Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-06-08
Es-REPUBLIoAN, 1ARsEAILTowN, IOWA. JUNE = 1910

! brother Earl came to the house. The
father was the last to be at the barn.
He said he MIXED in the clothes
| which he wore to the Starnes home and
which he has on now, with the eXcep-
ton Of his coat which he took off when
he went to the barn.
Left Home After 8 o'clock.
Repeatedly he declared that he left
the house between and $50 O'Clock,
and that he went direct to the Starnes
nome. When he left the house his
| mother was sitting by the dining room
| window, which looks out upon the east
porch. Earl and his father were still
at the barn. He went direct, he said, to
the Starnes home, aud stayed there
until 1890 He talked with his sweet
heart, he declared, about their APP
preaching marriage, and added that
Mr.. and Mrs. Starnes were there in
the house part Of the time.
Returns Home; Finds Mother.
He said that he came back home
without delay on the way. He put up
the horse and buggy and came to the
house, entering by the door leading into
the dining room from the east porch.
Getting inside he struck a match and
saw his mothers body lying on the sofa.
Then he lit the lamp, which ne said
was on the dining room table, near the
center Of the room.
Then, without making an effort to
find the other members of the family
he went to the telephone in the dining
room and gave the alarm along the
line. This done he picked up the lamp
got an old shotgun that was kept
downstairs, put one shell in it, and
Went upstairs. Finding no one in
either room he returned to the lower
floor.
Finds Earl in Kitchen.
Putting the lamp down on the dining
room table, but still carrying the gun
he went thru the pantry and into the
kitchen. There on the threshold, lay
the body of his brother Earl. Ray
mond said that While he held the gun
in one hand, a match in the other.
wtTich went out as he stopped, he
touched Earl's hand and found it cold
He also said he touched his mothers
hand when he found it and found it
likewise icy.
Then going TO the telephone the sec
ond time he called on the line got Mrs.
Fred Brandt. and asked her 10 call the
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