Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-09-22

She was married to Mr. Kelly over
twelve years ago before they left Lon
don. ~
The Kellys went to Macedonia June
l. 1912. where Mr.. Kelly was preach
ing at the Presbyterian church.
Took No Clothing.
Mrs. Kelly said she remembered tho
occasion OF her husband leaving for
Villisca on Saturday evening, June 3.
where he was to occupy the pulpit or
two rural churches the next day. A
matter to which Mr.. Mitchell in his
examination paid particular attention
was the grip which Mr.. Kelly took
with him at that time. Mrs. Kelly
said there was no extra clothing what
ever In the grip. nothing save bible.
q couple Of theological books and some
toilet articles. When he left Mace
donia that afternoon Kelly was Dress
ed in gray trousers and Prince AL
bert coat. Mrs. Kelly said when she
saw her husband again on Monday
morning about 1880 o'clock when he
arrived back In Macedonia he was
dressed identically as when he left on
Saturday. Mrs. Kelly was quite pc:!=
tive In her statement that there Was
absolutely no trace OF any stains re-
sembling blood on his clothing.
She said she first learned Of the
Villisca tragedy about o'clock that
Monday afternoon, when her husband
read to her the contents OF letter
he Just received from the Rev. Mr..
Ewing Of Villisca.
The accused preachers wife told OF
coming from Chicago with Judge Sut-
ton and John A. Mckenzie, his attor-
neys, when he came to Red Oak and
surrendered himself to tho authorities.
Tells OF Trip to Chicago.
Mr.. Faville's cross examination OF
Mrs. Kelly lasted but eight minutes.
Practically all Of 1t dealt with events
leading directly to the arrival OF MT.
and Mrs. Kelly in Red Oak when keliy
was taken in custody by the authorl-
ties here on the Indictment charging
him with murder.
Mrs. Kelly said that Detective Wil-
kerson left Alto Pass, H., with them
going to Chicago. Instead Of taking
the train at Alto Pass. Mrs. Kelly satd
they drove six OF seven miles to Cob
den, boarding the train for Chicago at
that place. She said they remained IN
Chicago about a week. Mr.. Favtlie
tried to bring out who 1t was that
shipped their household goods Tor
them, but the court sustained the OBJ
jections of the defense and this mat
ter was not revealed.
Jones' Name Barred.
Efforts which the defense made TO
bring the names of Albert Jones and
Bert McCaull into the trial were COM
pletely baked, when Judge Boies re-
fused to allow the testimony Of four
teen witnesses on that subject to be
presented to the Jury. Thru these wit
nesses the defense expected to trace
an early morning automobile trip which
young Jones and McCaull made on the
morning Of June 10, 1912, into the
country north Of Villisca as far as
Grant Judge Boies made his ruling
after he had been shown typewritten
statements Of what each witness would
testify to and sustained the states OBJ
lection to allowing them so In. This
action on part Of the court may re-
suit in an abandonment by the defense
of its efforts to prove Kelly innocent by
seeking to prove other persons guilty
Of the crime.
Defense Scores.
The defense put In some important
testimony thru DR.. Davis L. Rundlett, a
Sioux Falls, S. D., physician, who said
he had had considerable experience in
diagnosing mental diseases. DR.. Rund-
lett treated Kelly eleven times while
he was confined In the Sioux Falls jail
Inv OF rIa in1pd tO
be expert testimony on the symptoms
and conditions OF a person suffering
from dementia praecox in the paranoid
form. DR.. Rundlett said he diagnosed
Kelly's mental trouble to be that.
When he first called on Kelly in the
Jail at Sioux Falls on Feb. l, 1914, Dr..
Rundlett said he found n man laboring
under intense mental excitement. DR..
Rundlett detailed the examination he
made Of Kelly and the treatment he
prescribed for him. among which was
the administering OF powerful hyp-
motto quietive and nerve sedatives.
These, however, he said had no effect
in removing the nervous excitement.
There were days when he would ap-
parently be normal but II you asked
him what happened the day before he
could not remember" the doctor de-
scribed Kelly's condition.
He said he then concluded that Kelly
was suffering from adolescent insanity
or dementia praecox in the paranoid
form. In this condition. the doctor con-
tinued. in telling the peculiarities OF
this disease, the victims have fxed de-
.as!e=s and false beliefs, getting intu
their minds what Is not true. They
may have delusions Of prosecutions
and imagine some one Is after them
At one time, DR.. Rundlett said,
Kelly. Imagined some one was ploison-
ing his food and went on hunger
strike. At another time he claimed
poisonous gases were being poured
into his cell through pipes in the cell
ing.
DR.. Rundlett said that Kelly tried to
convince him he was Christ. and was
going to write book which would
save the world. The stenogIaphers to
whom Kelly declared he was going to
dictate his book he would have pose
for him In the nude. DR. Rundlett said
he questioned Kelly about dong q
|. thing OF this kind In writing a book
that would save the world when the
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