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• W N U AJra PIBI isur.B A Y T H E S O C I A L I S T P A J K T Y o r N S M T A N A
•OL. TL H I L E N A MONTANA, TH1TK8DAY, N O V E M B E R 14 1907. NO. 1
JURY SATISFACTORY TO A L L Rathdrum, Ida., Nov. 6.
Both tides seem to be well pleated
With the jury in the Adams rase. At
torney Knight, leading counsel for the
prosecution, stated he was willing to
leave the outcome of the case in the
hands of the present jury.
Complexion of the Jury.
The jury and its occupation and poli-
Ratthdrum, Ida., Nov. 7. Mr. J . M Gentry and Mr. Edward
Htanttbury were two witnesses called by the state that have gone far to-wads strengthening Adams case in the trial now pending. These men were employed by the big timber companies in timber cruising. On one of these trips their party penetrated into the heavy, brushy woods, and there came upon the remains of a dead body lying
We a r c A p p o s e d t o g o v e r n m e n t by injunction. We arc opposed to any method o f Jurisprudence which makos a czar of a judge, allow him to make arbitrary laws, and sentence men to jail for viola-don of his self made law. We are opposed to government by injunction because it deprives a man of the right of a trial by a jury of his peers. We do oppose and will oppose any and all acts of court or king snbverslve of democratic institutions and destructive of alJ liberty.
'•• t ics are: M . B a r t o , Sucker U k c , g 0 | n e ^ l t , v t m a t h a t t h e y
rancher , and votes m i x e d t i c k e t ; Oeo.
P r i c e , 1'ost Ka i l s , m i l l h a n d , r epub l i can ;
C . A . Waters , Coeur d ' A l e n e s boat cap
t a i n , democrat W . G o r w o o d , L a k e
creek, f a rmer , democra t ; Char les Det-
temur l , Post F a l l s , merchant , demo
c ra t ; H. A . V a r n u m , Qatar d ' A l e n e s ,
carpenter, r e p u b l i c a n ; J o h n ('. Cor ton ,
Ra thdrun i , f a rmer , democra t ; P . A . M c
A r t h u r , M i c a B a y . f a r m e r , republ ican ;
M i l t o n I ' iper , A t h o l , f a r m e r , democrat ;
M a t h c w M i l l e r , R a t h d r u m , farmer , |s>
mocra t ; J . T. H a r l a n , Host , f a rmer de
mocra t ; H . F . House, R a t h d r u m , ranch
er, democrat.
Va rnum was labor candidate for
mayor at Coeur d ' A l e n e s last sp r ing .
M i l l e r , D i t t emore a n d - H o r l a n have
been members of labor unions. N i n e
of the jurors have been homesteaders.
The state exerc ised a l l its peremp
tory r igh ts whi le the defense used on ly
seven peremptory chal lenges, pass ing
the panel twice E a c h t ime this p r iv
i lege is employed it exhausts a pcrem
tory , and when the j u r y was complete
the dt fense had but one lef t ia Mailt] Clarence H a r r o w , l e a d i n g , counsel
f o r the defense, entered objec t ion to
the state h a v i n g lit peremptory chal l
enges, s ay ing the l aw g i v i n g it
p r i v i l e g e was passed
Adams was t r i ed one.
facta, T h e abjaattaa
t h i s a f t e r Hteve
and was ex post was overruled,
it was made on the t h i r d peremptory chal lenge of the state last week and met w i t h the same f a t e . A n except ion was entered.
Tria l Begins.
Wednesday morn ing the first wi t
newses were ca l led by the prosecution.
M r s . Thomas , mother of Fred T y l e r ,
was first on the s tand, and related the
faeti about her f a m i l y coming out
f r o m M i c h i g a n f r o m the t imber tSM
t ry—herse l f and t w o daughters and
a f t e r wards F r e d S h e described the
apjearancc o f T y l e r and the t a k i n g up
of clams through a locator , one . lack
K u c r s t e i n .
H a r r o w ' s cross e x a m i n a t i o n brought
out that T y l e r w o r k e d i n the woods
i n M i c h i g a n that he had no money o f
his own but was f u r n i s h e d money to
bu i ld his cab in and get supplies, and
that Iks mother and sisters were to
be located, on c la ims i n the tame way . In several of T y l e r ' s let ters he had
w r i t t e n his nod her not to w o r r y about h im. When D a r r o w asked her what there was to w o r r y about, she said the w i l d an ima l s i n the woods where her son was go ing .
Harrow said , " A r c y o u sure M were not a f r a i d of the homesteaders instead of the c o n g o r s ! "
The evidence show that in a l l proba b i l i t y the T y l e r s Were s i m p l y a f a m i l y of jumpers b rought out f r o m the M i c h i g a n woodt b y B . R . L e w i s to take up lands f r o m the homesteaders f o r the b i g lumber cap i ta l i s t s .
B. R. L e w i s i t one of the vi les t c r imina ls that ever enr iched himself i n a new count ry by o v e r r i d i n g the r ights of the poor, t t e a l i n g and law breaki n g in order to ob ta in h i s r i c h e r H e
it a banker and wealthy lumber man
and hat made himself rich by hit
Crimea. In one of Tyler'a letters be taid it
waa part of the bargain that they were to get medicine from Kueratein, thr loeator.
Tyler's lister gave him a revolver to take with him on thit trip, show iug that he anticipated danger
l e f t i t there, and a f t e r w a r d s the T y l e r f a m i l y heard of i t , and went in and took possession o f i t . Deputy SlierifT W i l l i a m s was encountered acc iden ta l l y and taken in w i t h them. These s tor ies completely change the complex ion of the commonly accepted idea i n the
popular mind eoi r u i n g the case. It hat been genera l ly s ta ted that A d a m s was i n c r i m i n a t e d purely by his own
T W O confess ion, and the body of T y l e i f o u n d acco rd ing to his own di rec t ions . The test imony o f these witnesses utte r ly discredi t th i s v i ew. The body was f o u n d by accident , the iden t i f i cn t ion is very meager, and i f the stat< is depending u p o n the ha l f crazed con fess ion of a man tor tured by f e a r and a f t e r w a r d s comple te ly repudia ted by him, i ts chances arc p re t ty s l i m to head another Federa t ion man in to e te rn i ty that way .
Making an Example. The secret of the whole mat ter i a
tha t the b i g t imber companies want to make an example out of S t eve A d a m s so that i n the f u t u r e no ont w i l l in te r fe re w i t h thei r j umpers i n the interest of so unimpor tant a f a c t o r as homesteadert . They must get some one, and Steve as a f r i e n d of S i m p k i n s , whose c la im was among those that were pimped, is a convenicct charac ter to sacr i f ice .
A s the t r i a l progresses M r . H a w lev is s i t t i n g w i t h the s ta te ' s a t torneys wa tch ing what t ran spires, and m a k i n g f requent suggestions.
Not much interest is man i f e s t ed M I the t r i a l by the towu people. The general s y m p a t h y seems to bo w i t h Adams. The very fac t that these Inn her c ru i s ing par t ies went up to exam ine t imln-r a l ready set t led upon, show that the r igh t s of sett lers were ii»nor ed. T y l e r hai l had a cabin bu i l t f o r h im on the v e r y piece of land where S i m p k i n s ' c a b i n was a l ready bui l t and where he was l i v i n g
A n Unwilling Witness. The t e s t imony of George H . Root
one of the set t lers in the M a r b l e Creek d i s t r i c t , proved a r emarkab le corroborat ion of the in jus t i ce that is hea|Hi 'd upon the small proper ty owners by the great aggregat ions u f c ap i t a l Beet is a d a p i x T y o u n g f e l l o w that c l e rks in a Hardware store in Boise when he i t not on his c l a i m . H i s every act ion and word al lowed that he d i d not wish to t e s t i f y f o r that s ide of the case, and had been brought there against h is w i l l . H e is a person ul f r i e n d of S i m p k i n s , and was inter i s t e i l as a l l the settlers were, i n def e n d i n g their homes against the th ieves that were opera t ing under the protee t ion of the b i g lumber companies .
It seems that one Sunday the homesteaders met at an ind igna t ion meeti n g in the woods, to d i s c u t i among themselves wha t should be done conce rn ing thei r homesteads and the Nor the rn P a c i f i c s t r ip w h i c h had jus t I H ' C I I opened.
A t th i s mee t ing A d a m s was pretent w i t h S i m p k i n s , and many others whose homes were menaced by the rapacious t imber th ieves . These men of the woods were a rmed ; as one wi tness sa id , " i t was unsafe to go unprotec ted in those d a y s . " D i f f e r e n t onet t a l k e d at t h i t mee t ing . The discuss ion was as regards wha t the settlert should do to protect their homes. The case of one c l a i m jumper was already in court, and a number advited that they pa t i e n t l y awa i t the issue in this case Others were for g e t t i n g the jumpers out of the coun t ry .
Asking Advice. K. i . . t testified to a conversa t ion he
had w i t h S i m p k i n s where in Simpkins asked his advice as to what he thought he ought to do w i t h the maa (Tver)
GOVERNMENT BY INJUNCTION EVIDENCE F A V O R A B L E TO A D A M S
L A T E S T FROM SCENE OF B A T T L E R a t h d r u m , N o v . l O .
M r . M i l l a r d , the uncle of S teve
A d a m s , is an in teres t ing figure at the
t r i a l . S t e v e was arrested on his ranch
at Ha ines . Oregon, a short d is tance
nit f r o m B a k e r C i t y . The k i n d heart
•d o ld gent leman is a fine specimen
of the o ld soldier , h a v i n g served
through the c i v i l wa r on the confeder
als s ide. He is 71 years of age but
s t ra ight a m i vigorous w i t h ha i r a n d
in the office of ex-Governor M o r r i s o n
be fo re a number of witnesses.
Deep P l o t t e d Consp i racy .
Adams was held wi thout charge or
pre l iminary e x a m i n a t i o n un t i l a f t e r
his uncle got h im out on a wr i t o f
habeas corpus through ex Governor
M o r r i s o n whom he employed as at-
toi ney.
The day of the i r r i g a t i o n congress
Mr. M i l l a r d had asked to take d inner
beard yet da rk . H i s mind has Keen w i t h his nephew in the peni ten t ia ry ,
so ag i t a t ed by the shock ing Injus t ices T o his surprise W a r d e n W h i t n e y grant-
has perce ived in connect ion w i t h j ed the request, a n d he had a l ine din-
the arrest of his nephew that he has ner w i t h Steve and bis f a m i l y . T h i s
lost a l l f a i t h in any jus t i ce or rec t i - w a * the first t ime he had got to see
tude under th is government H e has h i m alone tdnce his arrest .
become en t i re ly devoted to the progress of th i s case, and says he means to see it th rough no matter wha t i t costs. He says his w i f e is equal ly dete rmined to stay w i t h the sad a n d t ragic s i t u a t i o n t i l t i ts f ina l issue.
A s an instance of the k i n d heart of the old gent leman he not only has real c,I eight e ih ldren o f his own but besides these has p rov ided and ca red f o r ten orphan ch i ld ren t i l l they were g r o w n . He raised Steve ami his two brothers , (although they w e n ' f a i r l y f a i r l y wel l g rown when their mother d ied .
Whi tney ca l l ed i n d u r i n g the v i s i t and made this s tatement , " I f Steve s tays wi th the state and helps hang these men ( r e f e r r i n g to the Wes te rn Federa l ion o f f i c i a l s ) he w i l l be given
• complete immun i ty . T o r t u r e Beg ins .
A f t e r this v i s i t , on a pretense of aearching Hteve f o r a n y t h i n g that his uncle sjlgfcl have g i v e n h im, he was s t r ipped, taken f r o m the woman ' s wa rd where he had been l i v i n g in com Iterative comfor t , and put in a mur Saver's eell The P i n k e r t o n scavengers were then admi t t ed to h im—the whole
Adams came f r o m P a r k C i t y , F t a h , '< g H J l , \ „ , harpies. H a w l e y , Good ing , M« to h is u n c l e ' s ranch in J u n e . He had P a r i a n . Th ie le and a l l the rest not be,, , in h i d i n g at a l l as the mine ' , 8 t e V ( . | , .„ | ,„.,.„ j-nled f , „ , \ . l y ! i
o w n e r s ' s ide of th is p ropos i t ion h a s j i n Colarado at the t ime of the indus spread broadcast . He was arrested ) r i a l , r ( , u l , l e s and was then turned out the next F e b r u a r y H e was h a u l i n g w i t h o u t a n y t r i a l or charge. The hay when S tounenberg was k i l l e d . H e . hardships he endured then seem to had located a ranch near Maker C i t y , have un rvasj M a W h e n he was re H i s t roubles and detent ion have ve ry a r r ( < t , „ | he was made to bel ieve that near ly caused h i m to loae i t , but h is : m . w , , u l d be mobbed i f taken back to uncle says he t h i n k s he can save i t c d o r a d o . f , , r u i l " When T h i e l e pretended to " l o - a t e
The mother sa id that K u e r s t e i n bai l who had bu i l t a house on his c l a i m i n f o r m e d Iter that l awyers had been Root adv ised to wait t i l l the c l a i m s retained to take .-barge of the contests
if there should bo any. Mr. Thomas, the stepfather of Tyler,
told hit tale of the events preceding Tyler's death, ami identified the clothes, hair and skull, which were exhibited.
Darrow went after him strenuously on this testimony, and asked him how he could identify the hair as Tyler's when he admits that he could not iden tify his Wife's or that of his sons. He attacked him on the shape of the tkull in the same way. He also brought out that no post mortem examination wat ever held, nor Was there ever a coroner's jury.
Ida Crouch-Hazlett.
were settled i n court. A t t o r n e y K n i g h t kept t r y i n g to
draw f r o m Root that Simpkins had said something violent at t h i t mee t ing but his closest ques t ion ing f a i l e d to oh. it a n y t h i n g of the k i n d . T h e pro s e d i t i o n t r i ed to draw out what the a l t e rna t ive w a s that they wan ted to do w i t h the set t lers . Root said, "to go to them and n o t i f y them that they wanted them to leave the c o u n t r y . '
S teve Logan was another se t t ler who waa at th is protest meet ing , that was summoned b y the state . H e p roved equal ly u n w i l l i n g to t e s t i f y f o r the prosecution, and was equa l ly e f l l c a c i oua to the cause of A d a m s .
Ida C r o u c h - H a z l e t t .
A f t e r O r c h a r d ' s " c o n f e s s i o n " a C a l d w e l l a t torney f i led the compla in t against A d a m s on wh ich he was arrest ed. De tec t ive T h i e l e went out and made the arrest and announced that he had " l o c a t e d ' ' A d a m s , whereas it had never been the sl ightest d i f f i c u l t y to " l o c a t e " h im. Instead of b e i n g t a k e n to the C a l d w e l l j a i l , he w a s •has s t ra ight through to Boise w i t h
his f a m i l y and lodged in the penitent i ray where he was kept f o r seven months wi thout b a i l , and wi thout a harge b e i n g lodged against h i m .
