Show STEVE ADAMS NS IS VERY SURLY Y AND ND l S LAWYERS AR PUZZLED BOISE Ida June 11 There 11 There is much speculation as to what Steve Adams will say when placed on the stand as as a witness witness witness wit wit- ness for the State against William D. D Haywood Orchard has said that Adams was his partner in many of his most desperate undertakings su such h as the blowin blowing up of the Independence depot Adams who came to Boise yesterday from Shoshone co county nty where he was awaiting trial tria for murder is said to bein bein be foe in a sullen mood and not likely to answer answer an an- answer any of ot o the questions It is known that his repudiated confession confession con con- is in iu the hands of counsel for the prosecution of Haywood wood but it is is doubtful doubt ful if this confession can be brought within the cognizance of the jury unless un unless un- un less Adams himself consents Mrs Annie Adams who has been in in Boise since the trial began iegan and who is in daily attendance at the courtroom saw her husband at the county jail last night Mrs Adams is cr credited with much influence over her husband It w was s at he her solicitation it is is said that he repudiated the confession he lie made last year yea Dug Up Skeleton He went so far after making the confession confession con con- as to travel to Col rado with Gen Bulkeley Wells and report has his it that under the dir direction of Adams evidences evidences evi evi- dences deuces were discovered that cleared leared up the mysteries of several disappearances Skeletons of union non miners miners who were believed d to have been kill killed d but the proof of their death had never never been found were discovered The most startling part of Adams' Adams alleged confession is the murder of A Ar A- thur Collins II manager ana er of the Smuggler Smuggler- Union mine minel near Telluride in Colorado After Alter making the confession Adams was taken to Collins Collins' h house lse and pointed out where he stood to fire the shot that killed Collins An accumulation of corroborative corroborative cor cor- evidence is said to have been secured Collins was shot through the window of his library wh where re he he was playing cards with some women Adams spent a night at the house houge on the oc occasion of his his' visit in charge of Gen Wells A cartridge was found at the place Adams pointed out and a witness met a man walking vy away from the place carrying a agun a. a gun just after the shot was heard Another Another An An- other man says that he met the same maw man later but that he had no gun The weapon was found between the two places Color Colorado do Wants Him It is paid said that should Adams be acquitted ac sc- sc quitted of the murder for which he is is' yet jet to stand trial the Colorado authorities authorities ties will requisition the Governor of Idaho and will try him on the charge of the murder mother of Collins There is sOme is-sOme some belief that Adams may yet repeat his alleg alleged d confession I Counsel Couns l for forthe the the prosecution say sav that thai they are not depending upon Adams ms to confirm Orchard but that they have a sufficiency of corroborative testimony Harry Orchard shows not the slightest sign f of fatigue On the contrary he grows apparently stronger clearer and more unshakable every min minute te Even counsel for lor the defense admit that he is a marvel Yesterday when he was called upon to show where h hp be stood when he fired the mine that blew up the Independence depot and killed fourteen men he bent over from the witness chair to the stenographers stenographer's table and with a a. hand steady as a arock rock drew a complete plan makin making the dotted lines to show which way he ran and giving the direction of th the railroad and spur track which he said he and Steve Adams ran after the explosion Fiendish Story To his story of the attempt to kill kiJI Fred Bradley formerly manager and now president of the Bunker Hill mine which was blown up by the striking miners miners mi mi- mi ners in 1899 prosecution attaches attaches' much importance A number of witnesses ses are here MrA from San Sau Francisco to testify in support of the attempt on Bradleys Bradley's life As in the rest of his cross cross- cross examina examination tion f Orchard under the fire of ques questions lues ies has only strengthened his direct testimony as to th the San Francisco Franciseo story He is gOIn going into the most minute detail and has given the names of a a. dozen people who can confirm or den deny For instance he has said where he bought the strychnine for the milk where he bou bought ht th the gunpowder how and where I he got the money from Pettibone and the names of the servants H He took the cook to the theater he be said in order to find out from her lier the habits of the household and as the climax climax cli cli- max of his dramatic rehearsal of how S he placed d the strychnine in the milk that by his own admission might have poisoned a a baby the mother three women women wo woo men servants and Fred FecI Bradley Mr Richardson facetiously remarked that perhaps he tried to poison the because be because cause she did not like the play to which he took her Joke Was Relief Belief The joke relieved the mind of the jury lury and the spectators who had up to that moment been brought to a pitch of horror and repulsion for the m man n who could so coolly tell of his indifference to the consequences of t this is attempt to reach the man who opposed union labor Orchard will be on the stand under cross examination cross examination at le least st until the close of the afternoon session and it is possible that Mr Richardson will not conclude until tomorrow In fact there is an idea ida that one of the purposes of the close and exhaustive detail is to wear the witness out out but unless unless' all signs sigus fail Orchard will be the last man manto manto manto to give way under the strain |