Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-26

authority on skin diseases you re1el W
and consider it good authority some
subjects might become Respondent, ana
worry over such disease. Females are
probably more apt to become despond
ent over such things than males. Inc
spots are somewhat unsightly.
Redirect. You might associate with
such a subject a great deal and not
know of it's existence. Single ladies are
or would be more easily overcome by
such dependency than married ladies'.
Upon the conclusion of the doctor
testimony the defense presented the eX-
hibit "5' as evidence. and the court sus-
tanned the objections of the state as
to the admission of same
The defendants attorney was then
permitted to read aloud the letter. eX-
hibit 10" which was the last letter
found in the house after the death. pur-
porting to be the letter written by ka-
tie on the morning of the fatal day, be-
fore they started for Marshalltown.
Talked of Suicide.
few points in the testimony of IL.
T.. Slifer, father Of the defendant,
which were not given on account of
lack of space, may be of interest Al
ter going into detail regarding the
family relationship, house arrange
ment, trip to Marshalltown, etc, COM
ing down to the night when Mrs. Sill
fer died, witness said:
don't think ! heard Willie and Katie
go upstairs: | heard them come into the
house and then | went to sleep. / next
heard Willie following and crying:
"Oh, papa. Katie is dead" He came
downstairs crying and threw himself
on the lounge in the northwest corner
of the sitting room. He had on his
shirt, trousers and stockings when ne
came down. l jumped up and called
Jake and I went upstairs and found
Katie lying in bed as though in peace
full sleep, lying on her left side, with
her hand under her and her right arm
drawn UP and folded across her breast.
| did not stay upstairs long when
first went up. / came down and called
up her folks. ! did not go back upstairs
again until Mr.. Gilbert came. Will
was lying on the lounge crying all the
time. could hear him crying while
was in the kitchen.
What did Will ask you? He said:
Papa, what do you suppose caused
her death? l said l did not know, un-
less it was the long ride to Marshall
town thru the cold. When Mr.. Gilbert
and Mr. Slifer came, we went upstairs
and looked up the corpse. There were
other people there. | don't know when
they came. DR.. Thieland came about
daylight Was out choring after the
corpse was put into the undertaker's
hands. Was out Of doors when the
corpse was brought downstairs. When
| came in Will was still lying on the
lounge sobbing. think he laid on the
lounge all the time l was in the house.
/ was up in the room where Katie
died again after that note had been
found. My wife came out of doors ana
told me note had been found. l Wls
at the inquest that evening. The 1n-
quest was held in the room where she
died. Did not talk with Willie about
the note and bottle. 1 did not see Will
lie 60 out of doors with anybody. was
present when Willie testified at the
inquest. Heard him testify. lie did not
turn his head away when he was shown
the bottle. He threw up his hands and
said: ..Oh, my God no" when asked
if he had ever saw it before. Katie
of the house, downstairs did not see
Willie view the corpse until Tuesday
morning, the morning of the funeral.
Will seemed to be- in deep sorrow
all the time and while he was at the
church that day. I was present when
the sheriff came after Willie. He came
back home that night with me. His
conduct was such that indicated great
sorrow.
Witness was here shown exhibit 49,"
Witness then described the finding of
the note Seek and We shall find" as
described. Also described
the search for and finding of the let
ter. exhibit 49, the last letter of Mrs.
Slifer to her husband.
l was in Marshalltown soon after
the arrest of my son, and saw Mr..
Vogel. and he said he did not know
whether he could identify the person
he sold chloroform to or not. Witness
states that he heard Katie talk about
a banker at Colfax who had commit
ted suicide. She talked about it a
bout week before her death when We
were coming home from church.
Objections raised as to what she
said. Court sustained the objection