Closely Guarded. No one was a l lowed to see h im ex
ept the guards and the ar i s tocra ts of the Idaho repub l i can a d m i n i s t r a t i o n — leesUagi Bo rah , H a w l e y and a l l that
s w a r m of cap i t a l i s t parasi tes. Three imea his uncle t r i ed to see h i m , but ou ld never get to h im except in the
presence o f the guards. H i * m a i l was al l -.pen.'.I and read by the warden Hi> was shut off f r o m any c o m m u n i a t i o n w i t h the outs ide wor ld or any onf ideu tu i l re la t ions w i t h his f r i e n d s .
I m m e d i a t e l y a f t e r the ar res t of A d a m s , M r . M i l l a r d , who was i n Texas , wro to a f o r m e r f r i e n d of his, one M . S B o n d , , t o get C . A . M o o r e , a l a w y e r of B a k e r c i t y , and go to Boise and t r y and get b a i l f o r h i m . Moore and B o n d went to see G o o d i n g the first t h i n g when they a r r i v e d at Boise .
T h r o u g h some unexp la ined ove r s igh t A d a m s lay i n the p e n i t e n t i a r y a l o n g t i m e w i t h no a t t en t ion f r o m the F e d e ra t ion . It was then that G o o d i n g f u r n i s h e d the t r a i to r M o o r e w i t h mon ey to go to Colorado and see the gov crnor , and seo if he c o u l d not ob t a in i m m u n i t y f o r A d a m s , p r o v i d e d he w o u l d corrobora te O r c h a r d .
There can be no quest ion about skis l a t t e r instance as Moore admi t t ed this
h im, he phoned B r o w n , the sheriff at Bake r C i t y , who came out b r i n g i n g several others w i t h h i m . B r o w n sa id to Steve, " I am on the ins ide ; do what they want y o u to, a n d y o u ' l l be back* in a f e w d a y s . " A t M r . M i l l a r d ' I expense on the preced ing t r i a l B r o w n came to W a l l a c e a n d tes t i f ied to this for the defense. S o one can set- which side would have the incen t ive to b low him up, the P inke r to t i s or the defense
In regard to the P h i l l i p s ' y a r n about d y n a m i t e b e i n g f o u n d i n thei r vard in -Spokane , it is fishy wi th a P i n kerton flavor f r o m the start. I f the tale were genuine why litis no invest! ga l lon been made. It is hardly l i k e l y that T h i e l e ' s P i u k e r t o u s would over l o o k a bet l i k e that . Yet , no detei t u . s have been put to w o r k . A n why 10 pounds w i t h caps in a pa i l when one j io i i i id wou ld blow up the whole ne ighborhood f
Forcing the Confession. So f a r as the " c o n f e s s i o n " is con
eerned, S teve c o u l d n ' t have w r i t t e n i t i f he had t r i e d . He has no educat ion The human harpies f ixed i t up to aui t themselves, took S teve to a notary , and he signed i t . H e thought he was gone anyway and it made no di f ference wha t he d id .
Al though M r . M i l l a r d could not see his nephew alone, ho could see h i m i n the presence o f M o o r o , the man who had be t rayed h i m .
The rea l purpose o f th is whole s h a m e f u l pe r secu t ion is to get S teve to swear agains t the Co lo rada men, and t h i n support O r c h a r d ' i w o n d e r f u l revelat ion*, Vi the rwise unsupported.
The t r a i t o r M o o r e a d m i t i that f lood ing, Borah and H a w l e y pa id him a handsome fee.
C o n t i n u e d o n P a g e 4.)
MRS. H A Z L E T T ON TRIAL On F r i d a y , N o v e m b e r 15, M r s Hae-
l e U ' s t r i a l comos off in the super ior
court a t Spokane . The s t ruggle ahe
is m a k i n g agains t the unjust t y r anny
and i m p o s i t i o n of the cap i t a l i s t cour ts
is al l the han l e r as l o c a l Spokane ,
led by a number of w o u l d be pecudo
socialist*, has deserted to the enemy.
^ T h i s f r e e speech s t rugg le that the
state of Washington is w a g i n g w i t h
the authorities is of the utmost im
portance to the future dissemination
uf the soeialist doctrine. Whatever
aid the f e l l o w worke r s of M r s . l iar ,
lot ciui b r i n g to the issue, w i l l neveT
be more needed. She is fighting th is
bat t le f o r us a l l , not in her own in te r
cat at a l l but aga ins t i t , and c e r t a in ly
no one but a c o w a r d w i l l leave ber
to bear the brunt o f the fight alone
If we cannot a l l be arrested and
go to j a i l f o r m a i n t a i n i n g the r ights
of a f r ee people, we can l o y a l l y s tand
by and suppor t those who do.
The report of the t r i a l w i l l be g i v e n
our next issue.
R a t h d r u m , Ida., N o v . 9. K v e r y t h i n g is encouraging f o r the
defendant i n the Steve A d a m s case so f a r . There is n o t h i n g that d i r ec t l y connects h im w i t h the cr ime of k i l l i n g F r e d T y l e r , and the indi rec t evidence is only such as might be adduced in any f r o n t i e r w a r f a r e ; where there are two f a c t i ons in a communi ty that hate each other, and especia l ly where there is so much at s take as a b i t t e r contest
f a rmer s and poor men who have se t t led on the l and under the provisions of the government , to make homes f o r themselves, and have a place on Sod's green ear th , and a bunch of
robber jumpers pa id by great cap i ta l i s t ic interests to break the law and de p r i v e the w o r k i n g class o f t he i r r ights .
Steve was w i t h his f r i e n d S i m p k i n s whose c l a i m had been jumped . B o t h were members of the Wes te rn F*>1
ra t ion and that was vnough to connect them w i t h murders and dvna mi te acco rd ing to that aveng ing angel
f the M i n e O w n e r s ' A s s o c i a t i o n , S leu th M c P a r l a n .
I t i s the op in ion o f those who have • II..wed the cha in of events closely
that not a hai r of S teve A d a m s ' head w i l l ever be touched. N o t o n l y is sll evidence l a c k i n g against h im but it is not be l i evab le that any j u r y o f poor hard w o r k i n g f a rmers in this count ry , as these man are, w i l l ever b r i n g in any verd ic t anywhere in f a v o r of the t imber robbers and against honest sett lers.
F a i r T r i a l . The court proceedings arc b e i n g con
lucted i l l as f a i r a manner ; is could be expecte I under a system of laws ami ins t i tu t ions based upon the monu mental c r ime o f the despol ia t ion of he w o r k i n g class ami the robbery and
murder of the highest hopes and oppor tun i t i e s of the human race.
l o d g e Woons is a very k i n d , pleasant man, and his ru l ings are g i v i n g the defendant the extreme la t i tude that the l aw a l lows h i m . N o one can compla in of his lack of < turtesy to the a t torneys f o r the defense. In fact he has sa id that Har row was the strongest man he ever saw at the bar.
V e r y l i t t l e interest is man i fes t ed in the case by the townspeople of Rath d rum, even the t i ny cour t room be ing filled on ly a por t ion o f the t ime .
Steve is be ing t reated as w e l l as could be expected under the e i rcum stances. The sher i f f has re laxed the
lose confinement in which he was held at first . It was h a v i n g a v e r y bad effect on the eyes o f Adams, and tin a l ly the doctor sa id he would go b l i n d unless he was g i v e n outdoor exercise, and now every day he may be seen •ut w i t h S h e r i f f Mat-Donald or a bai
l i f f t a k i n g a w a l k ab tut t own . He bj a lways v e r y nea t ly dressed, ani l as one meets the two men there is no th ing to ind ica te that a desperate Federa t ion murderi r is w a l k i n g loose around lasva.
C o r r u p t i n g C a p i t a l i s t P ress . The cap i t a l i s t papers are d o i n g ex
ac t ly as they d id in southern Idaho using eve ry s in i s te r and v i c i o u s means to misrepresent the fac t s , m a l i g n tin Fede ra t i on , and pre jud ice the minds of the pub l ic against the Federa t ion men th rough the avenues of th i s case E v e r y absurd and on the face of i t f a k e tale is t ro t ted out i n sober earn est as re l i ab le ma te r i a l . T h e F e d era t ion men are branded as c r i m i n a l s i n every l ine of i t s p ros t i tu ted m ports. It is even r i v a l i n g the States man in i t s unp r inc ip l ed tight against these w o r k i n g men and is m a k i n g it se l f so obnoxious to the w o r k i n g class and in f a c t a l l f a i r minded people throughout the Ra thd rum cominun u v that i t s c i r c u l a t i o n has f a l l e n off per cept bly . In f ac t a movement i t on foo t to boycot t i t comple te ly through out th is d i s t n . t . Its reporter , S t a t i c has aroused a great deal of an tagonism and d i s l i k e not only by the u t t e r ly false reports he is p r i n t i n g but by his unpopular and b u l l d o z i n g ways . It i t even s ta ted that he is one of the
ratt iest P i n k e r t o n s and spies em ployed against the Federa l i on . O f bru ta l and s tocky phys ica l demeanor he is most i n s u l t i n g to the social is ts about t own , even us ing v io lence am of fens ive language. So unpopular is he that there is l i ab le to be trouble over his presence at the t r i a l as th rep iese i i ta t ive of the Rev iew.
The R a t h d r u m T r i b i makes feeble echo o f i t l pace setter, the Re view, a i m i n g to pre judice and poison the minds of the ] pie through i ts u n t r u t h f u l report! . It stated that tin Spokesman reporter went on the stand and re i te ra ted that M r s . H a z l c t t ha stated to h i m that she was go iug to Ra thdurm to educate the A d a m s ju ry a de l ibera te fa l sehood as the reporter had den ied express ly that she sai that, the s ta tement be ing in the head lines w h i c h he admi t t ed j » e r e w r i t t e n by another party. B u t what is a l i t t l e one horse cap i t a l i s t sheet f o r that is
s t a rv ing on the ragged edge of sycophancy i f i t is not to l i cksp i t t l e to i t l cap i ta l i s t bosses that feed i t on the p o l i t i c a l c rumbs f r o m the plutoerat ie table.
I d a Crouch-Haz le t t .
th. t i .
R a t h d r u m , Ida., N o v . 9.
On Thur sday the prosecution under
took to in t roduce the test imony of her
and M r s . A r c h i e P h i l l i p s that waa
g i v e n at the W a l l a c e t r i a l . The P h i l l i p s people were jumpers
f r o m the M a r b l e C r e e k d i s t r ic t who gave the most emphat ic evidence against A d a m s at the previous t r i a l . T h e y belonged to the c rowd of c l a i m jumpers who were banded together to depr ive the l a w f u l set t lers of t he i r r ights . P rosecu t ing A t t o r n e y K n i g h t made a f f i d a v i t that the state had t r i e d in every possible w a y to get these valuable witnesses to BS SfSBSal B u t they had le f t the j u r i s d i c t i o n of the state and gone out o f the country ent i r e ly and cou ld not be found. M r . K n i g h t f u r t h e r a f f i r m e d that the P h i l l ips people had s ta ted that they had U-en so t e r r i f i ed by threats of violence, the a t tempted d y n a m i t i n g of the i r home and other outrages that they feared to g i v e a n y more tes t imony against the Fede ra t i on members. M r s . P h i l l i p s ' health was in a state of nervous collapse a n d P h i l l i p s had lost h i t job and could not get work, and since the b l o w i n g up of She r i f f B r o w n , he thought the best t h i n g he cou ld do f o r h imsel f was to get out of the count ry .
H e y b u r n , the Demagogue.
A sensation w h i c h was a ve r i t ab l e explos ion o f . a p o l i t i c a l bomb i n the Idaho s i t u a t i n g , was caused by K n i g h t r ead ing a le t te r f rom Senator H e y b u r n r e l a t i ve to P h i l l i p s ' appointment to a government job because of the service he had rendered the state by his t es t imony i n the Adams case.
It seems that the unders tanding was that P h i l l i p s was to be rewarded f o r his zeal in beha l f of the state in these
ises by an appo in tment to a government pos i t ion as t i m b e r cruiser upon
(Case* d ' .Ment i s Indian reserva-•in. C. .1. Shoemaker , t reasurer of
Koo tena i county , a po l i t i ca l go be-ween}, made a p p l i c a t i o n fo r P h i l l i p s o Senator H e y b u r n . Bu t H e y b u r n had
got wise H i s pa r ty is a f t e r the scalps f the o f f i c i a l s o f the Federa t ion , but
a n ' t get a l o n g wi thou t their votes. He knows the v o t i n g strength of the
•deration in Idaho. Hence i n spite f the se rv ice that c l a i m juti p> r P h i l -ipps has rendered the state author
ities in t r y i n g to b r i n g about the con-ic t ion of A d a m s , H e y b u r n i t sudden-i' s t reek by g r i p p i n g pain* i n his
hi ther to e las t ic conscience and wr i t e s i Shoemaker that he has diseovt red
that P h i l l i p s was a H I M . p e r , and a iidgment was in court against h im oa
that charge, a m i h is appointment w;;« >ut of the ques t ion .
It leaked out that Shoemaker him stdf was •he man that wrote to the land
f f lce about P h i l l i p s , and thence i n formed H e y b u r n , o f the facts i n the
ase. H o w e v t r . H e y b u r n throw* P h i l ips overboard ra ther than go before
the Federa t ion voters wi th him as an incubus. A c c o r d i n g to the le t t s r presented by K n i g h t , Ph i l l i p s gets It back by c u t t i n g his job as i n f o r m e r , and the A d a m s prosecution is l e f t
ang l ing in the a i r metaphor ica l ly where it is the i r dear desire to have \da ins d a n g l i n g phys i ca l ly .
P i n k e r t o n i s h R u b b i s h . The melodramat ic phtute of b lood ,
thunder and br imatone . has the o ld P i n k e r t o n f lavor . Bu t the f r ame-up waa e f fec t ive .
V i o l a t e C o n s t i t u t i o n a l R i g h t . M r . Dar row made vigorous protcet
against any documenta ry evidvnee be-iug in t roduced agains t Adams where the de fendan t had no opor tun i ty to f a c e his answers. T h e judge sent the jury out a m i the case was argued. K n i g h t sa id the par t ies were beyt ud the j u r i s d i c t i o n of the court. H e had |aBSSi them to P o r t l a n d , and f r o m the best he could learn , they were now i n B r i t i s h C o l u m b i a .
M r . K n i g h t m a d " these statements u n d e r outh on the stand. Dar row asked him i f when ht> was in Spokane hun t ing the dynami t e , he *av» Th i e l e , the dect ive also. K n i g h t ad .n i t ' ed that he talket l to Thiele. M r . Har row then wanted to kuow i f h " had heard anyth ing about who hai l k i l l ed our wi t ness, H a r v e y B r o w n .
