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Show I i k) t' ..aJ, Alleged '..Slayer Uaabb ta Writ? cr Understand the Ccnf e::icn Crc-Itcd to Him, His Attorneys Say.- "WALLACE, Ida!, Feb. 27. fey testimony testi-mony from his own lips, Steve Adams' attorneys propose to try to .convince the jury that he is an illiterate, ignorant ignor-ant man, incapable of using the lan- guage ascribed to him in his alWed confession of the murder of Fred Tyler unable, indeed, to fully: understand what it means.. Late this afternoon, it is expected the defense will put the prisoner on the stand. His testimony is expected to're-late to're-late mainly to the alleged confession to Detective MeParland to declare that he did not make the statements credited to him; that he was badly leared; that he had been led to believe, he would be hanged if he did net sign the statement and would be spared if he did sign; and that under this fear he affixed his name to the statement prepared by Me-Parland Me-Parland and his associates, though thereby he confessed a murder in which he had no'hamd. ' |