The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-02-15
~ STEVE ADAMS ON TRIAL.
What the Associated Press Says
About the Famous Case.

T..
of Steve Adams, member of the West
ern Federation of Miners; began yes
| terday The direct charge against
Adams is the murder of Fred Tyler, a
settler, who disappeared from his tim
Der claim on Marble Creek, August 10,
1904.
| Adams is supposed to be implicated
were committed at the instigation Of
the Western Federation of Miners,
and it is the hope of the prosecution
during the trial to uncover proof that
the miners organization caused the
killing of at least twenty-seven men at
various times
The most prominent victim of the al
legged murderous band was former
Governor Steunenberg, who was killed
by bomb at the gate of his home in
Caldwell, Idaho, the evening of De-
cember 80, 1905.
Adams has been under arrest for a.
long time and the authorities claim he
has made confession gi<ing away
the whole story of the not, IN which
the Western Federation of liners is
said to be involved. The latter or
organization declares the 4 charges
against it are false and an a4empt by
union
The murder of Tyler remained d
mystery until after the assassination
of Steunenberg. Harry Orchards
graphic confession not only implicated
Steve Adams and other federation men
in the former governors murder, but
declared that Adams and Jack Simp-
kins also killed Tyler because. he had
taken up the timber claim. Simpkins
has never been found.
Adams was arrested at Haines, Ore,
February 20, 1906, and taken to Boise,
where it is alleged he confessed the
Tyler murder. This confession he
now denies, and it is believed he will
claim it was wrung from him by force
and is false Later he was spirited
away from Boise to Wallace, Sheriff
Sutherland leaving the railway and
journeying 400 miles by wagon to
avoid the service of legal papers to
get his prisoner from him.
The preliminary fight over the Sc
lection of a jury is expected to continue
for ten days or two weeks.
While person cannot be convicted
on the lncorroborated evidence of an
Lon 70
that Orchards confession has been
fully confirmed, even to the most
minute details, by that of Steve
Adams.
i Adams, it is said, was the thug and
slugger for the inner circle" of the
federation. When it came to deeds
demanding brute force and little brain
work, Adams was called into service.
Adams, the detectives assert, knows
more about the secret workings of the
They say his testimony will furnish
the larger sensation at the trial. The
prosecution has been extremely chary
of letting his confession become pub
, Ilic, as he has implicated a number OF
men whom it is hoped to arrest.
i Adams confession was secured in a
peculiar way. He was arrested soon
after Orchards confession. A great
hue and cry was raised over the cap
ture of Meyer, Hayward and Petit
bone, and it was announced that 81,
100000 would be raised for their de
Tense. Attorneys were Immediately
engaged in their behalf and rushed t.
: Boise, where everything was done tt
gain their release.
2 But Adams, as less important per
4 son, was overlooked in the curren
S talk, and no attorney was sent to SET
: him.
d They can't make me the .fal
: guy,'' Adams said, and in spirit 0