Show WITNESSES FOR abums ON STAND I 1 DEFENSE WILL PRESENT ITS SIDE OF THE CASE I 1 motion to H have ave the jury instructed to return a verdict in adams favor denied I 1 wallace wallac ida feb 25 on the resumption SlImP tion of the adams trial this afternoon and immediately the jury had taken places in the he court room attorney moved that the jury bo be instructed 0 lo 10 o return a verdict for the defendant for the following reasons first because the testimony relative I 1 d vo to the death of fred tyler gismot sufficient to establish for the coa consideration of the jury that fred tyler as a matter of fact is dead and second for the reason though it should be sufficient lelent to establish that fred tyler came to his death by reason of the commission of a felony upon his lils person in his life time and third for the reason that the evidence clearly demonstrates that the so called confession fessl or confessions of steve adams the defendant in this case were of such character and given under such circumstances that they were the result of fear and hope instilled into his mind by the person or persons securing the confession when the tile so called confessions were made and that they were the result not of free and voluntary confession of the defendant but because of fear which had been instilled into his mind and by the promises that vere were held out to him in the event such buch confessions were made the motion was denied and an exception eption asked for and allowed clarence S darrow then made the 0 opening boning address in behalf of the defense the jury having been called into the room he ile gave a sketch of adams life and his connection with aha western federation showing how he had been incarcerated in jail in in for 93 days three days after his marriage and released after no charge had been preferred against him he ile showed how adams had been driven from independence to denver and how he lie had ad come from there in company with simpkins to take up a homestead in northern idhaw des describing erlb conditions in mable creek and the advent of the claim jumpers he showed tyler located and placed a cabin abin on the claim owned by simpkins and how they stayed there until I 1 about august 7 when adams attended a birt birthday party at Sla masons sons cabin on august 7 and how adams changed his mime name to steve dixon until he lie thought that all garble marble creek trouble had blown over darrow detailed all of adams movements in the marble creek district up to august 8 when he left by boat for spokane staying two days in cheap lodging houses at coeur dalane on the tile way ho ile returned to st joseph about august 17 and stayed with bluver until about august 20 the day boule was killed on august 24 adams returned by way of spokane to denver deliver it then transpired that tyler had not been seen and engstrom Eng sarom the president 0 of f the jumper killers association was arrested for killing boule but the charge wag was dismissed nothing more was heard for a year when an ail assassination took place in caldwell and adams was arrested by a sheriff named brown brown said to him they do not think you are implicated in the matter they want you for a witness if you will go down there and help them corrodo i rate their stories at dolse you will come out all right and you will never be prosecuted adams was taken straight to boise and without being committed in carcer abed there moore turned up here and told him that it if he failed to comply with requests made he would hang but it if he did corroborate them he would get off without prosecution moore stated that he had been given by the governor of idaho to goto go to the govern of colorado and get similar assurances from him there will be other things shown here said darrow taken from the giace giave grave in which it is claimed tylers eylers bones hayand lay and other statements made which the state has been careful not to bring to light the first witness call edby the defense wag was alvin mason he testified that adams and simpkins were staying at his house at the time the boule murder was committed august 20 this statement is a direct contradiction of adams confession ourt adjourned at 4 anac on account of the foul condition of the atmosphere mo sphere |