The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-21


thes deed
This was the announcement which
startled Judge Woods court this morn
ing. A small. dark stranger with long
black hair and stubby beard was stand
ing up beside Steve Adams procIaiming
himself guilty of the crime for which
Mrs. Adams burst into tears. Adams
himself turned pale
Crank from Montana.
Seized by two officers the dark stranger
was hurried from the court room to The
sheTiff's office. There he said his name
was Patrick c. Ryan. of Butte: that he
had just finished term i'm Deer Lodge
penitentiary for stealing mutton and after
! being released had gone to Burke where
Roosevelt's daughter had told him to
come TO Wallace and take charge of this
case He said if Adams was convicted an
d Alenes. Ryan Will be committed TO The
asylum. Adams says he did not know
the man
This morning was taken up mainly with
reading the testimony given by Coroner
Keys at the preliminary hearing. the at
| torneys paving agreed to this method Ow-
ing to the coroner's illness. His testimony
relates largely to the condition of the
body of Tyler and the surroundings
where IL was found in the woods The
reading was not concluded when court
/ duJOuTuet al HoOu-
Netherlands Testimony.
The afternoon feature was the evidence
| of Detective James Mcfarland. McPar-
land testified that he had been manager
| of Pinkertons for the last twelve years
and had been connected with It for the
! last forty years. He had never been en-
| ployed specifically against the Western
| Federation of Miners but instances had
arisen whene he had found them to COM
NIT crimes He denied that he had agreed
with Governor Gooding and Warden
Whitney to subject Adams to five o. six
| days solitary confinement and that at
/ the end of that time he would be ready
ito cough it all up" He denied that he
| administered what is known as the third
/ degree to Adams. The third degree
/ tary confinement aud then asking and
| reading him on TO confess. He denied
! that he had made any arrangements by
which Adams and Orchard should be
locked up together ard that he called
| from time to time to see what progress
| Orchard was making towards getting
| Adams TO cOTrOborate the confession.
Tried to Obtain Confession.
He admitted that he went to see Adams
February % with a view 10 getting him
to confess He admitted that he took
/ him into the inner room of the warden ;
office and gave him a cigar and told him
that he was his friend and admitted
/ telling Adams his own past history. He
admitted a lengthy dissertation to Adams
on his duty toward society. his wife,
family and daughter. MCFARLAND admit
ted telling him that he was the man VINO
busted up the Molly Maguires in Penn
sylyania and admitted repeatedly that
he told Adams that the state always
acted fair with those that acted fair by
1 it The witness admitted that a nice
| luncheon had been served to both and
\ that in the afternoon he had got the pa
tent mellow and ripe" and had made
/ him believe that ii would be better to
| tell all He referred to the Western Fed
Grafton as criminals and said that Adams
seemed to agree with him. He denied
that threats had been used or induce
ments held out to Adams. and described
the whole transaction as business
proposition.
theatrical manner by +. F. Richardson
and the courthouse was crowded to the
| doors.
| G s. ThieIe confirmed the testimony of
| MCFARLAND with regard to times. places
and dates ThieIe told that shortly after
| Adams arrest he told him that ali n
| had to do was to go to Boise and do what
The fellows want and you will be all
right" and denied that he told Mrs.
| Adams thai they did not shackIe Steve
| because they did not want to make him
/ mad at them and wanted TO make a good
/ impression He admitted thai there were
/ several statements of Steve Adams and
all related to different matters and all
we're got at the same time
During the taking of the testimony the
/ iurv were taken out Of court until the
relevancy of the confession can be estab-
lished hut the circumstances under which
| il was given Will be laid before them by
the defense.
ppnNO SENDS THANKS