The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-15

BOISE. Idaho. June l5.-The prose
cHti0n In the SteHncnberg tuuricr trial
yesterday. entering In earnest on the
corroboration of Harry Orchards tes,
tlmony. showed a continauous thread
OF evidence connecting George Petit
bones store in Denver with Orchard
at San Francisco. while engaged on
the Bradley murder plot, partly devel
oped another direct line by which II
Is hoped 10 show that Haywood en-
gagged and paid Steve Adams for the
same desperate work, and added spe'
cial touches Of confirmation to Or
chard's general story.
Officers of the postoflces at San
Francisco and Denver produced orig.
inal records, showing that III August,
1904, alregistered letter was sent Jun.
der the name OF u. Wolff from the
address Of Pettibone's store In Denver,
10 ~. Dempsey" at the Golden West
hotel, In San Francisco. Orchard
swore that he stayed at the Golden
West hotel, under an alias that was
either Dempsey" or Hogan" that
Pettfbone used the aliases OF "WolIt'
and "Pat Bone" and that unier TIE
name Of "Woln' Pettibone, In the
month mentioned. sent him regis.
tered letter containing si0o to pay his
expenses while attempting to kill
Bradley.
Police officers of Ogden established
the arrest there Ia June, 1903, OF
Steve Adams and AT. Williams. They
were seated In an eastbound car load.
ed with fruit. When arrested for tres.
pass each had a brace OF rerolrers.
When released through the influence
OF detective, to whom Adams appeal.
ed as Mason. they went straight to
the Office of the Western Union and
sent a telegram to Haywood In Den.
yer.
The defense headed of an attempt
TO get the contents Of the telegram
before the tary, but the State indl.
Gated that 1t would return 10 the charge
later and further develop the Incident
when 1t had broadened Its foundation.
The State, through an official OF the
Western Union, produced the original
OF a telegram supposed 10 have been
sent by Attorney Fred Miller, Of Spo.
Kane, now recorded as one OF Hay
woods counsel, TO Harry Orchard, be.
fore the latter was arrested at Cald.
well for the Steunenberg murder, but
did not Introduce It because Its lden.
tifcation Is still insufficient. The
State also got an order TO court di.
recting the Western Union to produce
It's records showing that Haywood sent
money to Adams at Ogden.
When Orchards testimony was In.
troduced Steve Adams was brought
into court under guard to be Identified.
Adams name has run all through the
trial, but this was his first appearance
In person. Adams seemed In n defiant
humor. and walked to q point directly
In front OF the jury and gazed stead.
lily at the witness confronting him.
The Stute also produced several Wit.
nesses who confirmed features OF Or.
chard's story as to the Bradley affair,
the first descent Into the vindicator
mine with the object OF doing violence,
the final success Of the Dindlcator plot
and the circumstances under which
Detective Lyte Gregory was killed.
Aside from Its fight against the I'D.
mission Of all the evidence offered by
the State, on the general groand that
it was In no way connected with the
accused, the defense contented Itself
with showing that all Of the witness.
es had been found and Interviewed by
Pinkerton detectives. =