Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-02-08
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revolver" at first, then ,. igelow said,
''Mr. Clifford, you told me you had a
revolver. She didn t remember what
Clifford said or did in response to that
remark. She thought they talked
about ten minutes, she heard words
now and then but couldn't get any
thing connected. Clifford turned away
and said to Bigelow, "You just try
it, you just try it," Bigelow said
"Come back here, come back here. :"
Clifford stopped and picked up club,
and turned and said to Bigelow, You
get off my proderty or I will knock
you off," There was a distance of
two or three feet between them, per-
haps not so much. Clifford picked up
the club 10 or 20 feet from Bigelow,
then turned and approached him. At
that time Bigelow had gone a little
bit west of the line, two or three feet.
When Clifford made that remark, Bige-
low said "Take care, take care. !"
Clifford made no reply, dropped club
and went back to work. Club looked
like dead branch from tree. After that
Bigelow went back around the door of
the barn. Clifford went to work in
the garden, 60 or 70 feet north or
northwest. He was hoeing or some
thing like that, didn't notice him
particularly after that. Noticed
Bigelow little after that, heard him
talking to Mr.. James who drove into
the alley with load of some kind.
Thought James drove into alley about
8 minutes after Clifford put down club.
Court then adjourned to 80 p. M,
Friday.
At the opening of the afternoon ses-
sion Miss Bailey was recalled and tes-
titled that she was in the yard alto
gether about 20 minutes. She remem-
bered seeing J. @. Beard about the
time she went into the house. About
the time she noticed James her atten-
tion was attracted by Walter Riley
calling her. She talked with him
about 8 minutes, finished her work
and went into the house. She was out
doors about 10 minutes after the
quarrel At the time of the quarrel
Bigelow had cane in his hand.
WALTER RILEY.
Witness testified that he knew both
Clifford and Bigelow personally. Re-
members going to dinner Nov. 5, 1904,
left store at II 30, went past school
house as far as the Francisco residence.
Heard loud noises while passing
Bailey's, and at Francisco's stopped to
see what it was, heard no ineligible
words, just loud talk. Went onto
Francisco's porch to see, and looked
over the fence into the yard. Saw
Clifford and Bigelow near the barn
and Miss Bailey in her back yard.
They were about 100 feet from him,
northeast. After the quarrel he called
to Miss Bailey and she came across
the lot and met him, where they talked
about it. While they were quarreling
he heard Bigelow say Take care" and
repeat it. Heard Clifford say some
thing about Knocking him off," it
was unintelligible except the last part.
Saw Gi ford have club in his hand,
couldn't describe it, only that he held
it in his hand, with the end raised -
or feet above his left hand, his right
hand grasping the lower end. 1t was
about 8 or feet long. Clifford stood
with his back to him, Bigelow facing
HIM. Clifford raised the club above
his shoulder. Clifford stood there a
second or two and both backed away.
He was there 8 or 10 minutes. Clifford
seemed very angry. Bigelow seemed
to be backing off. All he heard was
two or three words, "Take care, etc.
JOHN HARMON.
Witness testified that he knew
Clifford by seeing him during the sum-
mer working on his lots. Was at his
home, corner Vernon and River streets,
Nov. 8, 1904. Remembers Frank Nc.
Claskey coming to his house about
IL 80 and calling his attention to some
thing over ON the Clifford lots. Saw
Clifford, Beard and another gentleman
there. Saw Beard and the other
gentleman pick up body from the
ground and carry it off. AS they
carried it off Clifford came back to-
wards his cellar. When McClaskey
called him he told him he heard the
blow, but did not tell him he has seen
FRANK M'CLASKEY.
Witness lives on Vernon street, west
of Harmon's. Knows Clifford by sight.
Saw him Nov. 9th early in forenoon,
about 8 or O'Clock, at the house and
property he had bought close to where
he lived, adjoining Harmon's, painting
and fixing it. Afterwards he saw
him digging in his garden across the
street, where the foundation for a