linking to WBA, 25, 42, 44–45, 72–73, 83–84, 151–52
historic views of, 2–3, 150–52, 207, n14–17, n21, n33, n38, n85–86
hunt for escaped, 129–30, 136, 163, 182–84
JM’s investigation of, 2, 5, 49–56, 57–68, 70, 72–102, 106, 108–111, 114, 117–20, 125, 132, 202, 205, 219, 245, 282, 293, 343, 357, 358, 364–65, n36
JM’s reports on, 6, 48–49, 60–61, 63, 65, 67, 70, 72–73, 75, 78–79, 80–82, 84, 89, 90, 94, 96–98, 100–4, 108–11, 114, 117–20, 128, 130, 154, 160, 194, n11, n22, n26, n30–32, n37–38, n60
Kehoe as leader of, xiv, 57, 93, 140, 143–44, 145, 148, 271, n26
murders attributed to, xi, 32–36, 45, 69, 70, 72, 84, 85, 87–93, 95–102, 105, 113–18, 121, 125–40, 145–49, 150, 151, 153, 156–59, appA, n10, n27–30, n41
origins and history of, 28–30, 33, 48, n18, n19
outrages attributed to, 22, 23, 25, 28, 35, 71, 72, 74, 82, 92–93, 106, 112, 278
outrages planned, 73–75, 78, 80–81, 84–85, 93–94, 96–98, 101, 118, 140–44, 146, n25, n40, n41
relation to AOH, xi, 48–49, 53, 55, 65, 84, 89, 111, 125–26, 129, 154, 197, 358, n83–84
and rival factions, 63, 66, 69, 72, n32
trading of crimes by, 65, 87–88, 90–92, 114, 116, 125
trials, historic views of, 150–56, n15–16, n33–34, n35, n85–86
trials of, 6, 76–77, 80, 100–2, 112–15, 121, 124–29, 131–49, 152–61, 171, 181, 333, 363–65, appB, n10–11, n36–37, n40–43
Monaghan, Ned, 81, 95, 101, 135, 146, 158, appB, n41
Morris, John, 81, 82, 140, 144, appB, n40
Moyer, Charles, 283, 284, 289, 292–93, 302, 307, 331, 335, 366
arrest and extradition, 276, 277, 278, 281–82, 285, 290, n68, n72
background, 294–95
dismissal of charges, 347
in inner circle of WFM, 271, 272, 277, 286, 288
as president of WFM, 249, 250, 262
proposed trial of, 309, 311, 313, 314, 316, 317, 339
relationship with Haywood, 321, 330
Mudsill Silver mine, 188–89
Mulhearn, Charles, 117, 146, 147, 151, 155, appB, n32, n41<
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Munley, Thomas, 118, 129, 149, n41
hanged, 150
murders of Sanger and Uren, 96–97, 117
planned murder of Jones, 97–98, 101
trial of, 134–37, 146, 158, appB
Murray, Frank, 231, 234, 236–37, 239, 244
New York Times, The, 34, 325, 327, 338, n18–19, n26
O’Brien, Michael, 80–81, 140, 144, 145, appB, n40, n41
O’Connor, Father Daniel, 112, 118, 119, 123, n36
O’Donnell, Charles, 107–8, n32
and Sanger and Uren murders, 95, 97, 158–59
O’Donnell, James “Friday,” 117, 130, 163
and Sanger and Uren murders, 95–97, 146, 158–59
at Wiggans Patch, 107, n32–33
O’Donnell, Margaret, 107, 108
O’Neil, Frank, 144, 145, appB, n41
Orchard, Harry (Albert Horsley, aka Thomas Hogan), 277, 281, 304, 324
Adams as accomplice, 272, 288
arrest and interrogation, 260–62, 265, n65
and attempted murders of Bradley, 272, 295, 326, 330, 331
and attempted murder of Gabbert, 272, 288, 326–27
and attempted murder of Goddard, 272, 279, 288, 326–27
and attempted murder of Peabody, 272, 288, 295, 326
autobiography of, 302–3
background and description, 262, 268, 326
claimed involvement of WFM leadership, 272–74, 276–77, 286, 288, 289, 321, 332
and Coleman’s assessment of JM, 363, n15–16, n85–86
confession, 271–73, 275–76, 282, 286, 288–89, 295–96, 308, 336, 345, 365, n70
cross-examined by Richardson, 327–28
Darrow on, 328, 329, 334, 347
Davis on, 327
and destruction of Bunker Hill concentrator, 272, 330, n85
and Independence depot bombing, 272, 288, 326
and Independence Mine explosion, 272
JM, initial interrogation by, 268–70
JM’s meetings with, 270–72, 278, 287, 292, 295, n50, n57, n77, n78–79, n85–86
JM’s opinion of, 268, 295
and JM on religion and the Bible, 271–72, 287, 292, 335, 349
later life and death, 348–50
moved to state penitentiary, 267–68
and murder of Gregory, 272, 288, 326
and murder of Steunenberg, 260, 261, 265, 269, 272, 288, 327
opinion of JM, 269, 278
purported motives for Steunenberg murder, 329, 331, 332–33, 334, n80
pushes Adams to confess, 285–87, 305, 313
religious conversion, 272, 327, 334–35, 350, n79
and Simpkins, 261–62, 266, 276, 291
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