Judge M e H . I I made the argument on tin* competency of i l • witnesses. The I d a h o s ta tu te carries no provision f o r east evidence. The r igh t ia u f undamen ta l one der ived f r o m M a g na i ' h a r t i that a man act used must be facet! by his accusers. T h e state has not this r igh t , but a defendant has. The I d a h o l aw is e x p l i c i t s n d
the utmost that ca: be done is to da-
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JURY SATISFACTORY TO A L L Rathdrum, Ida., Nov. 6.
Both tides seem to be well pleated
With the jury in the Adams rase. At
torney Knight, leading counsel for the
prosecution, stated he was willing to
leave the outcome of the case in the
hands of the present jury.
Complexion of the Jury.
The jury and its occupation and poli-
Ratthdrum, Ida., Nov. 7. Mr. J . M Gentry and Mr. Edward
Htanttbury were two witnesses called by the state that have gone far to-wads strengthening Adams case in the trial now pending. These men were employed by the big timber companies in timber cruising. On one of these trips their party penetrated into the heavy, brushy woods, and there came upon the remains of a dead body lying
We a r c A p p o s e d t o g o v e r n m e n t by injunction. We arc opposed to any method o f Jurisprudence which makos a czar of a judge, allow him to make arbitrary laws, and sentence men to jail for viola-don of his self made law. We are opposed to government by injunction because it deprives a man of the right of a trial by a jury of his peers. We do oppose and will oppose any and all acts of court or king snbverslve of democratic institutions and destructive of alJ liberty.
'•• t ics are: M . B a r t o , Sucker U k c , g 0 | n e ^ l t , v t m a t h a t t h e y
rancher , and votes m i x e d t i c k e t ; Oeo.
P r i c e , 1'ost Ka i l s , m i l l h a n d , r epub l i can ;
C . A . Waters , Coeur d ' A l e n e s boat cap
t a i n , democrat W . G o r w o o d , L a k e
creek, f a rmer , democra t ; Char les Det-
temur l , Post F a l l s , merchant , demo
c ra t ; H. A . V a r n u m , Qatar d ' A l e n e s ,
carpenter, r e p u b l i c a n ; J o h n ('. Cor ton ,
Ra thdrun i , f a rmer , democra t ; P . A . M c
A r t h u r , M i c a B a y . f a r m e r , republ ican ;
M i l t o n I ' iper , A t h o l , f a r m e r , democrat ;
M a t h c w M i l l e r , R a t h d r u m , farmer , |s>
mocra t ; J . T. H a r l a n , Host , f a rmer de
mocra t ; H . F . House, R a t h d r u m , ranch
er, democrat.
Va rnum was labor candidate for
mayor at Coeur d ' A l e n e s last sp r ing .
M i l l e r , D i t t emore a n d - H o r l a n have
been members of labor unions. N i n e
of the jurors have been homesteaders.
The state exerc ised a l l its peremp
tory r igh ts whi le the defense used on ly
seven peremptory chal lenges, pass ing
the panel twice E a c h t ime this p r iv
i lege is employed it exhausts a pcrem
tory , and when the j u r y was complete
the dt fense had but one lef t ia Mailt] Clarence H a r r o w , l e a d i n g , counsel
f o r the defense, entered objec t ion to
the state h a v i n g lit peremptory chal l
enges, s ay ing the l aw g i v i n g it
p r i v i l e g e was passed
Adams was t r i ed one.
facta, T h e abjaattaa
t h i s a f t e r Hteve
and was ex post was overruled,
it was made on the t h i r d peremptory chal lenge of the state last week and met w i t h the same f a t e . A n except ion was entered.
Tria l Begins.
Wednesday morn ing the first wi t
newses were ca l led by the prosecution.
M r s . Thomas , mother of Fred T y l e r ,
was first on the s tand, and related the
faeti about her f a m i l y coming out
f r o m M i c h i g a n f r o m the t imber tSM
t ry—herse l f and t w o daughters and
a f t e r wards F r e d S h e described the
apjearancc o f T y l e r and the t a k i n g up
of clams through a locator , one . lack
K u c r s t e i n .
H a r r o w ' s cross e x a m i n a t i o n brought
out that T y l e r w o r k e d i n the woods
i n M i c h i g a n that he had no money o f
his own but was f u r n i s h e d money to
bu i ld his cab in and get supplies, and
that Iks mother and sisters were to
be located, on c la ims i n the tame way . In several of T y l e r ' s let ters he had
w r i t t e n his nod her not to w o r r y about h im. When D a r r o w asked her what there was to w o r r y about, she said the w i l d an ima l s i n the woods where her son was go ing .
Harrow said , " A r c y o u sure M were not a f r a i d of the homesteaders instead of the c o n g o r s ! "
The evidence show that in a l l proba b i l i t y the T y l e r s Were s i m p l y a f a m i l y of jumpers b rought out f r o m the M i c h i g a n woodt b y B . R . L e w i s to take up lands f r o m the homesteaders f o r the b i g lumber cap i ta l i s t s .
B. R. L e w i s i t one of the vi les t c r imina ls that ever enr iched himself i n a new count ry by o v e r r i d i n g the r ights of the poor, t t e a l i n g and law breaki n g in order to ob ta in h i s r i c h e r H e
it a banker and wealthy lumber man
and hat made himself rich by hit
Crimea. In one of Tyler'a letters be taid it
waa part of the bargain that they were to get medicine from Kueratein, thr loeator.
Tyler's lister gave him a revolver to take with him on thit trip, show iug that he anticipated danger
l e f t i t there, and a f t e r w a r d s the T y l e r f a m i l y heard of i t , and went in and took possession o f i t . Deputy SlierifT W i l l i a m s was encountered acc iden ta l l y and taken in w i t h them. These s tor ies completely change the complex ion of the commonly accepted idea i n the
popular mind eoi r u i n g the case. It hat been genera l ly s ta ted that A d a m s was i n c r i m i n a t e d purely by his own
T W O confess ion, and the body of T y l e i f o u n d acco rd ing to his own di rec t ions . The test imony o f these witnesses utte r ly discredi t th i s v i ew. The body was f o u n d by accident , the iden t i f i cn t ion is very meager, and i f the stat< is depending u p o n the ha l f crazed con fess ion of a man tor tured by f e a r and a f t e r w a r d s comple te ly repudia ted by him, i ts chances arc p re t ty s l i m to head another Federa t ion man in to e te rn i ty that way .
Making an Example. The secret of the whole mat ter i a
tha t the b i g t imber companies want to make an example out of S t eve A d a m s so that i n the f u t u r e no ont w i l l in te r fe re w i t h thei r j umpers i n the interest of so unimpor tant a f a c t o r as homesteadert . They must get some one, and Steve as a f r i e n d of S i m p k i n s , whose c la im was among those that were pimped, is a convenicct charac ter to sacr i f ice .
A s the t r i a l progresses M r . H a w lev is s i t t i n g w i t h the s ta te ' s a t torneys wa tch ing what t ran spires, and m a k i n g f requent suggestions.
Not much interest is man i f e s t ed M I the t r i a l by the towu people. The general s y m p a t h y seems to bo w i t h Adams. The very fac t that these Inn her c ru i s ing par t ies went up to exam ine t imln-r a l ready set t led upon, show that the r igh t s of sett lers were ii»nor ed. T y l e r hai l had a cabin bu i l t f o r h im on the v e r y piece of land where S i m p k i n s ' c a b i n was a l ready bui l t and where he was l i v i n g
A n Unwilling Witness. The t e s t imony of George H . Root
one of the set t lers in the M a r b l e Creek d i s t r i c t , proved a r emarkab le corroborat ion of the in jus t i ce that is hea|Hi 'd upon the small proper ty owners by the great aggregat ions u f c ap i t a l Beet is a d a p i x T y o u n g f e l l o w that c l e rks in a Hardware store in Boise when he i t not on his c l a i m . H i s every act ion and word al lowed that he d i d not wish to t e s t i f y f o r that s ide of the case, and had been brought there against h is w i l l . H e is a person ul f r i e n d of S i m p k i n s , and was inter i s t e i l as a l l the settlers were, i n def e n d i n g their homes against the th ieves that were opera t ing under the protee t ion of the b i g lumber companies .
It seems that one Sunday the homesteaders met at an ind igna t ion meeti n g in the woods, to d i s c u t i among themselves wha t should be done conce rn ing thei r homesteads and the Nor the rn P a c i f i c s t r ip w h i c h had jus t I H ' C I I opened.
A t th i s mee t ing A d a m s was pretent w i t h S i m p k i n s , and many others whose homes were menaced by the rapacious t imber th ieves . These men of the woods were a rmed ; as one wi tness sa id , " i t was unsafe to go unprotec ted in those d a y s . " D i f f e r e n t onet t a l k e d at t h i t mee t ing . The discuss ion was as regards wha t the settlert should do to protect their homes. The case of one c l a i m jumper was already in court, and a number advited that they pa t i e n t l y awa i t the issue in this case Others were for g e t t i n g the jumpers out of the coun t ry .
Asking Advice. K. i . . t testified to a conversa t ion he
had w i t h S i m p k i n s where in Simpkins asked his advice as to what he thought he ought to do w i t h the maa (Tver)
GOVERNMENT BY INJUNCTION EVIDENCE F A V O R A B L E TO A D A M S
L A T E S T FROM SCENE OF B A T T L E R a t h d r u m , N o v . l O .
M r . M i l l a r d , the uncle of S teve
A d a m s , is an in teres t ing figure at the
t r i a l . S t e v e was arrested on his ranch
at Ha ines . Oregon, a short d is tance
nit f r o m B a k e r C i t y . The k i n d heart
•d o ld gent leman is a fine specimen
of the o ld soldier , h a v i n g served
through the c i v i l wa r on the confeder
als s ide. He is 71 years of age but
s t ra ight a m i vigorous w i t h ha i r a n d
in the office of ex-Governor M o r r i s o n
be fo re a number of witnesses.
Deep P l o t t e d Consp i racy .
Adams was held wi thout charge or
pre l iminary e x a m i n a t i o n un t i l a f t e r
his uncle got h im out on a wr i t o f
habeas corpus through ex Governor
M o r r i s o n whom he employed as at-
toi ney.
The day of the i r r i g a t i o n congress
Mr. M i l l a r d had asked to take d inner
beard yet da rk . H i s mind has Keen w i t h his nephew in the peni ten t ia ry ,
so ag i t a t ed by the shock ing Injus t ices T o his surprise W a r d e n W h i t n e y grant-
has perce ived in connect ion w i t h j ed the request, a n d he had a l ine din-
the arrest of his nephew that he has ner w i t h Steve and bis f a m i l y . T h i s
lost a l l f a i t h in any jus t i ce or rec t i - w a * the first t ime he had got to see
tude under th is government H e has h i m alone tdnce his arrest .
become en t i re ly devoted to the progress of th i s case, and says he means to see it th rough no matter wha t i t costs. He says his w i f e is equal ly dete rmined to stay w i t h the sad a n d t ragic s i t u a t i o n t i l t i ts f ina l issue.
A s an instance of the k i n d heart of the old gent leman he not only has real c,I eight e ih ldren o f his own but besides these has p rov ided and ca red f o r ten orphan ch i ld ren t i l l they were g r o w n . He raised Steve ami his two brothers , (although they w e n ' f a i r l y f a i r l y wel l g rown when their mother d ied .
Whi tney ca l l ed i n d u r i n g the v i s i t and made this s tatement , " I f Steve s tays wi th the state and helps hang these men ( r e f e r r i n g to the Wes te rn Federa l ion o f f i c i a l s ) he w i l l be given
• complete immun i ty . T o r t u r e Beg ins .
A f t e r this v i s i t , on a pretense of aearching Hteve f o r a n y t h i n g that his uncle sjlgfcl have g i v e n h im, he was s t r ipped, taken f r o m the woman ' s wa rd where he had been l i v i n g in com Iterative comfor t , and put in a mur Saver's eell The P i n k e r t o n scavengers were then admi t t ed to h im—the whole
Adams came f r o m P a r k C i t y , F t a h , '< g H J l , \ „ , harpies. H a w l e y , Good ing , M« to h is u n c l e ' s ranch in J u n e . He had P a r i a n . Th ie le and a l l the rest not be,, , in h i d i n g at a l l as the mine ' , 8 t e V ( . | , .„ | ,„.,.„ j-nled f , „ , \ . l y ! i
o w n e r s ' s ide of th is p ropos i t ion h a s j i n Colarado at the t ime of the indus spread broadcast . He was arrested ) r i a l , r ( , u l , l e s and was then turned out the next F e b r u a r y H e was h a u l i n g w i t h o u t a n y t r i a l or charge. The hay when S tounenberg was k i l l e d . H e . hardships he endured then seem to had located a ranch near Maker C i t y , have un rvasj M a W h e n he was re H i s t roubles and detent ion have ve ry a r r ( < t , „ | he was made to bel ieve that near ly caused h i m to loae i t , but h is : m . w , , u l d be mobbed i f taken back to uncle says he t h i n k s he can save i t c d o r a d o . f , , r u i l " When T h i e l e pretended to " l o - a t e
The mother sa id that K u e r s t e i n bai l who had bu i l t a house on his c l a i m i n f o r m e d Iter that l awyers had been Root adv ised to wait t i l l the c l a i m s retained to take .-barge of the contests
if there should bo any. Mr. Thomas, the stepfather of Tyler,
told hit tale of the events preceding Tyler's death, ami identified the clothes, hair and skull, which were exhibited.
Darrow went after him strenuously on this testimony, and asked him how he could identify the hair as Tyler's when he admits that he could not iden tify his Wife's or that of his sons. He attacked him on the shape of the tkull in the same way. He also brought out that no post mortem examination wat ever held, nor Was there ever a coroner's jury.
Ida Crouch-Hazlett.
were settled i n court. A t t o r n e y K n i g h t kept t r y i n g to
draw f r o m Root that Simpkins had said something violent at t h i t mee t ing but his closest ques t ion ing f a i l e d to oh. it a n y t h i n g of the k i n d . T h e pro s e d i t i o n t r i ed to draw out what the a l t e rna t ive w a s that they wan ted to do w i t h the set t lers . Root said, "to go to them and n o t i f y them that they wanted them to leave the c o u n t r y . '
S teve Logan was another se t t ler who waa at th is protest meet ing , that was summoned b y the state . H e p roved equal ly u n w i l l i n g to t e s t i f y f o r the prosecution, and was equa l ly e f l l c a c i oua to the cause of A d a m s .
Ida C r o u c h - H a z l e t t .
A f t e r O r c h a r d ' s " c o n f e s s i o n " a C a l d w e l l a t torney f i led the compla in t against A d a m s on wh ich he was arrest ed. De tec t ive T h i e l e went out and made the arrest and announced that he had " l o c a t e d ' ' A d a m s , whereas it had never been the sl ightest d i f f i c u l t y to " l o c a t e " h im. Instead of b e i n g t a k e n to the C a l d w e l l j a i l , he w a s •has s t ra ight through to Boise w i t h
his f a m i l y and lodged in the penitent i ray where he was kept f o r seven months wi thout b a i l , and wi thout a harge b e i n g lodged against h i m .
