The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-03-30
The EVIDENCE IN THE TEALE CASE

| fight around the stove next day. Tom
Young was the only one who struck
any blows in the house. Said ne had
corn and cane on Teale's land and
! that Teale had asked him to get it
out, but had agreed to give him a
days notice before he turned stock
in. This was two or three weeks be-
fore Was between fifty and sixty
| feet from where my wife was when
Clarence Teale struck her.
On being recalled for redirect ex-
animation he testified that the cap
was found the next afternoon on
the east side of the fence. The
club was found by James Owens, not
very far from the fence, about three
| feet west of the fence. l was about
| SO to 60 feet southwest of where my
wife was when Clarence Teale struck
her.
THOMAS PHILLIPS.
80 years old, nephew of Levi
and Bertha Zornes, testified that he
was at their home on the night CT
Dec. 7, 1910, and gave names oil
those who were present. He told OF
Roy Young coming there about 5
O'Clock and staying for supper, after
which they went into the southeast
room except Mrs. Zornes, who did up
the work in the kitchen and then
came in and took off her shoes and
laid down on the foot of the bed in
| the northeast room. He told OF
Hugh Teale coming to the house and
of Roy Young going out coming back
and telling that somebody wanted to
see Lee and Henry. When Roy
| Young came back into the room he
picked up the stove poker and stood
near the witness. He detailed the
preliminary events leading up to the
commencement of the fight, practical
| ly the same as testified to by Levi
Zornes. When Lee Zornes opened
the door and told them to get out,
he stepped back into the room and
Tom Young hit him and knocked
him down with the bicycle pump. The
stirrup of the pump was broken of
at the second lick and Lee Zornes
! fell close to the door leading to the
kitchen the first time and the second
time fell through the door into the
kitchen. Witness was standing
against the west wall of the room.
Tom Young then knocked Henry
Zornes down twice, and Ed Young
grabbed the shot gun behind the door
and drew it on Henry Zornes. He
stepped back a couple of steps and
said he would shoot his g-d--m
brains out. Did not see anyone have
the gun except Ed Young. Tom
Young threw the bicycle pump and
struck Mrs. Zornes in the face. She
was in the room north of where the
fight started, standing between the
foot of the two beds. When the
pump struck her she fell between
the beds, and he then threw the
stove hearth at her and struck her
on the legs The two small Zornes
boys were near her. Tom Young
followed I.ae and Henry Zornes, and
that left the witness, Mrs. Zornes
and the two small boys and Clarence
Teale in the room. Saw Mrs. Zornes
and the boys start for the east door
and witness went out the southwest
door Just ahead of Clarence Teale,
all leaving about the same time.
They were hammering Lee and Hen
ry Zornes. When asked why he
didn't go out before he said that
when he stepped toward the door
Roy Young kind of stepped up be-
sides him and he stopped. When he
went out of the southwest door of the
house he went below the cave and
then toward the northeast part OF
the yard. Saw Hugh Teale with
wood in his arms and something
bright in his hand, which looked like
revolver. Saw Clarence Teale
coming around the house on the west
side, between the we'll and the cave,
and then go north from the house
toward Mrs. Zornes and the two
boys. Saw Clarence Teale when he
was about three feet from Mrs.
Zornes, when she turned around and
he struck her with a board or club
and she fell. went on out to the
road. Mrs. Zornes and the boys went
out the east door and then northwest
from the house. l was So feet from
where Mrs. Zornes was struck, to the
northeast. Willie and Ellie Zornes
and Henry Phillips came up to where
l was standing and we all went out
into the road Elzin was standing
about IS feet from where his mother
! was struck. l was there when they
took Mrs. Zornes into the house, and
l went to Isaac Vests and phoned
for a doctor, DR.. Tallman, of Van
Vert. Heard her say she was cold.
After Clarence knocked her down he
ran west toward Lee and Henry
Zornes. l was about 20 feet from
Clarence Teale when l crossed his
trail from the house. l know Clar-
ence Teale struck Mrs. Zornes After
they run toward Lee and Henry
Zornes l heard some one say, we
knocked the id b-h down, let's
go back and finish her. I picked up
! the pump stirrup in a bucket in the
kitchen. Found it about or 4
o'clock in the morning. The stirup
was off the pump when Tom Young
threw it at Mrs. Zornes. 1t struck
her in the face. He was about six feet
from her. She said, Come on chill
dren, let's get out of here" I did
not see my brother Henry leave the
room, he got out early in the pro-
ceedings. There we're two axes on the
woodpile that evening. They were
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