as tool of inner circle, 266, 269–70, 271, 272–73, 336
as tool of JM, 329–30, 333, 335, n77, n85–86
trial testimony, 317, 325–28, 332, 337, 338, 340, 346–47, n16, n85
and Vindicator Mine bombing, 272, 326, 330, 331, n85
and WFM, 262, 269, 302, 328, 333
wish to be executed, 349–50
Wood on testimony, 337, 348–49, n81, n82
Parker, Robert LeRoy, see Cassidy, Butch
Parsons Daily Sun, The, headlines, 173–74
Parsons, Kansas, 173, 174, 175, 176, 293, 300, 314
Peabody, James, 249–51, 254, 272, 285, 288, 326
Pennsylvania Dutch, 113, 124, n34
Pettibone, George A., 276, 284, 307, 321, 335, 347
in 1892 troubles, 207, 208, 210, 212, 317–18
and Adams, 286, 288
arrest and extradition, 276–78, 280–82, 283, 285, 290, 309, 310, n68
and JM, 283, 302, 355
and Orchard, 295, 348
and Pettibone dope, 294–95
trial of, 311, 313, 314, 316, 317, 339, 340, 346–47, n81, n85
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company, 71
employment of JM’s brothers, 162, 167
founding and purchase of coal lands, 43
ownership of colleries, 59, 72, 78, 83
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, 40, 52, 74, 191
agreed share of coal market, 44, n20
charter relating to owning coal lands, 39, 43
employment of Pinkerton’s, 26, n21, n44
expansion by lease or purchase, 32, 39, 189
Gowen’s goals for, 39, n26–27
and legislative hearings, 41–43, 72, 85–86
and Molly Maguire trials, 113, 133
political power of, 83, 152
Pinkerton, Allan, 357, 361
allowing JM to testify, 120–22, 160–61
background, 16–19, 205, n13, n14
and book about Molly Maguires, 26–27, 46, 57, 77, 78, 105, n15
Civil War, role in, 19–20, n14
death, 171
on drinking, 167, 169
financial difficulties, 21–22
founding and expansion of agency, 18, 20, 184
and investigation of MMs, 45, 46–49, 50
meetings with Gowen, 26–27, 45, 122
meetings with JM, 47–49, 75, 111, 120, 157
opinion of JM, 161, 171
philosophy and policies of, 8, 20, 25–26, 199
vigilantism, views on, 103
work ethic, 214–15
Pinkerton, Robert, 46, 122, 186–87, 192, 200, 214, 231, 244, 255, 257, 277, 311, 340, 359, n54, n64, n77
Pinkerton, William, 21, 192, 194, 199, 214, 241, 245, 277, 279, 297, 302, 347, 357, n83
death, 362
involvement in cases, 198, 217
opinion of JM, 348, 360
and Siringo, 178, 182, 184, 217, n49–50
Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency
agency administrators, 19, 168, 171, 192–93, 204, 214, 231, 244, 257, 319, n21, n25, n53
Anti-Pinkerton Act, 212–13
anti-union operations, 2, 3, 25, 65–66, 71–72, 165–66, 205–6, 207–14, 245, 248–52, 254, 257–58, 271, 278, 283, 330, 333, 335, 338–39, n44, n56, n63
archival documents, 5, 6, n11, n31–32, n37–38, n50–51
in Civil War, 19–20, n14
Colorado mine owners support for, 249, 298
Denver office, 184, n21
early period, 184–86
JM joins and named head of, 186–87
location, 187, 244
Siringo joins, 184–85
employ of JM’s brothers, 146–47, 162, n41–42
expansion of, 20, 184, 244
financial struggles, 21–22, 47, 161
flying squadron, 75–76, 78–79, 105, 117
founding and early years of, 18–21
as guards for strikebreakers, 205–6
image of, 2, 3, 205, 248, 364, n14–17
logo and motto of, 20, n14
and Molly Maguires, 2, 26, 46, 48–70, 72–106, 108–12, 114, 116–49, 154–61, 205, 343, 357, 364–65, n36, n44
office organization, 192–93, n51
Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency (cont.)
