Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-08-19
WITNESSES GIVE DAMAGING rEs-
TlMoNY AGAINST WOMAN Ac-l /
cusED OF MURDER.
WANTED SEARCH MADE

w AIN LED OLA hCH MADE
Man Who Examined Clothes Worn
BY James M. Harris at Time Of
Death Tells Of the Wife's Insisting
That Note Existed - Monkey
Wrench Story Is Not Proved.
From Fridays Daily.
Testimony was introduced by the
prosecution in the Harris murder case
today on which the claim is based that
Mrs. Harris. charged with numbering
her husband, knew of the existence
Of the note pinned in the pocket of
the shirt Of the dead man, before it
was found. The evidence brought out
at the preliminary hearing yester.
day afternoon and this morning was
the most damaging to Mrs. Harris,yet
introduced by the state.
1t was not proven that a monkey
wrench had been found in the bed OF
Mr.. Harris and that Mrs. Harris had
(, requested that it be put out of the
way. Mrs. Ella Davis of Hiteman,
denied that she had heard monkey
wrench drop from the bed clothing
while she was assisting in carrying
the two bed ticks out Of doors.
\ Finding Of the Note.
John Jordan, coal miner of Kirk.
vile, said that he went to the Harris
home about / o'clock Saturday. He
said:
II was there when the undertaken
came. I went in to see the body when
the undertaken went in the room.
was there when the undertaken pre-.
pared the body. l was requested by
clothing for note. She said that 1t
left note or something to me and
Willie telling us what to do The
clothes had been taken outside Of the
house. told her that would search
4 the clothes IL she would go with me-
and found a pipe, nails and tobacco
she said there is shirt, there must
be a note in that George, Ross was
Will uo. w uCH luO SlllC WAS plChGU
l up she said oh, see pin, the note
! is in there that will explain it allt
and kind Of clapped her hands to.
gether.
"She asked me to take the note IN
and have it read to all Of them. took
it In and gave it to Dr. Keplar and ha
read it aloud. She did not ask to read
!, the note before took it in the house.
Sh<1 {,,f So
. was read. She did not seem to be very
much interested or excited"
The attorneys for the defense offered
; a note book said to be that of Mr.. Har.
J, ris, and from which the leaf was torn
8 on which the note was written as an
!: exhibit but wereoverruled.
The testimony of George Ross as to
the finding of the note was practically
, the same as that of Mr. Jordan. On
!: cross examination he said that Mrs.
g Harris seemed very much distressed,
exhausted and scarcely able to stand,
so far as he could see.
Brother Had Monkey Wrench.
Mrs. Ella Davis of Hiteman said on
the witness stand that she arrived al
the Harris home about $3.50 O'Clock
Saturday evening. She said that she
assisted James Jones, a brother oi
Mrs. Harris, in carrying out the bed
!. clothing from the room. "The ticks
became fastened as we were taking
them out through the dining room door
did no hear monkey wrench dror
/. from the bed clothing. first saw the
!; monkey wrench in the hands of James
James. I did not see him have 1t ir
his hand when we started to carry out
the bed clothes. I saw two pieces o1
I oil cloth under the bed. There was
\ blood on them. saw a sack of rags
under the head Of the bed against the
wall. The end of the oil cloth wae
close to the sack of rags.
"Did YOU not tell me yesterday thai
the first you saw of the monkey
wrench was on table In the dinine
room?" asked Attorney Cornell
81 do not remember" Mrs Davis
answered. tIt was Sunday afternoon
that we carried the bedding out dc
not remember telling Mrs. Ward tha,
e James Jones put the monkey wrench
e away and that afterward looked fol
l. it and could not find It,"
ol "Dld you not tell Mrs. Ward and
e Mrs. Luellan that while you were help
t, ing carry out the bed clothes, mon
key wrench dropped out on the fool
g and that Mrs. Harris asked that 1t be
l. put away?"
II do not remember"
"Will you say that you did not tel
le Mrs. Ward and Mrs. Luellan that?"
le mo, sir
Objections being made by the attor
Il neys for the defense to the nature O
al the questions, Attorney Cornell salt
the answers of the witness were sur
l. prise and he wished to show that tn,
Is witness had talked to detectives EN-
l. ployed by the defense.
", Mrs. Ward said that two detectives