The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-11-13

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On Nua ssnsipAlion he said CLARK
vas Alet&e 10 hlnssslf or munbling
something but be could not say what it
was. As he .vstksd 10 the front of the
shore Clark ssiH "He ruined my family
and killed htun.. This Was as he start.
ed Dat she door. When he was os,side
he gave The gan 10 Bunney and said
"Asrs's your gun; I've killed Duff"
He also identified plat of the store
etc.
Roy AeEIhaney, =
little lad.oniy tea years old fave 4
very clear account Of what he saw OF
the tragedy. He was coming down the
street With Joe schasfes, q boy Of the
same age and Was near the drug store
when the first shot vas fred. He ran
to the store and looked in just in time
to see Clark fire the second shot and
Duff fall backward. Stiles and Clark
came out the door and CLARK said to
Bunny, "Here's your gun, I've killed
l went into the store and looked at
Duff. He was lying back Of the safe on
the floor face up, and his legs were draw
ing APP.
Joe Schaefer,
another ten year old boy who was with
McElhaney, testified to substantially
the same story, both boys being excused
with out being cross examined.
&C. Bunney,
the Garden Grove hardware dealer at
whose store Clark secured the gun testi-
fed he was acquainted with CLARK and
Duff. On the morning of June 9th he
came into the store from the ware room
just as Clark was ready to leave, and
saw him place two shells in the gun.
Asked him if ne was going hunting and
Clark said yes. He identified the gun
introduced as an exhibit as the gun
Clark secured at his store. After he
heard the explosions Clark came out of
the drug store and handed him the gun,
saying; II have shot him." | asked
him who and he said "Old Duff" /
said why" and he replied; "He ruin
ed my family. Irealize what I've done,
where's the officer. am willing to
abide by the law" Several months
before this l had noticed that Clark
appeared very nervous and he told me
Duff had ruined his family and he
had notified him to leave the town and
never come back, and if he ever saw
him there he would kill him.
On cross examination he said this
conversation was in March or April or
maybe earlier. Duff left in the fall or
winter.
S. T. Robertson
the constable at Garden Grove who
arrested Clark was the next witness.
He was acquainted with Clark and Duff.
Saw Clark when he came out of the drug
store after the shooting. l heard the
first explosion and thought it was
canon cracker. After the second one
saw Stiles and Clark come out. Clark
had gun in his hand. He went up to
Bunney, handed hun the gun and said:
Here's your gun Bunney; I've shot
Duff" AS he left Bunney he said
"where's an officer, want to be arrest
ed" said you need go no farther and
placed him under arrest. l took him TO
the town house and he asked to go to
Browns store and see his wife, took
him there and got two men to watch
him, then took him and put him in one
of the cages. l asked him why he shot
Duff and he said Duff had ruined his
family and he had told him he would
kill him if he came back and he had to
it.
On cross examination he said Clark
was considerably excited. When he
was placed in the cage he said he did
not like the place and he guessed he
would fix it up. He hung up the blank
cts and his coat. He followed q few
times, told him to keep quiet and he
did. He screamed two or three times.
M. l.. Jones
a farmer living near Garden Grove who
was in Garden Grove when the tragedy
occurred testified he knew Clark and
Duff. Heard the reports about II O'Clock
in Stiles drug store. Saw Stiles and
Clark come out; Clark handed gun to
Bunney and said: "He:e's your gun,
I've killed old Duff, where's your officer.
am ready to give myself up. Duff has
ruined my family. l told him l would
kill him if he ever came back to town.
Il gave him a chance for his life and he
didn't take it,"
y, John Huddleston
the town marshal Of Garden Grove
testified he never knew Clark until after
the shooting. Had charge of Clark after
he was arrested. Clark told him he had
settled up with Duff and paid him of
and':told him to leave and if he ever