# George Pettibone

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Miner and labor leader

George A. Pettibone 1907 photo of (l-r) Charles Moyer, Bill Haywood, and Pettibone Born May 1862 Wellsville, Kansas, US Died August 3, 1908 (age 46) Denver, Colorado, US Resting place Fairmount Cemetery (Denver, Colorado) Occupations Miner, labor leader

**George A. Pettibone** (May 1862 – August 3, 1908) was an [Idaho](/source/Idaho) miner. Pettibone was best known as a defendant in trial of three leaders of the [Western Federation of Miners](/source/Western_Federation_of_Miners) for the 1905 assassination by bombing of [Frank Steunenberg](/source/Frank_Steunenberg), former governor of [Idaho](/source/Idaho).

## Biography

Pettibone was convicted of [contempt of court](/source/Contempt_of_court) and criminal [conspiracy](/source/Conspiracy_(crime)) in the [Coeur d'Alene labor strike of 1892](/source/Coeur_d'Alene%2C_Idaho_labor_strike_of_1892).

He was later implicated in the 1905 assassination of [Frank Steunenberg](/source/Frank_Steunenberg), ex-[governor](/source/List_of_governors_of_Idaho) of Idaho,[1] by a confession and testimony from [Harry Orchard](/source/Albert_Horsley).

[Western Federation of Miners](/source/Western_Federation_of_Miners) (WFM) general secretary [Bill Haywood](/source/Bill_Haywood) and WFM president [Charles Moyer](/source/Charles_Moyer) were also implicated. Haywood was represented by [Clarence Darrow](/source/Clarence_Darrow), the most renowned defense lawyer of the day, who obtained an acquittal. Pettibone was tried after Haywood, and was defended by [Orrin N. Hilton](/source/Orrin_N._Hilton) of Denver. Pettibone was also acquitted, and charges against Moyer were dropped.[2]

Pettibone fell ill with cancer during his trial.

After his acquittal he returned home to [Denver, Colorado](/source/Denver%2C_Colorado). On August 1, 1908, Pettibone underwent surgery for stomach cancer in Denver.[3] Surgeons pronounced Pettibone terminal following the operation and he died in Denver two days later.[3]

## See also

- [Charlie Siringo](/source/Charlie_Siringo)

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ptriboi_1-0)** ["Pettibone trial begins in Boise"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=V6lXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-PMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5771%2C715569). *Spokane Daily Chronicle*. Washington. November 27, 1907. p. 1.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Carlson, *Roughneck: The Life and Times of Big Bill Haywood,* 1983.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Cancer_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Cancer_3-1) Associated Press, ["Pettibone Suffers from Cancer Stomach,"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39384299/george_a_pettibone_suffers_from/) *Grand Junction [CO] Daily Sentinel,* Aug. 1, 1908, p. 1.

## References

- Carlson, Peter. *Roughneck: The Life and Times of Big Bill Haywood.* New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1983. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-393-01621-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-393-01621-8)

- "George Pettibone Dead." *New York Times.* August 4, 1908.

## External links

- [George Pettibone](https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8085277) at [Find a Grave](/source/Find_a_Grave)

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