The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-03-30
pools of blood and their location
north of the house.

pools of blood and their location
north of the house.
DIR. B. L. EIKER
testified that he was a practic1ng
physician, 80 years old, residing at
Leon and that he attended and as
sisted in the post mortem held at the
Zornes home on Dec. 8, 1910, and
gave a detailed description OF what
they found, showing portion OF the
skull of Mrs. Zornes which was re-
moved. at the post norton, which
showed the fractures of the skull.
Said they found a wound about three
and three-fourths inches long on the
west side of the head, commencing
one and half inches above the left
eye, which had been sewed up. There
were bruises on the upper and lower
left eye lid, and bruises on the right
limb between the knee and ankle
and on the instep of the right foot.
The fracture in the skull was about
six inches long, second fracture
about four and a half inches long
were connected by another fracture.
Said a blot clot was found on the
brain containing about three table
spoons of blood. That death was
caused by hemorrhage of an artery
in the brain, caused by external VOL
ence, probably blow by some blunt
instrument. That the wound could
have been inflicted by some such an
instrument as the club introduced in
evidence. That it was possible, but
not probable for person to walk
very far if at all after receiving such
wound. All the organs of the body
]
NAL with the exception that gall
stones were found in the gall blad-
der.
DIR. H. r. LAYTON
who also attended the post mortem
testified along the same lines as DR..
Eiker and said that DR.. Tallman, the
other physician who assisted at the
post norton, had been sick for some
time and was in no condition to ap-
pear in court or to testify. He des-
|cribed the wounds on the head and
limbs and the fractures and blot clot
much the same as DR.. Eiker, and said
death was caused by the hemorrhage,
produced by the blow that fractured
the skull. 1t would be possible but
not probable that a person would be
able to get up and walk after such
an injury. Found nothing abnormal
about the body except gall stones.
That the injury on her head caused
death, and that some instrument
similar to the club introduced would
produce such an injury, but that it
could not have been produced with
blow from rod.
O. E. HULL
Editor of the Leon Reporter testi-
fed as to being at the Zornes home
the day after the murder and as to
the location of the pools of blood
on the. ground.
JAMES OWENS
| Resides in Long Creek township,
and was at the home of Levi Zornes
on Dec. 8, 1910. Found billy lying
on the ground about so or so feet
from the barn, and picked it up.
Tom Phillips, Henry and Ellie Zornes
and Lew Green were with him.
Found the club introduced in evil,
dence that morning about $3.50, and
also the cap, and Geo. Baker, Tom
Phillips and Henry Zornes were pres
ent when they were found. Saw shoe
tracks on the ground west of the
barn, quite a number of tracks.
Identified the cap as belonging to Roy
Young. Saw him wearing it week
or so before.
On cross examination said the cap
was on the east side of the fence,
southwest of the house.
HENRY PHILLIPS.
Lives in Nance county, Nebraska,
is Is years old, and is nephew of
Levi Zornes and Bertha Zornes. Was
at the Zornes home on the evening
of Dec. Z, 1910, and after supper was
with the others in the southeast
room. Said he left the house when
the fight started. Was the second
man out of the house. Saw Hugh
Teale three or four steps from the
southwest door. Saw "String" Teale
strike Mrs. Zornes, outside of the
house. Was northwest of Levi
Zornes about seventy feet. I ran
northwest and stopped at the wire
fence east Of the pond, northwest of
the closet about 40 feet. Think I
went straight east six or seven feet,
then down south about 100 yards.
On cross examination he said when
the fight started he walked out and
then run northwest about 70 yards.
got out before things got to going
and you bet got to the pond pretty
quick. I went west of the cave.
Didn't see the trouble in the house
or west of it.
On redirect examination he testi-
fed: became good and scared and
did some keen running after my.
aunt was struck, I saw Tom Young
strike Lee Zornes in the house.
| E. H. KAUFMAN . -
Lives in Long Creek township, IN
miles from where Zornes lived. On
the night Mrs. Zornes was killed +
was up and out of doors several times
during the night. Heard some one
screaming over. by Zornes', sounded
like more than one. Had talk with
Clarence Teale in August or Septem-
Der, in-which he said he had trouble
with Zornes and nailed up the gates.
It was moonlight night. 1 could
see and tell a person.
LEE ZORNES
recalled testified he did not think he
ever told E. H. Kaufman that Roy