The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-10
ORCHARDS PARTNER
HEADED FOR BOISE
Adams Expected to COrrobOrate
Evidence Given by Great
Assassination.
ALLEGED CONFESSION OF
ADAMS REPUDIATED
Orchards Plural Wife Arrives
at Boise to Testify for
Defense.

BOISE. Idaho, June o.-Stev,
Adams, another prisoner witness 70.
the State in the case against w. 2
Haywood, is now on his way to Boise,
coming from the Jail at Wallace where
he is held pending trial on the charge
of murder, Adams, according to Harry
Orchard was the partner Of the great
assassinator in many of the humping
or expeditions, successful and un-
successful, to which Orchard has made
confession. Adams also confessed last
year, but unlike Orchard. he repudiated
the document when he faced the gal
lows. The confession is, however
sworn and in writing. 1t shows care,
ful correction and interlination III
Adams own handwriting. Astounding
though il may seem, those who haze
seen Adams confession, saw IL sur
passes Orchard s story Of cold-blooded
relation Of men hunting and murder.
The list of Adams alleged victims is
not "a long as that with which Or
chard credits himself, but this IS said
to be because Steve stIll-hunted a sim
gle quarry. while Harry, to use his own
words, did not care whether he killed
one man or fifty, as he "felt at that
time, -
Mrs. Orchard at Boise.
Another interesting witness who ar
rived in Boise to-day is Mrs. Ida Toney.
Orchard. the widow with three children,
whom Orchard took to wife notwith.
standing the existence of another wife
living in Canada, and known there un-
der Orchard s true name. Mrs. Ida
Toney. Orchard will be witness for
the defense, II is understood she will
testify that Orchard, while he lived at
Cripple Creek. was in the employ of
the Mine Owners. 1t is expected by
the defense that she will be able to
Orchard and will be relied on to
strengthen the claim of the defense
that the Mine Owners and not the
Western Federation of Miners were the
conspirators who employed Orchard tc
murder. Orchard married the second
time at Cripple Creek when he wa:
at work as a miner. At that time he
was member of the miners union
They were married shortly before the
great strike broke out in 1904. The
woman was keeping miner s boarding
house.
New Evidence Procured
Some new light has been thrown on
the murder of Lyte Gregory in Den.
yer. According to statements made
by the police in Denver Orchard and
Simpkins, or whoever his accomplice
was. were suspected at the time Of the
murder Bloodhounds tracked them to
the ward behind Pettibone S store,
where Orchard SAYS he hid his guns
and other evidence was discov-
cred, The police were about TO arrest
the two men when orders came from
some mysterious source that the men
were not TO be molested. aud Orchard
j & L.
statement is said TO have been mads
by Chief of Detectives Boomis of Den.
yer. and Paul Gregory, brother Of the
murdered man, has made . similar
statement. II is likely that both will
be called as witnesses and the mys-
terious order allowing Orchard TO get
away will be investigated.
Important Witnesses.
The arrival of witnesses is an IN.
tercsting feature of the case, Men
whose names haze been connected with
the history OF the mining troubles and
the bloodsbe in Idaho and Colorado.
are seen continually on the streets, in
the court room or hotel lobhies. Angus
Sutherland. the little Scotchmau. who
was sheriff of Shoshone county. in the
Occur d Alenes. himself famous gun
Gghter; the marshal of Victor. Colo,
who went through the stirring times Of
trouble thero IN l9Oo and 1904; Buckle
Icy Wells. the former adiutant general
of Colorado. who dug up the bomb
planted 10 xiii Governor Peabody and
who was in charge of the special train
that ran from Denver to Boise with
Meyer, Haywood and Fettibone on aud
which is generally called the kidnapping
trip, and dozen other men of that
ilk are here and will participate in
the trial as witnesses
Detective Will Testify.
One of tine witnesses in town today
is Pipkerton detective, He will test!-
fy that he has been a member of the
Western Federation of Miners for some
years and during that time he was
president of lodge While not mem
Der of The executive board he was in
their confidence up 10 a certain point
and NJ tho same time was making regu-
lar reports to the detective agency.
This man Will be formidable wit.
ness for the State. His employment to
Join the Western Federation and learn
their secrets is in line with the detec-
tion of the Molly McGuires in Pennsyl-
vania and which led 10 the conviction
of the men accused. Captain James
MCFARLAND, who has had charge of the
present case since the arrest of Orchard,