Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-02-02
WE|GHMAN TRIAL
STILL CONTINUES
j. A. Spies, Who Received
Threatening Letter, on
Witness Stand.
is "rHREE TIMES WE'D"
Daisy sevison Twive Divorced Returns
to Her First Love and Couple Are
Happily Welded Second
Time.

Spencer, Ia Feb 1.-Taking of tes-
timony in the Wcighman murder trial
continues The state has rested ana
the defense has begun TO introduce us
evidence The first witness brought
forward was Chris Johnson, postmas-
ter at Graettinger. who testified mat
owing to the crumpled envelope IN
which the threatening letter to j. A.
Spies was placed the letter caught In
The. mail box and he was able TO OBJ
serve that 1t was addressed to Mr..
Spies Then later, Spies showed HIM
the letter and he read II after III had
ben read by Spies. During cross ex-
animation the witness said that he re-
membered this particular letter be-
cause it WAS clumpled and that IT was
the only letter that was In the mail
box that morning.
Before the state rested Its case long
discussion cnsued IN regard TO the adj
mission of the dying statement OF
Henry Deeters. and after much wrang-
ling it was ruled out. Following is me
statement Deeters made and signed III
the presence of witnesses.
State of Iowa, Palo Alto county. SO u.
II. y. Dcetcr. of Ialo Alto county Ia, pc
Ing sick and not knowing whether J am
about TO die or not, but believing that !
may die at any time. and, being ilrst
sworn do make this my true statement In
OF my being shot and injured, tow.t:
On Saturday morning. the I'd day OF
April, 1904. go. up about O'Clock a M,
built fire first. then saw some ducks Nv,
Ing cast of the house. took my gun and
Went over toward pond. almost straight
cast of the house. When got over TO the
pond saw muskrat, so ! snot thai
just shot once. did not reload: one bar
rel was yet loaded. Then ! went over tc
my stacker and looked into tho weight bon
TO see ii the wrenchcs were there. was
going To take the stacker apart after
breakfast saw package there:
picked 1t up. My frs; thought was. April
fool" 1t was In a white envelopes. with
rubber band around 1t. picked it out an'
across IT. 1 saw 1t looked like newspaper
clippings held it In my left hand an'
stepped out of the stacker aud started TO
ward another slough Then conni'
w elShinan jumped mp on top OF Il NAY
stack ordered me 10 throw my gun down
was holding it In my right hand, mud nl
ann was hanging down to my side .
turned, facing him. and he said. u WI
shoot You ii yon don't throw Your gl'
down Just thcn h shot. The sho
4 stiuck me in tho right side and right arm
The gun dropped out of my hand and y
jumped off the stack and said, YOU wall
10 town g. -} YOU or will shoo
you dead" ! got very faint and told hin
J couldn't asked him TO bring me n, HON
/ and We would hitch mp. He said won
4 DO ii; you will have TO walk He the
ordered mo TO pick mp the package
picked it up and pu, II In my pocket. Tho
we started toward town He had a repeat
Ing single barrel gun. had TO lay dow
SIX or eight times going to town. II
wanted me to walk right mp TO Jake Spies
office 1 told him | could not d, IT., so W
stopped a DR. Naae's house. Then Jone
came and took me home.
Question Did sou know anything abol
the package before You went to the stack
or on the morning of April . 1902
AnSUor--No, sir.
Odd you ever write any letter TO NJ
SPIES, In any manner asking him 70
money or threatening To burn his proper,
if he did not put a thousand dollars {
any other sum, in the weigh; box or AN
other place?
A-No, sir did not never wrote
letter to Mr. Spies At all, at any time.