Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-09-15
> had known Kelly about month at

the time.
Mrs. Anthony followed her husband
on the stand and told Of conVersa-
ton she had with Kelly on SUNDAY
night during that summer the date Oh
which she did not remember. MRS.
Anthony declared that Kelly then tolo
her that the murderer must have got
ten into the house thru the window In
the room where the little Stillinser
girls slept and then concealed himself
in q closet
Ross Moore, a brother Of the MUIR
dered Joe Moore related the circum-
stances surrounding the discovery OF
the murder. He said he got a message
from a woman living next door 10 MS
brother and then went to his brothers
house. This was about s. or s:20 ne
thought. He said he found the house
closed and unlocked the south door. he
found 1t dark inside. He told OF open
ing the door which led into the room
where the Stillinger girls slept. A
current Of air caught a window curtain
and drew it aside. revealing the blood
stained room He said he quickly shut
the door and hurried from the house,
later sumnoning Marshal Horton.
DR. w. A. Tomas who was the med
ical member OF the coroners jury
which investigated the crime in 1919
and who is a partner in the drug ousl-
ness with Ross Moore, brother or
Joe Moore. provided new feature IN
his testimony which had not before
been brought out in any public court
investigation Of the ak murders.
Dr. Loras said hat when he went
into the room where lay the murdered
bodies Of the two little Sillinger girls
he found slab of bacon, concealed IN
an old flour sack lying on top and al
the foot OF the bed in which the little
girls were sleeping. This piece OF oa-
con may play an important role be-
fore the trial is concluded.
A trivial but pathetic incident was
related by DR.. Lomas. The bibles OF the
TWO little girls were found on the
chair with their clothes. he said. II
was thru their names written in the
books that they were identified. The |
girls had been at church that Sunday |
evening and had gone home with the !
Moore family 20 spend the night with |
them TO avoid the lonesome trip to the |
country.
DR.. Tomas said hat ne examined the |
bodies of the victims that afternoon ,
as a member OF the coroner's jury
The body Of the older girl. Lena, VINO /
the indictment specifically accused /
Kelly of numbering. was lying on the /
right hand side o! the bed. he said /
,S!:h the knees ard arms fleXed as /, /
drawn in conl glsiOn. DIT. Lomas salo
there were no wounds below the meek.
Roth The l!:-le heads were chopped IN
IL in al u1recogn.zs5le mass Many
blows evidently had beer Struck BY ihe
X man Dr Tomas declared any one
Of which would probably have mean;
.ost anlaneous death.
Face 9: Moore Chopped Away.
The head o. NJ Moor, ;he doctor .
- 2.z.aA6. was completes caYed N.
AL he facial features were chopped
away except he back Q. ;he head, Inc
-acss .r;o N face 0. Mrs. Moore n
sz:6. we-- 50 deep :ha; they alnos;
Penetrated :ae had.
: saw no wouaGs On :he hands " /
D- Lacnas declared he also
I'd 1s as uo2o.s % Ind any cuts
.-,,-x .a-e = re bed clothing. These
: 14t-cns were ASKED eTiceHLy %
-7g o.. whether o. not there had
ban E-y s--1Ezie ~ the victims.
aD-5 you -Qt:cs any evidence O.
sax2El p=-vsrs.cy asked h-. A.,chs4
= o2ea-ng h.s cross examination
Absolutely aoas, replied D-- Lo-hAs
= : positive :ons.
D-- Tomas sad thai lie and Dr. WI
.zznz made = special examination OF
.css .,odsss 70 determine Il there hao
oss- z-y s=I1al violation. and declared
Ia Il k2sw positively -he-e had 10,
-,@s-
I'd yya oo:ice a1y c-e2k.nE o the
z-z..-~zy - you ws2- upstairs IN
su-sd Nj N.-cazG
.'--e-e VS. little" ms witness an
s~e-=1
Dr. Michel sad II cross enan'1a-
.soa zLso "a. - had MADE an *
Animation .. t1e c.oss; Il ne room
11e-e NJ. and NJ Moore s.e2.. out
ina. II ID 1oc REMEMBER seeing any
bundle n -ae close. the. rad de-
preston = i. ~. Mitchell asked pay
.ic-!a-.y about -o.l q cotton
lounge n me sitting room *as
covered with disords-ed comforts. the
doctor sad. Al o. me windows were
Gown ard fastened.
!. taa pockets Of NJ. Noore'E trou-
se-s. Dr.. Loras sad. as found pock-
atoook and Z small piece Of chain. such ,
as one would wear With key ing
Says Re-tillion Expert Was Drunk.
Nj Mitchell then went into the ques
ton Of finger prints. Dr.. Lornas de-
cIared that a Be-ti!lion expert came |
from the Fort Leavenworth peniten-
tiary. The man wasn't in condition 20
find anything" said the doctor. He
vas 50 blooming drunk he couldn't
walk"
However. the doctor declared. they
were unaoie 10 ma any ev!ueIcs %
finger prints On the handle Of the ak
He also did not see a basin Of bloody
water in the kitchen. ne declared.
Defense Gains Point.
During the greater part Of the after
noon session the state attempted tol
Introduce testimony designed &c couple
Kelly with a bloody shirt which wit
nesses said went 70 a Council Bluffs
laundry with no marks other than d.
rectlons that Il should De returned IN
the Macedonia basket.
The appearance OF these witnesses
in court led to a warm technical battle
between Attorney Mitchell for the de-
Tense and Attorney Faville for the
state. At every turn Mitchell fred his
objections at the state. maintaining
that the evidence could not be admit
ted to the record since the witnesses
were not competent to establish any
relation between Kelly and the bloody
shirt which turned UP at the Council
Bluffs laundry.
Mitchelrs motion to have all such