Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-09-18
Continues to Present Test
imony to Uphold Its
Contentious.
EVIDENCE ONCE
REJECTED GOES IN
Railroad Records Offered to Show II
Was Possible for Witnesses to
Have Overheard Kelly Tell Of Muir
ders Before Public Was Aware Of
Crime-Laundry Worker Permitted
to Testify Regarding Bloody Shirt.
[By a Staff Correspondent

lBy Slal correspondent
Red Oak, Sept. 1s.-The state scored
this morning in the prosecution Of Rev.
Lyn G. J. Kelly for completely in the
villisca ak murders, when it renew
ed the fight to get in evidence matters
denied it last Friday. w. r. DAN
iels, station agent at Sidney, testified
from records of his office that two
tickets were sold from Sidney to Car
son on Monday morning, June 10. 1912.
This testimony is offered by the state
to bolster the story told from the wit
ness chair by Mr.. and Mrs. William
Simons, of Carson. who said hey rode
from Sidney to Carson on a Monday
morning early in June. 1912, when they
heard Kelly telling Of the Villisca
murders. This was before the crime
was known in Villisca, according to
the state.
Through ]. F. Moran, Burlington
train dispatcher in Creston, the state
also got in evidence train records
10, 1912, from Villisca to Hastings and
from Sidney to Carson. This was
done over strong objections from de-
fense. The state also succeeded in
getting the testimony Of Mrs. Cora
Marquard. Of Council Bluks. in this
morning. fs So -
Laundry Wer,<ar. Tsstiflss.
Mrs. Marquard said that while en-
ployed as a marker in Council Bluffs
laundry during the week Of Juno 10.
1912,she opened package containing q
shirt which appeared to her to be
bloody. and with instructions. please
return to Macedonia. Defense tried to
keep all her testimony from the records
but the court held with the state.
Rev. w. J. Ewing now of Deep River.
Iowa, at whose home in Villisca Kelly
stopped on the night the state claims
he killed eight people with an ax.s was
on the witness stand this morning.. He
told Of Kelly going to church with
him on the Sunday evening Of the mur-
der and accompanying him home. Rev.
Mr.. Ewing said he and his family slept
in a tent out of doors that night and
Kelly was given the spare room off OF
which a balcony opens. No one re-
mained in the house but Kelly, he said.
So far as he knew Kelly had never
been in Villisca before that night. The
minister said it was understood that
Kelly would leave Villisca on the early
Monday morning train, according to
the witness.
]. H. Horton, Villisca city marshal,
was recalled this morning by the state.
Horton said he noticed blood stains on
one Of the limbs Of the eldest Stilling-
er girl. 1t looked likeA had been
touched with a hand with blood on it,
Horton declared. Court adjourned just
after II o'clock because some of state
witnesses missed train connections.
States attorneys in the prosecution
of Rev. Lyn G. J. Kelly for completely
ing to have almost completely recov-
cred the ground lost last week, when
they were denied admission of the tes-
timony by which they sought to con-
meet Kelly with a bloody shirt said
to have been left at the Bluff City
laundry in Council Bluffs the week OF
the, tragedy in June, 1912.
Witnesses during Monday told Of
various explanations that Kelly had
offered to them for the stain on q
shirt which he sent to the laundry and
as a final round in their fight to get
the testimony before the jury, w. C.
Miller, the Macedonia druggist who
was agent at that place for the Bluff
City laundry was recalled to the stand
While In the witness chair Mr. Miller
produced postal card which he said
he had received. This card was offer
ed in evidence Of the state. At first
Judge Boies refused to permit 1t tc
go in but later, after he had de:;oer-
ated on it during the afternoon recess
he rescinded his former ruling and al