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

made no threats and did not point
the gun at anybody so far as know.
About the time they threw the shells
out Hugh Teale went out, me and
Tom Young and Ed Young and Clar-
ence Teale were in the room and
Mrs. Zornes. Don't remember about
the boys. Think the least one was in
there. We all went out the south
west door. Some one said don't come
out here, stay back in there. / had
hold of Tom Young. AS We stepped
out the door Henry Zornes hit Tom
Young over the head with stick of
wood, and Tom broke loose from me
and went west passed the we'll, then
north. Henry Zornes was after him.
| did not see them again. Saw Clar-
ence Teale come out. He stepped out
to the right of me and then went
west. Just as he passed me Lee
Zornes drove Clarence north between
the cave and the we'll. ! went south
of the house. Mrs. Zornes was still in
the house. didn't know she had left.
had no poker or other weapon in
my hand. ! didn't step up alongside
Tom Phillips. l took no part in the
fight except to try to stop it. went
from southwest of the house to out
west of the barn. Hugh Teale and Ed
Young went with me. We took no
part in the balance of the fight. We
threw no clubs or sticks and didn't
| follow them up. We went out west
to stop the fighting. ] could hear
them cursing each other. fell down
just before l reached the fence and
lost my cap. l went on through the
fence to the boys. They had stopped
fighting when I got up to them. Lee
and Henry Zornes were south of
them. l told them / wanted them to
stop this fighting. | went back to
look for my cap, but it was so dark
l could not see it. l went back into
the house and got a couple of coats
belonging to Clarence Teale and Tom
Young. Teale pulled off his coat
when he went in and laid it down
and Tom Young took off his coat
after they commenced fighting He
had it on his arm when he went out
the southwest door. I had no idea
of having fight there when l went
there or any other time When
went back to the house Lee Zornes
told me his wife got bad hurt.
asked him who done it and he said
Tom Young. He asked me where
the gun was and l told him l didn't
know. He wanted to know if the
boys were coming back and l told
him l would see that they went home
and he told me to come back. When
] went back the doctor was there
and Zornes ordered me out of the
house. l asked the doctor if she was
! hol hn fN toll hn
truth l think she is dead now. Mrs.
Zornes had poker in her hand after
the fighting stopped in the house.
| On cross examination said Mrs.
Zornes had an iron poker in her
hand. When I came back into the
house when l went out the east door
l went over to the northwest corner
by the stove. Didn't see Ellie go out
with Henry. Mrs. Zornes was in the
northeast room when she made the
remark about the cook. Think she
was on the bed Lee Zornes got hold
of the gun. About that time l went
down behind the stove. 1t was a
fbox stove. Hugh Teale went out first,
then me, Tom,' Ed, and Clarence
Teale. l had hold of Tom. When
got out of the house I saw Lee and
Henry Zornes. Henry was west and
Lee little southwest. Henry rushed
in and hit Tom with stick of stove
wood. Denied that Henry and Tom
fought between the well and cave
and then went southwest. Clarence
Teale and Lee Zornes went between
the we'll and cave, l then went out
south of the house. / could hear
them out northwest and west and
west of the barn but could not see
them. They wasn't fighting when
got through the fence. Tom Young,
Clarence Teale, Henry and Lee
Zornes were west of the fence. Lee
and Henry were south of the other
two, and right west of where I went
through the fence. Tom Young and
Clarence Teale were north Of me. l
didn't see Mrs. Zornes after she went
out of the house. Then l went back
to the house and got the coats, then
back to where the boys were, and
then we went to the home of Clar-
ence Teale. went back to see how
the woman was. She was on the bed.
They wanted the coats and I would
not let them go back to the house.
l didn't stay after l got the coats. l
then went to Teale's home, then
home, and then to Ramseys the next
morning.
On redirect examination he said
Tom. Phillips had agreed to go and
haul the water for him. Went to
Leroy the second day after the fight.
Was a witness at the preliminary
trial and also before the grand jury.
On recross examination denied
that Geo. w. Baker had been con-
tsulted by him or any one for him that
he knew of. Said he was indicted
on a separate indictment from his
brothers and the Teale boys. His
case was still pending, and he was
charged with the same crime. Said
he supposed the other parties heard
him when he hired Tom Phillips.
MISS NORA DOBSON,
recalled, read her shorthand notes
of the preliminary and said Lee
Henry, Willie and Ellie ZOrnes said
nothing about Roy Young having the
poker at the preliminary examina,
ton.
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