Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-07

gone back to the barber shop 1t was
probably half past seven when l came
back to the shop. Seems to me l had
trouble. Mr.. Logue was beat
ing me with his fists AID
and n chair. ] resisted this. | had to
defend myself and struck him with my
fist and he went out OF the window
That was the last time l saw him.
left one whisky bottle in the barber
shop Think the window light was
broken by him going thru it. / did not
stay after he fell out of the window
but went down to the billiard hall Did
not go to see what became of Mr..
Logue. He had a chair over his head
as if to strike me when / hit him. The
stand was broken by Martin Lewis
throwing me onto it. Think Mr.. Logue
had his barber coat on the last time |
saw him. I did not like 1t because Mr..
I.ogue took Martins part. Don't know
what position his hands We're in. He
might have had his right hand in his
pocket. When l struck him. Martin
Lewis gave me a black eye. Logue
struck ME back of the ear and over
the temple on the left side of the head.
He hit me twice and then hit him. l
was standing by the barber chair when
| hit him. I was probably five feet
from the window. Logue was between
me and the window. He was proba-
bly, a foot and a half from me. | was
standing a foot and q half from the
back of the barber chair and the bar
her chair is five feet from the window.
l was standing about seven feet from
the west partition and about five or
six feet from the north side of the
room. was facing the outside door
when he hit me. l was standing at the
foot of the chair. I struck him and he
went out of the window so quickly that
could not catch him. tried to, blu,
he went out so quickly that ! could not
do it. might have hit him with the bot
tie. drank more after Mr. Lewis and
had our fight. / had the full bottle
on the inside of my overcoat pocket on
the right side The other bottle was
in my left hand outside coat pocket. ~
think l took the empty bottle out of
my pocket and might have struck him
with It, remember the pieces flying
around. l hit him first with the bottle
and that broke and then ! hit him with
my fist. / then tried to save him from
falling thru the window. l struck him
with sidewise stroke with the bottle
and might have hit him on the side of
the head / hit him with the bottle
with considerable force. hit him with
my right hand after I hit him with the
bottle. He had the chair over his head
ready to strike me when j hit him. He
dropped the chair when l hit him with
a. int n
him. Did not want to injure him.
did not go to see him because i was
excited I went to the billiard hall then
to the livery barn. got my horse and
went to Fertile. Drove to the billiard
hall first and got the billiard man and
took him with me to Fertile.
did not hear crash when he Went
out 1t was not broken in the after
noon / struck him with the bottle.
with the bottle in my left hand. The
blow was delivered from the right to
the left, landing on the left side of his
head. The evidence ] gave last night
was not entirely correct. My mind was
not clear. The bottle was red one,
not quite as heavy as beer bottle.
About an inch of whisky was in the
bottle 1t was over half as thick as a
beer bottle. When struck him with
the bottle 1t broke. "a bottle was pro-
cured and submitted to Mr. Wescott.
He says the brand of whisky which he
had was Father Marquette) A quart
bottle. The bottle marked Exhibit A.
is the same kind of bottle that l hit Mr..
I.ogue with
(Signed) MARTIN wESCoTT.