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Show CLAIMS DIRE PLOT TO ''.'.'''' - exactly where Adams says he placed It Adams says he burted the stuff In - a trench where a timber had been placed that had supported the boiler of the mill. Persons familiar with the place say there wre several of these trenches which were left open when the Umbers were removed. Adams Is confident he will find the cache, as he Is certain It could not-have been dug uo by Others without having caused an accident. BOISE. Ida.,' March 28. Steve Adams, one of the men who confessed regarding their connection with crimes In Colorado, and In this State, charged against the so-called so-called Inner circle of the Western Federation Federa-tion of Miners, was taken to Pocatello yesterday to dig up a lot of material designated des-ignated as Greek fire, which he claims to have burled there late In the summer of 1903. Detective McParland. Detective Thlele end Gov. Gooding were In the party, also Warden Whitney of the 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 Coeur d'Alenes to Colorado. 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 bottles. These, breaking, would Immediately envelope everything with fire that nothing would extinguish. He had two quart bottles and three small ones. The car of non-union men did not come through, as expected, and after waiting a good while the plan was given up. Adams then burted the stuff In sn old building that had been used as sr sawmill, saw-mill, packing the bottles in a tin can. He was certain he could go to the - spot sad unearth the cache. - . ; Where He Cached Exploaivea. It Is stated the place Is now used as a stable and Adams is digging up the floor to find the cache. One glass stopper has been found, which Adams thinks belongs to one of the small bottles. He says he took the stuff to Pocatello In a canvas telescope and threw that behind the mill when he had burled the bottles. The owner of the building is J. C. Wee-ter. Wee-ter. He remembwg finding the telescope |