Closely Guarded. No one was a l lowed to see h im ex
ept the guards and the ar i s tocra ts of the Idaho repub l i can a d m i n i s t r a t i o n — leesUagi Bo rah , H a w l e y and a l l that
s w a r m of cap i t a l i s t parasi tes. Three imea his uncle t r i ed to see h i m , but ou ld never get to h im except in the
presence o f the guards. H i * m a i l was al l -.pen.'.I and read by the warden Hi> was shut off f r o m any c o m m u n i a t i o n w i t h the outs ide wor ld or any onf ideu tu i l re la t ions w i t h his f r i e n d s .
I m m e d i a t e l y a f t e r the ar res t of A d a m s , M r . M i l l a r d , who was i n Texas , wro to a f o r m e r f r i e n d of his, one M . S B o n d , , t o get C . A . M o o r e , a l a w y e r of B a k e r c i t y , and go to Boise and t r y and get b a i l f o r h i m . Moore and B o n d went to see G o o d i n g the first t h i n g when they a r r i v e d at Boise .
T h r o u g h some unexp la ined ove r s igh t A d a m s lay i n the p e n i t e n t i a r y a l o n g t i m e w i t h no a t t en t ion f r o m the F e d e ra t ion . It was then that G o o d i n g f u r n i s h e d the t r a i to r M o o r e w i t h mon ey to go to Colorado and see the gov crnor , and seo if he c o u l d not ob t a in i m m u n i t y f o r A d a m s , p r o v i d e d he w o u l d corrobora te O r c h a r d .
There can be no quest ion about skis l a t t e r instance as Moore admi t t ed this
h im, he phoned B r o w n , the sheriff at Bake r C i t y , who came out b r i n g i n g several others w i t h h i m . B r o w n sa id to Steve, " I am on the ins ide ; do what they want y o u to, a n d y o u ' l l be back* in a f e w d a y s . " A t M r . M i l l a r d ' I expense on the preced ing t r i a l B r o w n came to W a l l a c e a n d tes t i f ied to this for the defense. S o one can set- which side would have the incen t ive to b low him up, the P inke r to t i s or the defense
In regard to the P h i l l i p s ' y a r n about d y n a m i t e b e i n g f o u n d i n thei r vard in -Spokane , it is fishy wi th a P i n kerton flavor f r o m the start. I f the tale were genuine why litis no invest! ga l lon been made. It is hardly l i k e l y that T h i e l e ' s P i u k e r t o u s would over l o o k a bet l i k e that . Yet , no detei t u . s have been put to w o r k . A n why 10 pounds w i t h caps in a pa i l when one j io i i i id wou ld blow up the whole ne ighborhood f
Forcing the Confession. So f a r as the " c o n f e s s i o n " is con
eerned, S teve c o u l d n ' t have w r i t t e n i t i f he had t r i e d . He has no educat ion The human harpies f ixed i t up to aui t themselves, took S teve to a notary , and he signed i t . H e thought he was gone anyway and it made no di f ference wha t he d id .
Al though M r . M i l l a r d could not see his nephew alone, ho could see h i m i n the presence o f M o o r o , the man who had be t rayed h i m .
The rea l purpose o f th is whole s h a m e f u l pe r secu t ion is to get S teve to swear agains t the Co lo rada men, and t h i n support O r c h a r d ' i w o n d e r f u l revelat ion*, Vi the rwise unsupported.
The t r a i t o r M o o r e a d m i t i that f lood ing, Borah and H a w l e y pa id him a handsome fee.
C o n t i n u e d o n P a g e 4.)
MRS. H A Z L E T T ON TRIAL On F r i d a y , N o v e m b e r 15, M r s Hae-
l e U ' s t r i a l comos off in the super ior
court a t Spokane . The s t ruggle ahe
is m a k i n g agains t the unjust t y r anny
and i m p o s i t i o n of the cap i t a l i s t cour ts
is al l the han l e r as l o c a l Spokane ,
led by a number of w o u l d be pecudo
socialist*, has deserted to the enemy.
^ T h i s f r e e speech s t rugg le that the
state of Washington is w a g i n g w i t h
the authorities is of the utmost im
portance to the future dissemination
uf the soeialist doctrine. Whatever
aid the f e l l o w worke r s of M r s . l iar ,
lot ciui b r i n g to the issue, w i l l neveT
be more needed. She is fighting th is
bat t le f o r us a l l , not in her own in te r
cat at a l l but aga ins t i t , and c e r t a in ly
no one but a c o w a r d w i l l leave ber
to bear the brunt o f the fight alone
If we cannot a l l be arrested and
go to j a i l f o r m a i n t a i n i n g the r ights
of a f r ee people, we can l o y a l l y s tand
by and suppor t those who do.
The report of the t r i a l w i l l be g i v e n
our next issue.
R a t h d r u m , Ida., N o v . 9. K v e r y t h i n g is encouraging f o r the
defendant i n the Steve A d a m s case so f a r . There is n o t h i n g that d i r ec t l y connects h im w i t h the cr ime of k i l l i n g F r e d T y l e r , and the indi rec t evidence is only such as might be adduced in any f r o n t i e r w a r f a r e ; where there are two f a c t i ons in a communi ty that hate each other, and especia l ly where there is so much at s take as a b i t t e r contest
f a rmer s and poor men who have se t t led on the l and under the provisions of the government , to make homes f o r themselves, and have a place on Sod's green ear th , and a bunch of
robber jumpers pa id by great cap i ta l i s t ic interests to break the law and de p r i v e the w o r k i n g class o f t he i r r ights .
Steve was w i t h his f r i e n d S i m p k i n s whose c l a i m had been jumped . B o t h were members of the Wes te rn F*>1
ra t ion and that was vnough to connect them w i t h murders and dvna mi te acco rd ing to that aveng ing angel
f the M i n e O w n e r s ' A s s o c i a t i o n , S leu th M c P a r l a n .
I t i s the op in ion o f those who have • II..wed the cha in of events closely
that not a hai r of S teve A d a m s ' head w i l l ever be touched. N o t o n l y is sll evidence l a c k i n g against h im but it is not be l i evab le that any j u r y o f poor hard w o r k i n g f a rmers in this count ry , as these man are, w i l l ever b r i n g in any verd ic t anywhere in f a v o r of the t imber robbers and against honest sett lers.
F a i r T r i a l . The court proceedings arc b e i n g con
lucted i l l as f a i r a manner ; is could be expecte I under a system of laws ami ins t i tu t ions based upon the monu mental c r ime o f the despol ia t ion of he w o r k i n g class ami the robbery and
murder of the highest hopes and oppor tun i t i e s of the human race.
l o d g e Woons is a very k i n d , pleasant man, and his ru l ings are g i v i n g the defendant the extreme la t i tude that the l aw a l lows h i m . N o one can compla in of his lack of < turtesy to the a t torneys f o r the defense. In fact he has sa id that Har row was the strongest man he ever saw at the bar.
V e r y l i t t l e interest is man i fes t ed in the case by the townspeople of Rath d rum, even the t i ny cour t room be ing filled on ly a por t ion o f the t ime .
Steve is be ing t reated as w e l l as could be expected under the e i rcum stances. The sher i f f has re laxed the
lose confinement in which he was held at first . It was h a v i n g a v e r y bad effect on the eyes o f Adams, and tin a l ly the doctor sa id he would go b l i n d unless he was g i v e n outdoor exercise, and now every day he may be seen •ut w i t h S h e r i f f Mat-Donald or a bai
l i f f t a k i n g a w a l k ab tut t own . He bj a lways v e r y nea t ly dressed, ani l as one meets the two men there is no th ing to ind ica te that a desperate Federa t ion murderi r is w a l k i n g loose around lasva.
C o r r u p t i n g C a p i t a l i s t P ress . The cap i t a l i s t papers are d o i n g ex
ac t ly as they d id in southern Idaho using eve ry s in i s te r and v i c i o u s means to misrepresent the fac t s , m a l i g n tin Fede ra t i on , and pre jud ice the minds of the pub l ic against the Federa t ion men th rough the avenues of th i s case E v e r y absurd and on the face of i t f a k e tale is t ro t ted out i n sober earn est as re l i ab le ma te r i a l . T h e F e d era t ion men are branded as c r i m i n a l s i n every l ine of i t s p ros t i tu ted m ports. It is even r i v a l i n g the States man in i t s unp r inc ip l ed tight against these w o r k i n g men and is m a k i n g it se l f so obnoxious to the w o r k i n g class and in f a c t a l l f a i r minded people throughout the Ra thd rum cominun u v that i t s c i r c u l a t i o n has f a l l e n off per cept bly . In f ac t a movement i t on foo t to boycot t i t comple te ly through out th is d i s t n . t . Its reporter , S t a t i c has aroused a great deal of an tagonism and d i s l i k e not only by the u t t e r ly false reports he is p r i n t i n g but by his unpopular and b u l l d o z i n g ways . It i t even s ta ted that he is one of the
ratt iest P i n k e r t o n s and spies em ployed against the Federa l i on . O f bru ta l and s tocky phys ica l demeanor he is most i n s u l t i n g to the social is ts about t own , even us ing v io lence am of fens ive language. So unpopular is he that there is l i ab le to be trouble over his presence at the t r i a l as th rep iese i i ta t ive of the Rev iew.
The R a t h d r u m T r i b i makes feeble echo o f i t l pace setter, the Re view, a i m i n g to pre judice and poison the minds of the ] pie through i ts u n t r u t h f u l report! . It stated that tin Spokesman reporter went on the stand and re i te ra ted that M r s . H a z l c t t ha stated to h i m that she was go iug to Ra thdurm to educate the A d a m s ju ry a de l ibera te fa l sehood as the reporter had den ied express ly that she sai that, the s ta tement be ing in the head lines w h i c h he admi t t ed j » e r e w r i t t e n by another party. B u t what is a l i t t l e one horse cap i t a l i s t sheet f o r that is
s t a rv ing on the ragged edge of sycophancy i f i t is not to l i cksp i t t l e to i t l cap i ta l i s t bosses that feed i t on the p o l i t i c a l c rumbs f r o m the plutoerat ie table.
I d a Crouch-Haz le t t .
th. t i .
R a t h d r u m , Ida., N o v . 9.
On Thur sday the prosecution under
took to in t roduce the test imony of her
and M r s . A r c h i e P h i l l i p s that waa
g i v e n at the W a l l a c e t r i a l . The P h i l l i p s people were jumpers
f r o m the M a r b l e C r e e k d i s t r ic t who gave the most emphat ic evidence against A d a m s at the previous t r i a l . T h e y belonged to the c rowd of c l a i m jumpers who were banded together to depr ive the l a w f u l set t lers of t he i r r ights . P rosecu t ing A t t o r n e y K n i g h t made a f f i d a v i t that the state had t r i e d in every possible w a y to get these valuable witnesses to BS SfSBSal B u t they had le f t the j u r i s d i c t i o n of the state and gone out o f the country ent i r e ly and cou ld not be found. M r . K n i g h t f u r t h e r a f f i r m e d that the P h i l l ips people had s ta ted that they had U-en so t e r r i f i ed by threats of violence, the a t tempted d y n a m i t i n g of the i r home and other outrages that they feared to g i v e a n y more tes t imony against the Fede ra t i on members. M r s . P h i l l i p s ' health was in a state of nervous collapse a n d P h i l l i p s had lost h i t job and could not get work, and since the b l o w i n g up of She r i f f B r o w n , he thought the best t h i n g he cou ld do f o r h imsel f was to get out of the count ry .
H e y b u r n , the Demagogue.
A sensation w h i c h was a ve r i t ab l e explos ion o f . a p o l i t i c a l bomb i n the Idaho s i t u a t i n g , was caused by K n i g h t r ead ing a le t te r f rom Senator H e y b u r n r e l a t i ve to P h i l l i p s ' appointment to a government job because of the service he had rendered the state by his t es t imony i n the Adams case.
It seems that the unders tanding was that P h i l l i p s was to be rewarded f o r his zeal in beha l f of the state in these
ises by an appo in tment to a government pos i t ion as t i m b e r cruiser upon
(Case* d ' .Ment i s Indian reserva-•in. C. .1. Shoemaker , t reasurer of
Koo tena i county , a po l i t i ca l go be-ween}, made a p p l i c a t i o n fo r P h i l l i p s o Senator H e y b u r n . Bu t H e y b u r n had
got wise H i s pa r ty is a f t e r the scalps f the o f f i c i a l s o f the Federa t ion , but
a n ' t get a l o n g wi thou t their votes. He knows the v o t i n g strength of the
•deration in Idaho. Hence i n spite f the se rv ice that c l a i m juti p> r P h i l -ipps has rendered the state author
ities in t r y i n g to b r i n g about the con-ic t ion of A d a m s , H e y b u r n i t sudden-i' s t reek by g r i p p i n g pain* i n his
hi ther to e las t ic conscience and wr i t e s i Shoemaker that he has diseovt red
that P h i l l i p s was a H I M . p e r , and a iidgment was in court against h im oa
that charge, a m i h is appointment w;;« >ut of the ques t ion .
It leaked out that Shoemaker him stdf was •he man that wrote to the land
f f lce about P h i l l i p s , and thence i n formed H e y b u r n , o f the facts i n the
ase. H o w e v t r . H e y b u r n throw* P h i l ips overboard ra ther than go before
the Federa t ion voters wi th him as an incubus. A c c o r d i n g to the le t t s r presented by K n i g h t , Ph i l l i p s gets It back by c u t t i n g his job as i n f o r m e r , and the A d a m s prosecution is l e f t
ang l ing in the a i r metaphor ica l ly where it is the i r dear desire to have \da ins d a n g l i n g phys i ca l ly .
P i n k e r t o n i s h R u b b i s h . The melodramat ic phtute of b lood ,
thunder and br imatone . has the o ld P i n k e r t o n f lavor . Bu t the f r ame-up waa e f fec t ive .
V i o l a t e C o n s t i t u t i o n a l R i g h t . M r . Dar row made vigorous protcet
against any documenta ry evidvnee be-iug in t roduced agains t Adams where the de fendan t had no opor tun i ty to f a c e his answers. T h e judge sent the jury out a m i the case was argued. K n i g h t sa id the par t ies were beyt ud the j u r i s d i c t i o n of the court. H e had |aBSSi them to P o r t l a n d , and f r o m the best he could learn , they were now i n B r i t i s h C o l u m b i a .
M r . K n i g h t m a d " these statements u n d e r outh on the stand. Dar row asked him i f when ht> was in Spokane hun t ing the dynami t e , he *av» Th i e l e , the dect ive also. K n i g h t ad .n i t ' ed that he talket l to Thiele. M r . Har row then wanted to kuow i f h " had heard anyth ing about who hai l k i l l ed our wi t ness, H a r v e y B r o w n .
Judge M e H . I I made the argument on tin* competency of i l • witnesses. The I d a h o s ta tu te carries no provision f o r east evidence. The r igh t ia u f undamen ta l one der ived f r o m M a g na i ' h a r t i that a man act used must be facet! by his accusers. T h e state has not this r igh t , but a defendant has. The I d a h o l aw is e x p l i c i t s n d
the utmost that ca: be done is to da-
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JURY SATISFACTORY TO A L L Rathdrum, Ida., Nov. 6.
