Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-04-15
THE YODER
TESTIMONY
is TAKEN
GIRL TELLS STRAIGHT STORY
WHICH is CORROBORATED BY
THE WOODBURY. TEACHERS
SHOWS YODER'S CONDUCT IN
BAD LIGHT.

With flushed face and suffering
from extreme embarrassment, little
Ledia Shinback, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. ]. W. Shinback, took the witness
stand this forenoon in the court of
Judge Webster at the preliminary
examination of A. H. Yoder, superin-
, tendent of the Woodburn high school,
and who is charged with assault and
battery and told of the liberties he
had taken with her person,
She is IA years old, small for her
age, and under the guidance of Dis
trict Attorney McNary, falteringly
told of how .Yoder had invited her to
his room in the East school and how
upon these visits he had slipped his
arm about her; hugged and kissed
her and fondled her and how upon
the last occasion, after administering
all of these caresses, he had taken
| liberties with one of her legs. She
took his hand away she said and left
the office and in the evening told
her mother. The cross examination
of Attorney Darcy representing the
defendant failed to shake her story
but before it was over She broke
down and cried and when she left the
stand to join her mother in the court
room she was still weeping.R
The court room was crowded to
overhowing. Among the spectators
were people from the little town OF
Woodburn and besides the father
mother and the girl, two teachers
and school girl testified.
. Teachers Suspicious.
The first witness was Miss Moon
Ledia's teacher Her testimony in
brief was that Professor Yoder had
never called the girl from the room
to correct her, but that she had seen
her and other girls from time to time
in his room, and that she had seen
him scuffling with girls there. She
was suspicious as to his conduct with
regard to them, a2d 1t developed
that she sent girl at one time tC
spy on him when the Shinback girI
was in the room with him.
Miss Retta Joseph, teacher, was
the next witness, and she also said
that she had become suspicious as tC
his conduct She had girl In hel
room, she said, that bore watching
and upon one occasion when she left
the room, she became suspicious and
went to Yoder's room. At first she
was unable to gain an entrance but
finally she secured admittance and
she found he and the girl there.
The girl said he had called her In
to talk about her arithmetic, she tes-
tilted; while he said that he hat
called her in to talk to her with re-
gard to her conduct in the hallway
School Girl Testifes.
Miss Alice White, a school girl
aged Is years, followed. She sale
that at noon one day under direc
ton of Miss Moon she took bool
to the office of Yoder. 1t seems tC
have been used as library as wei
as an office. When she entered she
found Yoder and the Shinback gir
standing close together and wher
she entered, they separated anC
turned their backs to each other
While her mission was ostensibly t.
return the book to the library, sh'
admitted that, Miss Moon was suspi
cious and that 1t was really to ascer
tain for her what was going on be
tween Yoder and the girl.
The GlrFs Story.
Miss Shinback was unable to stat
how many time she had visited th'
Office OF Yoder. but said that at eacl
time 1t was at his request At thes
visits--that is after the first one-hi
put his arm about her, she said
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