Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-11-20
ADAMS SAYS HE.
WAS OFFERED
IMMUNITY
TOLD TO CORROBORATE
ORCHARDS CONFESSION
Declares Lawyers, Sheriff and
Detective United to Get Him
TO Back Up the Now Famous
Confession.


lBy Morning Journal Special Leased Wire
Rathdrum. Idaho. Nov. 1g.--Steve
Adams was on the stand today In his
own defense He said he came out
of the st. Joe country on the Sth of
August Went 10 Coeur d'Alene and
then 20 Spokane and two or three days
after was AT Sacred Heart hospital To
see his cousin, Mrs. Warren oliver.
This corroborated the testimony of
Mrs oliver. who stated that he came
20 see her on the 14th of August. He
went 90 Occur d'Alene from Spokane
and tried to buy out a homestead
from someone whose name he did not
know Then he and Simpkins went
tu Wardiner stayed there three or four
days and then went back to Marble
Creek He got To- st. Joe the latter
part of August He afterwards said
il was a week or ten days after he
left Marble Creek on the Sth. He was
pie Creek and said he was and went
from there to Denver That was the
time he changed his name to Steve
Dixon, He said he had about $3.50
when he left Cripple Creek. but gave
$50 or SIS 10 mis- wife His wife and
family drew relief from the Western
Federation of Miners all the time they
were on the strike The first time he
had ever heard of those cabins on
Marble Creek being blown up was
after he had been put I'm the cell with
Harry Orchard at Boise In 1906.
Mr.. Darrow asked him II he was
ever in .he Marble Creek country after
the last of July or first of August. az
he had testified. He said he was never
there after coming out on the Sth OF
August.
Adams told of his arrest IN Baker
city and said he was not allowed 10
sac a lawyer until Just before leaving
when man named Moore came up
and he and Brown and Thiele got In
the cab with him and rode to the de-
pot Moore looked al hla requisition
papers and told Adams that he could
Keep him there, but thought u would
be best for him TO go to Boise. He
said RrOwn told him II he would go
to Boise and corroborate the state
ments Of the officials there. he would
be- all right as he was on the inside
ana knew what he was talking about.
He was placed In the cell with Harry
Orchard at Boise and kept there i've
or six days. During that time War
den Whitney took him out and told
him II he would corroborate Orchards
confession he would be all right. Nc.
Parland came and told him IL he
would corrohOrate the confession OF
orchard he would be oil right. Me-
BNIihnu lnlu Nun now ne ndu ltA bil
several people who had done the KILL
ing IN the MOLLY Mcguire cases be-
cause they turned states evidence.
MCFARLAND told him he represented
Governor Gooding and the state OF
Idaho. and wanted him to connect
slmpkins and other federation Of
nciais.
Mr. Hawley had not nearly finished
Adams ross-examination at 5 o'clock.
having not gone into the matter of the
confession at all, He proved by Adams
that he always was LITERALLY supplied
with funds. and Adams explanation OF
where he got them was vague.
He told Mr.. Hawley that he made
n trip To California In 1908 to look at
the mines. but did not know whether
or not they were placer or quartz. This
was the time when upon his return
with kid" Minister. Adams was ar
rested at ogden and wired To Petit
bone for SIS to go back.
Yes, ] got S75 from Pettibone,'
said Adams. Il borrowed Il"
Harry Orchards confession details
this incident In many instances like
this Adams held to the details Of his
He recalled that he had
left Denver following the blowing up
u the Independence depot having
heard that his name was mentioned
as a possible participant in that crime.