Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-28
Story Of Staying Of
O,O,, Parent Is Told
By Sac City Youth

Sac City, July 2S.--Early this morn
ming a crowd of boys from Sac City
wriggled their toes in the hot dust az
they passed the house of Valentine
Heinrich, en- route to creek where
sunfish are to be caught and they
skipped into The long grass at the side
of the road to escape the heat.
But they skipped to the side of the
road opposite the house and went by
with averted faces because on the
Heinrich porch sat a lad of l6 year,
lonely and miserable, uncomfortably
attired in the Sunday clothes which
be wears every day now"
Leo Ziegmann, 16 years old, can not
understand why his former friends
shun him, but the good folk of the
community, seeming afar off some in
direct srnirch from contact have for
hidden their boys to play with Leo,
who by his own confession is the MUIR
derer of his own father.
Leo doesn't quite understand how
1t happened. even now. He is at lib
erty under $4,000 bail furnished by
his grandfather. on his mothers side,
and willingly discusses the crime" to
anyone who seems sympathetic and
will listen.
Last Tuesday" says Leo, II was
in the yard watching some little ducks
when l heard mother scream. l looked
in the window and father was pound
ing her My brothers and sisters were
there. too, and we were pretty scared,
but we threw rocks at the window and
tried to make father stop but he
wouldn't. And mother kept on scream
ing
His mothers screams still are up
permost in Leo's mind. He mentions
them frequently turnout his recital.
u went TO the back porch then and
got my rifle. You have to shoot a
little high with it now. l guess the
sights aren't right and I'll have to get
them fixed before winter. Sure, shoot
rabbits and everything with il in the
winter. 1 bought il with money l
earned threshing last fall"
Leo couldn't understand why the
story OF the shooting was more inter-
esting than a recital Of his hunting &C
complishments. He returned TO the
subject reluctantly.
The rifle had two shells in it.
Mother was still screaming. so l went
into the house and shot at father from
the door from the kitchen into the
living room. Then I went outside.
Pretty soon grandfather came out
and went 10 Anton Ziegmann's, my
uncle. They came back together and
Anton told mother to come out and he
would fix her for killing father. Then
l was scared and ran over by BaIkley's
mail box and sat there awhile. l was
going to beg a ride in and enlist, but
4. D. Johnson came along and saw
me and I ran into Bark!ey's corn field.
/ laid down awhile and then went over
near the house and saw a big crowd
around the place, so l was afraid 70
come out. I guess it was pretty late.
maybe 10 o'clock or so, when l came
out and went 10 grandfather's barn
and slept Ii was pretty lonesome out
there with nothing TO listen to but the
horses moving around and the crickets
in the hay. By and by Julius Bingen-
heimer came and he and Aunt Ger
,rude and Grandfather Heinrich brought
me to Sac City. like 1t in here, but
its pretty hot
Members of the community do not
believe that the boy intended 10 XIII
his father Made desperate by ms
mothers screams they think, he took
the only means he could think OF 20
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