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

at Zornes as it was my custom to be
up at Mr.. Young's when she was
there. We had no other conversa-
ton except as l have stated. | told
him ! went up to Young's and stayed
there all night, but don't know as
there was any other talk. | had no
idea there would be any trouble at
Zornes'. l had no i'll will toward
Mr.. or Mrs. Zornes or Henry Zornes.
1t was a dark night no moon shining,
and there was a bank of clouds in
the northwest. l could not distin-
guish a person any distance after we
came out of the Zornes house that
evening.
On cross examination said they
had been in the house 5 or 10
minutes when | first noticed Tom
Young with the bicycle pump. All
the business l had at Zornes' was
about the corn. Lee Zornes stood
with his foot on the stove hearth.
was east of the stove. l think Tom
Phillips was sitting on the floor a
little south and east of the middle
of the room. When / got up off my
chair l just stood still. l didn't see
Tom Young knock Lee down but
once. Roy Young got down behind
the stove. Mrs. Zornes came to the
double door and about that time got
the poker. The first l saw her with
the poker was when she stepped to
the south side of the stove | think
Roy had got up. Tom and Henry
Phillips had gone out and | think
Willie Zornes had gone out. All
four of us went out the southwest
i,,ct
the southwest door when Henry
Zornes hit him. l was just stepping
out when Lee hit me- / was the
last man out of the house. Lee
Zornes was south and west of the
door, within striking distance.
made no effort to go back in the
house. l didn't want to go back in
there where l saw the woman max
ing demonstrations. / wanted to get
out and go home is the reason l
went out the southwest door, and it
was open and the east door was
closed. l was just stepping out of
the door when Lee hit me- We
fought northwest and think ]
struck and kicked him through the
fence. When Henry Zornes went
Through the fence Tom Young was
right by me. l didn't see anything
Ed or Roy Young or Hugh Teale did
out of doors. l didn't know Mrs.
Zornes had been struck when l had
the talk with John Brown. / saw her
hit with the bicycle pump in the
house. l don't know whether it
knocked her down or not. The first
| knew about what Tom Young and
Henry Zornes had been doing was
when we all got together down be-
low the barn. We stayed there only
a short time after Roy came back,
and then We all went down to my
place. Roy came back up to Zornes',
then came back to my house. Hugh
and Tom went away in the buggy.
Roy, Ed and went to Young's and
stayed all night.
| On redirect examination said he
usually went in at the southwest
door when he went to the Zornes
place, and that he always raped.
FRED FRY
testified that he lived in Long Creek
township, 1 mile from Lee Zornes,
but when questioned said he could
not say that his reputation for truth
and veracity was bad.
w. H. COLLINS
said he lived in Richland township, 9
miles from Levi Zornes, and that his
reputation for truth and veracity was
bad.
L. D. LILLE
of Kellerton, said he had known
Clarence Teale for 20 years, and his
reputation as a peaceable, quiet citi-
zen was good. al
AARON PEASLEY
of Kellerton, said he had known
Clarence Teale for IA years and his
reputation as being a peaceable citi-
zen was good with few exceptions.
w. L. COX
living at Kellerton, said he had
known Clarence Teale for IA years
and his reputation as peaceable
citizen was good.
JOHN CECIL
living at Kellerton, said he had
known Clarence Teale for 80 years,
and his reputation as peaceable cltl-
zen was good. On cross examina-
ton he admitted he knew of few
difficulties he had had when drink
ing.
| FRANK BURN
living at Kellerton, had known Clar-
ence Teale for 10 or IL years, and
his reputation as peaceable citizen
was good.
At this point in the trial the court
ruled that all the evidence of Henry
Zornes in regard to Roy Young hav-
ing tried to borrow or rent his shot
gun, and as to Roy Young having
wanted to trade revolvers that even
ing should be ruled out, as the state
had failed to introduce evidence
showing conspiracy.
PAUL E. HUBBELL
editor of the Grand River Local, said
he knew Tom Phillips and had con-
versation with him at the Zornes
home the next day after the murder,
in which he said that he and Henry
Phillips went out together.
! On cross examination he said his
memory was refreshed on reading
the article in his paper which was
written soon after he had the talk
with Tom PhilliDS