The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-01-19

couldn't be any cutting done. Asked
me about seeing about getting the grave
dug and wanted me to see, about Joe
Edwards preaching the funeral. Said
he wanted the funeral by 10 or II
o'clock the next day. That he wanted
to bury her as soon as possible. Heard
him swearing that evening and laughed
Did not see him shed any tears. Soon
after he told me about breaking the bot
tie in the buggy l took a lantern and
examined the buggy thoroughly but
could find no pieces or trace Of any
bottle. Saw small scratch or mark on
Mrs. Woodard's neck after she was
dead.
ARTHUR POLAND.
residing in Richland township, testified
to being at the Kirkpatrick house the
night Mrs. Woodland died. Heard Chas.
Woodland talking to Harrison Brown Old
the west side of the house that night.
Woodland was telling about his trip up
there. Heard him say that it was after
they crossed the Crees ford she had her
first bad spell. That he broke the bot
tie of neuralgia medicine. Heard him
talking about the funeral. Was only
present few minutes.
MRS. ELIZA yANDERPOOL4,
a resident of Richland township for 4O
years, testified she is sister of Mrs
Kirkpatrick, and was at the house
the day Mrs. Woodland died. Saw
the corpse and noticed mark on the
left jaw or neck which looked like a.
scratch wider than a pin scratch. 1t
looked like finger scratch. Heard
Charles Woodland say he wanted her
buried the next day. Mrs. Hendricks
showed the scratch to me.
When court open at 2 o'clock, the first
witness called was
DIR. ]. W. ROBINSON,
who testified he drove from Crane
River, a distance of over. two miles, to
the Kirkpatrickihome in response to a
phone call to see Mrs. Woodard and she
died in less than five minutes after he
arrived there. 1t was near o'clock
when she died.
a. P. OLSEN.
testified he never showed any letters
from Prof. Kenney to the attorneys for
defendant, and that he gave some days
ago letter to county attorney Kelley 4
and told him that was all the letter he
had touching the case. Denied that he
told Baker that unless the state etn-
ployed him he would assist the defense
Witness produced letters received from
Kenney.
FRED NANLEAR,
again went on the, stand and testified
that when he first saw Woodland he was
sitting in the buggy looking back. His
horses were hot and sweat ting.
R. G. YOUNG
residing in Richland township testified
to hearing Charles Woodard say he had
insurance on his wife and himself, $4,000
on his wife and $4,000 on himself, that
he applied for $4,000 on his wife but the
policy only came for $4,000. Heard him
testify at the inquest that he broke the
bottle of medicine at the end of the
walk near the woodhouse. He said he
had told parties that he had broke the
bottle down by Browns and that he
would fix that up. Didn't hear him
make any claim that the insurance pol
lcies were void.
WELL WADSwORTH
resident of Richland township, testi-
fed to being at the Kirkpatrick home
the day Mrs. Woodard died. Had a con-
versation with Charles Woodland that
night in which he said his wife had
been in good health that morning, but
had been taking medicine for neuralgia
and kidney trouble. That she brought
her medicine along and when she had
one of her spells she broke the bottle.
The first thing he noticed wrong with
his wife was at the Crees ford he drove
on and when near Browns she had
bad spell and got Fred Vanlear to help
him wrap her up, and then drove on
home. Heard him testify at the inquest
that DIR. Robinson had asked him about
the medicine so when he went home he
thought he would bring it up and show
it to him but dropped it at the end of
the walk and broke it, When asked if
he had not told the witness and others
that the bottle was broken when she
had spell near Browns he dropped his
head and said, "If said that I'll fix it
up somehow" and appeared to be con-
siderably Illustrated. When the doctors
came to hold the inquest Woodland
4 seemed to be nervous and wanted q