| Show STATEMENT BY ADAMS followed by arrest of geary fraser and silks under the that lie he was dying adams last evening arade what he be regarded as an all aute ante I 1 statement to county attorney whittemore arid and assistant united states attorney richards the former was notified of adamas condition by chief pratt and at once proceeded to adamas bedside e after requesting mr richards to I 1 0 accompany him blin too the two attorneys look look a stenographer with them and spent upwards of 0 an hour with adams the letter was mas fully corl con clous and dictated his sta temen anil and answer to the questions of the attorneys with the understanding that ho he was approaching his end what ills his statement was the I 1 authorities refused to give out assistant united states attorney richards I 1 was seen at his residence last evening and asked tile the nature of adamas declaration cl 1 I am unable to tell you that thal answered mr richards the statement Is not sworn to and cannot bo be used it 1 the man lives should ho he die it will be just as valuable is as if it was nas sworn to for the law i ichards a di ing statement fita lement as of equal solemnity with an oath in the case of his death deatle of course the statement will be made public VERY vent IMPORTANT will you state as much about it as iou care to have published all I 1 can say IS 13 that it contains matt matter e r of 0 great importance and I 1 think that should adams live he will be less Is reluctant to testify than he has baa been heretofore what is the status of tho the hylor case now it was nas dismissed today in commissioner sommers court but we ne e shall hall not drop the matter As soon as the ter a state we will as I 1 told you the other day file a complaint charging adultery under the state law SAID ILE HE WAS BRIBED from other sources the nature of 0 adamas confession tor for such it amounts to lo Is learned in substance it was that he no had been bibbed to leave tile the city one story Is that he be said paid he received in cash and was to get bet 1000 more on tile the ard 3rd instant another puts pula the amount arnoult paid him at CO ho n named ar n e d the parties who offered and paid I 1 him 1 in the money and told loail much more bear bearing ing 11 upon pon the transaction chief pratt ot of tile tho police force ahen w hen ile he heard from deputy marshal timmony of 0 adamas condition detailed detectives paul and sheets upon tho the c cage a so supposing that adams had been pol poisoned the detectives were with adams several hours and as assisted bisted tho the physicians in applying adams tallied talked to them quite fiegly being conscious all the alm anil what he told them was said when he imagined he was waa a dying man lie he reiterated that he had not knowingly taken any poison and explained that tile the only x n ay he could have gotten cotton it was in the drink which ho he took with an acquaintance whose name ho he was unable to give this Is the only suspicious part ot of his story lie he claims to have known the man with avith whom he drank for or two years yet cannot name him and also falls fail to de designate ignate the in which he took the drink of oda soda i water in which he thinks the poison was administered ered all he knows of 0 the location Is that it was Lorne somewhere where near the godbe drug store tills this uncertainly in his tale lent color to the theory ot of attempted suicide which was advanced by some as soon as the news of 0 the poisoning became known NOT ATTEMPTED SUICIDE adams however stoutly denied that lie he had bad attempted his own life when the question was asked ond and those who saw baw him shortly before he be was taken ill pay there was no nervousness or anything else in his manner that would woul d indicate the contemplation ot of such an act THREE MEN BIEN ARRESTED the result of adamas confession was the arrest of three men at 10 last 1 bat night on the charge charee of 0 bribing a witness they are C 1 J I gearn it fraser and george ceorge silks all well known in sporting circles geary and fraser pra were round found in a gambling room in tho the wasatch building where they were arrested by detectives paul end and sheets sillis silks was waa arrested at his home homa by sergeant wirt wire and the lt of the trio to reach the jail lie he seemed very much surprised at his arrest and was not satisfied until ho he read the warrant then he asked to give bonds As aa he dm did not want to spend the night in jail and a message was sent to ills his attorney CHARGED WITH BRIBERY the warrants for the arrest ot of the three yuen men were nvere sworn to by detective paul on information and belief at tho the request of county attorney whittemore they charge the offense known as bribing a witness the punishment tor for which Is In lit in the penitentiary tent iary lary on the police register geary Is booked as a a butcher fraser eraser a bartend or cr c r and silks a minor miner the occupations they gave when questioned as to their avocations while all are known to be gamblers they are not of the tough element clement and are sald said to have a respectable standing with the sporting porting fraternity |
