The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-01-19
MURDER TRIAL
WARREN wooDARD,
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WARREN WOODARD,
the 16 year old son of the defendant,
testified he remembered his stepmother
going to the Hewitt home in August,
1902, after dispute with his little
brother and that his father was not at
home that day and did not come home
until after she came back. When Hew-
Never knew of my father locking up the
taking us children away and
leaving his wife there alone. My father
sold his sorrel horse Tony just after
barn burned at Grand
River. The day Mrs. Woodland died we
children went to school, and father was
at home when we got back. We had
about 200 chickens and fed them that
night and the next morning. There was
a piece of iron from a separator right
there in which we watered them. The
cat Mrs. Woodland took with her was
pet one. The night she died saw my
father come out of the house with
bundle and bottle dropped out and
broke on the iron we watered the chick
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his father left the neck of the bottle
there until the next day when he came
back and picked it up. Don't know
what became of the label. He didn't
pick it, that night or the next day
when he picked up the neck. testified
before the grand jury that father picked
the neck up that night and put it in his
overcoat pocket. l also said the medi-
cine colored the ground. 1t was the
evening after Mrs. Woodland was buried
that father picked up the neck of the
bottle.
ADDIE WOODARD,
the Is year old daughter of the defend
ant, testified to knowing Orville Harger
and she never had any trouble with her
stepmother about pair of scissors.
Never saw my father strike his wife.
kick her or swear at her. Father never
looked up the provisions in the smoke
house and took us children away and
left mother there. The day before
mother died l accompanied them to De-
catur City. Mamma went for some
medicine. Was at school the day she
died, with my brothers. That evening
father got a bottle of medicine from the
clock shelf and wrapped it up in a
bundle of clothes and we started to 80.
I was in the buggy and saw the bottle
fall out of the bundle and break on an
iron chicken trough. Father said he
had broke that bottle of medicine.
After the funeral when we came home
father picked up the neck of the bottle.
The cat mother took with her that day
was pet one which she fed all the
time. At the home of Mrs. Kirkpatrick
l saw her take some capsules from tho
pocket Of the coat which had been worn
by mamma. On cross examination she
said that after she was in the buggy her
father went back in the house after the
clothes. Denied that she testified be-
fore the grand jury that she didn't see
the bottle break, that it was dark and
that all she knew about it was what her
father and brother told her. No one ex-
cept Mrs. Kirkpatrick and myself were
present when she took the capsules out
of the cloak pocket. l did not eat any
of the candy and did not see Mrs. Kirk
patrick eat any of it.
When the witness was excused court
adjourned until o'clock Tuesday morn
ing.
Promptly at o'clock Tuesday morn
ing the hearing of the testimony was re-
sumed, the first witness being
CHARLES WOoDARD,
the defendant, who testified that he had
resided in Decatur county, since 1867.
Was married to Eliza Kirkpatrick on
April 16, 1899. Moved to his present
farm in 1901. Did not reside near Dick
Hewitt in 1902. On the day Hewitt
testified to having a conversation with
me, had been to the timber and got
load of wood. Upon returning home my
boy told me Of some trouble between
the children and my wife. Went to the
barn and Hewitt came there and asked
me what kind of trouble my wife and the
children had been having and l told
him Warren said there had been slap
ping match but didn't know anything
about it. Regarding the testimony Of
Hugh Treanor about my showing him
some medicine in vial 1 told him it
was corrosive sublimate, and as poison
as strychnine. I had the corrosive
sublimate to doctor fistula on one
OF my horses. At that time | had
no strychnine in my possession and did
not show him any. l never told Mrs.
Treanor kept strychnine in the clock,
or that kept it in my trunk. Never
mentloned strychnlne IN her presence
in my life. The last time l ever had
any strychnine in my possession was
ten or twelve years ago and never saw
any since that time. Denied that he
ever had any quarrel with his wife in
the presence of Orville Harger, and
never struck her or kicked her in the
presence of any person. Never saw my
wife take pair of scissors from my
girl. Never locked up provisions or
meat in the smoke house or kept any
flour in it. sold the sorrel horse
which larger said he rode to Decatur,
in 1901 to Frank Greenland and Dick
Pray. Remember of Rebecca Green
and Laura Ladd being at my home, but /
never struck my wife or kicked her
while they were there or had any
trouble with her. He explained the
l.