Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-09-18

lowed the card to go into the record.
The postal bears the post mark Of
Omaha, June II, and is signed by Rev.
G. J. Kelly. The Significance of this
card, according to the state, Is that 1t
shows Kelly to have been in Omaha
the, week following the tragedy and
makes their claim that he left shirt
at the Bluff City laundry more plaus-
tble.
More Concerning Shirt
DR.. c. w. Spaulding of Carroll, was
the first witness put in the stand Mon
day afternoon. DR., Spaulding said that
Kelly at one time told him a girl in
Council Bluffs was making him a lot
of trouble over a stained shirt he had
sent to the laundry there. DR.. Spauld-
ing said that Kelly explained the
stain on the shirt as being something
that had spilled in his grip. Mrs.
Spaulding, wife of the doctor, also
testified to overhearing the above con-
versation.
C. E. Malotte. furniture dealer OF
Carroll, testified that on one occasion
he had asked the preacher why he HID
himself behind trees in the early eve
ming. Kelly said he was afraid some-
body would do him bodily injury and
was afraid they We're trying to con-
meet him with the VilIisca tragedy.
Some of the things he told in Sut-
ton, Neb., while he was pastor Of the
Congregational church there were re-
lated by two doctors Of that city, DR..
H. H. Schultz and DR.. Lester X.
Strate.
DR.. Schultz said Kelly told him he
had been at the Moore house on the
morning following the murder.
Did he say what he did?" asked Mr..
Faville.
HE said he looked around and then
took an early train out of town." the
doctor replied.
Thought Detectives TraiIed Him.
On cross examination Dr.. Schultz
said Kelly was very nervous and ex-
citable. HE said he had been suspect
ed and that detectives had been after
him. the witness said. Kelly did not
tell him the name Of any detectives
but did mention the Burns agency. DR..
Strate said that Kelly told him the
Villisca murders were committed about
1 or 1870 o'clock at night. He also
asserted that Kelly claimed to him to
have been one Of the first men in the
house after the crime was committed.
"At another time" testified DR..
Strate "he said the man who COM
mitted the murders went to the river
and washed" Dr. Strate also said Kelly
sought to furnish an alibi by claiming
that he could not have done the mur-
ders because he couldn't have gotten
out Of the house where he was stopping
without rousing the people.
Question Starts Conjecture.
Not little speculation and conjec-
ture have been aroused over the ques-
ton Mr.. Mitchellyput to Dr.. Strate in
his cross examination. a.
"At the time you had this conversa-
tion you understood he had paranoia e
asked Mr. Mitohelf Rut the stats put
in an objettnn and the doctor was
not permitted to reveal what he knew.
He was also prevented from testify
ing as to his knowledge Of Kelly's
mental condition At that time. The
paranoia feature may prove vital link
in the states evidence later on, It Is
believed.
DR.. Strate also testified that Kelly
on one occasion said to him In connec-
ton with the suspicion cast against
him: II couldn't have done that. The
ak hit the ceiling. Could II"
The "bloody shirt" feature was hit
upon In the testimony Of Horace
Houghton, probation officer Of Sioux
City. Mr. Houghton, formerly a Meth
odist minister, said he talked with
Kelly in his office in the city hall when
{s rio1 fN1 him
he was suspected.
Il asked him why they thought he
did it." said Mr.. Houghton.
HE said there was a shirt he sent
to a Council Bluffs laundry that had
blood on It," the witness said Kelly
told him. He also declared that Kelly
explained the blood on the shirt was
caused by a cut while shaving.
On cross examination Mr.. Mitchell
brought out that Kelly had told Mr..
Houghton detectives we're trying to
connect him with the murder because
he left a shirt with blood stains on 1t
at laundry in Council Bluffs.
Rev. o. c. Garden, pastor Of the
Shelby Presbyterian church, detailed
a conversation which he had with
Kelly on a Great Western train be-
tween Harlan and Carroll. This con-
versation was on April 26, 1918. the
minister said. Rev. Mr.. Garden declar-
ed he first met Kelly at the Omaha
Theological seminary five years ago.
The Shelby minister testified that
Kelly told him of going to the chill
dren's day exercises at the Presbyter-
ian church on the night of the mur-
der and that he went home with the
Rev. Mr.. Ewing and sat up until near
ly midnight talking. Rev. Mr.. Garden
said that Kelly told him he was both
cred with a nervous headache that
night and rather than muss up a clean
bed he went out and walked In the
fresh air to relieve his headache.
Defense Loses Point.
On cross examination Mr.. Mitchell
lost a point when he asked the minister
Didn't he tell you that he had never
seen the Moore family?"
HE said he. saw them in church that
night. I am positive OF thai"
Didn't he say he was charged with
this murder for being religious fana-
tic ?" asked Mr.. Mitchell.
eyes sir"
During the examination Of Mr.. Car