Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-11-14
HELPED BRING
EIGHTEEN TO
GALLONS
REMARKABLE HISTORY OF
DETECTIVE M'PARLANDI
Pinkerton Sleuth on Stand mi
Adams Murder Trial Tells Of
His Work Among DeSperatel
Criminals,

by Morning journal Special Leased Wire.l
Rathdrum. idaho, Nov. i3.-Prog-
ress In the trial Of steve Adams Tor
the alleged murder Of Fred Tyler was
delayed this afternoon TO permit CAR
cnce DarroW. chief counse for dams,
to go 10 spokane and have a specialist
examine his ear. Had the trial not
been delayed tho state would have
finished with its testimony in chief.
The greater part Of today was taken
up IN the cross-examination Of De-
tective james Mcfarland. Clarence
Durrow, attorney for the defense, went
into the history Of MCFARLAND, follow
Ing It from his birth to the time Of the
arrest Of steve Adams. Mcfarland,
said he went TO work for the Pinker-
ton agency about 1869, and has been
with II ever since; became superinten-
dent Of the Denver office in 1881,
and about 1892 became general super
intendent Of the western division. lie
said he had gained many confessions
from men, both inside ana outside of
prisons, and told of a number obtained
outside. In obtaining these confessions
he usually told the man that the
state as a rule dealt literally with
men who turned states evidence. He
told of the Mollie Maguires and that
he was a member of the order Tor
two years aud a hair for the purpose
Of obtaining evidence against them,
that as a result Of his inVestiga-
lions eighteen men were hanged and
later five or six more were hanged.
Mcfarland had testified that he
was a native Of ireland, ana when
asked IL the Mollie Maguires were the
Ancient Hibernians replied, shortly,
NO. II was a criminal organization
was IL a secret organization :?
asked barrow
1t was a secret criminal ofgdiiza-
said Mcfarland.
"Did you 90 by our W name2"
n wen by the name of James Me-
kcnnn.'
Were you known as McKenna the
p"
Hawley lnterposed an objection, and
II was sustained.
Going TO the Adams confession, Mr..
Darrow said that he had heard from
MCFARLAND that he had Told Adams
Bible stories of characters redeemed
after having sinned. n that he knew
Of criminals who had not been prose-
after turning states evidence,
like Kelly the bum. who peached ON
the Mollie Maguires.
81 you told him OF Bible eharac-
"a insure him of his souls safety,
and OF Kelly the bum, 10 insure him
iiN bNha NfNfN ~ - Nf
barrow.
II told him that the state most al
helped men who acted fairly
with IT, replied Mcfarland.
The state Is out of the testimony, in
he person Of william u. Chandler.
Who was with a fishing party about
he time of the Tyler killing In the
creek district, ana who has
Ned to Butte. Mont. fearing hat he
win meet with foul play should he
estify against Adams. His testimony
AIKEN at Wallace was introduced
through affidavit II being shown that
ne states attorneys had received a
elegram from Chandler that he would
rot come here. Chambers testimony /
Imports that OF George III Root. OF
and stove Logan, both claim
in Marble creek, In placing
Adams there with Simpkins, Price. /
Mason Glover ana others.
During the cruss-eNamination Mr..
IaWley entered vigorous objections.
lut they were overruled. the court
stating that he proposed TO be more
liberal than usual in this case Con-
lderable luminosity was exhibited by
10Th Mr.. Hnwloy and Mr.. Darrowy and
hey were reprimunded by the court
then ap~ologized 10 the court and
% each other.