Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-24
CONFESSION OF STEVE ADAMS
Statement Made to Detective and Warden
Admitted in Evidence
Tells OF PLOT 70 KILL s1tUNtNstss
Fred Tyler and Another Alleged
TImber claim Jumper killed By
Adams, Clever and
simpson.

which Is trying Steve Adams for the
murder of Fred Tyler.
Adams confession states that he Joined
the Western Federation Of Miners at Grip
pie Creek; that he. knew Meyer, Haywood
and Pettibone; that Pettibone told MIN
to go 20 Idaho and see Simpklns. that
they wanted to get" Steunenberg; that
Pettibone went to Haywood and got 5000
for his expenses; that the manner OF
getting Steunenberg was left to him;
that he went to Idaho, met Simpkins and
there planned the crime.
Following is the substance OF the con-
fession Of Steve w. Adams, alleged to
have been made Tuesday. November 81.
1906. at the office of the WARDEN of the
Boise penltentiary In the presence CT
Pinkerton Detective James Mcfarland
and his stenogrspher, George Hubner. The
confession, which was witnessed by
Warden Whitney, was read by MOZART
land this morning:
Where did you come from when you
went to Oregonr'
Park City. Utah."
state II at that time you had got &C
duainted with Charles Meyer. william T.
Haywood and George Pettibone."
II had"
''whsn did you become acquainted with
themT'
Before the Arthur Collins assassina-
ton"
"You were intimately acquainted with
them right along after that up TO the
time you left7"
Eyes, / have not seen them since"
During the time you were acquainted,
did you ever hold any conversation with
thov, ahout ha aaaa ~ nw.Gou-
ernor steunenbsrg7"
"They told me to go to Idaho ana see
Jack simpkins, that he wanted to see me
about some business connected with
Steunenberg and that 1 would lind him ut
Wallace. / believe"
II want you to be as particular as possible.
When did you talk about the assassina-
ton of Ex-Governor Steunenbergf"
shortly after I saw simpkins. IL ives
shortly after the dynsmiting OF the depot
at Independence, in July, 1904, think"
isWho talked to you about the assassina-
tion Of Ex-Governor Steunenberg?"
George Pettibone, He told me that
simpkins wanted to sec me and when I
went to see Simpkins he told me about
the Steunenberg matter. He said they
wanted to get Steunenberg."
''They said they wanted to get him, aid
they say kilP7"
"They sale get"
you mean simpkins1 simpkins said they
wanted to get him. Meyer was not pres
ent was hep q,
II don't know where he was, but think
he was in jail at Telluride and got 500
to come to Wallace with. from George Pet
tibone. Pettibone went to Haywood to get
IT,,
How did you know that he didf',
Removing Claim Jumpers.
HE told me that he did He asked me
to wait until he went and got 1t. He said
nothing as to the manner in which we we're
| to remove Steunenberg. He gave us no d.
rections. It was understood that was to
use my own judgment and Pettibone told
me about Simpkins wanting TO see me be-
| fore / received the money. did not see
Haywood after l received the money. Simp-
kins told me that he wanted me to go on
the timber claim In the morning, Simpkins
said that he would write back that day for
| the money and then we would 60 down on
the steunenberg case. He wrote to Denver.
but do not know II he got the money or
not. Pettibone told me afterward that the
money was sent TO the wrong address
\ After agot to the timber claim I met
some settlers, one named Mason and an
other named Rale. He is the one known
as Wall Eye also met a man by the
name of Glover. There were some claim
jumpers there. Slmpkins told me that he
wanted to get rid OF these fellows and that
IL did so he would give me $500.
How Tyler Was killed.
1.-TWO men got killed. Meut Glover. Slmp-
kins and myself assisted In the killing
! Tyler was the FIRST man killed. ana killed
| him with a rife. We went down to the
miners cabin and he was not there. We
stayed around all day and then went out
on the trail. We stopped AT a spring and
1 heard some one coming. said all right
/ am glad OF it,
I'VE hid behind some trees, and 1 saw
that II was Tyler coming. He had a bis
gun buckled on and told him to hold III
his hands One OF the boys took his CUR
and we took him to simpklns cabin and
kept him till morning and then took hin
three miles out on the trail and l kille(
him. Three OF US were together all th,
time. After the killing the body was lef
between the. logs. Tyler always refused
to say where he came from, but said tina
a man by the name OF Lewis. a spokan,
man. had placed him on the claim.
after the killing 1 went down 20 Har
rison and met Simpkins and 1 told hin
what had done and said that he did no
have any more claim jumpers on his claim
He said that we would rest around Har
rison for while and then go back and ge
the rest OF the fellows on the other claims
Another Man killed.
] "In about week or Whereabouts we wen
back up there and met a fellow by the nam
of Boule, There was Jack simpkins, Meu
Glover and myself, There was anothe
man whose name l do not remember. w
met the man on the trail and simpkins an
Glover killed him. Mason was not there
We shot al the man with Boule, but misse
him. After that we went back to Glover
cabin and Simpkins went to Mason's cabin
We finally got out by going to Glover
cabin and got a canoe and went by wa,
of the St. Joe river. We landed above tn,
Glover ranch and let the canoe drift. w,
waited around there until the sheriff cam,
up to investigate the matter OF the dealt
OF Boule. Then We went back 70 the plac,
and blew up the cabins 1 90 not remembe
how many. or whether Il was all OF then
or net. There were two or three at least
The sheriff did not md both bodies onl,
the body Of Boule. which was close I,
eimpkina' cabin. 1 do not think that IN,