The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-28
STEVE ADAMS ON
WITNESS STAND
Accused Man Gives an Account
of His Experience in COL
oradO and Idaho.
WIFE TELLS HER STORY
rouRT ROOM PACKED TO THE
DOORS.
WIFE TELLS HER STORY

s,ol-ape Wash Feb. IA Nd'i"SV'
IA special to the spokesman-keVle"
SAYS: .,-os 20 the
5,ors This afternoon when Steve ADAMS
defendant in the murder trial Whlch IN
,-ol,-es the approaching trial OF Meyer
1Is,.rood and Pestibone for the murder
81 ey- Governor Steuuenberg, went on the
witness stand in his own behalf Adams
was examined with the greatest detail re
,,rdtng his mast life. Witness testified
that no had Joined the Altman Miners
,,,i,, No 70 a branch Of the Western
I.eaeration while al Independence in 1891.
I3o had married Mrs. Adams al Telluride
and Immediately after marriage went
tacr IA Tndependenoe. where he was ar
,estod for dvuamiting the shaft OF the
I,,5icstor mine He was thrown INTO JAIL
Sor ninetv-three DAYS but no charge was
,referrad. and he was released
Why He Changed His Name.
Adams described the means by which
he e0t to Denver and changed his name
II steve Dixon and came TO Idaho from
Denver fearing 10 be thrown back into
IAN and went TO the Marble Creek dis
1rirt for the purpose Of hiding While IN
denver he met Jack Simpkins, who was
lion a member of the executive board of
he western Federation. While on the
vsv TO Marble Creek he met Vincent st.
Holm and Griffin in Burke, and met
SimDkins AZ WardneT. When he went
into the Marble Creek district he was
armed with an old black powder Win
chester rifle and an automatic revolver.
Denied the Murders.
He shot quite lot in the district but
. denied the incident of shooting over Ty-
lers cabin while Tyler and Philips sat
. IA front Adams cOrrObOrated the teSti-
mony regarding his attendance at Ma
4 sons birthday party and his leaving there
On Aug for the head of navigation. ac-
8 companied by Glover. He confirmed the
s testimony of Eli Laird regarding his rid
iag In the pilot house on the boat and
. other witnesses regarding his visit to
i Spokane and staying with his uncle there.
He denied that he was at Prices hotel
az Mica Meadows on Aug. =.
Had Glover. Simpkins and yourself
ANYTHING to do with the killing Of Tyler
ct Boule?'
No"
His Arrest Described.
He described the manner of his arrest
on Feb. -, 1905. at his UnCIe'S ranch near
Baker City BIZ Detective Thiel and Sher-
81 Brown on fugitive warrant charging
a
ton. He was thrown into jail over night
at Baker City and demanded that Brown
get aim an attorney. Brown refused. but
next morning h demanded again. and
Brown went out and witness saw .Attor-
ney Moore. Adams feared being taken to
Colorado While AT the depot waiting for
the train, Brown told him that he was
on the inside and if Adams would do what
was wanted he would come out all right
s Ihiel reiterated this statement number
Of times on the way to Boise.
Taken to Penitentiary.
s At Boise he was taken straight to the
Iententiary and thrown into a solid steel
cen on the second tier. with Harry Or
clard, and confined six or seven days.
While IN the cell Orchard told Adams
mat he had made a confession, implicat-
ing officers Of the Western Federation
and Adams; that he (OrcharD was TO get
OH without prosecution and that he was
10 get piece of money. and he intended
/. 10 put pond between himself and mem
hers OF the Western Federation. Orchard
warned Adams that the best thing he
could do was TO help convict the officers
LOT the Western Federation and corrObor-
|ete Orchards confession and save him.
sen and think of his family, and if Ad-
ans Tailed 10 do this he would be taken
naek 70 Colorado and be either mobbed
Ior hanged
Adams testimony Will be resumed TO-
,norrew.
testimony of Mrs. Adams.
Immediately before Adams testified.
MIS- Adams was on the witness stand
ana stated that on March >. 1906, she had
s Zen en- taken from Baker City TO Boise by
hlee On the way to Boise. Thieie told
I e sieve had made a confession and had
tteh promised immunity and would be
naeS on the ranch. Mcfarland came To
. Ief the second day after her arrival
w BOISE and reiterated Thiele's state
e,.ht Al the penitentiary Warden Whit
~ told her 10 cheer up Steve: that he
~ ~ gone through a terrible ordeal AMI
rt very badly She was locked in the
e.inan ward in the penitentiary. along
+ IN women prisoners. and while there
'losefnor GoOding had once called on her
\, Kissed her baby two or three times.
-,is, Adams denied that Steve ever re-
se 70 a cartridge that had killed
-Ssain,psement was caused when Henry T.
ef the prosecution tried TO get
-. Aaslas to admit that Governor
1 ', oe'''is rad kissed the baby two OF three
!. - On account of the political cam
-'sn then in progress.
Stranger in the Vicinity.
am an nay sterious stranger Of unknown
ssnor -s vas pictured by the defense this
lrvisr as one Of the real murderers of
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