Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-06-10

to trouble"
why did he say that?'
Because there had been some one
there the night before (meaning by
this his reference TO the saddlea
horse)-
"He said i had better be careful for
there might be some one around then"
What did You tell him.
II told him didn't care
Asked what he took with him, IN
the way of weapons, he said nothing
hut a pocket knife he thought he had
in his pocket.
You had revolver in the house.
why didn't you take it?'
Il didn't think of it and I didn't
think I would need it."
He said when he returned home the
house was dark. the door he entered
was shut, but not locked. He said tnaS
door was seldom ever locked at night
Relatives Last People There.
The last people who were not mem-
bers of the family who were al the
Hardy home before the murder Ray
mond said, We're Mrs. Emery, son Cliff
ford. and daughter Creta, OF Rhodes
The two first named came Monday,
Nav so and the latter Tuesday even
ing. They all left on Wednesday after
noon, June I.
II was on Wednesday that Raymond
claims 10 have killed the chicken, the
blood OF which spar-ered his overalls
These overalls were the same pair ne
said he had on Sunday and which he
hid because he feared the blood stains
would cast suspicion upon him.
Both Mrs Emery, Mrs. Hardy's SIS
ter-in-Iaw. ana her daughter Creta,
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girl said she vas an eye witness
she declared mat that Raymond shot
the chicken with the saoc gun while
she looked on. then chopped of Is
head she was confident she saw the
blood on me overallS and hat Ray
mond also go, blood on Ms hand.
House Was in Disorder.
The hoy SAID mat when he got into
the house -.,a- IN me room where his
mother lay there we-= coats ara wraps
on -ha foo- and perhaps coats ana
cars o.-a- witnesses co--ooo-a-ei
h za:d -as za-2e condition prevailed
II he bed r7o- Of ch@ sitting Or front
room. which seemed 70 ~ TORN around
good 6=aI.r a1d ma drawers were
pulled o,sc- E-1@s- Tos6. a2d others
supported -a.s testimony With their
own
~Haa- id you md u7s-ai-s7-
Things seemed . % the same as
in the bed room, u said.
Regarding -he disposition % his
work clothes. waea ha came II Sun
cay morning after finishing me chores,
the lad said h left MS shirt down
stairs. and -ook his o-erans 70 the sec
ond so0-. and laid them with the BIZ
rvoJa 5, his hrn-1A-'S room
He said il was about ? o'clock when
the first neighbors, Toedt. Pischel and
Others. reached the place. He saw their
their lanterns as they came and went
cut TO meet them The aeighbors cor
roborated this detail
Identified Property Found.
The witnesses identified his fathers
check book and the pocket book. knives
and other small articles taken from the
clothing Of the murdered men
He said partial arrangements had
been made about where they We're TO
live after he and Mabel were married.
Where were you going 70 get the
money 70 marry on?"
Her folks and mine were TO help
US"
He said he had place to go to
live. Miss Starnes. when she was on
the stand. said Arthur Bollhoefer her
sisters friend. knew OF a place Ray
mond could get, and that Raymond was
going to see Arthur about il. This was
the place to which Raymond referred
when he was on the stand. Ii was
$50 o'clock when the long examination
of the boy ended
The Boys Cry For Help.
Mrs. Fred Brandt, who lives two
miles southwest of the Hardy home.
and VINO was the first to hear the lads
cry for help over the telephone, was
next called.
She said she heard the general call
and went to the telephone. Raymond.
she said, seemed to know who it was
He cried over the phone, My God
somebody come, I just got home and
found mother on the lounge her head
all pounded to pieces and can't find
father any place" She knew it was
Ray who was talking. but that he
did not mention Earl's name.
II was / or 100. she said when this
general alarm was given.
Did he seem to be excited?" she was
asked.
He seemed TO be pretty badly ex-
cited over the phone" she answered.
Tells of Finding Earl.
Mr. Fred Brandt testified that he
heard the conversation over the tele-
phone, while Ray was asking Mrs
Teodt to get the doctor. He said he
heard Ray say that he had found Earl
This was some time after the general
alarm was given.
when you heard Raymond talking
over the phone, did ne seem 10 be
excited"
NO he did not seem to be greatly
excited"
He said it was between 100 and
when he heard the conversation about
the doctor. AS near as he could judge
it was half an hour from the first
alarm to the time the request was
given for the doctor. During that time
Raymond, according to all evidence,
was alone in the house with the muir
dered ones.
Exact Time is Taken.
Mrs Henry II. Toedt, whom Ray
mond asked to get the doctor, and who
telephoned for that purpose, said she
heard the first alarm, five or six long
rings. It was repeated twice. A little
later Mrs. Brandt told her Of the trag-
edy TWAS when Mrs. Brandt was talk
Aag to her chat Ray. she said, called her,
1frs. Toedt, by name and asked her