Both tides seem to be well pleated
With the jury in the Adams rase. At
torney Knight, leading counsel for the
prosecution, stated he was willing to
leave the outcome of the case in the
hands of the present jury.
Complexion of the Jury.
The jury and its occupation and poli-
Ratthdrum, Ida., Nov. 7. Mr. J . M Gentry and Mr. Edward
Htanttbury were two witnesses called by the state that have gone far to-wads strengthening Adams case in the trial now pending. These men were employed by the big timber companies in timber cruising. On one of these trips their party penetrated into the heavy, brushy woods, and there came upon the remains of a dead body lying
We a r c A p p o s e d t o g o v e r n m e n t by injunction. We arc opposed to any method o f Jurisprudence which makos a czar of a judge, allow him to make arbitrary laws, and sentence men to jail for viola-don of his self made law. We are opposed to government by injunction because it deprives a man of the right of a trial by a jury of his peers. We do oppose and will oppose any and all acts of court or king snbverslve of democratic institutions and destructive of alJ liberty.
'•• t ics are: M . B a r t o , Sucker U k c , g 0 | n e ^ l t , v t m a t h a t t h e y
rancher , and votes m i x e d t i c k e t ; Oeo.
P r i c e , 1'ost Ka i l s , m i l l h a n d , r epub l i can ;
C . A . Waters , Coeur d ' A l e n e s boat cap
t a i n , democrat W . G o r w o o d , L a k e
creek, f a rmer , democra t ; Char les Det-
temur l , Post F a l l s , merchant , demo
c ra t ; H. A . V a r n u m , Qatar d ' A l e n e s ,
carpenter, r e p u b l i c a n ; J o h n ('. Cor ton ,
Ra thdrun i , f a rmer , democra t ; P . A . M c
A r t h u r , M i c a B a y . f a r m e r , republ ican ;
M i l t o n I ' iper , A t h o l , f a r m e r , democrat ;
M a t h c w M i l l e r , R a t h d r u m , farmer , |s>
mocra t ; J . T. H a r l a n , Host , f a rmer de
mocra t ; H . F . House, R a t h d r u m , ranch
er, democrat.
Va rnum was labor candidate for
mayor at Coeur d ' A l e n e s last sp r ing .
M i l l e r , D i t t emore a n d - H o r l a n have
been members of labor unions. N i n e
of the jurors have been homesteaders.
The state exerc ised a l l its peremp
tory r igh ts whi le the defense used on ly
seven peremptory chal lenges, pass ing
the panel twice E a c h t ime this p r iv
i lege is employed it exhausts a pcrem
tory , and when the j u r y was complete
the dt fense had but one lef t ia Mailt] Clarence H a r r o w , l e a d i n g , counsel
f o r the defense, entered objec t ion to
the state h a v i n g lit peremptory chal l
enges, s ay ing the l aw g i v i n g it
p r i v i l e g e was passed
Adams was t r i ed one.
facta, T h e abjaattaa
t h i s a f t e r Hteve
and was ex post was overruled,
it was made on the t h i r d peremptory chal lenge of the state last week and met w i t h the same f a t e . A n except ion was entered.
Tria l Begins.
Wednesday morn ing the first wi t
newses were ca l led by the prosecution.
M r s . Thomas , mother of Fred T y l e r ,
was first on the s tand, and related the
faeti about her f a m i l y coming out
f r o m M i c h i g a n f r o m the t imber tSM
t ry—herse l f and t w o daughters and
a f t e r wards F r e d S h e described the
apjearancc o f T y l e r and the t a k i n g up
of clams through a locator , one . lack
K u c r s t e i n .
H a r r o w ' s cross e x a m i n a t i o n brought
out that T y l e r w o r k e d i n the woods
i n M i c h i g a n that he had no money o f
his own but was f u r n i s h e d money to
bu i ld his cab in and get supplies, and
that Iks mother and sisters were to
be located, on c la ims i n the tame way . In several of T y l e r ' s let ters he had
w r i t t e n his nod her not to w o r r y about h im. When D a r r o w asked her what there was to w o r r y about, she said the w i l d an ima l s i n the woods where her son was go ing .
Harrow said , " A r c y o u sure M were not a f r a i d of the homesteaders instead of the c o n g o r s ! "
The evidence show that in a l l proba b i l i t y the T y l e r s Were s i m p l y a f a m i l y of jumpers b rought out f r o m the M i c h i g a n woodt b y B . R . L e w i s to take up lands f r o m the homesteaders f o r the b i g lumber cap i ta l i s t s .
B. R. L e w i s i t one of the vi les t c r imina ls that ever enr iched himself i n a new count ry by o v e r r i d i n g the r ights of the poor, t t e a l i n g and law breaki n g in order to ob ta in h i s r i c h e r H e
it a banker and wealthy lumber man
and hat made himself rich by hit
Crimea. In one of Tyler'a letters be taid it
waa part of the bargain that they were to get medicine from Kueratein, thr loeator.
Tyler's lister gave him a revolver to take with him on thit trip, show iug that he anticipated danger
l e f t i t there, and a f t e r w a r d s the T y l e r f a m i l y heard of i t , and went in and took possession o f i t . Deputy SlierifT W i l l i a m s was encountered acc iden ta l l y and taken in w i t h them. These s tor ies completely change the complex ion of the commonly accepted idea i n the
popular mind eoi r u i n g the case. It hat been genera l ly s ta ted that A d a m s was i n c r i m i n a t e d purely by his own
T W O confess ion, and the body of T y l e i f o u n d acco rd ing to his own di rec t ions . The test imony o f these witnesses utte r ly discredi t th i s v i ew. The body was f o u n d by accident , the iden t i f i cn t ion is very meager, and i f the stat< is depending u p o n the ha l f crazed con fess ion of a man tor tured by f e a r and a f t e r w a r d s comple te ly repudia ted by him, i ts chances arc p re t ty s l i m to head another Federa t ion man in to e te rn i ty that way .
Making an Example. The secret of the whole mat ter i a
tha t the b i g t imber companies want to make an example out of S t eve A d a m s so that i n the f u t u r e no ont w i l l in te r fe re w i t h thei r j umpers i n the interest of so unimpor tant a f a c t o r as homesteadert . They must get some one, and Steve as a f r i e n d of S i m p k i n s , whose c la im was among those that were pimped, is a convenicct charac ter to sacr i f ice .
A s the t r i a l progresses M r . H a w lev is s i t t i n g w i t h the s ta te ' s a t torneys wa tch ing what t ran spires, and m a k i n g f requent suggestions.
Not much interest is man i f e s t ed M I the t r i a l by the towu people. The general s y m p a t h y seems to bo w i t h Adams. The very fac t that these Inn her c ru i s ing par t ies went up to exam ine t imln-r a l ready set t led upon, show that the r igh t s of sett lers were ii»nor ed. T y l e r hai l had a cabin bu i l t f o r h im on the v e r y piece of land where S i m p k i n s ' c a b i n was a l ready bui l t and where he was l i v i n g
A n Unwilling Witness. The t e s t imony of George H . Root
one of the set t lers in the M a r b l e Creek d i s t r i c t , proved a r emarkab le corroborat ion of the in jus t i ce that is hea|Hi 'd upon the small proper ty owners by the great aggregat ions u f c ap i t a l Beet is a d a p i x T y o u n g f e l l o w that c l e rks in a Hardware store in Boise when he i t not on his c l a i m . H i s every act ion and word al lowed that he d i d not wish to t e s t i f y f o r that s ide of the case, and had been brought there against h is w i l l . H e is a person ul f r i e n d of S i m p k i n s , and was inter i s t e i l as a l l the settlers were, i n def e n d i n g their homes against the th ieves that were opera t ing under the protee t ion of the b i g lumber companies .
It seems that one Sunday the homesteaders met at an ind igna t ion meeti n g in the woods, to d i s c u t i among themselves wha t should be done conce rn ing thei r homesteads and the Nor the rn P a c i f i c s t r ip w h i c h had jus t I H ' C I I opened.
A t th i s mee t ing A d a m s was pretent w i t h S i m p k i n s , and many others whose homes were menaced by the rapacious t imber th ieves . These men of the woods were a rmed ; as one wi tness sa id , " i t was unsafe to go unprotec ted in those d a y s . " D i f f e r e n t onet t a l k e d at t h i t mee t ing . The discuss ion was as regards wha t the settlert should do to protect their homes. The case of one c l a i m jumper was already in court, and a number advited that they pa t i e n t l y awa i t the issue in this case Others were for g e t t i n g the jumpers out of the coun t ry .
Asking Advice. K. i . . t testified to a conversa t ion he
had w i t h S i m p k i n s where in Simpkins asked his advice as to what he thought he ought to do w i t h the maa (Tver)
GOVERNMENT BY INJUNCTION EVIDENCE F A V O R A B L E TO A D A M S
L A T E S T FROM SCENE OF B A T T L E R a t h d r u m , N o v . l O .
M r . M i l l a r d , the uncle of S teve
A d a m s , is an in teres t ing figure at the
t r i a l . S t e v e was arrested on his ranch
at Ha ines . Oregon, a short d is tance
nit f r o m B a k e r C i t y . The k i n d heart
•d o ld gent leman is a fine specimen
of the o ld soldier , h a v i n g served
through the c i v i l wa r on the confeder
als s ide. He is 71 years of age but
s t ra ight a m i vigorous w i t h ha i r a n d
in the office of ex-Governor M o r r i s o n
be fo re a number of witnesses.
Deep P l o t t e d Consp i racy .
Adams was held wi thout charge or
pre l iminary e x a m i n a t i o n un t i l a f t e r
his uncle got h im out on a wr i t o f
habeas corpus through ex Governor
M o r r i s o n whom he employed as at-
toi ney.
The day of the i r r i g a t i o n congress
Mr. M i l l a r d had asked to take d inner
beard yet da rk . H i s mind has Keen w i t h his nephew in the peni ten t ia ry ,
so ag i t a t ed by the shock ing Injus t ices T o his surprise W a r d e n W h i t n e y grant-
has perce ived in connect ion w i t h j ed the request, a n d he had a l ine din-
the arrest of his nephew that he has ner w i t h Steve and bis f a m i l y . T h i s
lost a l l f a i t h in any jus t i ce or rec t i - w a * the first t ime he had got to see
tude under th is government H e has h i m alone tdnce his arrest .
become en t i re ly devoted to the progress of th i s case, and says he means to see it th rough no matter wha t i t costs. He says his w i f e is equal ly dete rmined to stay w i t h the sad a n d t ragic s i t u a t i o n t i l t i ts f ina l issue.
A s an instance of the k i n d heart of the old gent leman he not only has real c,I eight e ih ldren o f his own but besides these has p rov ided and ca red f o r ten orphan ch i ld ren t i l l they were g r o w n . He raised Steve ami his two brothers , (although they w e n ' f a i r l y f a i r l y wel l g rown when their mother d ied .
Whi tney ca l l ed i n d u r i n g the v i s i t and made this s tatement , " I f Steve s tays wi th the state and helps hang these men ( r e f e r r i n g to the Wes te rn Federa l ion o f f i c i a l s ) he w i l l be given
• complete immun i ty . T o r t u r e Beg ins .
A f t e r this v i s i t , on a pretense of aearching Hteve f o r a n y t h i n g that his uncle sjlgfcl have g i v e n h im, he was s t r ipped, taken f r o m the woman ' s wa rd where he had been l i v i n g in com Iterative comfor t , and put in a mur Saver's eell The P i n k e r t o n scavengers were then admi t t ed to h im—the whole
Adams came f r o m P a r k C i t y , F t a h , '< g H J l , \ „ , harpies. H a w l e y , Good ing , M« to h is u n c l e ' s ranch in J u n e . He had P a r i a n . Th ie le and a l l the rest not be,, , in h i d i n g at a l l as the mine ' , 8 t e V ( . | , .„ | ,„.,.„ j-nled f , „ , \ . l y ! i
o w n e r s ' s ide of th is p ropos i t ion h a s j i n Colarado at the t ime of the indus spread broadcast . He was arrested ) r i a l , r ( , u l , l e s and was then turned out the next F e b r u a r y H e was h a u l i n g w i t h o u t a n y t r i a l or charge. The hay when S tounenberg was k i l l e d . H e . hardships he endured then seem to had located a ranch near Maker C i t y , have un rvasj M a W h e n he was re H i s t roubles and detent ion have ve ry a r r ( < t , „ | he was made to bel ieve that near ly caused h i m to loae i t , but h is : m . w , , u l d be mobbed i f taken back to uncle says he t h i n k s he can save i t c d o r a d o . f , , r u i l " When T h i e l e pretended to " l o - a t e
The mother sa id that K u e r s t e i n bai l who had bu i l t a house on his c l a i m i n f o r m e d Iter that l awyers had been Root adv ised to wait t i l l the c l a i m s retained to take .-barge of the contests
if there should bo any. Mr. Thomas, the stepfather of Tyler,
told hit tale of the events preceding Tyler's death, ami identified the clothes, hair and skull, which were exhibited.
Darrow went after him strenuously on this testimony, and asked him how he could identify the hair as Tyler's when he admits that he could not iden tify his Wife's or that of his sons. He attacked him on the shape of the tkull in the same way. He also brought out that no post mortem examination wat ever held, nor Was there ever a coroner's jury.
Ida Crouch-Hazlett.
were settled i n court. A t t o r n e y K n i g h t kept t r y i n g to
draw f r o m Root that Simpkins had said something violent at t h i t mee t ing but his closest ques t ion ing f a i l e d to oh. it a n y t h i n g of the k i n d . T h e pro s e d i t i o n t r i ed to draw out what the a l t e rna t ive w a s that they wan ted to do w i t h the set t lers . Root said, "to go to them and n o t i f y them that they wanted them to leave the c o u n t r y . '
S teve Logan was another se t t ler who waa at th is protest meet ing , that was summoned b y the state . H e p roved equal ly u n w i l l i n g to t e s t i f y f o r the prosecution, and was equa l ly e f l l c a c i oua to the cause of A d a m s .
Ida C r o u c h - H a z l e t t .
A f t e r O r c h a r d ' s " c o n f e s s i o n " a C a l d w e l l a t torney f i led the compla in t against A d a m s on wh ich he was arrest ed. De tec t ive T h i e l e went out and made the arrest and announced that he had " l o c a t e d ' ' A d a m s , whereas it had never been the sl ightest d i f f i c u l t y to " l o c a t e " h im. Instead of b e i n g t a k e n to the C a l d w e l l j a i l , he w a s •has s t ra ight through to Boise w i t h
his f a m i l y and lodged in the penitent i ray where he was kept f o r seven months wi thout b a i l , and wi thout a harge b e i n g lodged against h i m .
