Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1907-11-30
HIS JURY DISAGREES
STEVE ADAMS IDAHO TRIAL
Is AT AN END.
After Being Out Nearly Twenty-four
Hours the Jury Stood Eight for His
Acquittal and Four for Conviction
He Is Wanted Now in Colorado to
Answer to Another Murder CHARGE.

Rathdrum, Idaho, Nov. 25.-Ths Jury
in the Steve Adams murder case was
discharged at 5:45 o'clock Sunday
afternoon, being unable to agree on a
verdict, after being out since $3.50
o'clock Saturday night 1t stood eight
for acquittal and four for conviction
Jurymen j. F. house, Charles Ditto
more, ID. w. Garwood and S. A. Var
mum were the four men who believed
Steven Adams guilty of the murder OF
Fred Tyler in the Marble creek district
of Shoshone county, Idaho, in August.
1904.
There were five ballots taken, the
first a short time after the jury re
tired Saturday night All resulted the
same as the final one, which was re-
corded some time during Sunday after
noon. About o'clock the Jurors sent
note to Judge w. w. Woods, who pre-
sided during the trial, that an agree
ment was out of the question. Judge
Woods held a conference with the at
torneys in the case and asked them ii
they believe it best to keep the jury
out longer. They said they would see
Clarence Darrow of Chicago, leading
attorney for Steve Adams, was not in
favor of the jury being discharged un.
til the defense had secured some con
cession. We wanted Adams admitted
to bail. Also he wanted the case
against his client in which he is
charged in Telluride, Col, with the
murder of Arthur Collins in 1902 dur
ing the labor troubles, kept in abey-
ance until the present charge of muir
dering Fred Tyler is disposed 'of
James H. Hawley of Boise, Idaho, who
has been the leading attorney for the
state In the prosecution of Adams, said
he could not authorize any action for
the Colorado authorities. Then the
agreement between the attorneys for
the discharge of the jury was off.
An hour or two later, however, the
defendants attorneys learned that the
| favor, but that the four men who hello
out for the state would not relent, and
they agreed to let the jury go.
Other Warrants for Adams
Sheriff Bailey of Wallace was here
with a warrant for the arrest of Adams
for the murder of Ed Boule in the
Marble creek district about the time
Tyler was killed and this helped to
bring about the discharge of the jury
1t is understood that Adams is moi
to be taken back to Colorado at pres
ent, but the state will not make any
effort to stop his being released on
bond in the Tyler case. He has been
twice tried, the first time at Wallace
in February, and both times the juries
have disagreed
Discharge of the Jury.
When at 5:45 this afternoon the at
torneys for Adams appeared in court
and said they would be content with
a disagreement of the jury, Judge
Woods ordered the jury and the de-
PENDANT brought in.
There was silence for a second, then
Mr. Darrow proposed that perhaps
some of the jurors would like to record
an expression. Each in turn took ad-
vantage of the opportunity to register
his view that there was no chance OF
an agreement.
in that case, gentlemen, l shall dis.
charge you" said Judge Woods, first
having asked the attorneys if they
wished to make any suggestion.
The jurors who stood out with Cap
ain Waters for acquittal are: M
Piper, M. Barto, r. A. Macarthur, John
c. Carton M. Miller, j. T. Harlan and
George Price.
The jurymen said that they never
considered a compromise, although the
court had instructed them that they
could find a verdict of second degree
murder, with a penalty of from ten
years to life Imprisonment, or man
slaughter, which provides for a punish
ment under ten years.
Heavy Cost to Shoshone County.
The Adams case has cost Shoshone
county a trifle over $4,000. This, OF
course, is outside of attorneys fees
and the special inducements offered
states witnesses to come here and ties
tify. Forty-six witnesses were ex
amined, the state using the major por
ton. The case was opened October %