George Pettibone
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George Pettibone was an Idaho miner. He was convicted of contempt of court and criminal conspiracy in the Coeur d'Alene miners' dispute.
He was later implicated in the 1905 assassination of Frank Steunenberg, ex-governor of Idaho, by a confession and testimony coerced from Harry Orchard by James McParland, a Pinkerton agent hired to conduct the investigation.
WFM general secretary Bill Haywood and WFM president Charles Moyer were also implicated. Haywood was represented by Clarence Darrow, the most renowned defense lawyer of the day, who obtained an acquittal. Pettibone was tried after Haywood, and was defended by Judge Hilton of Denver. Pettibone was also acquitted. Charges against Moyer were dropped.[1]
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- ^ Roughneck, The Life and Times of Big Bill Haywood, Peter Carlson, 1983, page 141.
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