Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-10

soiNiek nssd sots 80, sIAt - ~
Nick's place 70 toso1t 49, =.
cts Mkely, cir. thAe IL wss cesnin6
= 70 meGt ne IN answer - NJ leetof."
~rem, that would have brought -
and sts.a Tucker t0ssthsr ab0at hsif
vay between his homo ard tho town.
Eyes. SIR"
.And STAINS body was found bssids
the road Just about halfway between
his home and the town..
II know Il, colonel The evidence
against me b about ~ complete - It
could be, unless somebody cav me kill
STAN. wish they did, III killed him.
It wouldn't look 30 much like . cold
FLOODED murder In the dark them
"I'u tell you the truth, colonel" b
answered. II won't vary from It By .
hair II know It"
"How did tho meetin' between you
and STAN Tucker come about. Tomr
asked Colonel Todhunter. Tell me
Just when and how you killed him.
Colonel" replied Tom Strickland.
IT have no recollection Of killing Siam
Tucker last night don't even remem-
Der meeting him."
what do you mean by thatf"
II mean that started out to meet
STAN. and that 1t was my intention to
kill him If he didn't publicly toll tho
truth about him and Lottie- May Dog
gett, but I amt clear In my mind o.
to what happened after left Nick
Bledsoe's barroom. I got to drinking
there, thinking while was waiting for
STAN Tucker to keep IN appointment
that made by letter. and got tired
waiting for STAN to show up. 20 start
cd out to 90 to his house. seeing 40 how
he wouldn't come to the place had
named. This much remember, and
I've got confused recollection Of wan
dering about the edge OF town. but the
f,rst thing remember with any dis
tinctness after leaving Nick Bledsoe's,
Is finding myself in the Nineveh hotel
barroom drinking again. Whatever
happened between Is gone from my
memory. l was drinking hard, Colonel
Todhunter, and that's all there II to Il
I started drinking because had lost
well, 1 didn't care what happened to
me, sir" Tom concluded.
You were armed. Of course. when
you went to meet STAN and have It out
with himT
Eyes, sir; had my pistol on me-"
well, then-well, then. Tom-wheA
you were arrested this mornin' after
STAN fuckers body was found on the
side Of the road halfway between hls
home and the town. what story did
your gun tell. boy? II you had had
shootn' scrape durin' that time your
weapon would have said so-a man
in your condition. with this dimculty
settled. wouldn't have reloaded his gun.
What AZ was yours in. TOMB"
"That was the FIRST thing the deputy
sheriff looked at when he placed me
under arrest" said Tom Strickland.
his eyes dumbly perplexsd. Colonel
Todhunter. one chamber Of my pistol
was empty. reckon l must surely
have met STAN on the road and killed
him."
"Tom," said Colonel Todhuntsr, al.
most pleadingly, whatever way STAN
Tucker was killed he got one shot at
the man that killed him. His own
weapon was a-layin, right at his hand
when they found him. and one bullet
had been fred from It In Gods name.
my boy, IL you was that other man
you must have some sort OF recollec.
ton Of the shootin' scrape. It's the
truth I'm tryin' to get at. Tom: the
truth Of how STAN Tucker came to his
death. II you killed him we've got to
know 1t. because the whole line Of de-
Tense has got to be based on absolute
knowledge of the truth Of whether or
not 1t was you that shot and killed
STAN Tucker last night Dig down in
your mind, Tom. My God. boy, you've
got to remember everything you did
every minute OF the time you say you
was out lookin' for STAN Tuckerr'
Tom Strickland drew deep breath
1T must have been me that killed
him. he said. II was on my. way to
do it And who else wanted to kill
him? But can't remember anything
about it, Colonel Todhunter. I'd b
glad II could"
Colonel Todhunter cat helpless for
moment Finally. Did you go homo
after the hotel bar was closed7" he
asked.
mo, sir. I slept at the hotel last
| night"
what time were you arrested"
about 6 o'clock"
Yesterday afternoon, when you had
been to Nick Bledsoe's barroom for tho
first time, did you then go out to $50
Lottie-May Doggett. as you told Nick
you was a-goin' to dot"
Eyes, sir"
Ibid you see herr?
Eyes, sir. asked her to tell the
truth and acknowledge that I had
nothing to do with her disgrace.
told her If she didn't was going to
| see STAN Tucker and make him do It
or else kill him"
what did she say to that7"
"She laughed at me. That girls z
she devil. Colonel Todhunter. She
wouldn't even acknowledge TO me that
she had lied in telling Mr.. Todhunter
what she did. She Just laughed
| you also limited to Nick Bledsoe that
there was some serious trouble brewin'
between you and STAN about Lottf0-
May. didn't your
II believe l did, SIR
| "And you told him yon were bound
| for STAN fuckers when you lett his
| barroom last night =,