Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-12-07
LARSON ON STAND
TEARElJLLY TELLS
STORY Of MURDER
Days and Nights Without Sleep
When He Learns Of His
Brothers. Betrayal
UnsetiIe Mind.
STATE WITNESSES HEARD
Wife Shows No Emotion and
Will Be Called to Tell NJ
Her Relations Witt,
Charles Larson.
STATE WITNESSES HEARD


in tho case OF 15sanN V. Larson. wh"
shoi and Killed his hr",ltc:., I,hns. W.
I'd n. on astffsT 3 of :his GEAR. 'his
mon Eng u &c defendant OF he
VIII .. examination tend
ed condition OF his
mint D. four da.s pro-
cedins the tragedy
.ie said that hs tiiscavs ID. the rela-
tions between his wife ard his brother,
Charles, during that .lnc and for the
three days befc.e the tragedy he had
neither slept nor eatea. lie spoke with
deep emotion and he brole inlo ars
when referring TO his children.
The examination OF the defendant
will continue throuefopt the day
The court room was filled to it's ut
most capacity yesterday when the state
consumed the day in presenting the
case against the defendant, and q num-
her OF witnesses were called to the
stand. Early in the day, G.. $. New
meyer WAS called 10 the witness chair.
He testified that he saw the defendant
on the day OF the tragedy. Defendant
entered the bank aad drew check
for $40, saving, u have killed my
brother and ] an going to Tekanah
reason for th"S1aeed that his brother
afa aona s9sf led tliy,y n, boa ''d ' far'hfT as
s''S plses% %a1 hen he reacbSssss '''nf S. 'qa +.
Mssals MSsa IS the tro y ,s .sS s@mf shInes lnes.
ana easked Mr.. & Clark arrived
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Lars rtskcs Statement.
In that ,s4,t, lent Larson declared
that he had suspected for some time
t1ls.t mis- brother was unduly intimate
With his Q'rank Larson's) wife. and
that ON Sunday night, October /. she
had confessed and had written a COM
plete statement detailing her shame.
ON Monday:lTranli arson had tried to
telephone 10 his brother to come over
and help him with some work. Find
ing ;he telephone out otsorder. he went
to town and wrote Il postal CARDIFF his
brother, asking him to come over.
Later In the day Charles telepnoned and
said he would come. In the morning
of the day of the shooting. Frank tele-
phoned again and Charles stated that
he expected to stop on returning from
town. Frank watched for his coming
j
charles 10 come up al once and he
tt'rans) would go with him to town.
Ne consented to do this and walked
with Frank rp to the barn.
Entering the barn, Frank closed the
door and picked uG a shotgun and said.
DO you know what / got you here
for??" Charles said, Il suppose to do
this work. Frank said mo, am
going to kill you for what you have
done to me and my family" Charles
denied the accusation, and this am
gered Frank. and he told his brother
10 he careful. Charles asked him what
he wanted and Frank said. III you
premise to loaNe he country, | will let
yuN OFF, Charles said lle would rot do
this, bnt he would never set foot ON his
G'rank'sl farm again. Frank said this
wot.d not do. and asked him if he
had any word TO send to his children.
Charles said III YOU XII Inc. You viii!
Kill MY A.ifc also. Frank answered.
YoG think Of Your wife now; why
have you not thought of hcr while you
ally agreed to go up TO the house and
talk II ovfr with Franks wife. Mrs.
larson camo ont aud Chen Charles
promised he would icaNe the country
Frank toid iiina il Was too !a:e row
Mrs. Larson then asked what i
wanted. ana asked il IL would tslks
lnnneA. Frank said Yes. ;nd then she
said How much; would $4,000 do
Frank said that would % and then
Charles said. -.l'iss, ! tho,ig,lt you were
going to lin nc; now VOC bold me uI,.
All this and slnic further snoring re-
lnalk Frank pulled the !llgger He
turned to MS Wife. who saia. let mo
take the blame; thcy'ii never hang !.
woman" ".So, said Frank. il any ono
is going to. hang l ~Mi will give my
self up
This was 1arson.s own story OF The
crime. as given on the day OF the
shooting. l. ID. Wigten. when called
TO the sta'ld. eorroborated the testl-
mony of Ph1pps in 'letaii l'nrthes
testimony u Giilterson. county coro-
ncr, peter Peterson. the rndertaker
John T. pifer ard others, rendered tes-
iimony confirming the stt:'y told hy
Larson himseif.
Larson Women in Court
Mrs. Charles w. Larsen. widow OF
the murdered man. was il the court
room during t.e day. W'hen tho hat
worn by her f;ishand on the day OF
the shooting was produced in court
shattered as it WAS by the shot. Mrs.
Larson shrieked and wept hysterically
and had 10 be led from the room. Or;
the other hand. the Wife OF the mur-
derer has been present from the start.
She sits with bent head, silent and
alone and awaits the time when she
is to be called to the stand Upon her
testimony hangs the verdict Her hus-
bands life is in her hands and to saya
him she must tell the story of ner
and detail the story told her husband
that led to the tragedy. SHE is tho
mother of sir children, and the Oldest
Of Them will he present in cOu-t