Nampa and went to Caldwell, nine miles west of Nampa. This interview I had with Ijams in Nampa, Idaho, was on the 7th of March, 1892. Before I left Ijams in Nampa I asked him what was the general reputation of the cattle thieves and rustlers in Johnson County in the neighborhood where they lived. Ijams said the thieves the stock association intended to have killed off generally bore a good reputation in Johnson County and vicinity where they lived. Ijams said they were not generally considered thieves or outlaws in Johnson County and vicinity. After my arrival in Caldwell I did not know hardly how to regard Ijams’ proposition. Ijams was perfectly sober at the time of our interview and seemed to be a very intelligent kind of a man. I saw Ijams talking in Nampa to one of the head men of the Ada County Stock Association, a man by the name of Valentine. I thought the matter over a good deal. Ijams did not seem to get mad or excited during our conversation in Nampa, but seemed to talk about the matter of murdering 30 or more men in much the same manner that many people would talk about taking a picnic excursion. I could not think for some time that Ijams was in earnest, he seemed to have other business in the county besides interviewing me. Ijams asked me if I knew a man by the name of Lamb, in Silver City, Idaho, that used to be editor of the Silver City Avalanche, and wanted to know if Lamb was in Silver City or vicinity. I told him that Lamb was in Delamar, Idaho, about nine miles from Silver City. Ijams said that he once loaned Lamb $1,500 in St. Louis and that Lamb had never returned the money. Ijams said he had a notion to go to Silver City and see Lamb. Ijams inquired about Lamb’s ability to pay the $1,500 and gave up the trip. I was satisfied that Ijams and some of those fellows in Nampa were trying to give me a talk on the side to see if I would not have Ijams arrested in Nampa, Idaho, or make a fool out of myself in some other way. Ijams while in Nampa had shown me a list of the men he wanted killed in Johnson County, Wyoming. Ijams spoke about three of the Ninemeier brothers who had killed three men at Silver Mountain, Idaho, and said they had been recommended to him as the right kind of men for his business. The governor of Idaho had offered $1,500 each for the capture of the Ninemeier brothers that murdered the three men in Silver Mountain, Idaho.