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

OF us mad all been TO Cnurcn. we sil
went to bed soon after the note (ex-
hibit "9") was found in the sock Wit
ness described the finding of the slip
exhibit 49," Seek and you shall find
and also of the find Of the letter, eX-
hihit TO-" the next afternoon. as here
tofore described by Mr.. Ed Sitter and
Mary. Cross examination:
l was present at the inquest; don't
think anybody came down stairs with
me after l testified. 1 know Katie
helped Willie pick corn three weeks
that fall in corn picking. l noticed
early in November that she was not as
usual. She bought some goods for a
shirt waist on October 90, when in
Marshaltown; she did not have it
made up; don't think she had anyone
there helping her sew. She took some
plates to Grundy Center on Thursday
before her death to get them changed.
[ heard her say the next morning she
was going to Marshalltown Saturday.
l got breakfast alone Saturday morn
ing; Mary did not help with the break
fast; l was perhaps an hour getting
breakfast; had potatoes and meat for
breakfast. I saw Jake get the letter
from behind the calendar on the shelf;
l am positive he got it behind the call
endar on the shelf. Mr.. and Mrs. Tom
Rodd We're not at the service at the
house.
Jacob Slifer. brother OF defendant,
called. Am IS years of age; single;
lived most Of my life with my father;
was at home at the time Of Katie's
| death; heard her say something about
l 0f mir q In
of weeks before her death. l saw them
start for Marshalltown on Saturday
morning; Will wore cap that day; I
| was in bed when they came home that
night; did not hear them come. The
first heard that night was noise
| downstairs; could not tell what 1T
| was; and then father called me and
got right up; went upstairs with my
| father; looked at the body; did not
move 1t. He went back down stairs An
a few minutes; I went into the sitting
room. Will was there lying on the
lounge crying; could hardly talk.
went upstairs and lay down on my
bed; I had headache and was tired.
Will and Mary and others came up in
my room while the corpse was being
brought down. Witness further cor
roborated the evidence all ready given
as to the stairways, the door between
his room and Willie's; his mother call
ing Will to come downstairs. Witness
states that he was in the room with
VIII all the time he was upstairs and
saw Will go downstairs before he went
down. He was not out of the rocking
chair where he first sat down when he
came upstairs until he got up to go
downstairs, and he went right down.
stairs. Witness was asleep on the
lounge in the sitting room downstairs
when exhibit 80" was found in Willle's
sock. / woke up soon after. Witness
then explains the finding Of the letter,
exhibit TO-" by him on Monday after
noon, as heretofore evidenced. My sis
ter said for me to look on the shelf,
when we were looking for the letter.
got up when my father called that
night and remained up all night. went
out Of doors after daylight; was only
out little while: came back in the
house and went into the sitting room.
have talked over the evidence some
at home.
Defendant Called.
William e. Slifer called. I have liv-
ed all my life in Grundy county: am
% years old; always on the farm;
work on the farm; live eight miles from
the nearest town; never was farther
from home than Colfax, Iowa, since
was eight years old. First got acquain-
ted with my wife and began keeping
company with her in about 1900. Be
came engaged about two years later;
never kept company with any other
girl; was married Dec. "a, 1902; was
together most of the time after mar
riage; she always went with me when
1 went away from home; never had any
trouble or disagreement up to the time
Of her death. I visited Katie on the
night of Nov. 8. 1902, in her home;
received letter from her dated Nov.
10, 1902, coming thru the mail to me;
I talked with her on the night of Nov.
8, abouts the spots upon the skin; she
seemed to feel very bad about them;
talked with her fully about the spots.
received exhibit "5' few days after
had the talk with her about the spots.
I took Katie to Marshalltown Decem-
Der 10 last; Katie proposed the
trip; It had been arranged to
stop over night at my uncle,s;
We did not stop there She did not
want to stop. We started to Mar
shalltown about 8 a. m. The horse
we drove was subject to collie. Got
to Marshalltown about 1915. Lett
my horse at the Finkle feed shed. Got
a lunch for dinner. Went immediate
ely to the 10 cent store. Got thers
about ten minutes after one. staid
with her there about 10 or 20 minutes
then went to the feed shed to see my
horse. Walked UP and back leisurely
looking at the Christmas presents
Went from the feed shed back to the
10 cent store; did not find Katie ana
waited around there a little to see il
she would come back. Then I went
across the street to where they were
working on the foundation of hotel
building. Watched them work for a.
bout five minutes, and then went down
to Hoffas machine store. Found Katie
there Had been absent from her a.
bout 20 or % minutes. Talked there
about buying sewing machine She
did not appear to be satisfied about
the machine She told me there was
no use buying one now as she could
use mammals till spring. We staid
at Hoffa's store about two hours Went
from there to the tea and coffee store,
then to the 10 cent store again. Got
some candy and chestnuts. Then we
started back to Hoffa's machine store
and she did not want to go. Then we
started for home. Katie had nothing