The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-06-30
Clark Confesses
Admits Firing the Shots that Killed Lee Warner
and Wounded A. c. Brechtel- Claims Brakemen
Were Attacking His Partner and He Thought
His Turn Would Be Next-Ful Confess
sion at Preliminary Hearing Friday.

The preliminary hearing Of Henry Clark and Ches-
ley Hubbard was held before Mayor Rollins at the
court house. Friday afternoon. Although held an
hour earlier than had been announced the court
was filled with people when The sensational confes.
sions were made and Henry Clark admitted that he
fired the fatal Shots Clark at first waived exami-
nation, then Hubbard made his statement and this
50 aroused Clark that he arose and made a full
breast Of it. telling in detail the story of the crime.
The rairead detectives. the sheriff. officer Bufinton
and County Attorney Klinker entitled to great
praise for the able manner in which this whole
affair has been conducted. The guilty man has
been discovered preadventure and this of itself will
save the county large expense. Further, the
confession was secured without resorting to any
fair means or any third degree business. The
is a brief of the testimony given before Mayor
Rollins:
Statement of Chesley Hubbard at Preliminary
examination before w. c. Rollins. Justice of the
Peace, in Denison, Iowa. June 25th, 1909.
My name is Chesey Hubbard. am twenty-six
years old When it started it commenced in
Omaha. We were paid off and gave this man here
Indicating prisoner, Henry Clark) $500 and we
goes to the pawn shop and he pays for the gun and
puts it in my pocket and he takes the shells.
goes and sets three of them up to drink and then
we 60 up to Jimmie Adams saloon and we plays
some cards in there for the drinks. After doing
that goes to two or three pawn shops looking for
thirty two longs and could not find any thirty-twe
longs. Then we comes to pawn brokers' shop and
he has some shorts and he Indicating Clark) buys
shorts for twenty cents and pays the fare
across to Council Bluffs. We goes down by the
brick-yard and sits down there for few minutes
and talks and then go to store and buy some cake
He buys the cake and buys five cents worth Of
bananas. He asks for the gun and gave it to him
and he loaded it. We then gets on the train and
the brakeman comes to US and asks US where we
were going and he says to the brakeman am going
to Missouri Valley. The brakeman asks him how
much he had and he said have not got anything
We rides on to the next stop. When we gets to the
next stop gets off and then gets the oil tank
again. At the same time the two white men were
on the train and another got on, which made three.
When the shooting occurred had just started out
Of Vail. The brakeman came to and said
thought told you to get off this train and told
him it was the other fellow he told. He came at
me and handed the other fellow the lantern and
Henry shoots down. was trying to get out of the
way Of the brakeman when the shooting occurred.
The brakeman after me trying to put me off the
train. When he did this shooting he starts off and
he said to me to get off. One fell near my legs
and the other fell near the end of the car. Henry
got off and ran up to where was and told me to
come along with him. We then went to this other
town. When we gets over here we started out over
q wheat field and goes to sleep under trees.
He had the gun. When we gets inside of this little
town he says to me, Hold the gun until ] get my
clothes fixed. they coming off and takes the
gun and we goes to town and goes to the depot and
buys ticket for Omaha. We goes out and gets on
pile of ties. The officer came up to US and said
good morning and says good morning and he says.
''Come with me.' Henry says to the officer that
we came from Marshalltown. had the gun in my
pocket when he arrested me and threw the gun