Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-02
ARE TAKING
TESTIMONY
Evidence Being Produced to
Convict Lewis Jones, One
of the Pasnau Gang.
MEN WHosAW5o EEFIGHT
Witnesses Examined " e Swear to
Having Seen Jones A e,k G. W..
Houston and S. P. Grips q stimony
Given by the Various W ,ses.

''SeSsSi anu VI ~ itSo
Given by the Various W ;ses.
In the case of the state of Iowa VS..
Lewis Jones, the prosecution produc-
ed witnesses this morning who swore
that they saw Jones stab G. w. Hous-
ton and strike S. P. Grips with club.
The history of the trouble was brought
out from the time of the beginning to
the end of the fight in the barn. Some
of the evidence is very damaging to
the defendant, as it indicates that he
attacked both Houston and Grips with
out the least provocation.
Taking of Testimony Begun Yesterday
The taking of testimony was begun
shortly before o'clock yesterday af-
ternoon. No important evidence was
brought out at the afternoon session,
however, the efforts of the prosecution
being to establish the facts and events
leading up to the trouble in the livery
barn. John d. Stephens was the first
witness called, and he testified to hav-
ing taken the team belonging to his
employers, Grips & Bro, from the Pas
nau gang in the afternoon of April H.
James D. Gray was the next witness.
He was in the barn when the Pasnaus
are said to have come in in the after
noon and became engaged in an alter
cation with B. w. Grips and other en-
ployes. w. S. Grips testified to order
ing the team taken to the barn. S. p.
Grips testified to an unimportant mat
ter.
Ike Shoemaker, bartender in the Cal
umet saloon, testified to having seen
Charles Pasnau and others in the sa-
loon during the afternoon of April IL,
which was also testified to by Charles
Smith, porter in the same establish
ment. G. G. Lawson testified to see
ing crowd of men going along Com
mercial street toward Grips barn on
the evening of April IL, just before the
fight occurred, and Frank Kohl, the
last witness examined in the after
noon, testified to seeing the Pasnaus
and others in crowd going from the
Calumet saloon toward the Grips liv-
cry barn shortly after 6 o'clock on the
evening of April IL.
The first witness called this morn
ing was William Penrod. He testified
as follows.
I live in Ottumwa Was working
in East End on April IL. Lived then
in Central addition. Was on the
street near Grips barn about $50
that evening. Saw Lewis Jones there
with a gang. Knew only Charles Pas
ro ha,, ;,,{ Il
with Jones. Saw them at the corner
of Commercial and Green streets.
They were going east on Commercial
street. / was going home from work
in the East End. came up the track
to Green street and then up to Com
mercial street. | saw Jones take a
knife from his hip pocket, hold it in
his hand little while and put it in
his right coat pocket. | heard him
say, "Pll stay with you, Dutch" The
knife was about four inches in length
and looked like it had two blades.
heard no other remarks at that time
went on home. That was the only
time saw Mr.. Jones on that day.
Cross Examination.
had been working in East End |
was going home. | came up the 20"
tracks to Green street, then up Com
mercial street. | was helping handle
rock near where the old drill factory
used to be. Had worked there two
days. Had not been working there
right along. Had known Jones quite
number of years. Don't know how
long. There were eight, nine, ten,
something like that in the crowd
saw. The crowd was at the corner of
the barn. All were under the in
fuence of liquor. | saw only one man
take knife out of his pocket Don't
know whether he opened it or not.
Saw him take it out of his pocket and
put it in his overcoat pocket. was
probably ten feet from him. He held
the knife a second or two, then drop
ped it in his pocket. Pasnau was the
only other one | knew. He was
drunk. One man was about fifteen
feet ahead of the others. They were
not talking loud and were not walking
fast. | heard Jones say, "I'll stay with
you, Dutch" Yes, | believe | did say
before the grand jury that he said "I'll
stay with YOU" / might not have said
before the grand jury that he said,
'I'll stay with you, Dutch" Ought to
have added Dutch Yes, | was 60
ing home from work. l saw the knife
in his hand and it was about four
inches long and suppose it had two
blades and don't know that there was
blade in 1t. Don't know whether he
had on an overcoat or not. Didn't say
he put knife in his overcoat pocket.
When l saw them they We're coming
down Commercial street toward the
barn. They were right on the corner
of Green and Commercial streets
when | saw them. They We're about
twenty-five or thirty feet west of the
corner on Commercial street when /
first saw them. No, they were not Mt
the west end of the stable. | said
they were about twenty-five or thirty
feet up Commercial street from the
corner. Yes, the barn is longer than
4hirtv foot Whom 7 fret scou, ~, ~,