The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-03-30

door ana SAID IOr us TO come IN.
Hugh was standing in the south part
of the room. walked up to him and
told him | had notion to crack a
limb in his flank for running away
from me, and he said to try it on. Mr..
Zornes offered me chair, showed it
out with his foot The room was
warm and l took off my heavy duck
coat and threw it over a stool and
sat down. Tom Young leaned against
the sewing machine to the southeast
of me. He had a bicycle pump and
the first l noticed him with it he
punched me in the back and said
something. He was making a pc
culiar noise with the pump, and |
said something about that being a
noise like Hugh made at the supper
table, Mrs Zornes spoke up from the
bed room and asked if that was me.
l said excuse me, l didn't know you
were here, as l don't often speak
that way in the presence of ladies. l
asked if Ora was there and Mrs.
Zornes said she had gone up to Can
aday's to shuck corn and was getting
cents per bushef l said, thunder,
she needn't have gone that far from
home, as | would have given her
more than that. l told Mr.. Zornes
We would shuck out our corn the
next day and wanted him to get his
corn out, as Ramsey wanted to turn
in his cattle, and that if he would
bring all the boys down the next
morning he could get it out by noon
He said he would come when he
could. I told him they could get done
in half day, by noon. Mrs. Zornes
spoke up and said, Teale, what are
you fellows doing for cook down
there. hear your cook is gone.
Hugh made a bow and said allow me
to present the only cook we have had
since I've been there. She said,
don't mean you, l mean the
other cook, Jane Young. l I'M
derstand she has gone and got mar
ried. l said there had been good
bit of talk going on and that ! be-
lieved it originated on that hill. She
said you're ID liar. That Dick
Pray had told her and she believed
it. said that anyone who said that
was ---. She yelled to Lee
to get the gun and kill the s..
Lee started southeast towards the
gun. I was directly in front of the
east door. Zornes made no attempt
to open the east door. He was
reaching for the gun and said you
s. go, and go quick. I'm going
to kill you ALL Then Tom and Hen
ny Phillips ran out of the uthwest
door into the kitchen. Tom Young
ran over there and as Lee raised the
gun Tom struck the gun and it fell
to the floor. Lee tried to pick it up
and Tom struck him again. Then
Henry Zornes grabbed for the gun
and tried to raise it and Tom hit
him. He fell toward the kitchen
door, and went in there pretty
quickly. At this time Mrs. Zornes
was cussing and swearing. Wanted
Lee to kill the s.. She stepped to
the north side of the stove. Saw her
with the poker in her hand step to
the southeast corner of the stove,
and drew the poker back, threaten
ing to strike Tom Young, and he
threw the pump and hit her. Roy
Young had no poker in his hand that
saw. The gun was picked up by
Hugh Teale or Ed Young and when l
turned around Ed was throwing the
shells on the floor. l don't know
where Willie Zornes was. l think he
went out the door with the Phillip
boys. Shortly after we went in the
kitchen, and when we went in the
kitchen I think Mrs. Zornes was
standing in the double door and had
the poker in her hand. When we
went out the door Hugh said, boys,
don't come out. There was some
other talk out there. Roy and Ed
Young had hold of Tom. Henry
Zornes said, there's the id s-b.
let me kill him, and hit Tom with
club. Tom went west and north be-
tween the well and the cave. I was
hit over the head with club by Lee
Zornes. was making for the
west. That was the way to get out
and get in the clear, and to get away
and get home. They drove us to the
north. Lee was following me to the
myself. l think l struck him as we
were going back the fence. I had
no weapon in my hands that night.
He had club and / tried to Jump in
and he threw the club. Then l hit
him and Kicked him through the
fence. Tom Young came up and
Henry Zornes went through the
fence and due west. We went to the
northwest corner of the barn.
Neither Tom Young or had any
weapon. We went a little south of
the crib before We stopped. During
this fight Tom Young didn't say,
come on Teale, here goes the rest
of them, CIR anything about going
back and finishing anybody. There
were no threats made by me or Tom
Young. I heard no threats made by
any one except Henry Zornes. Hugh
Teale, Roy and Ed Young took no
part that I could see. Ed Young
didn't point the gun or threaten to
shoot anybody. I didn't feel along
the west side of the house. Didn't
go along close to it. Don't know
where left my coat, as it was pref
| ty exciting time. Mrs. Zornes was
standing in the. double door the last
| time saw her. l did not see her out
side. I did not strike Mrs. Zornes or
anyone that night with club. l
struck no one that night but Lee
Zornes. Roy Young went back to the