Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-05-10
had no grounds for issuing a warrant.
Together Saturday.

Saturday Bcasley went ito til
; Koonce home to see his wife and Sal
urday evening they went down tow
> together. After returning they talke,
over their affairs and decided, appal
entity. that the two children should b
left with the mother. The husban,
left about 10 30 O'Clock and about mid
night appeared at the Fisher home AM
asked to stay all night. Mr.. and Mrs
Fisher. however. had no room ant
could not keep him.
In the morning Mr.. KOonce warlai
I his sister again not to see her husb,l.,
or have anything to do with him, tn
shortly after Mr.. Koonce had left th'
house before breakfast Beasley cam,
to the door and his wife admitted hin,
When Mr.. kCOnCe returned III IL Sllur
time, Beasley told him he was goin.
to spend the day with his cililul el
and would leave in the evening.
Net Afraid.
After breakfast Mr.. KOoncc lief
! and Mrs. KoOncc went to church in /;
short time. Before leaving she asked
/ her sister-in-law if she were afraid tt
stay alone III the house with him ant
She replied she, was not.
The relatives, however, say that Mrs
Beasley had often expressed fear tina
her husband would kill her, and that
he had often threatened her life. Al
the %coroner's inquest Mrs. Koonce de.
clared that Beasley had often pointed
Il gun at his wife and had once shot
n hole in the side of the house, but
they. did not. could not, believe he
would ever kill her.
Nr Nnulups InCIu ,oS thnf In and
his wife Lad at one time last year
occupied the same house with the
Beasley family and that Mrs. Sanders
had often heard them quarrel and
had heard him threaten that he would
kill both his wife and the two children.
1t was also known that he nearly al
! Ko0nce asserted that after he had
with Il revolver under hep pillow. fear
and cause trouble.
Married in Illinois.
The rumOr had recently reached the
wife that Beasley was married to
|anothcr woman in Illinois, although
he was not divorced, but this has not
been verified. He was. however, want-
cd here for having written bogus
checks.
1t is said that Mrs. Beasley received
word u few days ago that her husband
intended to return and those who have
been closely associated with her de-
clare that she had several times eN-
pressed fear and nervousness in the
past few days.
Mrs. Beasley had been working at
the Little Chicago cafe, but left there
Thursday night. the day before her
husband returned home. She knew
Beasley expected to arrive here the
following day and was nervous and
excited over it. 1t is said that she
e AIRED violence at his hands.
How Nun dcrer Escaped.
Earl Fisher, who drove Bcasley to
the Jennings farm house. south OF
Wilke, was this morning called before
the %coroner's jury. He testified that
lie had previously planned to take
Beasley to Kamrar Saturday night
that Beasley had made arrangements
for this and that both he and his wife.
had agreed that the father should take
the older child. The Beasleys, with
their children, were at the Fisher home
that evening, and Mr.. and Mrs. Fisher
left to come up town. When they ne
turned the Bcasleys had gone back to
the Kobnce home, and about II 80,
O'clock the husband returned and said
he had decided to postpone his trip to
Kamrar until morning. When lie came
to the Fisher home at nOon the next
day, Mr.. Fisher asked him to wait I'M
til after dinner. but he said he could
~ ,.s ., Il, -x,t1l pt.y ikAnirtr tf,A
man he was to see, and wanted to start
at once. He did NOT appear at all
nervous or excited, Mr.. Fisher declar-
ed, neither did he appear to be drunk
doped.
Was CO0l and Collected.
They started Immediately and when
they reached the corner to turn to
kalnrar. Beasley suggested that they
90 to Blairsburg instead Of kamrar,
and when they reached Harrisburg, he
asked Fisher to take him III to the
Jennings farm house. Not once, Mr..
Fisher stated, did Beasley display the
least nervousness, and before getting
out of the car he declared that he was
going to get a job and work IA few days
and then come back to Webster City
and try to get his wife and children to
come and live with him again. After
Mr.. Fisher had turned around and
was ready to start back, Beasley step
ped up to the car and said:
If Emory. tMr. Koonce, the dead
wOman's brotler), asks you anything,
just tell him you took me to kamrar.'
Not Suspicious.
Even this did not arouse Mr.. Fish
er's suspicious, except that he thought
perhaps Beasley intended returning to
Webster City to try and kidnap the
children.
Mr.. Fisher declares that Beaslcy
wore Il khaki overall suit with a grey
coat, but that underneath these over
alls he had a suit OF blue denim
overalls. and under these still another
pair of blue serge trousers. He
noticed this. he says, when Beaslcy
was sitting in the car with his legs
Had Been Expected.
Mr.. Koonce. brother OF Mrs. Beas-
ley, declared that he had expected for
Il long time something of this kind
would happen. Beaslcy had always
carried IA gun. and had openly stated
that he would kill his wife and chill
dren if they did not come aud live
with him. He also declares that his
brothcr-in-law practically admitted 20
him that he had married another wa