Closely Guarded. No one was a l lowed to see h im ex
ept the guards and the ar i s tocra ts of the Idaho repub l i can a d m i n i s t r a t i o n — leesUagi Bo rah , H a w l e y and a l l that
s w a r m of cap i t a l i s t parasi tes. Three imea his uncle t r i ed to see h i m , but ou ld never get to h im except in the
presence o f the guards. H i * m a i l was al l -.pen.'.I and read by the warden Hi> was shut off f r o m any c o m m u n i a t i o n w i t h the outs ide wor ld or any onf ideu tu i l re la t ions w i t h his f r i e n d s .
I m m e d i a t e l y a f t e r the ar res t of A d a m s , M r . M i l l a r d , who was i n Texas , wro to a f o r m e r f r i e n d of his, one M . S B o n d , , t o get C . A . M o o r e , a l a w y e r of B a k e r c i t y , and go to Boise and t r y and get b a i l f o r h i m . Moore and B o n d went to see G o o d i n g the first t h i n g when they a r r i v e d at Boise .
T h r o u g h some unexp la ined ove r s igh t A d a m s lay i n the p e n i t e n t i a r y a l o n g t i m e w i t h no a t t en t ion f r o m the F e d e ra t ion . It was then that G o o d i n g f u r n i s h e d the t r a i to r M o o r e w i t h mon ey to go to Colorado and see the gov crnor , and seo if he c o u l d not ob t a in i m m u n i t y f o r A d a m s , p r o v i d e d he w o u l d corrobora te O r c h a r d .
There can be no quest ion about skis l a t t e r instance as Moore admi t t ed this
h im, he phoned B r o w n , the sheriff at Bake r C i t y , who came out b r i n g i n g several others w i t h h i m . B r o w n sa id to Steve, " I am on the ins ide ; do what they want y o u to, a n d y o u ' l l be back* in a f e w d a y s . " A t M r . M i l l a r d ' I expense on the preced ing t r i a l B r o w n came to W a l l a c e a n d tes t i f ied to this for the defense. S o one can set- which side would have the incen t ive to b low him up, the P inke r to t i s or the defense
In regard to the P h i l l i p s ' y a r n about d y n a m i t e b e i n g f o u n d i n thei r vard in -Spokane , it is fishy wi th a P i n kerton flavor f r o m the start. I f the tale were genuine why litis no invest! ga l lon been made. It is hardly l i k e l y that T h i e l e ' s P i u k e r t o u s would over l o o k a bet l i k e that . Yet , no detei t u . s have been put to w o r k . A n why 10 pounds w i t h caps in a pa i l when one j io i i i id wou ld blow up the whole ne ighborhood f
Forcing the Confession. So f a r as the " c o n f e s s i o n " is con
eerned, S teve c o u l d n ' t have w r i t t e n i t i f he had t r i e d . He has no educat ion The human harpies f ixed i t up to aui t themselves, took S teve to a notary , and he signed i t . H e thought he was gone anyway and it made no di f ference wha t he d id .
Al though M r . M i l l a r d could not see his nephew alone, ho could see h i m i n the presence o f M o o r o , the man who had be t rayed h i m .
The rea l purpose o f th is whole s h a m e f u l pe r secu t ion is to get S teve to swear agains t the Co lo rada men, and t h i n support O r c h a r d ' i w o n d e r f u l revelat ion*, Vi the rwise unsupported.
The t r a i t o r M o o r e a d m i t i that f lood ing, Borah and H a w l e y pa id him a handsome fee.
C o n t i n u e d o n P a g e 4.)
MRS. H A Z L E T T ON TRIAL On F r i d a y , N o v e m b e r 15, M r s Hae-
l e U ' s t r i a l comos off in the super ior
court a t Spokane . The s t ruggle ahe
is m a k i n g agains t the unjust t y r anny
and i m p o s i t i o n of the cap i t a l i s t cour ts
is al l the han l e r as l o c a l Spokane ,
led by a number of w o u l d be pecudo
socialist*, has deserted to the enemy.
^ T h i s f r e e speech s t rugg le that the
state of Washington is w a g i n g w i t h
the authorities is of the utmost im
portance to the future dissemination
uf the soeialist doctrine. Whatever
aid the f e l l o w worke r s of M r s . l iar ,
lot ciui b r i n g to the issue, w i l l neveT
be more needed. She is fighting th is
bat t le f o r us a l l , not in her own in te r
cat at a l l but aga ins t i t , and c e r t a in ly
no one but a c o w a r d w i l l leave ber
to bear the brunt o f the fight alone
If we cannot a l l be arrested and
go to j a i l f o r m a i n t a i n i n g the r ights
of a f r ee people, we can l o y a l l y s tand
by and suppor t those who do.
The report of the t r i a l w i l l be g i v e n
our next issue.
R a t h d r u m , Ida., N o v . 9. K v e r y t h i n g is encouraging f o r the
defendant i n the Steve A d a m s case so f a r . There is n o t h i n g that d i r ec t l y connects h im w i t h the cr ime of k i l l i n g F r e d T y l e r , and the indi rec t evidence is only such as might be adduced in any f r o n t i e r w a r f a r e ; where there are two f a c t i ons in a communi ty that hate each other, and especia l ly where there is so much at s take as a b i t t e r contest
f a rmer s and poor men who have se t t led on the l and under the provisions of the government , to make homes f o r themselves, and have a place on Sod's green ear th , and a bunch of
robber jumpers pa id by great cap i ta l i s t ic interests to break the law and de p r i v e the w o r k i n g class o f t he i r r ights .
Steve was w i t h his f r i e n d S i m p k i n s whose c l a i m had been jumped . B o t h were members of the Wes te rn F*>1
ra t ion and that was vnough to connect them w i t h murders and dvna mi te acco rd ing to that aveng ing angel
f the M i n e O w n e r s ' A s s o c i a t i o n , S leu th M c P a r l a n .
I t i s the op in ion o f those who have • II..wed the cha in of events closely
that not a hai r of S teve A d a m s ' head w i l l ever be touched. N o t o n l y is sll evidence l a c k i n g against h im but it is not be l i evab le that any j u r y o f poor hard w o r k i n g f a rmers in this count ry , as these man are, w i l l ever b r i n g in any verd ic t anywhere in f a v o r of the t imber robbers and against honest sett lers.
F a i r T r i a l . The court proceedings arc b e i n g con
lucted i l l as f a i r a manner ; is could be expecte I under a system of laws ami ins t i tu t ions based upon the monu mental c r ime o f the despol ia t ion of he w o r k i n g class ami the robbery and
murder of the highest hopes and oppor tun i t i e s of the human race.
l o d g e Woons is a very k i n d , pleasant man, and his ru l ings are g i v i n g the defendant the extreme la t i tude that the l aw a l lows h i m . N o one can compla in of his lack of < turtesy to the a t torneys f o r the defense. In fact he has sa id that Har row was the strongest man he ever saw at the bar.
V e r y l i t t l e interest is man i fes t ed in the case by the townspeople of Rath d rum, even the t i ny cour t room be ing filled on ly a por t ion o f the t ime .
Steve is be ing t reated as w e l l as could be expected under the e i rcum stances. The sher i f f has re laxed the
lose confinement in which he was held at first . It was h a v i n g a v e r y bad effect on the eyes o f Adams, and tin a l ly the doctor sa id he would go b l i n d unless he was g i v e n outdoor exercise, and now every day he may be seen •ut w i t h S h e r i f f Mat-Donald or a bai
l i f f t a k i n g a w a l k ab tut t own . He bj a lways v e r y nea t ly dressed, ani l as one meets the two men there is no th ing to ind ica te that a desperate Federa t ion murderi r is w a l k i n g loose around lasva.
C o r r u p t i n g C a p i t a l i s t P ress . The cap i t a l i s t papers are d o i n g ex
ac t ly as they d id in southern Idaho using eve ry s in i s te r and v i c i o u s means to misrepresent the fac t s , m a l i g n tin Fede ra t i on , and pre jud ice the minds of the pub l ic against the Federa t ion men th rough the avenues of th i s case E v e r y absurd and on the face of i t f a k e tale is t ro t ted out i n sober earn est as re l i ab le ma te r i a l . T h e F e d era t ion men are branded as c r i m i n a l s i n every l ine of i t s p ros t i tu ted m ports. It is even r i v a l i n g the States man in i t s unp r inc ip l ed tight against these w o r k i n g men and is m a k i n g it se l f so obnoxious to the w o r k i n g class and in f a c t a l l f a i r minded people throughout the Ra thd rum cominun u v that i t s c i r c u l a t i o n has f a l l e n off per cept bly . In f ac t a movement i t on foo t to boycot t i t comple te ly through out th is d i s t n . t . Its reporter , S t a t i c has aroused a great deal of an tagonism and d i s l i k e not only by the u t t e r ly false reports he is p r i n t i n g but by his unpopular and b u l l d o z i n g ways . It i t even s ta ted that he is one of the
ratt iest P i n k e r t o n s and spies em ployed against the Federa l i on . O f bru ta l and s tocky phys ica l demeanor he is most i n s u l t i n g to the social is ts about t own , even us ing v io lence am of fens ive language. So unpopular is he that there is l i ab le to be trouble over his presence at the t r i a l as th rep iese i i ta t ive of the Rev iew.
The R a t h d r u m T r i b i makes feeble echo o f i t l pace setter, the Re view, a i m i n g to pre judice and poison the minds of the ] pie through i ts u n t r u t h f u l report! . It stated that tin Spokesman reporter went on the stand and re i te ra ted that M r s . H a z l c t t ha stated to h i m that she was go iug to Ra thdurm to educate the A d a m s ju ry a de l ibera te fa l sehood as the reporter had den ied express ly that she sai that, the s ta tement be ing in the head lines w h i c h he admi t t ed j » e r e w r i t t e n by another party. B u t what is a l i t t l e one horse cap i t a l i s t sheet f o r that is
s t a rv ing on the ragged edge of sycophancy i f i t is not to l i cksp i t t l e to i t l cap i ta l i s t bosses that feed i t on the p o l i t i c a l c rumbs f r o m the plutoerat ie table.
I d a Crouch-Haz le t t .
th. t i .
R a t h d r u m , Ida., N o v . 9.
On Thur sday the prosecution under
took to in t roduce the test imony of her
and M r s . A r c h i e P h i l l i p s that waa
g i v e n at the W a l l a c e t r i a l . The P h i l l i p s people were jumpers
f r o m the M a r b l e C r e e k d i s t r ic t who gave the most emphat ic evidence against A d a m s at the previous t r i a l . T h e y belonged to the c rowd of c l a i m jumpers who were banded together to depr ive the l a w f u l set t lers of t he i r r ights . P rosecu t ing A t t o r n e y K n i g h t made a f f i d a v i t that the state had t r i e d in every possible w a y to get these valuable witnesses to BS SfSBSal B u t they had le f t the j u r i s d i c t i o n of the state and gone out o f the country ent i r e ly and cou ld not be found. M r . K n i g h t f u r t h e r a f f i r m e d that the P h i l l ips people had s ta ted that they had U-en so t e r r i f i ed by threats of violence, the a t tempted d y n a m i t i n g of the i r home and other outrages that they feared to g i v e a n y more tes t imony against the Fede ra t i on members. M r s . P h i l l i p s ' health was in a state of nervous collapse a n d P h i l l i p s had lost h i t job and could not get work, and since the b l o w i n g up of She r i f f B r o w n , he thought the best t h i n g he cou ld do f o r h imsel f was to get out of the count ry .
H e y b u r n , the Demagogue.
A sensation w h i c h was a ve r i t ab l e explos ion o f . a p o l i t i c a l bomb i n the Idaho s i t u a t i n g , was caused by K n i g h t r ead ing a le t te r f rom Senator H e y b u r n r e l a t i ve to P h i l l i p s ' appointment to a government job because of the service he had rendered the state by his t es t imony i n the Adams case.
It seems that the unders tanding was that P h i l l i p s was to be rewarded f o r his zeal in beha l f of the state in these
ises by an appo in tment to a government pos i t ion as t i m b e r cruiser upon
(Case* d ' .Ment i s Indian reserva-•in. C. .1. Shoemaker , t reasurer of
Koo tena i county , a po l i t i ca l go be-ween}, made a p p l i c a t i o n fo r P h i l l i p s o Senator H e y b u r n . Bu t H e y b u r n had
got wise H i s pa r ty is a f t e r the scalps f the o f f i c i a l s o f the Federa t ion , but
a n ' t get a l o n g wi thou t their votes. He knows the v o t i n g strength of the
•deration in Idaho. Hence i n spite f the se rv ice that c l a i m juti p> r P h i l -ipps has rendered the state author
ities in t r y i n g to b r i n g about the con-ic t ion of A d a m s , H e y b u r n i t sudden-i' s t reek by g r i p p i n g pain* i n his
hi ther to e las t ic conscience and wr i t e s i Shoemaker that he has diseovt red
that P h i l l i p s was a H I M . p e r , and a iidgment was in court against h im oa
that charge, a m i h is appointment w;;« >ut of the ques t ion .
It leaked out that Shoemaker him stdf was •he man that wrote to the land
f f lce about P h i l l i p s , and thence i n formed H e y b u r n , o f the facts i n the
ase. H o w e v t r . H e y b u r n throw* P h i l ips overboard ra ther than go before
the Federa t ion voters wi th him as an incubus. A c c o r d i n g to the le t t s r presented by K n i g h t , Ph i l l i p s gets It back by c u t t i n g his job as i n f o r m e r , and the A d a m s prosecution is l e f t
ang l ing in the a i r metaphor ica l ly where it is the i r dear desire to have \da ins d a n g l i n g phys i ca l ly .
P i n k e r t o n i s h R u b b i s h . The melodramat ic phtute of b lood ,
thunder and br imatone . has the o ld P i n k e r t o n f lavor . Bu t the f r ame-up waa e f fec t ive .
V i o l a t e C o n s t i t u t i o n a l R i g h t . M r . Dar row made vigorous protcet
against any documenta ry evidvnee be-iug in t roduced agains t Adams where the de fendan t had no opor tun i ty to f a c e his answers. T h e judge sent the jury out a m i the case was argued. K n i g h t sa id the par t ies were beyt ud the j u r i s d i c t i o n of the court. H e had |aBSSi them to P o r t l a n d , and f r o m the best he could learn , they were now i n B r i t i s h C o l u m b i a .
M r . K n i g h t m a d " these statements u n d e r outh on the stand. Dar row asked him i f when ht> was in Spokane hun t ing the dynami t e , he *av» Th i e l e , the dect ive also. K n i g h t ad .n i t ' ed that he talket l to Thiele. M r . Har row then wanted to kuow i f h " had heard anyth ing about who hai l k i l l ed our wi t ness, H a r v e y B r o w n .
Judge M e H . I I made the argument on tin* competency of i l • witnesses. The I d a h o s ta tu te carries no provision f o r east evidence. The r igh t ia u f undamen ta l one der ived f r o m M a g na i ' h a r t i that a man act used must be facet! by his accusers. T h e state has not this r igh t , but a defendant has. The I d a h o l aw is e x p l i c i t s n d
the utmost that ca: be done is to da-
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JURY SATISFACTORY TO A L L Rathdrum, Ida., Nov. 6.
