The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-24
.C0NFESSION OF STEVE
ADAMS READ IN COURT
Claims to Have Been Sent to Idaho to
Help Simpkins Get" Steu-
nenberg.
Murder Of Tyler and the Frenchman-Part Played by Spo-
kane Capitalist.

How many of the family were there
of you?'
Three boys, mother and father"
What were the Eoys' names?"
zone was Joseph Smick and the 9TH
er William Thomas
Where does Joseph reside?'
Il received a letter from him a short
time ago from Creede, Colo.
Worked in Colorado.
Where did you ever work in
mine?'
AT Cripple Creek. near Telluride.
and above Silver
when did you first go TO Telluride ~
In March. 1899 or 1900"
Are YOU a member Of the Western
Federation of Miners?"
Yes, sir; and have the card of
1906.
when did you join?'
1T was when Dan Mckinley was Sec
retaTy."
How long have you resided in Ore
gon?"
ITO the best of my knowledge, since
1906
Went to Oregon from Park City.
Where did you come from when you
went to Oregon %
Park City. Utah.
State if at that time you had got
acquainted with Charles Meyer, vii
liam t. Haywood and George Petit.
bone"
4 had"
When did you become acquainted
with them?"
Before the Arthur Collins assassina-
ton
You were Intimately acquainted
with them right along after that up to
the time you left there?"
Yes, sir; L have not seen them
since"
During the time you were acquaint-
ed, did you ever hold any conversation
with them about the assassination of
Ex-Governor Steunenberg
They told me 20 go to Idaho and see
JACK Sinpkins, that he wanted to see
me about some business connected
with Steuuenberg. ana that would
find him at Wallace, l believe"
Assassination Talked Over.
I want you to be as. particular as
possible When did you talk about the
assassination of Ex-Governor Steunen-
! berg9"
Shortly after I saw Simpkins It
was shortly after the dynamiting of the
- i
think it was
''WhO talked to you about the assas-
sination of Ex-Governor Steunenberg %
George Pettibone. He told me that
Simpkins wanted to see me, and when
l went TO see SimDxins he told me
about the Steunenberg matter. He said
they wanted to get Steunenberg'
They said they wanted TO get him,
did they say kill?"
They said get him."
Meyer Not Present
You mean SimpkiDs said they want
ed TO get him. Meyer was not pres
ent was he?''
L don't know where he was. but
think he was in jail at Telluride. and l
got $500 To come to Wallace with from
George Pettibone. Pettibone went TO
Haywood to get it,.
How did YOU know that he did,"
He told me that he did. He asked
me to wait until he went and got it, He
said nothing as to the manner in which
we were to remove Steunenberg. He
gave US no directions. 1t was under
stood that I was to use my own judg-
ment. and PettibODe told me about
Simpkins wanting to see. me, before
received the money. 1 did not see Hay
wood after I received the money.
Simpkins told me that he wanted me to
go up on the timber claim I'm the morn
ing. Simplsins said that he would write
back that day for the money and then
We would go down on the Steunenberg
case He wrote to Denver, but l do not
know if he got the money or not. Petit
bone told me afterward that the money
was sent to the wrong address. After
got 20 the timber claim, ] met some
settlers. one named Mason and an
other named Rale. He is the one known
as Wall Eye. l also met a man by the
name of Glover. There were some
aim-jumpers in there. Simpkins told
me that he wanted to get rid of these
fellows and that if I did so, he would
give me $780,
Murder of Claim Jumpers.
Two men got killed. Meut Glover,
Simpkins and myself assisted in the
killing. Tyler was the first man killed
and / killed him with a 25-35 Winches-
ter We went down TO Tyler's cabin
and he was not there. We stayed
around all day and then went out on
the trail. We stopped at a spring and
| heard some one coming. | said: All
right. / am glad of it,.
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