Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-11-29
He was In his house"
Who was with him|'
His wife was all saw Il ).
About what time was that?"
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Who was with him?"
His wife was all I saw"
About what time was that?'
about ten after s."
How do you fix the time?. contn-
ued the attorney.
'By the ringing Of the church bell at
g." said the witness.
Did ANYTHING occur to fix your at
tention on the ringing Of the church
bell at that time?" he was asked,
My wife and neighbors were going
to the entertainment at the Presbyte-
rian- church" Glackemeyer responded.
He said he remained home with his
two children.
Where were you at this time p"
asked Mr. Pringle. Is
i was out In front Of my house"
Glackemeyer explained he was with his
children. He said he had a full and
unobstructed view of the Jones house
and did not see Albert Jones leave.
Were you where you could have
seen anyone if they had come out?"
"Yes SIR"
Tells of Mysterious Stranger.
Did you a few minutes later see
anyone in front of your house ?" in
quired Mr.. Pringle.
II did" replied Glackemeyer. Told to
go ahead and tell the story to the jury.
Glackemeyer introduced the "nyster-
ious stranger with this story:
saw a man-when / first saw him
he was on the crossing north of our
house in the middle of the street. He
stood there and was looking down the
street west. Then he started south and
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house he started in toward the ho,ise
at an angle and he bad entered the lot
about eight feet when he looked up bit
while he was walking In, he was look
Ing at the upstairs windows. He looked
down and saw me and turned directly
west and walked to the sidewalk and
walked south until he got in front of
Albert Jones's. Here he looked at the
windows Of the upper part Of that
house. I watched him till he got to the
middle of the next lot and did not
watch him after that"
Glackemeyer said this happened
about thirty minutes after he heard the
church bell ring He said he had never
seen him before and did not know who
1t was.
Asked on cross examination about his
SyNSA6 AI NI.ES1ldChcIAcyCEr Ealu IL was
good but failing. He wears glasses.
What time was 1t on the evening of
June 9. 1912. that you heard the church
bell ring at Villisca?' asked Attorney
Mitchell. The witness parried and
evaded the Question but finally said II
think 1t was o'clock" He said he
did not look at his watch or make any
note of the time. but declared that was
fkH,a al e..
when was the first time since that
when the church bell rang?" asked
Mitchell.
"About two minutes ago." replied
Glackemeyer.
did you hear 1t the Sunday before
ct o'clock" continued the attorney.
u don't remember but l suppose /
did, was the answer. He could not re.
cali Of seeing Albert Jones at that time
on the Sunday evening before. he said.
In further answer to Mr.: sMttchell's
queries Glackemeyer said It was about
.7so'clock when he FIRST saw Albert
Jones that evening In the chicken yard.
He denfed that he had seen Albert
Jones and doe Moore talking over the
fence Afr. Mitchell also had Glacke-
meyer tell what window he looked thru
to see Albert Jones in the house.
''Wha. kind Of an evening was it?'
asked Mr.. Mitchell.
Tt was warm enough to be out Of
doors with comfort It was not raining.
not cloudy. and there was no noon," he
answered
"Do you know Mr. Curtis?" asked
Wilkerson's attorney,
Il do"
Admitting. he had a conversation
with Curtis the witness denied he had
told him he saw two strangers that
night, Glackemeyer- said he had told
F. F. Jones the story of the stranger
but did not remember when. He said
he never saw Mansfield.
Mrs. Willard Again Attacked.
After Attorney Beeson, OF Jones
counsel, had argued at length for the
admission Of testimony to be given
by his stenographer, Miss Mary Lille
berg, Judge Rockafellow permitted
her to testify. She was put on the
stand to tell Of the alleged detective
activities Of Mrs. Alice Willard in
order to discredit Mrs Willard's testi-
mony and that it might be properly
weighed by the jury. Miss Liljeberg
5tcld of the incident which has pre-
viously heen mentioned when Mrs.
Willard is claimed to have gone into
Reeson's law Office here and repre-
sented herself as Mrs. Moore a
stranger in Red Oak, and had inquired
about the trial, pretending to be
ignorant Of it. Miss Liljeberg said
she first discovered ~who her caller
was when she happened to be in the
court room one day and saw her
sitting behind Wilkerson. The witness
said that when Mrs Willard saw her
she put her hand to her face as II to
conceal her identity.
+. B. Tyler, an ice dealer Of VII
lieca, was on the stand but a minute
or two. He was asked If he had had
q conversation with Ed Landers and
said that he did.
What did he. tell you about seeing
someone go into the Moore homer"
Tyler was asked.
Il have no recollection Of him tell
Ing me about seeing anybody" he
answered.
DO you think you would have re-
membered IL he had?"
II sure do" was Tyler's emphatic
response.
In an effort to discredit the testi-
mony Of Mrs. Margaret I4anders, the
T6-year-old woman who said that on
Sunday afternoon of the murder she
saw the two strangers examine the ak
In the Moore back yard. William
1912, was put on the stand.
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