Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-05-24
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laid before the jury, it was thought
best that the evidence OF the Walling
boy should be heard as also the state
ment of the miner, VIM. Mcdonald,
who was being held in the custody of
officers, awaiting the finding of the
body. Young Walling had been con-
signed to the reform school at st.
Anthony, and the inquest was there
fore adjourned until Tuesday, and a
messenger sent to bring the lad here.
Mcdonald was also brought before
the jury on Tuesday. The evidence
of both the Walling boy and McDon-
aid, while conflicting in some minor
details, practically co-operated, the
evidence showing that the miner had
taken chase after the Walling boy ad-
mitting that he had fired two shots
to scare the boys, and had not moles-
ted the Hoffman boy, Mcdonald stat
ing that the last seen of young Hoff-
man he was in a pool of water at
the edge OF the stream, which was
only about two feet deep, and it is
the supposition that the boy being
frightened attempted to swim across
the river and was caught in the ra-
pid stream and drowned. Other
witnesses were examined, but moth
ing was brought out that would tend
to show any act or violence on the
part of Mcdonald, and the verdict of
the jury was to the effect that the
boy entered the water voluntarily and
exhonorated Mcdonald from any
blame for the sad affair, and he was
accordingly released from the Gus
tody of the officers.
The affair is a most sad and la
mentable one throughout and a wave
OF sympathy goes out from the COM
munity to the family of the deceased,
but at the same time this sad ending
of the adventures of these young lads
should serve as a warning to other
boys in this community who are ad-
dicted to dime novel acts and it is
the duty of the parents of boys of
this character to exert more paren-
tai control over them.
The funeral over the remains of
the unfortunate boy was held from
the Presbyterian church on Tuesday
afternoon, and was quite largely at
tended. Glenn was a member of the
boy scouts of this place and many of
his companions attended the funeral
attired in their scout uniforms. The
members of the Royal Neighbors, of
which order the mother of the boy
was an active member, out of respect
to her attended the funeral in body.
Thus the curtain is rung down on
one of the most unhappy affairs that
has occurred in the history Of our
little town.
The following is copy OF the YER
diet as rendered by the Coroner's
jury:
In the matter of the inquisition upon
the body of Glenn Hoffman. De-
ceased, before ]. F. Schmershall.
Coroner.
We. the undersigned jurors, sum-
moned to appear before J. F. Schmer-
shall, Coroner of Lincoln County.
Idaho. at Jerome, in said County and
State. on the 21st day OF May, 1917.
to inquire into the cause OF the death
of Glenn Hoffman, deceased, find
that said body was found on the
20th day of May at Hagerman, Ida.
and after having been duly sworn ac-
cording to law, and having made such
inquisition, after inspection of the
body. and hearing the testimony ad-
duced. upon our oaths, each and all
do say, that we find that the deceas-
ed was named Glenn Hoffman that
he was native of America, age
about 13, that he came to his death
on the 5th day of May, 1917, in Lin
coin County, Idaho, which death
was caused by drowning.
We further find that the said
I Glenn Hoffman came to his death by
voluntarily going into the Snake
River
All of which we duly certify by
this inquisition in writing by each of
us signed today.
E. NJ. STEELE.