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

northwest OF the house with the idea
of killing them. There were two or
me and l wanted to get out of there
l believed they would kill me. That
was why l struck. Roy and Ed
Young and Hugh Teale came down
and got through the fence where we
were. We stopped about the same
time they came through. Had known
Mrs. Zornes all my life, and knew she
was vicious, dangerous woman who
would use weapon in fight. be-
lieved when she motioned with the
poker that she intended to do me a
great injury. That she would kill
me if she could. 1t looked that way
to me. l made no statement such
as come on Teale let's get the rest
of them, or anything like that. Did
not make any statement about let's
go back and finish the b-h. l didn't
hear any such statement. l first
learned she had been badly hurt
when Roy came down and said she
was bad hurt and for us to stop and
go home. l think my coat was
dropped between the we'll and the
cave, where l was first hit The wit
ness produced the shirt he had on
|
ed some blood spots on it. Said it
was torn during the fight. Henry and
Mrs. Zornes struck me quite few
times on the head, and there was a
place cut open on my head which
bled some. There were bumps on
my head where l was hit. was hit
several times on the body. My left
arm was bruised and the skin
knocked off. / struck Mrs. Zornes
and used my right hand in doing so.
I was facing north and she was fac
ing me. Roy told me she was bad
hurt, and who Lee said did it. After
we got our coats we went down to
| Teale's. Hugh and l hitched up the
team and went to Kellerton in a
buggy. l had intended going to Kel-
lerton on Saturday. l did not intend
to go any farther / didn't want to
stay there because they were hot
headed bunch in that neighborhood
and l didn't feel SAFE
On cross examination he said he
went by his fathers in going from
DeKalb to Teale's. 1t was about $3.50
when he got there and they stayed
there an hour or longer. Ed came to
Zornes' about 20 minutes or longer
after they went there, and the
trouble had started before he came,
that is the conversation about the
cook between Mrs. Zornes and Clar-
ence Teale. Ed leaned up against
the sewing machine. Jane Young is
my sister. Mrs. Zornes said Dick
Pray told her she was cooking there
and she believed him. She said
Teale was a id liar and for Lee to
get the shot gun and kill these
s-bs. When Mrs. Zornes said
that Lee was on the other side of the
room. He didn't have his foot on
the stove hearth. l knocked Lee
down twice and then knocked Henry
down twice. Don't know whether Ed
Young or Hugh Teale got the gun,
they had it between them. Lee and
Henry Zornes and Tom and Henry
Phillips had all gone out the south
west door. we didn't 60 out the east
door but the five of us followed out
the southwest door The two Phillip
boys run out before the fight COM
menced. We had knocked Lee and
Henry out the door. Mrs. Zornes was
standing by the side of the stove and
Henry and Lee had left the room.
After every man Of the house had
left I hit Mrs. Zornes with the BIZ
cycle pump. Henry's mother joined
him northwest of the house. I could
not tell the exact place. struck Mrs.
Zornes with a board " or 8 feet
long. Don't know what kind Of a
board it was. l never told anyone
about it the next day or told them to
look for it. Henry ran when knocked
his mother down. didn't see her get
up. After Henry had driven me north
and after l knocked his mother down
he run. Clarence Teale and Lee
Zornes were fighting down below. L
did not see Willie or Ellie Zornes or
either of the Phillips out there. l
ian northwest. Henry and Lee Zornes
were ahead of Clarence Teale and
me. When we stopped they were
ahead of US. They went on south and
east toward the house. I was taken
into custody the next day and have
been in Jail ever since. am one of
the defendants in this case, but am
not being tried at this time. All five
of us, Clarence and Hugh Teale, Ed
and Roy Young and myself have
been in jail together ever since We
were arrested.
On redirect examination said he
had no attorney employed until jan
uary of this year. -.
CLARENCE TEALE
the defendant took the stand and
said he was SO years of age, farm
err, and had lived in Long Creek
township for nine months prior to
last December. Live y of mile
southwest of Zornes. There was a
road through the fields between their
houses which was generally trav-
elled. Haa been at the Zornes home
quite often. Had rented Lee Zornes
2 or 3 a,ges C: corn land and 2
acres which he had in cane. Had a
conversation with Kaufman about
putting up gate or fence between
Zornes and his place on the road.
The gate there had been broken
down and I spoke to Zornes about
driving over it and breaking it, and
l finally did nail it up. I probably
told Kaufman that Zornes might get
sore at me as they hauled water