Show ADAMS ON S STAND Accused Man Gives an Account Col Colorado Colorado Colorado of His Experience in orado and Idaho WIFE TELLS HER STORY COURT DOURT ROOM PACKED TO 10 O THE DOORS ash h Feb Fh iA Wallace j hane e j special spec I a afa 1 to the est fa l c l to the tIie th The flie court hoa bou house e WM Wal w Adams tj c rs TS this after afternoOn w chei Steve SIeve trial which in murder la In the trial tiMi of ot Moyer Ioor 1 rs ps the tIit th j wood and ami Petti ft 1 for OL the murder e t GOrnor St n b r went on the thew stand in Ms lila ew 8 behalf Adams w fUSS es T I c jammed with ith the greatest detail re ro rot ref life Witness testified t s f ding hm his h past I t he hI had Joined the tile Altman Miners Western r n 1 N I 19 1 a branch of the while white at Independence In 1901 11 l I j ii h Had married Mr aIrs Adams at a Telluride e en n a 1 immediately after marriage went ent where ht he was ar art arr Independence hy K It I to 1 I I for dynamiting the shaft of ot the hl t r J mint mine He wa wu waa thrown Into jail I f t days davs but no charge was as I jc and anti he was waa released Why He Changed His Name Alum described dl the means moans by b which IB tL rut ut to tn Denver and changed his name ame l t h St Sl tte DIxon and came to Idaho rom Hom r fearing to be thrown hack back into j 1 and and went to the Marble Creek C k dia in 1 t f for tor the purpose of hiding While in Inor 1 it or r h he met Jack JacI Simpkins who wIo was wasI the executive board of oft 1 I t f a of or t n Western Federation White While hill on the theT theTo T v to Marble ta hk Creek he be met Vincent St j aid sd Griffin in Burke and met at al When he lie went i j Tl h Marble Creek district he was wasi i tn md d with an oki 0 1 black powder Win VI t sti str r rife rifle and an automatic revolver Denied the Murders H ft shut Shot a 3 lot in the district but butt L t th incident of shooting over oer Ty ins bin while T Tyler ler and Philips sat sati i l fr nr Adams corroborated the testimony mony en regarding his attendance at Ma 1111 Mate MaS S te E a t party and his leaving there thera i t Aug AUK K f fr ir the head of navigation atlon ac a M h iy Glover Gloer He lie confirmed the of Ell Eli Laird regarding his rid riding sag ing I in th Ih pilot house on the boat and her ber witnesses regarding his hi visit to tl t Spokane and sta staying ing with his uncle there H It denied that he was at Prices hotel at 2 I MII Mia a Meadows on Aug Au 24 4 t tHad Had T Simpkins and yourself II athing thing to do with ith the killing of Tyler CT Bouk Boult ND N His Arrest Described If JI described the manner of his arrest r F Fb b 3 II 1306 I at t his hilt uncles uncle s ranch near City Cil by Detective Thin Thiel and She Sher Sheriff iff I Brown on o a II fugitive warrant charging in the tJ m He lie was thrown into Jail over night nighta a I Baker Bak r Cit City and demanded that th t Brown BrownE E g gt t hm tn an attorney attorn Brown refused ref l sd but butr r 11 rt It t morning h demanded again and arid Br vrn went t out and witness saw r Moore loore Adam feared being taken to tot toi i t orao While hile at the depot waiting for forth forthe th tb the train traM Brown told him that he was wasen ct en C the and if Adams would do what was aa wanted ht lit would come out all nil right reiterated Iterated this statement a number of ot time un on 00 the th way wa to Boise Taken to Penitentiary Ir r Boise noise he hI was taken straight to th and thrown into a solid soUd steel in on thi th seend tier tir with Harry Or 01 art and confined six sl or seven days I Whim in III the nell rell Orchard told Adams at he hI h had made mad I a confession Jg g officers of jf the th Western Federation 1 d i Adams Mama that he Orchard was to get cf prosecution and that he ho was tJ 3 B gt t a of money and he ho intended fa 3 t tt t pond between