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

| III lIOHS OIech LOW uSulp, hall nile
from the Zornes place. On Dec. 7,
1910, he had been helping his broth
er Roy move threshing machine,
and that evening was at Dekalb and
got some groceries. Left the store at
about 8 o'clock and went home.
| Cleve and Elmer Ramsey were at the
store but were gone when he came
out. Walked home q of a mile and
over west. Put the groceries down at
home and went up to Zornes. AS l
passed the Zornes place that evening
l asked Lee if he had any whiskey
and he said no, but would send the
boys down to DeKalb to see if any
| had come in. When | went there that
evening | didn't know that Clarence
and Hugh Teale and Tom Young were
there. | knocked at the door and
someone said come in. Hugh Teale
was bowling when l went in. l leaned
up against the sewing machine. The
first thing | knew Mrs. Zornes said
something to Clarence about Jane
being his cook. He said he didn't care
who said it, it was ID lie. Mrs.
Zornes called him liar. She
said something about getting the gun
and killing the S. Lee was
| oldiuluS Will HIS lOOl OIl the SlOVc
hearth. Clarence Teale was sitting
on chair between him and the east
door. Lee was pretty near over to the
gun when he said for us S. to
get out and get out quick Tom said
he wasn't going to let him kill him
and then hit Lee or the gun and the
gun fell to the floor and as Lee got
| up Tom hit him again and knocked
/ h irSo RI h@ 1,;% I1
ZOrnes went to pick up the gun and
Tom hit him. l picked the gun up
and broke it and threw the shells on
the floor. Saw Tom and Henry Phil
lips go out. Don't know where the
small boys were. Roy was behind
the stove. He did not have the polk
err. Hugh Teale had gone out the
southwest door. He had been out a
couple of minutes before myself and
two brothers went out. l had hold
of Toms left arm and Roy was hold
of him on the other side. said let's
go home and behave ourselves.
Heard someone say don't come out
for little bit. We went out and
some one hit Tom. l lodged back
into the house. | had the gun in my
hands. Clarence was west of the
door. l came out and stepped to the
we'll curb and threw the gun down in
| the cave. l didn't see them any
more. | went southeast after l threw
the gun in the cave, down to the lane.
Could not see any of them after they
started north. 1t was dark. l could
hear them. l went down by the barn.
Roy says let's go down and stop
| them. l wanted to go home. Roy
| and Hugh Teale went down ahead of
me. l don't know where Lee and
Henry Zornes were. l didn't take
any hand in the fuss, and didn't
| draw a gun on Henry Zores or any
one else, or strike or threaten to
strike anyone. l had no idea there
| was going to be any trouble and did
not encourage or egg it on.
| On cross examination he said he
came by the Zornes home that even
ing before Roy did. 1t was about
o'clock. Was in the road when he
saw Lee Zornes and he was just over
the fence in the yard. Asked him if
he had any whiskey. Was at my
home in the yard when ! heard the
singing over southwest of Zornes'.
1t was about quarter of mile from
me. When l picked up the gun it
was on the floor, don't know just
where. Hugh Teale had been out
two or three minutes before we went
out l1enry was by the flower stand
when Tom knocked him down. The
second time he knocked him in the
kitchen. When / went out of the
house l went southeast to the lane,
stayed there or 10 minutes. Don't
know where Henry and Lee Zornes
were. Didn't see them any more
that evening. Clarence Teale and Tom
Young were south and west of the
barn l don't know what become of
the shells l threw on the floor.
didn't pick them up. Left them there
on the floor. Mrs. Zornes was in the
house when / went out. Did not see
her after that Did not see her out
of the house. Don't know anything
about what occurred north and west
of the house. l only heard them
cussing. The defendant admitted
he had been convicted of felony.
On redirect examination said Lee
Zornes did not open the east door
and tell them to get out. Saw Mrs.
Zornes have the poker in her hands.
She was standing in the archway of
the bed room cussing. She made q
move at my brother Tom and he
threw the bicycle pump at her. Did
not see him throw anything else at
her.
On re-cross examination he said
she was in the northeast room at that
time.
MRS. ISAAC WEST
testified that she was acquainted
with the general reputation for.
morality of Lee. and Henry Zornes,.
and Tom Phillips, and that it was
bad. Had known Tom Phillips for
10 years. On cross examination she
said she was the same witness who
was on the witness stand Saturday.
Il MISS BESSIE LEE
testified that she had known the
Zornes all her life, and lived two
:, miles from them. That the reputa-
ton of Lee Zornes, Henry. Zornes
and Tom Phillips for morality and
truth and veracity was bad.
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