The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-01
Adams Swears That Mcfarland
Wanted to Convict Leaders
Of Miners Federation.
CON GSSION OBTAINED
.S,iY THREATS AND BRIBES
Was Promised That He Would,
After Confessing, Be Held
@nly as Witness.

WALLACE, Ida, Feb 2S.-That
deliberate Z conspiracy was formed
among the officers of the penitentiary
and the dg ectives to implicate the lead
ers of n N Western Federation of Min
ers in SIS. 5sination of Ex-Governor
steuue 'eofy and that this conspiracy
was 4 e ,acked by false evidence, OBJ
tanned bs threats and bribes. is in ef
feet tic charge made by Steve Adams
before the court this morning.
Adams s story was in substance as
folloys:
"op the sixth day after L was taken
to Bose and put in the cell with Harry
Orchard ] was taken 10 the Office of
the nnitcntiary and introduced to De-
tectiye MCFARLAND. He told me about
"Kely the Bun" and other men who
had TUNED States evidence and had
been set free, He told be some Bible
stories, too, but l cannot remember
with tho Bible. He kept me there until
pr ) clock n the morning, trying TO
get ME to confess.
Wanted to Convict Leaders
MCFARLAND told me that he wanted
to convict A4Jyer, Haywood, Pettibone,
ST. John Sand Simpkins, whom he called
cuttbroatss IF [ would not help to con
vict then q said, | would be taken
IN ,.nIn Al
mobbed., If did help. would only
pc taken TO Colorado as witness.
4 bout % clock in the morning they
sepyed US a nice luncheon, and when
we parted about 4 clock MCFARLAND
told me he was my friend and told me
10 think of ms family. They put me
back in. the cell with Harry Orchard,
who talked to me about the need of
backing up his story. | was somewhat
frightened. The next day MCFARLAND
called again, and as he was leaving me
! called him back and said ] would do
what ne wanted ME to do. He told me
to think well what | was doing. 10 think
Of my family and save myself He said
be would see that my family was cared
Tor. He told me if j was still obstinate
would he taken back to Colorado.
\ Was Told What to Say.
When the confession was made Nc
Parland led me on step by step and
showed me ? that lie wanted me 10
say. He tol ne that what | said about
the Tyler Boule murders was only
taken with { idea Of making a strong
chain of evidence to convict the officers
of the Western Federation of Miners.
de wanted the names of the officers of
the Federation used as much as possible
all through the confession. MCFARLAND
asked ms if I knew Ed Bovce. | told
MN did Dot,and knew nothing of anv
money being sent to him, All these
statements regarding money were made
Win the idea of duplicating the West
ern Federation of Miners. Two or three
dsyS later Warden Whitney brought
the confession to me to sign. =
Confirmed Part of Confession,
Adams confirmed al the early part Of
history, but denied that part relating
70 tne plot u kill Steuuenbere, and as
10 ms life in the Marble Creek country,
Adams testified that when the copv
Oh ms confession was brought TO him
py tne warden. he told Notary PuhIic
Hueoner IT was not the same az what
ne mad stated, but be supposed that he
would have to sign il. and he did SIGN
IT, he denied the testimony of De.
.ectlVe Thiele regarding the relics al
ieeed 70 he buried on the Oregon
Isneh and also the testimony Of Bulk
icy wells rs TO his oral confession while
gu route to Colorado The witness
stared that be had at different tjmos
oeen visited by W f. Borah, GOV
'ooc'ng and Attorney Hawley. but he
was not allowed to detail the converse.
ions. Adams stated that when he was
arrested under the habeas corpus pro.
eeeoings and returned to the Wallace