official ethics of, 5, 20, 25–26, 186, 199, n50
Protective Patrol, 21, 76, 167, 186–87, 205, 206, n55–56
and publishing inside accounts, 330, 362, n49–50, n84
robbery cases, 20, 103, 185–86, 188, 190–91, 198, 217–19, 221, 229–43, 246–48, 355–56, n57
and Steunenberg murder investigation, 261, 265–316, 319–21, 324–25, 330–31
“strictly confidential” bill, 105, 112, n32–33
testing program, 18, 47, 216, n21
undercover operations, 2, 18–19, 25, 46–106, 108–12, 114, 116–20, 132, 160, 205, 207–14, 248–52, 319, 321, 324–25, n44, n63
Place, Etta, 241, 242, n51
Pleasants, Henry, 75, 162, 163
Pottsville, xii, 23, 26, 31, 34–36, 53, 57–58, 68, 85, 89, 104, 108, 110, 118, 120, 122, 124, 130, 134, 140–44, 147–50, 161–62, 184
Powell, Morgan, 45, 130, 147, 148, 150, 151, 153, appA, appB
Prettyman, E. E., 244, 359, 360
Prince, L. Bradford, 194, 195, 196, n52
Ramsey, Robert, 69, 121
Raven Run, 95, 98, 130, 134–35, 159, appA
Rea, Alexander, 36, 77, 148, 150, 269, appA, appB, n66
Reno gang, 20, 103
Richardson, Edmund F., 285, 300, 322, 340, n70
background, 283
courtroom technique, 313–14, 327–28, 336
Darrow, conflicts with, 311, 321, 327, 338, 341
Darrow on, 328
death, 363
first Adams trial, 304, 312–16, n76
interactions with JM, 313–15
and habeas corpus, 283–84, 290–91, 309
Haywood trial, 318, 323–37, 340
closing argument, 332–33, 336
examining Orchard, 327–28, 346, n79, n85
tactics during, 327, 328, 333
Roarity, James, 80, 117, n40, n41
and assault on Thomas, 80–81, appB
hanged, 150
on JM, 163–64
and murder of Yost, 88–92, 116, 132, 145, appB
trials of, 124–29, 138–45, appB
Robbers Roost, 221, 222, 224, 225, 228
Robertson, David, 167–68, 182, 214, 244, n46
Roosevelt, Theodore, 297, 313, 318–19
Ryon, John W., 113, 115, 118, 124, 129, 145, 333, n35
assessment of JM, 143, 158
questioning JM, 127, 135, 138, 139
St. John, Vincent, 272, 276, 277, 278, 281, 285, 286, 288, 289, 291–92, 294, 296, 298, 309, 340, 350, 363, n68, n69
Sanger, Thomas, 96, 97, 100, 103, 108, 117, 122, 127, 131, 133–36, 145, 146, 148–51, 153, appA, appB, n30, n32–33, n41, n44
JM knows name of, 95, 96, 128, 158–59
and JM perjury, 127, 158–59
Sayers, W. B., 187, 193, 194, 217–18, 221, 231–33, 235, n50–51
Schick, Kittie McParland, 214, 219, 302, 360, n41, n73
Schuylkill Canal, 39, 51, 52, 53
Schuylkill County, xi, xiii, 3, 7, 30, 55, 85, 104, 120, 136, 148, 149, 166, 187, 204, 219, 245, n25, n32–33
anthracite industry in, 32, 61
AOH in, 55, 65, 67, 68–69, 72, 73, 80, 86, 89, 93, 101, 105, 106–7, 120, 125, 149, 157
AOH, officers of, xii, 56–57, 65, 67, 80, 85, 125, 140
geography of, xii, 31, 36, 52
Gowen’s goals for, 24–25, 39, 42–45, 83, 152
legal system in, 23, 24, 76, 113, 119, 122, 129, 150, 191
Reading’s efforts to control anthracite industry, 32, 39, 41, 42–44, 71, 78, 79–80, 83
violence in, 25, 32–36, 42–46, 65, 67–70, 72–74, 78–80, 82, 84–88, 92–93, 95–99, 105–10, 112, 153, n10
WBA’s efforts in, 25, 36, 39–41, 44, 71, 73, 79–80, 84
Shenandoah, xii, xiii, xiv, 31, 53, 56–58, 68, 69, 73, 74, 77, 78, 84–86, 89, 92–94, 101, 104, 106, 119, 120, 135, 140, appA, n36
lodge of the AOH, 63, 64, 67, 74, 80
Shoaf, George, 174–75, 176–77, 293–94, 320, 322, n71–72, n77–78, n79
Shollenberger, Robert P., 311, 316, 322
Shores, Cyrus Wells “Doc,” 2, 183–84, 187, 188, 197–98, 218, 221, 231–32, 256, 301, 362, n49, n52–53, n84
Simpkins, Jack, 261–62, 266, 267, 271, 272, 276, 277, 286, 288, 289, 291, 305, 312, n65, n67
Siney, John, 121
background, 37–38
friendship with P. M. Cummings, 66
and Gowen, 39, 40–41, 44, 152
as leader of WBA, 37–39, 41, 42, 205, n27
