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

testimony:
w. c. STEMPEL.
Resides at Leon, and identified a
plat showing the location OF the
buildings, fences, ETC., Of the scene or
the murder.
LEVI ZORNES.
Husband of the murdered woman,
is 43 years of age, and now lives IN
Decatur township. A farmer and has
lived one and one-half miles north
west of DeKalb for five years. was
at home on the night of Dec. 7, 1910.
Roy Young. Mrs. Zornes and their
three children, Henry, Elva and Will
lie and Tom and Henry Phillips ate
supper there that evening. Roy
Young was there when he came IN
from the barn about dark, would say
about $50. After supper they all
went into the southeast room except
Mrs. Zornes who washed up the
dishes and then came in and took on
her shoes and stockings and laid
down across the foot OF the bed IN
the northeast room. They were all
sitting there talking. Was no games
of any kind played. About 9:oo
o'clock heard some one outside the
house calling him to go out. Roy
Young went out the east door and
came back and said there was some
one out there who wanted me and
Henry to come out. Henry went out
Heard a conversation between Henry
and Hugh Teale. Hugh said, "ain't
YOU going to invite me in, and Hen
nv said he didn't know whether ne
would or not. Hugh Teale came IN
and I asked him to take chair. He
stood up in the corner OF the room.
Then heard some one at the Kitchen
door and somebody said for MIN 10
come around to the other door. l
could not understand what he SAID.
They came around to the east door
and Clarence Teale and Tom Young
came in together. l asked Teale to
take a chair and he took a seat about
three feet from the door. Tom
Young stood up against the sewing
machine on the east side of the room.
Ed Young came in about minute
after and stood right south OF Tom
Young. Clarence Teale wanted TO
bet Hugh so cents about drinking IN
St, Joe the next day. Clarence SAID
he had notion to whip Hugh be-
cause he had run off from him. Hugh
said he had been cook for week or
80, Clarence accused my wife OF
telling they had Jane Young down
there cooking for them. She said
he was mistaken, that Dick Pray
had told it. Clarence called my wife
a vile name l opened the door ana
told the boys to go. Tom said l
couldn't put them out and hit me
over the head with the bicycle pump.
He hit me twice or more and broke
the foot of the pump off. The first
time, he hit mo he knocked me down.
/ was near the east door. The shot
run was in the southwest corner OF
the room. / aimed to reach for the
run and Tom Young hit Henry
Zornes. When l had been knocked
ont in the kitchen / went out the
south door and aimed to get some
rocks. Saw Hugh Teale standlng
eight or ten feet south of the door.
He nulled a revolver and swore that
he would shoot my brains out. Henry
vas behind me two or three feet.
vent southwest to the woodpile, but
did not stop as they were throwing
wood at us, and we had to move on:
After that we went northwest ana
they were right after us. When we
we're about three feet from the fence
they run out of wood and we stopped
and they went back after more WOOD.
/ saw Clarence Teale right at the
northwest corner of the house going
about north and then he went north
west. Saw my wife and the two
small boys. Saw Clarence Teale
walk in a fast walk or run across TO
where my wife was walking and
draw a weapon and strike her over
handed on the head and she fell to
the ground. The two boys were
close by. About the time that she
fell the others were beating me
through the fence. When Tom
young knocked me through the
fence he said come on Clarence we'll
knock their g-d-m brains out: l
could not say what Clarence Ieale
struck my wife with. She fell klno
of towards the southwest. l was
near the fence, and Henry stood near
4 most. 1t was not a dark night,
mink the moon was shining. After
We got through the fence they chased
us ulCy lCCI aAu SASAA
south and they went on west about
$50 feet and stopped and we went
on around to the house. l went TO
ret the shot gun and it was gone
and so was razor which was IN
4 drawer. Henry and l went 10
where my wife was and we sort OF
lead her in the house. we coulo
lust hear her speak, and we put her
ON the bed. l sent for DR.. Tallman'
Of Van Vert, and he came, but can
not say what time it was. MY wl1e
was alive when he came. These lei
lows stayed around until Is or ~
minutes before the doctor came, ana
T. could hear them making threats.
Roy and Ed Young came back 10
the house while the doctor was there
and he told them to go: l did 100.
I did not see any one strike my wife
except Clarence Teale. ldentlhed
club as one used to put in corn with
and said it had been around the yard
for some time, and also a cap when
was. found with the club southwest
of the house the next day, and that