The daily sentinel., 1908-07-15

to Colorado to learn what had become
of Barney. Barney had been faith
full employe of the Smuggler- Union
company. and is there any reason why
Wells should be villified by such a
man as Hilton, simply because he wish
| ed to learn the fate of a man who had
served him well?
| "Of course Hilton doesn't like the
| Pinkertons. He admits that he has
| been criminal lawyer for thirty years,
and did you ever know criminal
lawyer who liked the men who convict
criminals: Convicted criminals don't
like the PinI<crtOns, either. But 1 chal-
lenge Hilton to show one Pinkerton
employe who has ever been convicted
of crime in Colorado.
why should this name Pinkerton
be such a word of loathing? 1 remem-
ber in the dark days or the civil war
the Pinkertons rendered invaluable
services to the union, and received the
thanks of Mr.. Lincoln himself.
| Lincoln was assassnated Garfield
was assassinated, Mckinley was
assassinated. What would Hilton have
done to catch the assassins? He
couldn't have sent detectives to do it,
because detectives would lie and pref
udlce the case of the defendant. 1 sup
pose he would ring bell up and down
the street, and invite the murderer to
come in and give himself up. And
then, when the ease came to trial, he
would argue TINT the ringing of the
bell Ind intimidntcd the defendant.
'But his talk was such trash that it
was not meant for the jury, but to
tickle the ears of some of those who
were present In the court room who
were particeps criminis In this muir
der.
Mr. Wells went to Idaho on a law
full purpose in lawful manner. Hill
ton makes much of the fact that Adams
was 'sneaked' out of Boise. But who
was it Adams feared7 Was it Wells?
| No, 1t was the members of the Western
Federation of Miners. whom he light
well fear. after what he had told And
why did Adams talk as he did with
Runnels concerning Peabody and Bell?
Becnuse he ana those bnck of him
thought they were enemies of labor.
and 40 of right entitled to he killed.
| There was nothing peculiar in the use
of the Pullman drawing room on the
| trip from Idaho to Colorado. since
Adams wanted to be safe; he feared to
be killed as he had killed others.
81 don't care what Hilton says about
| the witness Runnels. Who says Run
nels lies. except Hilton himself? And
not n breath of testimony that either
Wells or Runnels or Mills lied. except
| the bare assertion of Hilton himself
And the law says that what defenda t
| says against his own interests must be
| taken as true unless there is "a great
| preponderance of evidence against the
truth of his statements Hut not one
SOLITARY witness hns testified against
Nhnt our witnesses have said concern
Ing that confession.
..Whcre Is Bnston. If II is false TINT
| he and Adams received $4,000 for the
killing of Arthur Collins, why Is not
Haston brought here to testify to that
fact: But Baston doesn't come. and so
1t is true as Adams says, that they re-
ceiVcd $1,000 each for that murder.
don't care what has happened in form
er trials of this man, or in the trial of
Meyer and Haywood: what was done
then doesn't influence in the least what
should be done now.
| "Runnels is the creature of this man
Wells" exclaims Hilton. Does that af-
feet the truth of his statement? l am
not the guardian of Mr.. Wells; I'm not
here to say what his purpose was in
going to Idaho to get Adams. l think
that as he appears here he is entitled
to all the credit one man deserves from
another especially as the only testi-
mony against him comes from the foul
mouth of this man Hilton. from whom
villficatlon is praise
"Isn't II Significant that Adams ask
ed IL n she'll had been found where he
said he had dropped the shell the night
of the shooting: They say he didn't
do the shooting; then how did he know
there would he shell thcres And
how did he know where that gun had
himself.
''rhey make much of the fact that
another gun had been found. and ask
why II was not brought here. Another
gun had been found, but II WINS not Il
shot gun, and IL WINS not brought here
because the killing was done with II
shot gun. such ms this one here, M the
holes In this pnne of glass prove" And
Mr.. Hogg showed the shattered pane
to the jury. He then proceeded to stick
a pencil in the hole in the sash, to show
the jury how Wells had found the di-
rection from which the shot had been
fired.
They called many witnesses tc
prove that Adams had never had a
gun" continued Mr.. Hogg. "and they
could just as well have called a thou
sand more. They called Mrs. Adams
to the stand.-for what reason l do moi
know. She testified that she had never
seen the gun. or course not. She ant
Adams We're not married until 1908. ant
the gun had been hidden since 1909
And she testified that Adams had beer
in jail since thirteen months after
their marriage. and that she has three
children. Whose children are they?
, what testimony is there agains
this alibi that they claim is strong
The testimony of the defendant him
self, as related to Wells and Runnel.
and Mills