Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-09-15

very strong that money has inf1u-
enced Adams to apply for habeas
corpus proceedings. Adams uncle
lives in Oregon, and has taken a
prominent part in this move. 1t is
supposed that Adams wife who has
been residing with Adams in the pen
has been the go between in these ne
gotiations.
Adams confession was very strong
and as bloody as the one made by
Orchard. Adams told the authori-
ties where to find the dead man
murdered and buried. Adams dug
up at Pocatello the hell-fre sent
there by the Federation to blow up
a carload of non-union miners.
How Adams himself could hope to
escape the gallows even on. his own
confession, If given trial is not ap-
parent. 1t looks like jumping from
the frying pan into the fire.
No sooner was the order of release
issued by District Judge Stewart
than two warrants were served him
on murder charges, one of these was
for the murder of Lyte Gregory, in
Colorado, May Is, 1904, the other
warrant was in the hands of Sheriff
Sutherland, of Shoshone county, for
the murder of timber land claim
ant in the county two years ago.
The Colorado authorities have waiv-
ed their rights and permitted Suther-
land to take charge of the prisoner.
Adams himself has said that
should he be released from the pen
his life would be taken by the Feder-
alton officials. 1t is we'll known that
the Federation desires to kill Or
chard and would do so if the oppor.
tunity offered
When Orchard is taken into court
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he is closely guarded on all sides
and windows along the route are
watched for possible assailants
ahead with rifles.
There are many who believe that
the Federation officials themselves
are in danger of losing their minds.
If, by any chance, Meyer, Haywood
and Pettibone should die, many
dark secrets of the Western Fedora
tion would never come to light.
But in line with this belief it is
well known that the accused men
have planned to break out of the
Ada county Jail. Forty to fifty con-
federates at all times are secreted
in Boise. There have been at times
as high as $50 of these confederates. |
1t was that they might have better
to escape that the de-
fendants objected to stay in the Ida
no pen. and it was because escape
would be more feasible that they de-
sired to remain in the Canyon coun>
~ jail. In the Ada county jail they
ire constantly in the eyes of the U.
). cavalry which by permission OF
he secretary of war could at once
AXE up the pursuit.
II escape could not be made rather |
han let them come to trial, 1t is be- |
ieved the lives of Meyer, Haywood |
md Pettibone would be sacrificed |
by their confederates. 1t would be |
IN easy matter to deliver the men
rom the jail. but very difficult
natter to make an escape from the |
1t is the plan of the defense to ask
'or an early trial and they have
made repeated demands to this eff
ect. At the same time they have
lone all they could to delay the
rial and by their appeal to the U. s.
court from the U. s. circuit
.ourt to Idaho. and make it impos-
ible for the state to proceed to trial
Until this hearing is disposed Of.
This hearing will come up next
month at washington. NO matter
low the case is decided by the U. s.
court, the result will be the
anne should the court decide that
he men were taken Illegally from
Colorado and order their release,
hey would be Immediately re-arrest-
ID and detained In Idaho.
AS the U. s. statute forbids any
in a state while the APP
zeal in pending from U. s. inferior
ourt to the U. S. spreme court, 1t is
cared that the defense found a way
or indefinite postponement of trial.
that on some pretense they will get
nto the federation court on habeas
orpus proceedings.
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