The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-04-19
CHARLES MccANN KILLED
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ter l got that done l began looking
around for Ed to go home. ,couldn t
Then | went to the barber shop and
visited around there with Graves ana
the fellows in there with him.. We
talked quite a while there and then
/ saw Mr.. Cave and Charley McCann
going across north. They were gong
west on the north side or the street
and l went over there. They were
talking about some hogs and | saw
Artie on the street east Ed says,
''There is Artie | wonder what he
came to town for He said, Il came
down to get some oil meal for my
pigs" They talked about the PIGS.
John Woodland wasn't there. l did
MT see anything OF him at that time
/ went and got my car--No. ! saw Ed
and rite and Charley Mccain go
into the lumber yard on the north
side of the street and came out ana
Ed and .lr. Andrew Sell got taking
about the pigs, Andrew wanted TO
buy some pigs. They got into the
wagon and went OH together and
told me to go by myself. They start
ed west and | went east and | beat
them up there. | put in a window
light and about that time they came
and began walking around looking at
the hogs, talked about trading for
them. After bit | looked up and
here was Artie and Charley Mccain,
John Woodland and Cliff Woodland,
and we wondered-Ed wondered--
what they were going to 40: :, we
walked up there and and was was oollyhl ,,s
the pigs Finally John and Charley
and Ed made a dicker on the hogs;
John and Charley said they would
take the pigs and started TO- write
check. When they started that Mrs.
Cave came up there and spoke TO
Ao%, nHIyfI
Charley was, when they came, Meth
er one hardly able to walk, They
fell down around there-Artie did.
Charley staggered around. He d!dn
fall but staggered a good deal. When
they went out to the car they had the
scheck wrote out.
Q-Who wrote the check? A.
Charley Mccain. He was Just ready
He says. Who viii sign this, John
Woodland or me, which one is buying
the hogs?" Ed says, 1T don't make
the car and says, ''Artie, you are
drinking; you are drunk, amt you?'
He didn't know seven cents from sew
en- dollars. He wanted nineteen
cents, he wanted nine dollars, want
ed to give them away, wanted five
dollars, wanted ten dollars. he was
just crazy: He didn't know what he
didn't have anything to do with the
trade, that part of it. At the time
Mrs. Cave spoke to him he seemed to
go all to pieces worse than ever and
started towards her and | stopped
him. We were standing between the
two cars. When he got towards
where she was l thought he was go
ing around the car to her Instead of
that when he got to the car he start
ed north. He just started on to. the
house saying something. ! couldn't
understand that 1 kind of followed
got to the door he came out and he
had a gun swinging it. He pulled it
out that way and told me to stand
back didn't know that / had done
anything and l got back. That was
MT far enough and he made me get
and pretty soon he started out to the
: car. ! was going to get, to him to
ret the ~un, but ! couldn't get close
he wUh4&d- turn it on me. Mrs.
Cave had gone down the road east,
and as she went down the road he
started like he was going, after her:
gun away from him, he is liable to
do something, he hasn't got a bit
of sense" and we started after him,
and as each one would get close he
would turn on us. and the hammer
was cooked Charley ran up to him
to get the gun. made lean towards
and they lockeu arms and the gun
went off and Charley fell. Ed and
/ were standing pretty close, six or
eight feet, maybe four. ] was watch
ing the gun as close as | could. When
the gun went off and saw Charley
fall, ! says Throw down the gun.
Look what you have done
O-hOW far aWay were YOU A
Right close l thought he might see
he had shot somebody and feel sorry
and we might get the gun awav from
him, but we didn't do it. He turned
went out of there and went fast,
hollered, Run boys, he will kill
you / heard the gun go two or
three times. l don't know where he
fell
Q-Tell the jury whether he made
any statement when he pointed the
u didn't In ie stand back. "'''' NH 'l''
Q-Did he make any statement to
his mother? Ayes, she told him
not to come over there when he was
drinking, and he said to her, IF
can't come over there you get out Of
here"
Ole didn't say he wanted TO kill
her? A-No, he never said he want
ed to kill her, but he said he would
kill her.
Odd he tell John and Cliff
Woodland that he would kill them
Ale did when John WAS running.
He told him to stop. He didn't say
he would kill him. He said, IF you
don't stop l will stop you
Odd you hear him make any
statement to Charley McCann that lie
would kill him? A-No-Yes, | did.
He told him to stand back. just Ike
he did to me.
eff he didn't stand back he
would kill him? Ale told him to
stand back He had the gun point
ed every way. in the air, to the
ground and every way. and the ham
mer was back 1t looked like a self
acting gun. He had the hammer
back. He was pointing it around and
] was afraid his nerves would jerk it
off. 1t looked to me like when he fell
they locked arms with the arm the
gun was in. The gun fell around