The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-02-17
AMERICAN LEGION
DID NOT RAID HALL
AMERICAN LEGION u
SHOWN CONCLUSIVELY THAT l.
w. w. FIRED AT MEN STAND
ING IN STREET
MONTESANO, Wash.-(By A. P.)

MONTESANO, Wash.-(By A. P.)
Frank R. Van Glider, of Olympia,
who commanded the first platoon in
the Centralia contingent armistice
day parade and stood along side of
Warren o. Grimm when the latter
was shot, testified today in the trial
of II alleged I. w. w. charged. with
Grimm's murder. that the American
Legion members made no move to-
ward the l. w. W. hall before the
shooting started. He testified that
the shot which killed Grimm came
from the direction of the Avalon
hotel.
Many Witnesses Yesterday
MONTESANO, Wash.-(By A. P.)
Twenty-one witnesses, nearly all of
them called to testify regarding
shooting from the Arnold hotel and
from Seminary hill, took the stand
yesterday in the trial of the alleged
I. W. w. for the murder of Warren
o. Grimm, victim of the Centralia
Armistice day shootings.
Two who testified today wore their
service uniforms. They were par
Elephants in the parade and had run
from the scene of the shooting when
the bullets began to fly, they testi-
fled. Today's witnesses, to a large
extent, were called by the prosecu-
tion for the purpose of showing
clearly its contention that the shoot
ing was not the result of an alleged
attack upon the l. w. W. hall, but
for the purpose, according to state
counsel, of showing that the firing
from several strategic points was not
in defense of the hall, but an al
legged deliberate attack upon the
marchers.
Edward S. Mayes, Tenio, about
10 miles north of Centralia, was the
first witness wearing soldier uni
form to take the stand. He was in
the Centralia contingent, he testified,
facing south, and the first shots he
noticed came from directly ahead of
him, or from the direction of the
Avalon hotel. He ran toward the l.
w. w. Hall, he testified, when he
heard the shots and the bullets fly
ing over his head, but changed his
course when he saw glass and splint- !
ers flying outward from the hall. He
ran into a vacant lot, east of the
hall and threw hiself to the ground
when he hear some one yell 'hit the
dirt"
odW McEIIreSn DIe.
Mayes saw Arthur McElfresh. one T
of the victims, stagger onto the lot, I
lean against the wall, bend over, at +
tempt to stand up and then ''bend up
like a jacknife." "Then he went /
down and l knew he was a dead
man." Mayes testified. Mayes also
testified that he saw a shot fired
from window of the Arnold hotel,
heard the glass fall and saw
smokehaze emerge from the broken
window Immediately thereafter. De-
Tense counsel attempted to have
Mayes qualify as an expert on
firearms and ballistics, but the wit
ness said he could not testify as an
expert, although he was familiar
with firearms.
Mayes was one of the witnesses
called during the afternoon session.
others being A. R. James, DR.. H. Y.
Bell, DR.. A. C. Robertson and ]. A.
Both DR.. Bell and DR.. Robertson,
the latter a dentist, were partici- ;
pants in the parade. DR.. Bell testi-
fled to running from the scene Of the
shooting to point on Second street,
where he helped place Grimm in an {
and take him to a hos
2ital. After turning down Second
street DR.. Bell saw both Casagranda, !
one Of the victims, and Watt, who (
vas shot, but recovered, lying on the 8
wounded. Casagranda was {
AIKEN to the hospital in tho same :
machine which carried Grimm. -