Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1907-12-19

County, he made an affidavit that the
people of his county were so preju-
diced that the State could not get a
fair trial at home, and he turned the
job over TO you. He was there when
Bouley was killed and was Sheriff,
charged with enforcing the law; he
was sheriff very soon after Tyler dis
appeared; he was sheriff when this
skeleton was dug up. Did he prose.
cute an inquiryf Did he do anything
about itf Where was Mr., Knight,
the man who loves law, in those days,
when these murders were committedi
Probably taking a fee from somebody
else. Where was Mr.. Hansonl Where
was the States attorneys Where was
Mr.. Gydei Where was everybodyi
Anybody after Boulcy's slayerss Any
body trying to track the men who
killed Tyleri Anybody interested in
the lawi Anybody interested in this
poor old woman-who has been
decked up and dressed up and fixed
up, so that you people will hang a
man. When some bones were discov-
cred in August 1905, and they were
believed to be Tyler's bones, did any
( body send word TO his motherl Did
they even buy her crepe veil9 Did
/ they carel wonder, gentlemen,
whether anybody ever saw a ease with
such clap'trappery and ,humbuggery
as this since the world beganl Did
they try to learn who the mother was,
or the sister, or send them even a let
teri
We won't stop there. That was in
1905, in July or August-and / am
not speaking of the mother now-but
the officers of the state took those
bones, without preserving one single
particle of evidence; they threw away
the shoes; they threw away the fn-
ger; they preserved nothing. and they
bundled them up, with some more old
clothes and dumped them in the
ground, in coffee box. And now
they talk about how they love this
mother; talk about il so you jurors
will kill Steve Adams. That is why
they talk about it.
Let us go a step further. Nobody
4 paid any attention TO this find up in
the woods. Bouley was dead, and
they were glad of it. They did not
hold an inquest over him-not even
an inquest. The Sheriff did not care,
the Coroner did not care. Nobody
cared. Some bones were found that
were supposed to be Tyler's, and they
were glad about it, and they did not
hold an inquest over those bones, and
they did not preserve a single scrap
of evidence they had, and they buried
him in the ground and he was for
gotten. Where were the officers of the
law, gentlemenf What were these law.
yers and this sheriff who shed these
tears over Mrs. Tyler, doing theni
You know what they were doing
They were glad of it. Remember, some
of them held homesteads themselves;
they were glad to get rid of the man
Bouley, who was up there leading in
man after man to take the fruits OF
the labor and the privation and the
toll of the homesteaders, who had gone
out in the wilderness to make homes
for themselves and their families
You know that, and everybody con
nected with this case knows il.
| Activity Begun
But let us 60 a step further thar
that A big man was killed, a mar
who had once been Governor of the
State. Now, / have a belief that on,
man IS life is worth just as much al
, another. Steve Adams life is wortl
just as much to him as anybody else I
life is worth to them, and his de
serves the same protection as every
other mans life, and the same effor
should have been made to find the mur
derer of Gov. Steunenberg, Fred lyle
and Bouley as to find the murderer
But, notice the difference, gentlemen
\ When Governor Steunenberg was killet
then Heaven and earth and hell III
, ransacked-not TO find the murderer
oh no, not that, but to convict tn
officers and important members of tn
Western Federation Of Miners. Whei
3 Tyler and Bouley were killed, one o
: them was buried beside the trail will
2 his dog and his horse, and the othe
. in the Potter's Field, and no sheriff
7 and no coroner ever held an inques
{ on the remains, or sought to arres
any body, and no lawyer laid down hi
, book long enough to bring q prose
T cution against any human being.
: Now that is the difference in thi
I land of equality. Mr.. Knight say
il is the greatest on earth. Perhap
r il Is.
Z But that Is not all. After Cover
nor oteunenOerR was killed, tne OF
+, ficers arrested a man, and then the,
: sent out for Steve Adams. Now,
will discuss Steve's confession
; little later. / just want to get an
Y other fact before this jury. And Sc
; whether tell you anything that
. not true in this whole case.
: Turned Over to Father Confesso
/ They brought Steve Adams /
b Boise, to the penitentiary, althoug
Q he had never been convicted of any
I thing, and there they turned him int
' the cell with Harry Orchard, an
q turned him over TO the tender mercie
I Of this wonderful man-who Nj
Knight says is practically n Saint
D and who has been an enemy or
e traitor to crime, this great preache
1 of modern days, Detective Jane
o M Parland, they turned Adams over I
I him. Now, / will discuss McParlan
e when / get TO him.
8 But they got the confession fror
n Steve Adams, and thew got that SoI