Both tides seem to be well pleated
With the jury in the Adams rase. At
torney Knight, leading counsel for the
prosecution, stated he was willing to
leave the outcome of the case in the
hands of the present jury.
Complexion of the Jury.
The jury and its occupation and poli-
Ratthdrum, Ida., Nov. 7. Mr. J . M Gentry and Mr. Edward
Htanttbury were two witnesses called by the state that have gone far to-wads strengthening Adams case in the trial now pending. These men were employed by the big timber companies in timber cruising. On one of these trips their party penetrated into the heavy, brushy woods, and there came upon the remains of a dead body lying
We a r c A p p o s e d t o g o v e r n m e n t by injunction. We arc opposed to any method o f Jurisprudence which makos a czar of a judge, allow him to make arbitrary laws, and sentence men to jail for viola-don of his self made law. We are opposed to government by injunction because it deprives a man of the right of a trial by a jury of his peers. We do oppose and will oppose any and all acts of court or king snbverslve of democratic institutions and destructive of alJ liberty.
'•• t ics are: M . B a r t o , Sucker U k c , g 0 | n e ^ l t , v t m a t h a t t h e y
rancher , and votes m i x e d t i c k e t ; Oeo.
P r i c e , 1'ost Ka i l s , m i l l h a n d , r epub l i can ;
C . A . Waters , Coeur d ' A l e n e s boat cap
t a i n , democrat W . G o r w o o d , L a k e
creek, f a rmer , democra t ; Char les Det-
temur l , Post F a l l s , merchant , demo
c ra t ; H. A . V a r n u m , Qatar d ' A l e n e s ,
carpenter, r e p u b l i c a n ; J o h n ('. Cor ton ,
Ra thdrun i , f a rmer , democra t ; P . A . M c
A r t h u r , M i c a B a y . f a r m e r , republ ican ;
M i l t o n I ' iper , A t h o l , f a r m e r , democrat ;
M a t h c w M i l l e r , R a t h d r u m , farmer , |s>
mocra t ; J . T. H a r l a n , Host , f a rmer de
mocra t ; H . F . House, R a t h d r u m , ranch
er, democrat.
Va rnum was labor candidate for
mayor at Coeur d ' A l e n e s last sp r ing .
M i l l e r , D i t t emore a n d - H o r l a n have
been members of labor unions. N i n e
of the jurors have been homesteaders.
The state exerc ised a l l its peremp
tory r igh ts whi le the defense used on ly
seven peremptory chal lenges, pass ing
the panel twice E a c h t ime this p r iv
i lege is employed it exhausts a pcrem
tory , and when the j u r y was complete
the dt fense had but one lef t ia Mailt] Clarence H a r r o w , l e a d i n g , counsel
f o r the defense, entered objec t ion to
the state h a v i n g lit peremptory chal l
enges, s ay ing the l aw g i v i n g it
p r i v i l e g e was passed
Adams was t r i ed one.
facta, T h e abjaattaa
t h i s a f t e r Hteve
and was ex post was overruled,
it was made on the t h i r d peremptory chal lenge of the state last week and met w i t h the same f a t e . A n except ion was entered.
Tria l Begins.
Wednesday morn ing the first wi t
newses were ca l led by the prosecution.
M r s . Thomas , mother of Fred T y l e r ,
was first on the s tand, and related the
faeti about her f a m i l y coming out
f r o m M i c h i g a n f r o m the t imber tSM
t ry—herse l f and t w o daughters and
a f t e r wards F r e d S h e described the
apjearancc o f T y l e r and the t a k i n g up
of clams through a locator , one . lack
K u c r s t e i n .
H a r r o w ' s cross e x a m i n a t i o n brought
out that T y l e r w o r k e d i n the woods
i n M i c h i g a n that he had no money o f
his own but was f u r n i s h e d money to
bu i ld his cab in and get supplies, and
that Iks mother and sisters were to
be located, on c la ims i n the tame way . In several of T y l e r ' s let ters he had
w r i t t e n his nod her not to w o r r y about h im. When D a r r o w asked her what there was to w o r r y about, she said the w i l d an ima l s i n the woods where her son was go ing .
Harrow said , " A r c y o u sure M were not a f r a i d of the homesteaders instead of the c o n g o r s ! "
The evidence show that in a l l proba b i l i t y the T y l e r s Were s i m p l y a f a m i l y of jumpers b rought out f r o m the M i c h i g a n woodt b y B . R . L e w i s to take up lands f r o m the homesteaders f o r the b i g lumber cap i ta l i s t s .
B. R. L e w i s i t one of the vi les t c r imina ls that ever enr iched himself i n a new count ry by o v e r r i d i n g the r ights of the poor, t t e a l i n g and law breaki n g in order to ob ta in h i s r i c h e r H e
it a banker and wealthy lumber man
and hat made himself rich by hit
Crimea. In one of Tyler'a letters be taid it
waa part of the bargain that they were to get medicine from Kueratein, thr loeator.
Tyler's lister gave him a revolver to take with him on thit trip, show iug that he anticipated danger
l e f t i t there, and a f t e r w a r d s the T y l e r f a m i l y heard of i t , and went in and took possession o f i t . Deputy SlierifT W i l l i a m s was encountered acc iden ta l l y and taken in w i t h them. These s tor ies completely change the complex ion of the commonly accepted idea i n the
popular mind eoi r u i n g the case. It hat been genera l ly s ta ted that A d a m s was i n c r i m i n a t e d purely by his own
T W O confess ion, and the body of T y l e i f o u n d acco rd ing to his own di rec t ions . The test imony o f these witnesses utte r ly discredi t th i s v i ew. The body was f o u n d by accident , the iden t i f i cn t ion is very meager, and i f the stat< is depending u p o n the ha l f crazed con fess ion of a man tor tured by f e a r and a f t e r w a r d s comple te ly repudia ted by him, i ts chances arc p re t ty s l i m to head another Federa t ion man in to e te rn i ty that way .
Making an Example. The secret of the whole mat ter i a
tha t the b i g t imber companies want to make an example out of S t eve A d a m s so that i n the f u t u r e no ont w i l l in te r fe re w i t h thei r j umpers i n the interest of so unimpor tant a f a c t o r as homesteadert . They must get some one, and Steve as a f r i e n d of S i m p k i n s , whose c la im was among those that were pimped, is a convenicct charac ter to sacr i f ice .
A s the t r i a l progresses M r . H a w lev is s i t t i n g w i t h the s ta te ' s a t torneys wa tch ing what t ran spires, and m a k i n g f requent suggestions.
Not much interest is man i f e s t ed M I the t r i a l by the towu people. The general s y m p a t h y seems to bo w i t h Adams. The very fac t that these Inn her c ru i s ing par t ies went up to exam ine t imln-r a l ready set t led upon, show that the r igh t s of sett lers were ii»nor ed. T y l e r hai l had a cabin bu i l t f o r h im on the v e r y piece of land where S i m p k i n s ' c a b i n was a l ready bui l t and where he was l i v i n g
A n Unwilling Witness. The t e s t imony of George H . Root
one of the set t lers in the M a r b l e Creek d i s t r i c t , proved a r emarkab le corroborat ion of the in jus t i ce that is hea|Hi 'd upon the small proper ty owners by the great aggregat ions u f c ap i t a l Beet is a d a p i x T y o u n g f e l l o w that c l e rks in a Hardware store in Boise when he i t not on his c l a i m . H i s every act ion and word al lowed that he d i d not wish to t e s t i f y f o r that s ide of the case, and had been brought there against h is w i l l . H e is a person ul f r i e n d of S i m p k i n s , and was inter i s t e i l as a l l the settlers were, i n def e n d i n g their homes against the th ieves that were opera t ing under the protee t ion of the b i g lumber companies .
It seems that one Sunday the homesteaders met at an ind igna t ion meeti n g in the woods, to d i s c u t i among themselves wha t should be done conce rn ing thei r homesteads and the Nor the rn P a c i f i c s t r ip w h i c h had jus t I H ' C I I opened.
A t th i s mee t ing A d a m s was pretent w i t h S i m p k i n s , and many others whose homes were menaced by the rapacious t imber th ieves . These men of the woods were a rmed ; as one wi tness sa id , " i t was unsafe to go unprotec ted in those d a y s . " D i f f e r e n t onet t a l k e d at t h i t mee t ing . The discuss ion was as regards wha t the settlert should do to protect their homes. The case of one c l a i m jumper was already in court, and a number advited that they pa t i e n t l y awa i t the issue in this case Others were for g e t t i n g the jumpers out of the coun t ry .
Asking Advice. K. i . . t testified to a conversa t ion he
had w i t h S i m p k i n s where in Simpkins asked his advice as to what he thought he ought to do w i t h the maa (Tver)
GOVERNMENT BY INJUNCTION EVIDENCE F A V O R A B L E TO A D A M S
L A T E S T FROM SCENE OF B A T T L E R a t h d r u m , N o v . l O .
M r . M i l l a r d , the uncle of S teve
A d a m s , is an in teres t ing figure at the
t r i a l . S t e v e was arrested on his ranch
at Ha ines . Oregon, a short d is tance
nit f r o m B a k e r C i t y . The k i n d heart
•d o ld gent leman is a fine specimen
of the o ld soldier , h a v i n g served
through the c i v i l wa r on the confeder
als s ide. He is 71 years of age but
s t ra ight a m i vigorous w i t h ha i r a n d
in the office of ex-Governor M o r r i s o n
be fo re a number of witnesses.
Deep P l o t t e d Consp i racy .
Adams was held wi thout charge or
pre l iminary e x a m i n a t i o n un t i l a f t e r
his uncle got h im out on a wr i t o f
habeas corpus through ex Governor
M o r r i s o n whom he employed as at-
toi ney.
The day of the i r r i g a t i o n congress
Mr. M i l l a r d had asked to take d inner
beard yet da rk . H i s mind has Keen w i t h his nephew in the peni ten t ia ry ,
so ag i t a t ed by the shock ing Injus t ices T o his surprise W a r d e n W h i t n e y grant-
has perce ived in connect ion w i t h j ed the request, a n d he had a l ine din-
the arrest of his nephew that he has ner w i t h Steve and bis f a m i l y . T h i s
lost a l l f a i t h in any jus t i ce or rec t i - w a * the first t ime he had got to see
tude under th is government H e has h i m alone tdnce his arrest .
become en t i re ly devoted to the progress of th i s case, and says he means to see it th rough no matter wha t i t costs. He says his w i f e is equal ly dete rmined to stay w i t h the sad a n d t ragic s i t u a t i o n t i l t i ts f ina l issue.
A s an instance of the k i n d heart of the old gent leman he not only has real c,I eight e ih ldren o f his own but besides these has p rov ided and ca red f o r ten orphan ch i ld ren t i l l they were g r o w n . He raised Steve ami his two brothers , (although they w e n ' f a i r l y f a i r l y wel l g rown when their mother d ied .
Whi tney ca l l ed i n d u r i n g the v i s i t and made this s tatement , " I f Steve s tays wi th the state and helps hang these men ( r e f e r r i n g to the Wes te rn Federa l ion o f f i c i a l s ) he w i l l be given
• complete immun i ty . T o r t u r e Beg ins .
A f t e r this v i s i t , on a pretense of aearching Hteve f o r a n y t h i n g that his uncle sjlgfcl have g i v e n h im, he was s t r ipped, taken f r o m the woman ' s wa rd where he had been l i v i n g in com Iterative comfor t , and put in a mur Saver's eell The P i n k e r t o n scavengers were then admi t t ed to h im—the whole
Adams came f r o m P a r k C i t y , F t a h , '< g H J l , \ „ , harpies. H a w l e y , Good ing , M« to h is u n c l e ' s ranch in J u n e . He had P a r i a n . Th ie le and a l l the rest not be,, , in h i d i n g at a l l as the mine ' , 8 t e V ( . | , .„ | ,„.,.„ j-nled f , „ , \ . l y ! i
o w n e r s ' s ide of th is p ropos i t ion h a s j i n Colarado at the t ime of the indus spread broadcast . He was arrested ) r i a l , r ( , u l , l e s and was then turned out the next F e b r u a r y H e was h a u l i n g w i t h o u t a n y t r i a l or charge. The hay when S tounenberg was k i l l e d . H e . hardships he endured then seem to had located a ranch near Maker C i t y , have un rvasj M a W h e n he was re H i s t roubles and detent ion have ve ry a r r ( < t , „ | he was made to bel ieve that near ly caused h i m to loae i t , but h is : m . w , , u l d be mobbed i f taken back to uncle says he t h i n k s he can save i t c d o r a d o . f , , r u i l " When T h i e l e pretended to " l o - a t e
The mother sa id that K u e r s t e i n bai l who had bu i l t a house on his c l a i m i n f o r m e d Iter that l awyers had been Root adv ised to wait t i l l the c l a i m s retained to take .-barge of the contests
if there should bo any. Mr. Thomas, the stepfather of Tyler,
told hit tale of the events preceding Tyler's death, ami identified the clothes, hair and skull, which were exhibited.
Darrow went after him strenuously on this testimony, and asked him how he could identify the hair as Tyler's when he admits that he could not iden tify his Wife's or that of his sons. He attacked him on the shape of the tkull in the same way. He also brought out that no post mortem examination wat ever held, nor Was there ever a coroner's jury.
Ida Crouch-Hazlett.
were settled i n court. A t t o r n e y K n i g h t kept t r y i n g to
draw f r o m Root that Simpkins had said something violent at t h i t mee t ing but his closest ques t ion ing f a i l e d to oh. it a n y t h i n g of the k i n d . T h e pro s e d i t i o n t r i ed to draw out what the a l t e rna t ive w a s that they wan ted to do w i t h the set t lers . Root said, "to go to them and n o t i f y them that they wanted them to leave the c o u n t r y . '
S teve Logan was another se t t ler who waa at th is protest meet ing , that was summoned b y the state . H e p roved equal ly u n w i l l i n g to t e s t i f y f o r the prosecution, and was equa l ly e f l l c a c i oua to the cause of A d a m s .
Ida C r o u c h - H a z l e t t .
A f t e r O r c h a r d ' s " c o n f e s s i o n " a C a l d w e l l a t torney f i led the compla in t against A d a m s on wh ich he was arrest ed. De tec t ive T h i e l e went out and made the arrest and announced that he had " l o c a t e d ' ' A d a m s , whereas it had never been the sl ightest d i f f i c u l t y to " l o c a t e " h im. Instead of b e i n g t a k e n to the C a l d w e l l j a i l , he w a s •has s t ra ight through to Boise w i t h
his f a m i l y and lodged in the penitent i ray where he was kept f o r seven months wi thout b a i l , and wi thout a harge b e i n g lodged against h i m .
