Garland Globe | 1907-03-02 | Page 2 | Confession of Adams Read in Court Room

CONFESSION OF ADAMS READ III COURT ROOM Stalm Was Made by Adams That He Was Sent to Idaho to Help Simp-kins Simp-kins "Ost" Stcuncnberg. Wallace, Idaho. Tho features of Saturday's proceedings In tho trial of Steve Adams, charged with tho murder mur-der of a man mimed Tyler In tho wilds of tho .St. Joe country, and Involving In-volving tho minder of ox-Governor Stctiiionbeig, wore the reading of the confession of Admits, which tho do-fence do-fence (-(intends was obtained dndcr duress and Is false, nnd tho cross-examination cross-examination of Warden Whitney of thu Idaho penitentiary. Mr. Whitney wiik questioned chlclly with regard to the disposition of Adams while tho pilsouer was under his care, who had access to hliu and who wns denied access. A searching erosK-exainliia-tlon followed as to the reason why Adnms wns kept In the penitentiary whin (hero wns no charge against him and after lie bud not been Indicted In-dicted by the grand Jury. Adams' confession states that he Joined tho Western Federation of Miners at Cripple Creek; that he knew Moyer, liny wood nnd Pcttlbouo; thnt Pottlbone told him to go to Idaho and see Slmpklus that they wanted to "get" Stcuncnberg: thnt I'ettlbono went to liny wood and got 200 for his expenses; thnt the manner man-ner of "getting" Sleunenberg was left to him; that ho went to Idaho, met Slmpklus and there plunncd tho crime.