The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-17

Ivolver or not. went below the cave
and then west and then northwest
When was at the northwest corner
of the house / saw Clarence Teale
and also Mrs. Zornes, Willie and FL
"a. Clarence Teale had board or
a club or something in his hand after
he left the side of the house. 1t was
about three feet long. Mrs. Zornes
and the boys near the center OF the
house on the north side. Clarence
Teale was on the west side OF the
house, he was at least rs feet from
them. Mrs. Zornes ct al was moving
along, Clarence Teale was walking
Clarence Teale walked up behind
Mrs. Zornes, she turned around and
Clarence Teale knocked her down,
she was 60 feet west from me as
estimated. The two Zornes boys, one
of the boys was Is feet and the 9TH
er Is feet west of me, that is my
guess. Henry Zornes was 40 feet
from Levi. No one struck a lick in
the house but Tom Young. Roy
Young had a poker drawn up in both
hands. / never swore at the March
term of court or the November term
of court that Roy Young had poker
down at his side and never raised it.
l may have sworn that when l step
ped out of the door that neither Tom
Young or Hugh Teale threw any
clubs. 1 don't believe that said that
said Hugh Teale threw any clubs.
never saw Hugh Teale throw any
clubs. Clarence Teale and l went out
practically together. Mrs. Zornes
and the boys were in the southeast
room when we went into the kitchen.
l made pretty good run out north
east of the house. / was running
when l passed the cave. ! was run
ming pretty rapidly. When | stepped
out of the door Hugh Teale was
standing with load of wood in one
arm, and something bright in the
other hand. ! sWore on the trial
before in the case of the State OF
Iowa against Clarence Teale that
Tom Young and Clarence Teale were
the only ones that / saw do anything
out of DOORS ! believe that I swore
that l believed Tom Young and Ed
Young were the only ones that did
any throwing. / believe that / swore
that Tom Youngand Clarence Teale
were the only ones that l saw take
any part in the fight out of doors.
page 1873 of Transcript Tom
Young and Clarence Teale were the
only ones of the defendants near Lee
or Henry Zornes at the time Mrs.
Zornes was hit.
Levi Zornes testified:
: When he come one of the Teale
boys wanted to bet the other that he
could drink more. After this | don't
know whether Hugh said anything
just then. Then there was some talk
about cook, Hugh made bow and
said something about the cook. Said
he was all the cook there was down
there. Clarence Teale accused my
wife of saying they had Jane Young
down there as cook.
| think Teale said he had heard
that she was telling around that they
had Jane Young down there for a
cook. She said that was a mistake
she didn't say so. He used some bad
talk. She said Dick Pray said it.
opened the east door and ordered the
boys out. Tom Young said l could
. MT put him out. He raped me on
the head with bicycle pump. There
wasn't no dents in the bicycle pump
at the time. 1t was straight and in
good condition He struck me the
second time. I fell kind of in the
kitchen door. The first time he
; struck me I was standing in the
,, southeast room, south of the stove
: After l was knocked down the Sec
ond time tried to get the shot gun
: before l got my hands on the gun
Henry came out over me into the
kitchen door, When we got up in
the kitchen L think I was ahead OF
Henry When we started out of the
southwest room Tom Young was fol
lowing us. After I got out OF the
southwest door ! saw Hugh Teale
,, We tried to pick up some rocks
Hugh had an arm load of wood, and
had his revolver and said he would
shoot our brains out if we picked uE
rocks. Hugh Teale was standing east
and south of the door about eight
feet. He had the wood in his left
arm. Then we went off southwest
They were pushing us, and we didn't
have time to get any wood at the
wood pile They drove us then north
of sthe wood pile about fifty or sixty
feet near the barn and corn crib.
Question: After you had been driv'
en- there did you see anyone that
wasn't pursuing you?
Yes, sir, saw Hugh Teale, Ed
Young, Roy Young and Tom Young
Then l saw Mrs. Zornes. Henry was
behind me l think about ten feet.
!: saw the two boys, my wife and Clar'
ence Teale north of the house. Clar'
ence Teale had board or stick OF
something in his hands about three
feet or three and half feet long.
couldn't tell whether it was stick
club or a board. = Clarence Teale
struck her with a board or whatever
he struck her with and knocked he1
down. don't know where the boys
stood. Soon after she was Knocked
down Tom Young says, come on here
they come, knock their g. d
brains out. f
When Tom Young followed that
Clarence Teale threw a rock or a
stick of wood and hit me in the back
and knocked me through the wire
; fence. He was probably sixty-tive
feet from me when he hit the woman
After we were knocked through the
fence Hugh and Clarence Teale and
Tom and Ed all mined uS We went