Closely Guarded. No one was a l lowed to see h im ex
ept the guards and the ar i s tocra ts of the Idaho repub l i can a d m i n i s t r a t i o n — leesUagi Bo rah , H a w l e y and a l l that
s w a r m of cap i t a l i s t parasi tes. Three imea his uncle t r i ed to see h i m , but ou ld never get to h im except in the
presence o f the guards. H i * m a i l was al l -.pen.'.I and read by the warden Hi> was shut off f r o m any c o m m u n i a t i o n w i t h the outs ide wor ld or any onf ideu tu i l re la t ions w i t h his f r i e n d s .
I m m e d i a t e l y a f t e r the ar res t of A d a m s , M r . M i l l a r d , who was i n Texas , wro to a f o r m e r f r i e n d of his, one M . S B o n d , , t o get C . A . M o o r e , a l a w y e r of B a k e r c i t y , and go to Boise and t r y and get b a i l f o r h i m . Moore and B o n d went to see G o o d i n g the first t h i n g when they a r r i v e d at Boise .
T h r o u g h some unexp la ined ove r s igh t A d a m s lay i n the p e n i t e n t i a r y a l o n g t i m e w i t h no a t t en t ion f r o m the F e d e ra t ion . It was then that G o o d i n g f u r n i s h e d the t r a i to r M o o r e w i t h mon ey to go to Colorado and see the gov crnor , and seo if he c o u l d not ob t a in i m m u n i t y f o r A d a m s , p r o v i d e d he w o u l d corrobora te O r c h a r d .
There can be no quest ion about skis l a t t e r instance as Moore admi t t ed this
h im, he phoned B r o w n , the sheriff at Bake r C i t y , who came out b r i n g i n g several others w i t h h i m . B r o w n sa id to Steve, " I am on the ins ide ; do what they want y o u to, a n d y o u ' l l be back* in a f e w d a y s . " A t M r . M i l l a r d ' I expense on the preced ing t r i a l B r o w n came to W a l l a c e a n d tes t i f ied to this for the defense. S o one can set- which side would have the incen t ive to b low him up, the P inke r to t i s or the defense
In regard to the P h i l l i p s ' y a r n about d y n a m i t e b e i n g f o u n d i n thei r vard in -Spokane , it is fishy wi th a P i n kerton flavor f r o m the start. I f the tale were genuine why litis no invest! ga l lon been made. It is hardly l i k e l y that T h i e l e ' s P i u k e r t o u s would over l o o k a bet l i k e that . Yet , no detei t u . s have been put to w o r k . A n why 10 pounds w i t h caps in a pa i l when one j io i i i id wou ld blow up the whole ne ighborhood f
Forcing the Confession. So f a r as the " c o n f e s s i o n " is con
eerned, S teve c o u l d n ' t have w r i t t e n i t i f he had t r i e d . He has no educat ion The human harpies f ixed i t up to aui t themselves, took S teve to a notary , and he signed i t . H e thought he was gone anyway and it made no di f ference wha t he d id .
Al though M r . M i l l a r d could not see his nephew alone, ho could see h i m i n the presence o f M o o r o , the man who had be t rayed h i m .
The rea l purpose o f th is whole s h a m e f u l pe r secu t ion is to get S teve to swear agains t the Co lo rada men, and t h i n support O r c h a r d ' i w o n d e r f u l revelat ion*, Vi the rwise unsupported.
The t r a i t o r M o o r e a d m i t i that f lood ing, Borah and H a w l e y pa id him a handsome fee.
C o n t i n u e d o n P a g e 4.)
MRS. H A Z L E T T ON TRIAL On F r i d a y , N o v e m b e r 15, M r s Hae-
l e U ' s t r i a l comos off in the super ior
court a t Spokane . The s t ruggle ahe
is m a k i n g agains t the unjust t y r anny
and i m p o s i t i o n of the cap i t a l i s t cour ts
is al l the han l e r as l o c a l Spokane ,
led by a number of w o u l d be pecudo
socialist*, has deserted to the enemy.
^ T h i s f r e e speech s t rugg le that the
state of Washington is w a g i n g w i t h
the authorities is of the utmost im
portance to the future dissemination
uf the soeialist doctrine. Whatever
aid the f e l l o w worke r s of M r s . l iar ,
lot ciui b r i n g to the issue, w i l l neveT
be more needed. She is fighting th is
bat t le f o r us a l l , not in her own in te r
cat at a l l but aga ins t i t , and c e r t a in ly
no one but a c o w a r d w i l l leave ber
to bear the brunt o f the fight alone
If we cannot a l l be arrested and
go to j a i l f o r m a i n t a i n i n g the r ights
of a f r ee people, we can l o y a l l y s tand
by and suppor t those who do.
The report of the t r i a l w i l l be g i v e n
our next issue.
R a t h d r u m , Ida., N o v . 9. K v e r y t h i n g is encouraging f o r the
defendant i n the Steve A d a m s case so f a r . There is n o t h i n g that d i r ec t l y connects h im w i t h the cr ime of k i l l i n g F r e d T y l e r , and the indi rec t evidence is only such as might be adduced in any f r o n t i e r w a r f a r e ; where there are two f a c t i ons in a communi ty that hate each other, and especia l ly where there is so much at s take as a b i t t e r contest
f a rmer s and poor men who have se t t led on the l and under the provisions of the government , to make homes f o r themselves, and have a place on Sod's green ear th , and a bunch of
robber jumpers pa id by great cap i ta l i s t ic interests to break the law and de p r i v e the w o r k i n g class o f t he i r r ights .
Steve was w i t h his f r i e n d S i m p k i n s whose c l a i m had been jumped . B o t h were members of the Wes te rn F*>1
ra t ion and that was vnough to connect them w i t h murders and dvna mi te acco rd ing to that aveng ing angel
f the M i n e O w n e r s ' A s s o c i a t i o n , S leu th M c P a r l a n .
I t i s the op in ion o f those who have • II..wed the cha in of events closely
that not a hai r of S teve A d a m s ' head w i l l ever be touched. N o t o n l y is sll evidence l a c k i n g against h im but it is not be l i evab le that any j u r y o f poor hard w o r k i n g f a rmers in this count ry , as these man are, w i l l ever b r i n g in any verd ic t anywhere in f a v o r of the t imber robbers and against honest sett lers.
F a i r T r i a l . The court proceedings arc b e i n g con
lucted i l l as f a i r a manner ; is could be expecte I under a system of laws ami ins t i tu t ions based upon the monu mental c r ime o f the despol ia t ion of he w o r k i n g class ami the robbery and
murder of the highest hopes and oppor tun i t i e s of the human race.
l o d g e Woons is a very k i n d , pleasant man, and his ru l ings are g i v i n g the defendant the extreme la t i tude that the l aw a l lows h i m . N o one can compla in of his lack of < turtesy to the a t torneys f o r the defense. In fact he has sa id that Har row was the strongest man he ever saw at the bar.
V e r y l i t t l e interest is man i fes t ed in the case by the townspeople of Rath d rum, even the t i ny cour t room be ing filled on ly a por t ion o f the t ime .
Steve is be ing t reated as w e l l as could be expected under the e i rcum stances. The sher i f f has re laxed the
lose confinement in which he was held at first . It was h a v i n g a v e r y bad effect on the eyes o f Adams, and tin a l ly the doctor sa id he would go b l i n d unless he was g i v e n outdoor exercise, and now every day he may be seen •ut w i t h S h e r i f f Mat-Donald or a bai
l i f f t a k i n g a w a l k ab tut t own . He bj a lways v e r y nea t ly dressed, ani l as one meets the two men there is no th ing to ind ica te that a desperate Federa t ion murderi r is w a l k i n g loose around lasva.
C o r r u p t i n g C a p i t a l i s t P ress . The cap i t a l i s t papers are d o i n g ex
ac t ly as they d id in southern Idaho using eve ry s in i s te r and v i c i o u s means to misrepresent the fac t s , m a l i g n tin Fede ra t i on , and pre jud ice the minds of the pub l ic against the Federa t ion men th rough the avenues of th i s case E v e r y absurd and on the face of i t f a k e tale is t ro t ted out i n sober earn est as re l i ab le ma te r i a l . T h e F e d era t ion men are branded as c r i m i n a l s i n every l ine of i t s p ros t i tu ted m ports. It is even r i v a l i n g the States man in i t s unp r inc ip l ed tight against these w o r k i n g men and is m a k i n g it se l f so obnoxious to the w o r k i n g class and in f a c t a l l f a i r minded people throughout the Ra thd rum cominun u v that i t s c i r c u l a t i o n has f a l l e n off per cept bly . In f ac t a movement i t on foo t to boycot t i t comple te ly through out th is d i s t n . t . Its reporter , S t a t i c has aroused a great deal of an tagonism and d i s l i k e not only by the u t t e r ly false reports he is p r i n t i n g but by his unpopular and b u l l d o z i n g ways . It i t even s ta ted that he is one of the
ratt iest P i n k e r t o n s and spies em ployed against the Federa l i on . O f bru ta l and s tocky phys ica l demeanor he is most i n s u l t i n g to the social is ts about t own , even us ing v io lence am of fens ive language. So unpopular is he that there is l i ab le to be trouble over his presence at the t r i a l as th rep iese i i ta t ive of the Rev iew.
The R a t h d r u m T r i b i makes feeble echo o f i t l pace setter, the Re view, a i m i n g to pre judice and poison the minds of the ] pie through i ts u n t r u t h f u l report! . It stated that tin Spokesman reporter went on the stand and re i te ra ted that M r s . H a z l c t t ha stated to h i m that she was go iug to Ra thdurm to educate the A d a m s ju ry a de l ibera te fa l sehood as the reporter had den ied express ly that she sai that, the s ta tement be ing in the head lines w h i c h he admi t t ed j » e r e w r i t t e n by another party. B u t what is a l i t t l e one horse cap i t a l i s t sheet f o r that is
s t a rv ing on the ragged edge of sycophancy i f i t is not to l i cksp i t t l e to i t l cap i ta l i s t bosses that feed i t on the p o l i t i c a l c rumbs f r o m the plutoerat ie table.
I d a Crouch-Haz le t t .
th. t i .
R a t h d r u m , Ida., N o v . 9.
On Thur sday the prosecution under
took to in t roduce the test imony of her
and M r s . A r c h i e P h i l l i p s that waa
g i v e n at the W a l l a c e t r i a l . The P h i l l i p s people were jumpers
f r o m the M a r b l e C r e e k d i s t r ic t who gave the most emphat ic evidence against A d a m s at the previous t r i a l . T h e y belonged to the c rowd of c l a i m jumpers who were banded together to depr ive the l a w f u l set t lers of t he i r r ights . P rosecu t ing A t t o r n e y K n i g h t made a f f i d a v i t that the state had t r i e d in every possible w a y to get these valuable witnesses to BS SfSBSal B u t they had le f t the j u r i s d i c t i o n of the state and gone out o f the country ent i r e ly and cou ld not be found. M r . K n i g h t f u r t h e r a f f i r m e d that the P h i l l ips people had s ta ted that they had U-en so t e r r i f i ed by threats of violence, the a t tempted d y n a m i t i n g of the i r home and other outrages that they feared to g i v e a n y more tes t imony against the Fede ra t i on members. M r s . P h i l l i p s ' health was in a state of nervous collapse a n d P h i l l i p s had lost h i t job and could not get work, and since the b l o w i n g up of She r i f f B r o w n , he thought the best t h i n g he cou ld do f o r h imsel f was to get out of the count ry .
H e y b u r n , the Demagogue.
A sensation w h i c h was a ve r i t ab l e explos ion o f . a p o l i t i c a l bomb i n the Idaho s i t u a t i n g , was caused by K n i g h t r ead ing a le t te r f rom Senator H e y b u r n r e l a t i ve to P h i l l i p s ' appointment to a government job because of the service he had rendered the state by his t es t imony i n the Adams case.
It seems that the unders tanding was that P h i l l i p s was to be rewarded f o r his zeal in beha l f of the state in these
ises by an appo in tment to a government pos i t ion as t i m b e r cruiser upon
(Case* d ' .Ment i s Indian reserva-•in. C. .1. Shoemaker , t reasurer of
Koo tena i county , a po l i t i ca l go be-ween}, made a p p l i c a t i o n fo r P h i l l i p s o Senator H e y b u r n . Bu t H e y b u r n had
got wise H i s pa r ty is a f t e r the scalps f the o f f i c i a l s o f the Federa t ion , but
a n ' t get a l o n g wi thou t their votes. He knows the v o t i n g strength of the
•deration in Idaho. Hence i n spite f the se rv ice that c l a i m juti p> r P h i l -ipps has rendered the state author
ities in t r y i n g to b r i n g about the con-ic t ion of A d a m s , H e y b u r n i t sudden-i' s t reek by g r i p p i n g pain* i n his
hi ther to e las t ic conscience and wr i t e s i Shoemaker that he has diseovt red
that P h i l l i p s was a H I M . p e r , and a iidgment was in court against h im oa
that charge, a m i h is appointment w;;« >ut of the ques t ion .
It leaked out that Shoemaker him stdf was •he man that wrote to the land
f f lce about P h i l l i p s , and thence i n formed H e y b u r n , o f the facts i n the
ase. H o w e v t r . H e y b u r n throw* P h i l ips overboard ra ther than go before
the Federa t ion voters wi th him as an incubus. A c c o r d i n g to the le t t s r presented by K n i g h t , Ph i l l i p s gets It back by c u t t i n g his job as i n f o r m e r , and the A d a m s prosecution is l e f t
ang l ing in the a i r metaphor ica l ly where it is the i r dear desire to have \da ins d a n g l i n g phys i ca l ly .
P i n k e r t o n i s h R u b b i s h . The melodramat ic phtute of b lood ,
thunder and br imatone . has the o ld P i n k e r t o n f lavor . Bu t the f r ame-up waa e f fec t ive .
V i o l a t e C o n s t i t u t i o n a l R i g h t . M r . Dar row made vigorous protcet
against any documenta ry evidvnee be-iug in t roduced agains t Adams where the de fendan t had no opor tun i ty to f a c e his answers. T h e judge sent the jury out a m i the case was argued. K n i g h t sa id the par t ies were beyt ud the j u r i s d i c t i o n of the court. H e had |aBSSi them to P o r t l a n d , and f r o m the best he could learn , they were now i n B r i t i s h C o l u m b i a .
M r . K n i g h t m a d " these statements u n d e r outh on the stand. Dar row asked him i f when ht> was in Spokane hun t ing the dynami t e , he *av» Th i e l e , the dect ive also. K n i g h t ad .n i t ' ed that he talket l to Thiele. M r . Har row then wanted to kuow i f h " had heard anyth ing about who hai l k i l l ed our wi t ness, H a r v e y B r o w n .
Judge M e H . I I made the argument on tin* competency of i l • witnesses. The I d a h o s ta tu te carries no provision f o r east evidence. The r igh t ia u f undamen ta l one der ived f r o m M a g na i ' h a r t i that a man act used must be facet! by his accusers. T h e state has not this r igh t , but a defendant has. The I d a h o l aw is e x p l i c i t s n d
the utmost that ca: be done is to da-
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