The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-05-14
-"
Third of q Series Of Articles De.
* failing the History of the Western
War of the Classes.

X \ 4 4 + X Il + X 4 4 X X 4 * X
Southwestern Press ASSN Report.
Boise, Ida, May 14.-Whether Will
liam D. Haywood and his alleged fell
low conspirators will be acquitted or
hanged by the neck until dead de-
pends to a considerable extent upon
an illiterate miner and farmer named
Steven Adams.
Under the Idaho law, the. confession
of a co-conspirator. such as Harry Or
chard, is not sufficient to convict un-
less corroborated by the evidence of
others. Adams, former member of
the Western Federation of Miners,
made confession in which he cor
roborated the statements of Orchard,
but later denied its truth. declaring
that it was secured by means of
threats made by Detective MOZART
land, Governor Gooding and others.
What weight the affidavit of Adams
will have with jury under such Cir
cumstances is an interesting subject
of discussion in Boise. 1t is the cru
cial point on which the prosecution
rests, with life or death hanging in
the balance for the accused labor
leaders.
Steve Adams was arrested on his
farm in Oregon shortly after the kid
naping Of Haywood. Meyer and Petit
bone and brought to Boise. Despite
the fact that no charge had been filed
against him, he was lodged in the
state penitentiary, to be held as a wit
ness against the federation officers.
Shortly afterward Detective MOZART
land announced that Adams had made
a confession corroborating that of Or
chard, and incidentally admitting 9th
er crimes. including the murder of
two claim jumpers in northern Idaho.
During the time that Adams was kept
in the prison his wife was with him,
being kept incommunicado against
her will, she now declares.
During his stay in the penitentiary
Adams was deprived OF nothing but
liberty. The "best families" OF Boise
visited him in his cell and wined and
dined him to his stomach's content.
Although confessed assassin. he be-
came social hero and was praised
inordinately as one who had dared de-
fy the terrible powers OF the inner
circle" of federation assassins. Ad-
ans occupied a cell with Harry Or
chard for considerable time, and
that bloody parsonage shared in the
popular adulation. Governor Good
ing was a frequent visitor and is
known to have had several long in
terviews with Adams.
The confession OF Adams was made
in February. 1906. In September of
that year he was visited by an uncle.
in disguise, who secured his liberty
through habeas corpus proceedings.
Once outside the grim walls of the
Idaho prison, Adams at once denied
the statements made In his confession.
In an affidavit he declared that he had
been coerced by Detective Mcfarland
into signing document, and that he
had no knowledge of its contents. The
affidavit was of a sensational nature
and accused Governor Gooding OF
backing up McPortland in his threats
OF death unless he adhered to the con-
fession. Adams also asserted that
while confined in cell with Harry
Orchard, the latter had admitted that
he was to receive "piece OF coin" for
duplicating Meyer. Haywood and Pet
tibone in the murder of Steunenberg,
and that he was to be allowed to es-
cape and make "a getaway across the
pond"
The reputation of his confession
Continued oH Pago ~