opposed to Molly Maguires, 38, 121, 151, 160
as president of Miners’ National Association, 66, 121, 205
Siringo, Charlie, 183, 193, 198, 338, n11
aliases, 189, 194, 207, 210, 217, 233, 239
background, 178, 179–80, 181–82, 330
bodyguard to JM, 303, 311, 316, 322, 325–26, n77
books, 180, 362, n49–50, n50–51, n55, n73, n84
A Texas Cow Boy, 180–81
cases, 186, 190, 210, 216–17
Archuleta, 185, 232
Coeur d’Alenes, 207–12, 216, n56, n60
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, 188
Mudsill silver mine, 188–89
shooting of Ancheta, 194–96, n52, n60
Treadwell Mine theft, 217–18
Wells Fargo robbery, 185–86
Wild Bunch, 221, 231–36, 239–40, n60
commits voter fraud, 254
as “cowboy detective,” 2, 182, 186, 194, 232, n11
early period in Denver, 184, 185, 186, n49
and Horn, 198–99, 218
and JM, 186–88, 191, 193–94, 207, 216, 240, 254, 303, 316, 322, 325–26, 348, 362, n73
joins Pinkerton’s, 182
and Mamie, 180, 181, 189, 191
retirement and death, 348, 362
and Sayers, 187, 217–19, 231–33, 235, n50–51
and W. Pinkerton, 178, 182, 184, 217, n49–50
Siringo, Mamie (née Lloyd), 180, 181, 189, 191, 212
Slattery, John, 146, 147, appB, n32, n41
Smith, Frank J., 265, 267–68, 317
Smith, George K., 34–35, appA, appB, n42, n43
Smuggler-Union Mine, 252, 272, 278, 292, 296, 298, 299
Southwest Railroad System strike, 172–73, 204
Steunenberg, Frank, 259
actions taken in Coeur d’Alenes, 262, 264–65
background, 262–63
fears of assassination, 265
Steunenberg, Frank, murder of, 2, 261, 272, 275, 276, 285–86, 292, 311, 327, 333, 353
details of, 259–60, 325, 341
Haywood trial for, 311, 316–18, 323–37, 346, 348, 363, n15–17, n58, n66–68, n85–86
inner circle and, 269, 272, 273, 275, 288, 315, 325, 336, 346, n66
Orchard and, 260, 261, 265, 269, 272, 275, 288, 327, 331, 332–33, 347, n80
Pettibone trial for, 311, 313, 314, 316, 317, 339, 340, 346–47, n81, n85
Pinkerton’s investigation of, 261, 265–83, 285–91, 294–97, 302, 320–21, n67
purported motives, 262, 265, 275, 331–33, n80
Thiel investigation of, 261–62, 265–67
WFM and, 2, 261, 265, 275, 276, 315, 325
Stockslager, Charles O., 260–61, 266, 268
Sundance Kid, the, see Longabaugh, Harry
Sutherland, Angus, 285, 291, 305–6, 312, n71
Swain, Wilson S., 261, 289, 300, n71
as competitor of JM, 249, 261, 266, 267, 289, 357–58, n65
and operative Zimmerman, 249, n65
and Simpkins, 267, 291, n67
and Steunenberg murder, 261–62, 265–67
Tamaqua, 57, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 93, 96, 97, 98, 99, 102, 117–18, 132, 157, appA
Telluride, 214, 221, 222, 249, 252, 254, 272, 278, 281, 286, 290, 291–92, 296–99, 309, 321, 340, 350, 352, n69
Thiel Detective Service Company, 184, 210, 281, 289, 291, 306–7, n49
and antiunion measures, 214, 248, 249, n65
competition with Pinkerton’s, 184, 249, 266, 300, n21, n65
and Steunenberg murder, 261–62, 265–67
Thiele, Chris, 281, 285, 287, 291, 295, 296, 308, 312, 316, 322, 342, 349, n70, n75, n77
Thomas, William “Bully Bill,” 72, 92, n26
attempted murder of, 80–81, 82, 84, 105, 106, 130, 135, 155, 182–83
JM failing to warn, 100, 127, 143, 159
trial for assault and battery on, 101, 140–44, 146, 149, 156, appB, n43
trials
Adams, Steve, 311, 312–16, 339, 340, 341–46, 350–53, n75, n84
assault on Thomas, 101, 140–44, 146, 149, 156, appB, n43
Borah, William E., 341, n77
Coeur d’Alenes miners, 212, 275–76, 317–18
conspiracy to kill Majors, 144, 146, appB, n41
conspiracy to reward Hurley, 144–45, appB, n40
Graves, Thomas Thatcher, 202
Haywood, William, 311, 316, 317, 318, 323–37, 346, 348, 363, n15–17, n58, n66, n85–86
murder of Jones, 112–15, 121, 131–33, appB, n35
murder of Langdon, 148, appB
