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A Case for Murder

by | May 1, 2007 | Features & Gunfights

A revenge assassination put labor on trial in the Old West.
It's been called the Haywood Trial, after one of the defendants. Others have named it the Steunenberg Case in reference to the victim. Media trumpeted it as the “Trial of the Century.” Without a doubt, it is one of the most fascinating events in Old West history. It all started nearly a decade before. In April 1899, members of the Western Federation of Miners (


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