Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-01-14
From The Daily of Saturday, 9th.
HIGHLAND TOWNSHIP MURDER
CASE

CASE.
The trial yesterday afternoon was
still progressing when VIC closed our
forms preparatory to going to press,
and that our readers may fully under
stand the matter we again commence
and this time the witness was Mr. Dell
Curtis the landlord Of the premises,
and the proprietor of the Jamborcc,
who testified to the facts in the case
as viewed from his tand-point sub
stantially as follows:
The prisoner was there at the dance
and came unlimited, and was not So
Der, was noisy, talking loud &c. There
was shooting around the house, but
did not know who did it: Heard =
report, and heard Henry Resner say
he was shot
Re direct.-Said he was brother
in.law Of tho deceased. Twenty or
twenty five men and boys were there,
and five or six women including Cur
tis' wife. All there were invited
guests except Lowe and Kite. Don't
know exactly when Lowe came but
seen him first about o'clock. Don't
know how the shooting occurred.
Lowe said nothing in the house out of
the way that know of. The shoot.
ing in the house occurred about half
or three quarters of an hour after the
difficulty between himself and Resner.
The trouble between Resner and Cur
It's was because of the fact that he ac-
cused Resner of doing the shooting ont
doors.
Charles Brady lad about Is years
old was the next witness on the stand
and his recollection of the matter was
told about as follows:
Was at the dance--saw Lowe there.
He had q single barrelled pistol.
Heard Lowe say he "expected he
would shoot some ono there before he
left" and also that he wasin the house
when the shooting was done.
Re-direct.-Saw Lowe that night
first in the house. Talked TO him some.
Do not know what we said. We talk
ed about pistols. He showed me q
pistol. told him it was Turpin's.
de said it was his. had pistol
thcre--gave it to my brother. II was
an "old pepper box" I wanted to
trade it of. We neither OF us
had it when we were searched.
1t was then in the wagon. Saw Lowe
at the difficulty between Resncr and
Curtis. The conversation between
myself and Lowe was in the house.
Lowe came to me and showed me the
butt of the revolver. He claimed it,
but said 1t was Turpin's. My pistol
was broke and could mot be shot, and
was not loaded. The pistol laying on
the table Is the one Lowe showed me
there.
Levi Mick was at Curtis dance, saw
Lowe there and was there when they
made the search for pistols. Lowe
came in from out OF doors before the
the search commenced-heard shoot
ing outside, shot once, Lowe shot
once. Lowe gave me the pistol / shot
1t was single barrelled pistol.
In the crOss-examinAti0n he said
that he was in the house when the
shooting was done. Search was made
In fifteen or twenty minutes after
Did not sec who went in or out.
The Sheriff Of the county Mr.. Spill
NJ: =. say sHs p.:eSal a Arg =
quest. Lowe was requested to go
with the Deputy Constable and get
the pistol. The pistol then in court
was identified as the one Lowe
brought to tho inquest. He was told
to ego and get the pistol he had at the
dance" and this is the Que he brought
Tohn Thompson Mick was recalled
and testified in relatian to q converse
ton he had with George Lowe. Says
he told George he saw the pistol mo-
ment before the flash, but not ut the
time. Saw both the boys-Resner and
Lowe-have pistols. told him I did
not know who made the ehot-may
have told him more, but don't think
I did.
VIM. Dorr was at the dance. After
Resner got shot Lowe came in from
outdoors alone, two minutes before the
examination commenced.
Court then adjourned till 6 o'clock
Saturday.
Couat assembled at 8 o'clock this
morning:
VIM. Allison was at Curtis dance,
saw Lowe there in the house, was 60.
ing to get No. Heard shooting, had