murder of Powell, 147, appB
murder of Rea, 148, appB
murders of Sanger and Uren, 134–37, 146, 147–48, 149, appB, n40
murder of Yost, 122, 123, 124–29, 130, 138–40, 142, 145–46, 158, appB, n36–37
perjury, 146, appB, n41
Pettibone, George, 346–47
Section 30, 182, n48
Tully, Patrick, 148, 150, appB
Twenty-fourth Infantry Regiment, 264–65
Tyler, Fred, 305, 308, 311–13, 316, 340, 344–46, n75
Union Pacific Railroad, 4, 204, 216, 229–30, 233, 237–38, 280–81, 318, 355, n60, n69
United Mine Workers of America, 205, 252, 284
United States Reduction and Refining Company, 250, 251
U.S. Supreme Court, 212, 290, 291, 309–10, 318, n43, n67, n71, n74–75
Uren, William, 97, 100, 103, 108, 117, 122, 131, 133, 134, 146–50, appA, appB, n32–33, n41
Van Duyn, Owen, 277–78, 300, 323
vigilantism, 102–6, 111–12, 365, n14, n32–33
Vindicator Mine explosion, 252, 272, 326, 330, 331, n85
Wallace, 206, 208, 210, 263, 285, 289, 305–8, 311–12, 316, 340, 341, 350, n74, n75, n76
Wardner, 206, 212, 249, 263–64, n55, n65
Warner, Matt, 221–24, 238
Wells, Bulkeley, 252, 291–92, 298
and extradition train, 280–82
Goddard bomb disarmed by, 279
and Haywood prosecution finances, 297–98
and search for Barney’s body, 297–99, 340, n82
and third Adams trial, 350, 352
Wells, Heber M., 220–21, 238
Wenrich, Frank, 108, 110, n32–33
Western Federation of Miners, 320, 338, n67
and Adams, 272, 285–89, 305, 352
and Adams trials, 311–16, 341–46, 350–53<
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attorneys for, 262, 269, 275–76, 283, 284–85, 304, 309, n65
Boyce as president, 248, 249
in Colorado Labor Wars, 251–54, 293
extradition of leaders, 276–82, 283–84, 286, 290, 295, 300, 309–10, n67, n68, n69
founding of, 212, 275–76
government opposition to, 248, 250, 251–54, 264, 298, 333
Haywood as secretary-treasurer, 249–51, 265
inner circle, 269–73, 276, 289, 301, 325, 346
JM opposition to, 7, 245, 254, 257–58, 259, 274, 279, 283, 317, 338–39
Moyer as president, 249, 250, 262
Orchard as member of, 262, 269
and Orchard’s confession, 272–73, 276, 286, 287–89, 302, 328, 332
radicalism and socialism of, 248–49, 275, 293
and Steunenberg murder, 2, 261–62, 264–65, 275, 277, 288, 291, 325, 332
strikes by, 213–14, 248, 250–54
use of Pinkerton’s against, 214, 248, 249, 250–52, 276, 298, 321, 329, 333, n63
use of Thiel against, 214, 248, 249, n65
violence by, 213–14, 248, 250, 251–54, 262, 263, 272, 279, 285–86, 288, 296, 346, n69
White Caps (Las Gorras Blancas), 194–97
Whitney, Eugene L., 268, 286, 287, 295, 306–7, 311–13, 316, 353
Wiggans Patch raid, 107–8, 109, 110, 365, n32–33
coroner’s hearing, 108
JM’s letter about, 108–10
Wild Bunch, 2, 4, 221, 225–43, 355, n50–51, n61
JM on, 243, 358
members, 225–26, 237, 239, n61
robberies
Butte County Bank, Belle Fourche, 227
Colorado and Southern, Folsom, 235–36
Denver & Rio Grande, Parachute, 242
Great Northern, Wagner, 241
Pleasant Valley Coal Company, 224–25
Union Pacific, Tipton, 237–38, 239, n61
Union Pacific, Wilcox, 229–31, 235–36, n59
Winnemucca bank, 238–39, n61
Siringo’s pursuit of, 231–33, 239–40
Wood, Fremont, 323, 331, 340
background, 317–18, 329
and Davis, 332
as Haywood trial judge, 317–18, 323–37, n76
on Haywood’s guilt, 332, n16, n81, n82
jury instructions, 336–38, n16, n68, n85
on Orchard’s testimony, 348–49, n81–82, n85
overrules motion for directed verdict, 328–29
Wood, James Frederic, 49, 112, 123, 128, 152, n36
excommunicates AOH and Molly Maguires, 111, 148, n36
pastoral letter by, 68, 111
Woodcock, C. E., 229, 237
Woods, W. W., 342, 346
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