himself and mem room bers tt ers of the Western Federation Orchard wined varied Adams that the best thing thin he lie lied d do was to help ht lp convict the officers of vf f the tho Western Federation and alP at Ie Orchards confession and save sac him Iff f and 4 think of his family and if Ad Ath Adms ms sins 11 falleo dilso to d do this he hI would wouW be taken raS lak to Colorado and be b elU r mobbed I hanged datts Adais t Stimon will be resumed to 10 m y W Testimony of Mrs Adams dams ly before Adams testified Mrs Mr Adams Adms TV was is on the witness stand id stated that on March arch 2 1906 1900 she had be well taken from Baker City CIt to Boise B lse by 1 e On the way to Boise Thiele told Hf Fr nc Steve Sten had made madl a confession and had hun wen promised Premised immunity and would be beak fart ak on the ranch ranh came to tou see iI be the sec second i l day da after her arrival u w I Boise D and reiterated Iterated state L At j the penitentiary Warden arden Whit wi C told hr her to cheer h r up Steve that he ad go raw 10 through a terrible temble ordeal an anI 3 pIt very verv eri badly badly She was locked in the th thra ra ira Ward in ln the penitentiary along alons th 11 and while there ther Gooding had once called on her ber herer lid ad ed h er hah baby two 10 or three times tra dams Adams Aia denied that Steve ever re rel r Prad l to tart that bad killed oo Was aused when Henry Henl P 1 ira night of lit t the pr tried to get set to admit that Governor t kissed the baby bab two or three es S on account of ot the political cam then rn la in progress Stranger in the Vicinity stranger of unknown ri me Was ns as by the defense e this one ot of th real murderers or of er and Ie Continued on Page 2 STEVE ADAMS ON WITNESS STAND Continued from Page 1 Charles A HIl that he was as I a athe Ithe the Marble arble Creek Crek country in August Augst 19 about a ut 1 the time Ume Settlers Setter Boulc and Tyler were w ra killed kle and while on 01 the trail trai mt mn and talked with this stranger who said sid side never The rhe e sea gives go up its It dead ded but the woods wod Proving an Aib Albi Strong Streng testimony was waK given this morn morning mornIng mornIng ing by 1 Lloyd Mason Inson the son SOl of or Alvy AI Ma Mason Mason a ason son the pioneer pione settler setter to uphold fin an 41 alibi Ubi for Adams on Aug Au 10 IBM the date Ty Tyler T Tel Tylee lee ler el is IR supposed suppose to have he e been killed Lloyd Lod testified that about abut Aug Aug 1 1904 1901 1 he met Steve Stee Adams Adms then the known as ns Steve Dick Dickon eon on at Masons I hay h ranch He lie le said Ad Adams Adems ems ams came from the Marble Creek district and stayed sta at nt Glovers and Masons while in that region j Lloyd saw Adams dams almost even every tat day da regon He distinctly remembered seeing el him lm on Aug 7 1 ns as at that was Jivin Masons birthday birthday and ad Adams helped the tha th thebo boy 1 bo to celebrate by b spanking hs his father Cather The next day the witness wines said Dickson Dickon and ClavI went wept down the river Adams Adam coming back about ten days dys later in tn company with Jack ack Corroborated by a Girl Miss Mies Myrtle Mason a handsome girl of or SI 2 l a this slater sister testimony of or the to last witness s corroborated cor corroborated bor Mrs Mn Warren WArn Oliver Olver of Spokane testified that her husband is a cousin Win of Steve Adams Adam and ad that Ut Adams came me to 10 see se her herIn herIn herin In the hospital In Spokane on Aug AUK 13 l 1 Warran Oliver corroborated his ble 11 testimony Alvin Mason was w recalled by b the de di defense do tense fene an and l asked if I he knew Harry jarry Ui Or Orchard Orchard Orchard chard He said sf he met Orchard twice wic in inthe Inthe the Marble Creek Crek district in company with Wih Jack Simpkins in i 1996 i |