The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-22

FIGHT Over the Confession of Steve
Adams of the Murder of
Fred Tyler.
Great Interest Aroused Over the Bearing the Outcome Will
Have on Dynamite Cases.

wallace. Ida. Feb. 2l.-With the jur-
ovoluded from the court room, Steve
,dsms' attorneys fought this morning
= nrevent the admission, OF The prison
~ confession Of Fred Tyler's murder.
This confession was made to Detective
lanes Mcfarland while in the peni-
tertiary. The defense is striving hard
to move that this confession was made
un5or duress and that Adams was CO.
creed bv threats if he did not confess,
and bribed by promises of leniency and
snecial favors if he would tell the story
the officers desired.
Mcfarland Cross-Examined.
Mcfarland. a big, elderly man. who
is credited with having broken up the
Molly Maguires in Pennsylvania many
wears ago. was on the stand most of
the morning. and underwent a sharp
cross-examinatiOn by Attorney Rich
i ardson as TO the methods used iii OBJ
4 tanning the confession.
did you repeat to Adams at your
i second visit that you we're his friend %
Mcfarland was asked.
No"
Did you say you would save him
4 from the sallows?'
No"
Did YOU tell him if he would do as
4 you wished il would be made all right
for him?"
No"
Did you not tell him he would be
hanged because of his part in the as
sassination Of Governor Steunenberg?
No"
Did YOU not tell him that if not
hanged for this he would be taken TO
Colorado and lynched by a mOb?'
No"
Would Make No Admissions.
Did you not get them to change his
8 treatment at the penitentiary after the
& first oOnfession?'
u did not
Did You not know he was taken from
the solitary cell ans placed in the hos
piiai ward with his family 2''
4 did not.
rs it not a fact that this confession
was made practically frem your dieta-
ton and practically in your own lam
gUage?"
1T is not"
Was it taken in the form of ques-
tons and answers"
1T was"
You stated the facts and got Adams
10 assent to them?"
I did not"
Knows His Business.
You are an old hand at this kind of
work. are you nOt?"
Il know nv business"
Shortly before the noon hour Warden
Whitney Of the penitentiary was placed
on the stand He declared the treat
ment Of Adams was not changed by
reason Of his confe ssiOn. but admitted
that after il was made he was taken
from the hospital ward and put back
in The penitentiary.
There appears 10 be 70 prospect that
the confession itself will be read before
tomorrow. if it IS admitted at all.
Kisses for MCFARLAND.
On conclusion Of McPartland's exam
nation, as Mcfarland passed in front
Of Attorney Richardson. Richardson
Vas heard saying.
Il do not want TO converse with you
q; all am not afraid of you
Mcfarland replied: Il fear no man."
This caused a scene in court. The spec
tators cheered Richardson and Missed
Mcfarland II was some time before
order could be restored. and Judge
Woods threatened to have the court
cleared and fine the spectators fer con-
tempt.
Detective Thiele's Story.
~on the 18th of April last I talked
With Steve Adams in a room in the
rear Of the warden's office. and asked
nm whether he had any information
20 give TO assist the Idaho officers III
ne Prosecution of different men," said
detective S. G. Thiele, who was called
Y me witness stand on the resumption
OF court.
Adams told me that he had q
taaeh, al Baker City. Ore. where
ne mad several relics. each connected
VIA history. Among these men,
eeaea a Winchester shell of a 25.35-
sresere bullet which had killed Fred
,sNr He was not sure about the
..a'aeer Of relics. and told me he would
IS ~ his wife and give me a list of them.
a. re Knew where they were buried.
S,s W and I talked in person with
~. ~ A1ams about these. and they said
irr .h- ocio think over the matter dur
u's night and give a list next day.
'arse Alleged conspirators..
tha1 = e snotfer conversation Adams said
Sip1rI;.aa aa Some TO Marble Creek with
there ~ and soon after they got
and Me- ns1 two settlers named Glover
Glover as 81 1t was agreed between
--son and Adams to get \