Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-11-13
BRUTAL STORY
Of COWARDLY
MURDERS
STEVE ADAMS ALLEGED
CONFESSION REPEATED
Hired Assassin Tells How
Claim Jumpers Were Slain in
Northern ldahoi duplicates
Federation Leaders.
lBy Mornins Journal Special Leased wlre.i

ederatl0n Leaders.
IBy Morning journal Special Leased wlre.l
Spokane. Wash, Nov. 12.-The con-
fession of Steve Adams, made in the
office of the warden of the Idaho state
pcnitentiary, February 27, 1905, in the
presence of James MCFARLAND, a Pink
erton detective of Mollie Mcguire
fame. and w. B. Hopkins was intro
duced in evidence at the trial OF
Adams for the murder of Fred Tyler,
at Rathdrum, Idaho, today.
In the confession Adams Is quoted
as saying that he met Meyer, Hay
wood and Pettibone in Colorado "the
summer following Arthur Collins as
sassination at Telluride" and that he
had been intimately acquainted with
them up to the time he left Colorado.
They told me to go to Idaho and
meet Jack Simpklns." Adams is
quoted as saying. That he wanted
TO Ex-Governor Steunenberg and that
| would meet him near Wallace;
at Wardner, l believe"
The confession deals with prelimin-
airy talk about the proposed assassina-
ton Of Governor Steunenberg. rms
talk had occurred shortly after the
dynamitng of the depot at Independ-
ence in 1904. Ii was about a month
after that Adams started for Idaho.
The talk had taken place in Petit
bones back room and, besides Adams,
there had been present Haywood and
Pettibone.
The confession continues:
'tThey Just told me to go up and see
Simpkins, as he wanted TO see me ana
he would probably tell me about the
Steunenberg matter as they wanted
to get Steunenberg."
Did you get any money?
They gave me 5000 to go up there
on"
who gave you the money!"
George Pettibone."
After the meeting with Simpkins
Adams says he fingered but short
time In Wardner and left soon Tor
Simpkins' claim, about IA miles above
the head of navigation on the 81.
Joe.
There we're some claim jumpers,
Adams is quoted as saying.
"Simpkins said that If | helped him
to get rid of those fellows he would
give me $500. Two of these men We're
killed"
who assisted in the killing of these
men?"
How did you carry out the murder
of Tyler ?"
we went in one night, Newt
Glover, Alva Mason and myself, to
Simpkins' cabin and made some cof-
fee and had breakfast and then we
went over to try to catch Tyler in his
cabin on Simpkins claim. He was
gone, so we laid there till sundown. he
never returned and we started up 10
a spring and while we were drinking
we heard someone coming. i said,
IAN right, am glad of IT, got my
Winchester and standing by the side
of the trail never moved. / saw IL
was TYLER coming He had a big gun
buekled on him. l stepped out on the
trail and told him 10 throw up his
hands We then disarmed him, took
him to Simpkins' cabin and stopped
there until morning, when we took
him three miles out I'm the timber nd
killed him..
what was done with the body
1t was left lying between two los.
who did Tyler say placed him on
the claim"
"A fellow named Louis--a banker |
think. from Spokane-but ! cannot
say positively"
After that what occurred "
II went down and met Simpkins az
Harrison and told him what had
done, that he did not have any jumper
on his claim.
I'm a week or thereabouts, or prob
ably two weeks, we went back up IN
there and met a fellow named Boule
and another man coming down the
trail near Simpkins cabin. We opened
fire on them, killing Boule-Jack
Simpkins. / and Newt Glover. There
was another man with Us at the time
whose name ! do not know
How did 1t happen that the other
man got away2"
I'VE missed him; he was lodging.
We shot at him"
Following the confession OF the
shooting, Adams relates how he had
left the Marble Creek region; how ne
had waited until after the sheriff had
gone in and found the body of Boule
and how the cabins of three of the
jumpers had been blown up. The
sheriff had found but one Of the
bodies-that Of BOule-which was ly-
ing a short distance from Simpkins
cabin. Adams did not meet the
sheriff. but Simpkins met him.
After this was over, did you get
the $500 from SimpkinsE
Il did not
What excuse did he give
He said that all the settlers asreeu
To help pay Il. but they did not come
in with the money. l got si2O. Mason
gave me 500 and Simpkins gave me
h.r 4 1aFf