The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-01
SAYS IT WAS
 A DEEP PLOT Adams Makes Second
 Confession. THE PLAN TO RUIN MINERS Were Not Complicated in Death of
 Stuenenberg. Man Who Turned state's Evidence Ds- cIares He was Influenced by officials Inimical to Mover
 and Haywood

Wallace. Idaho. Feb. 2s.--That de-
 iiberate conspiracy was formed among
 the officers of the penitentiary and the
 detectives to implicate the leaders of
 the Western Federation of Miners in the assassination of ex-Governor Sten-
 nenberg and that the conspiracy was to be backed by false evidence obtat.a- ed by threats and bribes. is in effect
 the charge made by Steven Adams be-
 fore the court today.
 AdamE's statement was in substance
 as follows:
 ''on the sixth day after was taken
 to Boise and put in the cell with Harry Orchard, I was taken to the office of the penitentiary and introduced to De- tcctive Mcfarland. He told me about K alley the bum and other men who had turned States evidence and had
 been arrested. He told me some Bible stories, too, but I cannot remember
 what they were. as l am not famliiar
 with the Bible. He kept me until or o'clock in the morning trying to mako
 McParland told me he wanted | .o convict Meyer, Haywood. st. John | and Simpkins, whom he called Nhts l throats.' If would not help to con vict them he said, I would De taken
 back to Colorado and either hanged ol
 when we parted McPartland told me ha was my friend. They put mo
 back in the cell with Harry orchara who talked to me about the need ok. | frightened The next day McPart13nq | frightened. The next day McFariand called again. 1 said l would do what
 he wanted me to do. He told me to | think well what was doing. to think of my family and save myself. He said I he would see that my family was cared
 for.
 when thevconfesston was made Afe- Partland led me on step by step and
 showed me all that he wanted me t0 say He told me that what said
 about the Tyler and Bouia murders was only taken with the Idea of making a strong chain of evidence to convict the officers of the Western Federation Of 1 Miners Ea wanted the names of the I officers of the federation used as much as possible all through tha congeasion. l Two or three days later uTaraan Nlaif~
 ney brought the confession to me t0 l sign.'
 | Adams confirmed all the early part
 of the confession as to his family and past history but denied that part rec | lating to the plot to kill St@unenbara
 and as to his life in the Marble Creek country. Adams testified that when 9ne copy of the confession was brought
 to him by the warden he told Notary as what he stated. but that he sup | posed he would have to sign 1t and l he did sign 1t. He denied the testimony
 of Detective Thiele regarding the
 relies alleged to be buried on the | Oregon ranch and also the testimony
 of Bulkeley welIs~as to his oral con- | fession while en route to Colorado. The witness stated that he had at different times been visited by w. E. Borah, Governor Gooding and Attor-
 ney Hawley but he was not allowed | to detail the conversations. Adams
 stated that when he was arrested un- der the habeas corpus proceedings and returned to the Wallace jail he was not allowed to see his attorneys bat was compelled against his win to talk
 to Detective McPartlaud.