The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1907-11-22
NEARING THE END
Adams Case Will Soon Be
With the Jury.
WITNESSESFOR THE DEFENSE
Effort to Prove Alibi for Adams. -
Repudiates Confession.

The second trial OF Steve Adams
for the murder OF Fred Tyler 10 the
Marble creek county in 1904 is near
ing an end. The state finished the
introduction OF testimony and rested
its case Thursday afternoon, Nov. IA.
The last three witnesses for the state,
examined that day, were Miss May
Sherrer, +. e. Pyle and Edward
Maloney.
Miss Sherrer resides In Spokane,
and was not witness at the former
trial OF Adams at Wallace. She
testified that on August 25, 1904,
she was With party coming out OF
the Marble creek country, and saw
Adams and Simpkins at Frank Prices
cabin about that time. She was
positive in her Identification Of
Adams, and was unshaken under
Darrow's cross s-examination.
e. K. Pyle Is a rancher and inn
keeper across the river from the
home of Newt Glover, and a neigh
Dor Of Alvin Mason. He testified
that on the morning OF the day he
heard of the killing Of Boule he saw
three men come out of the woods
near his place, but he could not
remember that Frank Price was the
one who told him Of Boule's death.
Edward Maloney, a timberman,
testified to having gone down the
river that morning with Pyle who
was looking for his boat, and heard
Frank Price call to Mason and Glover
that Boule had been killed.
Darrow moved that the confession
OF Adams be stricken from the record
!, on the ground that it had been
!, obtained through threats and promis-
| es. The motion was overruled. He
then asked that the jury be instruct
!, ed to return verdict for the defend
!; ;ant, which was denied.
| Mr.. Darrow then made the defense's
+, opening statement to the jury. He
said Adams was teanster, joined
the teamsters' union, and afterwards
became member Of the Western
Federation of Miners; was imprisoned
for 93 days during the labor troubles
In Colorado, but was released without
a trial, and walked 100 miles tt
Denver; there he met Simpkins and
PettibOne Of the federation; Simpkins
told him Of the Marble creek timber
country OF Idaho and they went there
July S. 1904; some claim Jumpers had
appeared there-Griffith, Phillips
Tyler, Boule and Lindsey; the olde
settlers began to carry firearms and
discuss means of getting rid OF tn,
jumpers; Adams was known as Dixor
at first but soon assumed his rlgh
name; on August he left there ant
went to Spokane, returning abou
August is and stopping at Glover
place; on August "a he left for Den
yer to see his family. In the mean
time, Mr.. Darrow stated, trouble hat
occurred and Boule was killed, and
year later body, said to be Tyler's
was found. He told of Adams arres
In Oregon in 1906, and his bein
taken to Boise and urged to confess
Attorney Moore "playing false" wit
, him in the transaction.
The three witnesses, by whom th
defense expects to prove an alibi fo
: Adams, testified on Friday, Nov. Is
They a,e-Alvln M. Mason and wife
aud their daughter, Myrtle Mason
81 years old.
Masen owns hay ranch on the 81
Joe river, and has homestead /
miles distant in the Marble cree
country where the settlers and jumt
: ers were having trouble. The i'm
portant part of his testimony wa
! that at the time Adams is accused {
having killed Tyler lAug 10y, Adam
was working at prospect shoI
I distance from the Mason hay ranci
and that 1t was not possible for bin
= to have gone into the Marble cree
: country and killed Tyler and g
y back to the prospect 10 less than
:. day, as the trail was long and Dugl
Mason said Adams helped hlm pI