The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-03-30
EVIDENCE IN The IEAlE CASE
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DenC bicycle pump Sdlu IL was pOSSl-
BILE but not probable that it could be
so bent by striking person over the
head.
DR.. H. R. LAYTON.
recalled for further cross examina-
ton said bruises on limb and foot
did not amount to very much. That
it would not take much of a blow
with a club such as introduced as
an exhibit to crush in the skull. A
heavy blow would mash it. If the
club was held so as to strike the
skull closer to the hands it would
not crush it so bad.
A. II. TEALE
of Kellerton, testified he was the
father of Clarence and Hugh Teale.
He was at the Zornes place the day
of the postmortem, and saw large
number of sticks, boards, stones and
irons lying around in the northwest,
north, west and southeast part of the
yard. On cross examination said he
could pick up a stick in most any
direction.
w. L. COX
of Kellerton, also testified to seeing
sticks, stones, boards and pieces of
limbs in the yard.
TOM YOUNG
farmer and lived with his father "A
mile from. the Zornes place. Last
December was working for Clarence
Teale, shocking corn, and stayed at
the Teale home. On the evening of
December 7, 1910 he went to De-
Kalb and came back about $3.50 with
some groceries. Didn't see Roy or
Ed Young that day. Clarence and
Hugh Teale were at home when l
got back. We got supper and Clar-
ence asked if Zornes had husked out
his corn and he was told he had not.
We went to Zornes' about $3.50,
Clarence, Hugh and myself. Clar-
ence and I stopped at the gate to
answer a call of nature. Hugh went
on to the house. We followed in
about minute. We knocked on the
southwest door and some one said
go around to the east door and we did
SO. When we went in Clarence walk
ed over to Hugh and said something
about breaking a limb in his flank,
and Hugh said he had better try it
on. Zornes pushed out a chair and
said take a chair. Clarence was in
a good humor. Clarence sat down
near the east door. He took off his
heavy duck coat and laid it down.
Clarence had been wearing the coat
as an overcoat. After he sat down
/ sat on the sewing machine and
picked up a bicycle pump and was
making peculiar noise with it..
Clarence made some remark that
that was noise like Hugh made
at the supper table, and Mrs. Zornes
said is that you Teale, and he said,
excuse me, l did not know you were
here, and that he did not usually
make that kind of talk in the pres
ence of ladies. Mrs. Zornes said
never mind that. l think Clarence
said is Ora here, and Mrs. Zornes
answered that she was up to Can
aday's shocking corn to make some
money for herself, and that she got
five cents bushel. Clarence said
she needn't of gone that far away
from home, that he would of given
her more than that to husk corn for
him. Clarence told Zornes he would
like for him to get his corn out the
next day as Ramsey wanted to turn
in his cattle, and Zornes said he
would get it out as soon as he could.
Clarence said that if he would bring
down his boys the next day he could
get it all out by noon. Zornes asked
him something about where his cook
was, and Hugh bowed his head and
said allow me to present the only
cook that has been down there since
l have been there. Mrs. Zornes
said she didn't mean him.
she meant Jane Young. Clarence
said there had been good bit of talk
going around, and he believed 1t
started from that hill. Mrs. Zornes
said he was ID liar, and he said
that anybody that said that was
She yelled to Lee to get
the gun and shoot the SD. Lee
got the gun and said you Sd. move
and move fast I'm going to kill every
one of you. I jumped and struck
him with the pump and knocked him
down. He grabbed again for the
gun and l knocked him out in the
kitchen. Tom and Henry Phillips
wet out the southwest door together.
Henry Zornes grabbed for the gun
and l struck him and then struck
him again and knocked him out in
the kitchen. Mrs. Zornes was wav-
ing the poker and yelling kill the
s-bs. She came around the stove
with the poker raised and l thought
she was going to throw it at me and
/ threw the bicycle pump and hit her.
1 was afr id she would hit me with
the poker. I would not have thrown
it mad I not thou ght she was Coing
hit me. l lit her in the face.
'didn ih ow the stove hearth at her.
l COT Iuu'l say whC act the gua, Ed
Young or Hugh Tea.a, but one of
thel4l sul the gun and blose it and
threw the shells out on the 1ioo.. !
pulled my coat off and had it on my
arm or in my hand as I started out
the southeast door. Hugh Teale
went out a little before we did. l
think perhaps one of the little boys
was in there after I hit Henry. l
could not swear which one. l didn't
see Roy have the poker. When we
were in the kitchen Hugh Teale CALL
ed don't come out. We were then
on the door block. AS I stepped out
Henry Zornes says let me at the
eh LOT mo kill him He hit me