Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1907-11-21
Special TO the News.

Rathdrum, NOV. IL.
Monday morning Mr.. Hawley took
his place as leading attorney for the
prosecution and conducted the ques-
tioning.
The detective evidence has com.
menced this week. C. s. Thiele, man.
ager Of the Thiele National Detective
agency in Spokane, was first on the
stand. He has the name of being the
champion liar of the northwest, and
the way Darrow tangled him up on
the stand did credit to his reputation.
These reptiles swear a man s life away
10 get the bread that supports them.
Their tales are carefully prepared be-
foreband, they know exactly what to
expect and TO the unsophisticated il
appears that they are telling a straight
story.
Same Old Tale
He told of arresting Steve in Ore.
gon, said he was working under Nc.
Parland and the state of Idaho. He
declared, as has his whole Shiny brood,
that no cumpulsion was brought To
bear on Adams to make him confess
As the subject Of the confession was
approached Mr.. Darrow asked the jury
be sent out of the room, and he asked
that Thiele, Warden Whitney and Me.
Parland be brought to testify before
the judge. The object was to form a
basis for objection to the confession
on the ground of competency, Thiele
said he was employed on the Steunen'
berg ease at first and did not know
anything about the Tyler case.
Mcfarland, the old serpent, came on
the stand with forty odd years exper.
fence with the Pinkerton Detective
agency, aiding the employing classes
Of the country to keep their workers
in subjection, his answers are cool and
calculating and every word is weighed
The gun man, Garner, is with him as
body guard and follows him every
time he steps out He and his ilk are
the reptiles of offeialdom.
His talk was disgusting from its
hyproeritical piety. When he was tell
ing about how he told Adams about his
sins being forgiven Darrow said, "Who
would forgive sinsi" He solemnly
answered "God."
Darrow said, "You didn't say any,
thing the state forgiving them, did
youf"
And just as solemnly Mcfarland
answered "No."
This old lying, willy reprobate went
on with his old lingo of how he told
Adams the tale of David and Uriah,
and about St. Paul, and how all these
dreadful sinners were forgiven, and
how he told him how well the state
used its witnesses, and how it never
even prosecuted Kelly, the Bum, and
all the stuff that has edited the pub.
lie ad nauseam. As this was the same
truck that Orchard said was told to
him, with the same illustrations, il
shows on the face of IL that it is simp-
ly a preconceived scheme with which
to rope in people that he wanted to
use. The work is too coarse to even
merit the consideration Of intelligent
people.
Pressure for Confession.
He admitted that pressure was
brought to bear on the prisoner for the
purpose Of getting a confession out OF
him. He said he could talk with
Adams whenever he pleased, although
his nearest friends could not obtain
access to him, except in the presence
Of the guards.
Mcfarland further admitted that
his purpose in getting the confession
from Adams was to obtain evidence
against Meyer, Haywood and Petit.
bone. These fighters Of the working ca
class proclaim TO the world that their
main point of attack is the great union
organization of the west. "The West
ern Federation Of Miners must be de-
stroyed," is their slogan.
Warden Whitney of the state peni'
tsntiary when asked on what author
iay he received Adams into the peni.
tertiary, said "as a fsgitive from jus
tice." He put Adams in a cell with