Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-11-29


Rathdrum, Idaho, Nov. 25.-The iur,,
In the Steve Adams murder case u.
discharged at 5:45 o'clock Sunda,
afternoon, being unable to agree on
verdict. after being out since 900
o'clock Saturday night. 1t stood eigbt
for acquittal and four for conviction
Jurymen j. F. house, Charles Ditto.
more, d. 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, II August
1904. "'''
There were five ballots taken. the
first a short time after the Jury 70.
tired Saturday night. All resulted the
same as the final one, which was 70.
corded some time during Sunday after.
noon. About O'Clock the Jurors sent
note to Judge w. w. Woods. who nre.
sided during the trial, that an agree
ment was out of the question. Judge
Woods held conference with the at.
torneys in the case and asked them If
they believe 1t best to keep the iurv
out longer. They said they would see
Clarence barrow of Chicago. heading
attorney for Steve Adams, was not in
favor of the jury being discharged IN
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 abev-
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
jury stood about four to eight in their
favor, but that the four men who held
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 not
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 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 oil
an agreement.
In that case, gentlemen, l shall dis
charge you" said Judge Woods, first
having asked the attorneys il they
wished to make any suggestion.
The jurors who stood out with Cap
tain Waters for acquittal are: M.
Piper, M. Barto, r. A. Macarthur, John
C. Carton, NJ 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 verdict of second degree
murder, with penalty of from ten
years to life Imprisonment, or man
slaughter, which provides for punish
ment under ten years.
Heavy Cost to shoshone County.
The Adams case has cost Shoshone
county trif1le over $4,000. This, of
course, is outside of attorneys fees
and the special inducements offered
states witnesses to come here and tes-
tify. Forty-six witnesses were ex-
amined, the state using the major por-
ton. The case was opened October ~.