Word: steunenberg
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...facts briefly were these. In the bloody guerilla battling that followed the Coeur d'Alene trouble, Governor Steunenberg of Idaho had called out the state militia, who, using unquestionably brutal means had succeeded in beating down the equally murderous members of the Federation. Steunenberg was the target for the miners' rage; in 1906 he was the target for a bullet that killed him. Haywood with two others was held for the murder; the news of the trial filled the press and three names filled the news. Most of all, Haywood, the thick-lipped, scarfaced, foul-mouthed friend...