The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-03

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Chris upstairs. We started to go in
i the door, when Chris raised the up
stairs window and said he had killed
mis- wife; that lie could not live with
her any longer. He said that some
1 man had been around the place that
night. His wife wanted him to go
outside and had he gone out the man
would have killed him, was his be-
lief. He said that We could not go
in that door. He talked in an in
coherent manner and seemed excit-
ed. We called some of the neigh
bors. Chris remained upstairs until
that evening and would not allow any
one to come up. | saw the body Of
his wife lying at tle foot of the
stairs
| j. w. Downey said: In the morn
ling Of Dec 80 went over to Chris
Schock's place and saw Mrs. Schock
lying apparently dead in the kitchen.
Chris was upstairs when l got there.
Katie Schock, sister, testified:
John Schock came tn our house in
Donnellson and told me that Chris
had phoned to him that he had shot
| his wife and wanted us to come out
there. We went out the house,
arriving about 1000 . m. Christ
was upstairs. ne came to the win
dow and told us we need not De
afraid of him. He also said that he
and his wife had so much trouble
that this was the only way out of it
and he had to end 1t. He stated that
they had been quarreling in the night,
commencing about 2 o'clock and that
there was some man outside the
house. He went to the window, but
was afraid to go out for fear the
man would kill him. He said that
he had quarreled more and at the
drink the coffee she had given him,
for he thought there was something
in It. And after breakfast they con-
|tinued quarreling and his wife called
her mother and MIN vile names. He
had taken a shot gun and shot her.
When was there alone he came
down and talked to me-.
Charles Schock, age Il. the Oldest
child of the Schock family, testified:
II arose about z a. m. During break
fast that morning y father and
mother seemed angry at each other.
After breakfast as usual, my father
a al nj
into the front room ard shot my
mother without warning. My mother
was sitting about the middle of the
kitchen and father was standing in
the front room and shot through the
open doorway. Mother was nursing
the babe when the She struck her.
She jumped up and ran toward the
rear door leading out toward the barn.
AS she got to the door father again
shot her and she screamed and fell.
AS soon as he shot mother | heard
him say that we would be better off
If we did not have mother like
her. Immediately after the shoot
ing, father went upstnirs, taking the
shot gun and revolver with him. Di
rectly he came down and called
Uncle John and told him to come over
for he had killed his wife. | heard
him tell Uncle John tt call Uncle
William also"
Mabel Schock, aged 10 years, testi-
fed in practically the same words
as her brother
George Schock, a brother. testified:
~ was called over to his place on
the morning of Dec. &c. When ar
rived there l found him upstairs. He
came to the window and spoke to
my brother. John, and l. He said he
had killed his wife because he could
not stand it any longer. He would
not come down nor allow us to go up.
saw his wife lying in the kitchen
apparently dead
VIM. Magerkurth, a brother of Mrs.
Christ. Shock, testified. "On the
morning OF December 80 drove over
arriving there early in the afternoon.
When reached there there crowd
had gathered around the place. Christ
claimed that his wife had put some
purgative in the milk.
Others who testified were James
Barnes and G. W. Mattern, who were
called early after the shooting.
r. G.. Noodle testified to closing a
deal with Christ Schock early on the
morning of Dec. so. He gave as a