Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-15
thought he was going for a gun.

| thought he was going for gun.
II never had any trouble to speak of
| with Seibert, and as far as / know
there is nothing that should have
caused him to address me as he did
last night About three months ago,
at Capron's, he called me a lot of vile
names, but 1 never answered him.
Physically I was no match for him,
and / have always tried to avoid having
any words with him over anything"
LaShelle said that he had not car
ried a gun for three months until last
| night, and that the gun did not belong
to him, but was the property of his
brother, S. w. I4aShelle, who kept the
weapon at home. LaShelle stated he
did not know why he put the gun in his
pocket when he came down town, but
that he was not looking for trouble
from any source.
LaShelle was perfectly sober when
the shooting occurred, according to
the statement of all others who had
seen him during the evening and to his
own statement
LaShele is So years old, and is a
son of Mr.. and Mrs. D. H. LaShelle,
10 North Sixth street.
coroner f1oldS Inquest.
Coroner Jay held an inquest at 10:30
today in the sheriff's office, and the
jury, composed of L. c. Abbott, ]. E.
Stanton, and F. NJ. Wilbur, returned a
verdict to the effect that Seibert had
come to his death by three bullet
wounds inflicted by LaShelle. Five
witnesses We're examined. Curtis Pad
more. Harry Hotchkiss, Willis Cole, DR..
Merrill. and DR.. Cheslre. County At
torney Egermayer objected to the hold
ing of an inquest, and served the
coroner with notice that payment of
the expense would be resisted. The
coroner sought legal advice, to the eff
feet that an inquest was advisable I'M
der the circumstances.
Family Filled With Tragedies.
The death of DOC" Sebert is the
third tragedy in the family within the
last few years Gus Seibert, a brother
of the dead man, burned to death in an
explosion of the electric light plant at
Cedar Falls about four years ago. Mrs.
Kate Horton, an older sister. formerly
the wife of Jacob Snyder, of this city,
was burned to death about five years
ago at Cedar Rapids, the victim of a
gasoline stove explosion.
Doc Seibert was a son of Mrs. Eliza
J. Seibert 103 North First avenue. H
would have been "a years old July 9
next. The family has lived here about
seventeen Years, coming from Wav-
eriy, the old family home having been
on a farm eight miles north ofNNaverty,
where all the children but one We're
born. 1t was there that George Sci
bert. head of the family, died in 1884.
Seibert married Grace Kissberth in
this city nine years ago. Mrs. Seibert
is employed at the Robb restaurant,
and with her husband occupied apart
ments at North Third street. Aside
from his mother and wife, Seibert is
survived by five brothers and two sis
tiers. The brothers are Fred Seibert,
Evangelist Billy" Sundays right hand
tabernacle man: Joseph Seibert. 2l1
South First avenue; William, a farmer
living two and one-half miles north of
Grinnell; Charles, farmer living four
and one-half miles north of Waverly,
and Edward, of Cedar Rapids. The
sisters are Carrie Siebert, who lives
with her mother in this city. and Mrs,
Lizzie Whirt, of Kellogg.
Fred Seibert. accompanied by Mrs.
Seibert and two children. reached the
city Unexpectedly this morning from
Springfield. III. Mr. Seibert knew