The Idaho recorder., 1922-11-17
Testimony at the Inquest
Continued from page 81

committee, but | was acting as a COM
mittee TO solicit money.
@. Did you have under your direc-
tions some other solicitors?
A. | did.
q. VIII you name them?
A. Walter Shoup, John Mckinney,
Jay Shaw und Robert Mcbride.
@. They were instructed to solicit
membership to the Red Gross?
A. gave them those instructions.
/ also gave them the necessary but
tons and cards, etc.
q. At about 4 o'clock, what place
were you with reference to Main
street?
A. | think / was up at Judge Padg-
hams office at that time.
Q. There was disturbance about
that time; state wha you know about
that?
A. When ! talked TO the boys that
had offered their services voluntarily,
and being ex-scrvice men, l thought
that would be fine; and they wanted
TO know where they would begin, and
l said any place. had mentioned the
fact that we had been turned down by
some ex-servlce men, thought, and
they said they would go up and talk
to them, and started up the street.
went over to the left, Aand side of
the street, trying to find Miss Shoup.
The boys kept on the right-hand SIDE,
and when | looked again Mr.. Melvin
had Just come around the corner OF
the Pioneer Mercantile company store
and they were talking to him. | might
sny this, that had previously told the
workers that | he'd approached MIR.
Melvin for membership and he did not
care to accept. told them other peo-
pie did not care TO accept, and | men
toned names so that they could use
their own judgment whether they
wanted TO see them again or not. At
the time l said that whether these
boys heard II or not do not know.
States Editer's Red Cross Record.
When | had asked Mr.. Melvin 10
join the Red Cross, Homer Chaffee |
was there, and | asked him also, and |
he declined, and | did not press Mr.. |
Melvin, for he was very nice and said |
he would like TO join the Red Cross, |
but that he had contributed over $l0I
in advertising for them that year and
he thought he hud done enough and / |
| went up 10 Judge Padgham's office |
! met Mr. Melvin again and he said, |
by the way, Mr. Rand. have you got |
some beaver board at the theater that |
you don't need 2" | said | had two |
pieces and told him that Mr.. Van |
Strait WAS probably there and would !
give them to him, and that Is the last |
time l talked with Mr.. Melvin per-
sonaliy.
To return to the boys, the boys talk.
ing on the corner to Mr.. Melvin. They
were across and street and | did not |
hear the conversation except Just one
and that was this, and |
think il was given by MIR. Mcbride,
Then show us your button" Well,
hat is all | heard. After a thing of
hts seriousness. MIR. Coroner, has hap
penod, things look entirely different
han they do at the time before II hap
pens. At that time | looked at those
'oys it looked TO me perfectly all right
lit looked like almost harmless Jest |
II trying to get him to join the Red
Cross when know myself that he did
lot care to; in fact, there was no
Ihouting, pulling or hauling that
'ould see, or any m feeling. / had no
eason 10 believe that those boys start |
d out with anything bat the very fin
81 intentions in the world Just 60 kelp
he cause. They were ex-Serviee men
and were trying to 5e do
ng something. As | looked over to-
'ard Mr. Melvin there was no reason
0 believe that there was any i'll feel
ng on their part; there was no evil
ences OF il. The next time | saw
lem--well, ! did not see them indi.
idually; the next time | looked ,lownl
ae street | could zee heads and
houldeiS moving toward the printing
ffiee. ] wrote up some subscriptions
hen and a bit later got on that SIDE
the street, and the last one | wrote
p was Charles Hart, and as | was
ilking to him looked over toward
le printing offie eand l saw Mr.. Vim
snt talking to some boys. / think
ne was Robert Mcbride. | was Just
ping over and then saw Miss Laura
houp and listened to her remarks
hen she said that the Red Cross com
eiied no one to subscribe and it was