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Show mm was to MM HER With Greek Fire He Was to Slaughter Carload of Non-Union Non-Union Workmen. SO DECLARES IN HIS - CONFESSION TO OFFICERS Wholesale Murder Was to Be Done in Pocatello, Where He Cached Explosives. BOISE, Ida., March 27.-Stcvc Adams, one of the men who confessed regarding their concctlon with crimes In Colorado, and In this State, charged atjalnst the so-called so-called Inner circle of the Western Federation Federa-tion of "Miners, was taken to Pocatello today to dig up a lot of material designated desig-nated as Greek tire, which he claims to have burled there late In the summer of 1S03. Who Composed Party. Detective McParland, Detective Thlclc and Gov. Gooding were In the party, also Warden Whitney of tho penitentiary and Traveling Guard Robblns and two newspaper news-paper men. What He Confessed. Adams, In his confession, stated he was sent by Haywood and Moyer to Pocatello to Intercept a carload of non-union men being sent from the Cocur d'Aeles to Colorado. Greek Fire His Weapon. He was directed to kill the entire lot and expected to do so with the Greek fire. This was to be thrown into the car; It was In bottleB. Thcoo, breaklnff, would Immediately envelope everything with fire that nothing would extinguish. He had two quart bottles and three small ones. Men Did Not Arrive. The car of non-union men did not come through, as expected, and after waiting a good whllo the plan was given up. Adams then burled the stuff In an old building that had been used as a sawmill, saw-mill, packing tho bottles In a tin am. He was certain ho could go to tho spot and unearth the cache. Where He Cached Explosives. It Is stated the place Is now used as a stable and Adams Is digging up the floor to llnd the cache. One glass stopper has been found, which Adams thinks belongs to one of tho small bottles. Ho says he took the stuff to Pocatello in a canvas telescope and threw that behind the mill when he had burled the bottle. Telescope Was Found. The .owner of the building Is J. C. Wee-ter. Wee-ter. He remembers llndln? tho telescope exactly where Adams says he placed It. Adams says ho burled (he stuff In a trench where a timber had been placed that nad supported the boiler of the mill. Persons ffttnlllnr with the placo sav there were several of these trenches which were left open when the timbers were removed. Confident of Finding Cache. Adams Is confident he will find the cache, as he is certain It could not have been dug up by others without having caused an accident |