Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-06-06
of the head which had fractured the
skull. There was a similar but smaller
fracture back of the left ear.
Earps aodv on Floor.


the north, is narrow passage, used as
pantry. The kitchen door opens from
this. Earl Hardy's body was found
lying just within the threshold leading
into the kitchen, his feet pointing
toward the dining room, which he ap-
parently had just left. His head lay
to the northwest and centered great
pool of blood which covered the wood
en- floor.
His body lay partly on the back, and
partly on the right side, while the head
was turned to the right and rested up
on the cheek.
His cap lay few feet to his right.
and near his feet were milk pals,
which he had evidently just put down.
Like his mother he was fully dressed
in the work clothes of the farm Four
big wounds scared his head. Two
were over the right eye. the first being
well up on the forehead and the other
was just back of the line where the
head meet the forehead. Both of these
blows had produced gaping fractures.
Two other wounds were on the back
and the left side of the head. One at
least had produced fracture.
Fathers Body With Cows.
The fathers body was near the west
end OF the COW stable, which occupies
most of the basement of the barn and
all of the east part of it. This body
was not found until the neighbors,
Toedt and Pischel, arrived. Alongside
of it stood two cows chewing'their cuds.
Three puppies slept peacefully in the
corner, almost within arms reach of
the dead man.
With his head pointing toward the
southeast, the body of the elder Hardy
was found lying on his left side, with
his face to the southwest. The body
was rather drawn up, the legs being
tucked up toward the trunk. He wore
his work clothes.
Four big wounds had ripped open
the scalp. three of them at least having
caused fractures. An especially deep
one had crushed in the skull. This
wound was far back on the head.
Weapon Found Close BY.
Directly behind the COW, which stood
| nearest to the aged mans body, the
deadly gas pipe, with one end en-
bedded in the manure, was found.
This piece of gas pipe was left not
many feet from where it had been al
| ways kept in the corner of the COW
stable. One Of it's ends had been
pointed so that it made a handy tool
the stalls.
Under the grain spout, which led
from the bin upstairs and close by
| Hardy's body, stood two pals, one Of
! which had milk in it. On the edge of
one Of these pals hung Hardy's cap. :
Had Been Feeding Calves.
! There is reason to believe that the
! triple killing was committed some
I iroo hot nj ~ g
during this hour, according TO one OF
the Starnes boys, who had worked on
the place, that the chores were usually
done, It is equally evident that the
father of the family had just finished
! feeding the calves, which stood on the
south side Of the stanchion close tc
| which Hardy's body lay. The milk in
| the pail under the grain spout, and the
! freshly separated milk in the outbuild-
| ing used for that purpose. indicated
that the father had milked the two
cows, taken the milk and separated it,
and had returned to where the COWS
We're kept to feed the skinned milk to
the calves. The Starnes boy said that
! it was sometimes as late as 10 o'clock
| before these chores were done when he
worked there. The entrance to the
COW stable was thru a small door in
the foundation of the barn.
Confident Lover Innocent.
! Expressing confidence in her sweet
| hearts innocence, and claiming TO be
able to account for his presence from
about $50 to 1890 Sunday night, Miss
Mabel Starnes. daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. s. Starnes, was found at her
home by a Times-Republican reporter.
! Ray and I were to be married next
| cd of Sh "a
added that they had made no definite
plans where they were to live.
"He came here about $50 o'clock
she said. "and he stayed until 1890.
He came over in his buggy"
| Asked if they had remained at home
all the time Raymond was at her home,
she said they had not left the place.
| She said that her lover, with whom
she had kept company" for three
of If MIND. . - '''9 'S1'' Ai'''
Ray Has Good Reputation.
| No word in answer to inquiry could
! be found that was not favorable. TO
Raymond, when the nearest neighbors
We're questioned, excepting that he
| seemed TO have inclination to run
about" a good deal. BY this was meant
that he was on the go a good deal
With his father he did most of the hard
work of the farm, the dead brother
Earl, being physically weak, and of a
! different, retiring disposition. Ear
seldom left the farm during the nine
years the Hardys have tenanted the
! place.
Father Last Killed.
| From the nature of the wounds on
| the heads of all, there would seem to be
\ Inn hot 4 1,
or instrument was used on all. Such
being the case, the presumption is that
the mother and son We're the first who
were slaughtered, and that the father
was the last to be killed which is
strengthened by the bloody gas pipe
being found near where it was last
used. Any one Of the blows that
either of three received would have
been sufficient to have knocked the
victim down, and most of the wounds
would singly have produced uncon-
sciousness or even death
There is reason to believe that the
mother was struck down as she stood
on the dining room floor. Blood stains
were found on the carpet a few feet
from the sofa, where she was evidently
dragged after being beaten. The
blood could not possibly have stained
the carpet after the body was placed
on the sofa
BY reason Of the cap and the mill