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

| SAID l broke up their game, and
said to not let me bother them.
| Clarence and Tom Young raped at
ne southwest door and Tom Phillips
said for them to come around to the
other door. When Clarence came in
he said something to me about crack
ing limb in my flank for not wait
ing for him. He shook hands with
Mr.. ZOrnes and sat down. There was
no conversation about beer that
heard. Tom sat down on the sewing
machine and had a bicycle pump in
his hand and was making a peculiar
noise with it. Clarence made some
light remark and Mrs. Zornes says
is that you Teale? and he said excuse
me, ! don't usually speak that way
in the presence of ladies. Clarence
asked if Ora was there and she said
she was up to Canaday's shocking
corn at 5 cents bushel to make
some money for herself. Clarence
said he would have given her more
than that to shuck corn for him. He
said we were going to get our corn
out the next morning and wished he
would get his out the next day, as
Ramsey wanted to turn in his cattle
the latter part of the week. Said if
Zornes would bring his boys down
with him they could get it done by
noon. Mrs. Zornes asked who was
cooking for him since their cook left.
| made bow and said allow me to
present the only cook there has been
there since l have been there. She
said | didn't mean you. | meant Jane
Young. Clarence said there had
been good many stories about Jane
Young cooking for him, and she said
he was liar that Dick Pray told her
and she believed it. Clarence said
anyone who said that was -. She
called to Zornes and told him to get
the gun and kill the -. Zornes got
the gun and told us to get out quick.
About that time Tom and Henry
Phillips ran out of the southwest
door and left it open. When Zornes
got the gun Tom Young hollered at
him and struck the gun and knocked
it out of his hands. Tom hit again.
Henry was trying to get the gun and
Tom hit him knocking him through
the door. Mrs. Zornes was cussing
and yelling to kill the s.. The
gun was lying on the floor near the
door. Ed Young picked it up and
| drew the shells out. | went out after
Lee and Henry. They were southwest
of the cave, coming back toward the
house with clubs and sticks. l told
them not to go back with clubs or
they would start the fight again. /
did not take any part in the fight.
had no revolver and did not threaten
them if they picked up any rocks.
told-them not to go back to leave the
boys alone and they would get out
and go home. Called to Clarence,
Tom and Ed Young just before they
came out and told them not to come
out. Aney stepped out. Henry said
you s. and ran up and hit Tom
with a club. He was southwest Of
Tom. Tom went north along by the
we'll and north and Henry was fol-
lowing him. Didn't see Clarence
come out. l didn't see Clarence
come out. l didn't follow around the
house. l saw no trouble between
Clarence and Lee Zornes out toward
the barn. Couldn't tell what happen
ed after they passed the cave. l
didn't follow. did not strike or Of
fer to strike anybody. I made no
threats or encouraged anyone else
to fight l was south and west of the
house when they came around the
corn crib. Roy and Ed Young and I
went down to where they were. Roy
fell down and lost his cap. The boys
had stopped when we got to them.
I didn't hear anyone say let's 60
back and kill the rest. Both boys
nd fN q
and Henry Zornes. Roy came back
from the house and told us she was
hurt. Have no knowledge of how she
was hurt. Don't know whether she
had anything in her hands when we
left the house or not. After Roy got
the coats we went home. AS we went
from our house up there We were
singing. We lived something over a
half mile from Kauffmans. 1t must
have been about $3.50. There was no
singing as we went home.
| On cross examination said he had
been at Zornes few times, and
knew the family. When l went in the
house I went to the southeast part of
the room at the east end of the
flower table. Ed Young stopped by
Tom at the sewing machine. went
out of the house first. Don't know
when Clarence came out. l went
southwest of the house while the
others went north and west. l went
out about so steps, No one was there
Roy and Ed Young were east of me
l think. Roy Young and l went down
to the fence together, walking fast
or maybe trotting, and / went
through the fence right along there
Don't know just where Roy fell. Lee
and Henry Zornes were south OF
Clarence and Tom. They were south
of where we went through the fence
about five steps, Is or 20 feet. Clar'
ence and Tom were north of where
we went through. When the trouble
started Lee Zornes was standing al
most in front of the stove with his
foot on the hearth and Clarence wa:
sitting almost in front of the cas-
door. Roy Young was standing or
the west side. Henry Zornes wa:
leaning against the flower table ives
of me. The door to the kitchen wa:
closed. Tom Phillips opened the doo1
about the time Lee Zornes got the
shot gun. Mrs. Zornes was in the