The Ordway new era., 1907-06-21
co ORROBORATION
STATES CHAIN OF EVIDENCE IN
ORCHARDS TESTIMONY
STEVE ADAMS APPEARANCE
Part In Welding the Links That
May Hang Haywood.


Boise. Idaho-The prosecution in
the Steunenberg murder trial. enter
ing in earnest upon the substantiation
and corroboration of Harry Orchards
Testimony, showed continuous thread
OF evidence connecting George Petti-
bones store in Denver with Orchard
at San Francisco engaged on the Brad
ley murder plot, partly developed an
other direct line by which It is hoped
to show that haywood engaged and
paid Steve Adams for the same des-
perate work. and added several
touches of confirmation to Orchards
general story.
Officials of the postoffices at San
Francisco and Denver produced orig
inal records showing that In August
1904, registered letter was sent un-
der the name of -. Wolf" from the
address Of Pettibone's store in Den
yer to -. Dempsey" at the Golden
West hotel in San Francisco. Orchard
swore that he stayed at the Golden
West under an alias that was either
Dempsey" or Hogan" that Pettibone
used the aliases of "Wolff' and Pat
Bone" and that under the name OF
Wolff" Pettibone, in the month men
toned, sent him a registered letter
containing 800 TO pay his expenses
while engaged on the Bradley mur-
der.
Police officials of Ogden established
the arrest there. In June. 1903. of Steve
Adams and A. T. Williams. They were
sealed up in an eastbound car loaded
with fruit. and when arrested for tres
pass each had brace of revolvers.
When released. through the influence
r.. n...s 10,
son of Adams. they went straight to
the Office OF the Western Union and
sent a telegram TO Haywood at Dem
YER
The defense headed on an attempt
to get the contents of the telegram be-
fore the jury. but the state indicated
that IL would return to the charge later
and further develop the incident when
1t has broadened its foundation. The
state. through an official of the West
ern Union. produced the original OF "A
telegram supposed to have been sent
by Attorney Fred Miller Of Spokane
and now recorded as one of Hay
woods counsel. TO Harry Orchard. be-
fore the latter was arrested at Cald-
well for the Steunenberg murder. but
did not introduce II because its identi-
fication is still insufficient. The state
also got an order directing the West
ern Union to produce its records show
ing that Haywood sent money TO Ad-
ans at Ogden.
When the Ogden testimony was ir-
troduced, Steve Adams was brought
into court under guard to be identi-
fed. Adams name has run all through
the trial but this was his first appear
ance in person. Adams seemed in a
defiant humor and walked to a point
directly in front OF the jury and gazed
steadily at the witness confronting
him.
Besides It's work on the Pet,ibone-
Orchard and Haywood-Adams lines.
the state produced several witnesses
who confirmed features of Orchards
story as to the Bradley affair. the first
descent into the Vindicator mine. with
the object of doing violence. the final
success of the Vindicator plot. and the
circumstances under which Detective
Lyte Gregory was killed.
Aside from its fight against the ad-
mission of all the evidence offered by
the state on the general ground that
1t was in no way connected with the
accused. the defense contented itself
with showing that all OF the witnesses
had been located and interviewed by
Pinkerton detectives and that they
had been given advances OF expense
money through Pinkerton agencies.