Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1922-04-19

noon and | believe the testimony
will show that it was in the neigh
borhood of five O'Clock; that while
the defendant was in this store on
that occasion he took the shells out
of his pocket, N something that look
ed like shells and made a comparison
of the other shells and said he
thought they would do, took them
and left. | think the testimony will
! show that he went to his place of
business, his office and that thus
office is connected in some way with
the home of Jack Shuty; that he
telephoned from that place to his
wife and told her about the tragedy
and that he telephoned | think to
| the undertaken at Ossian and pos
sibly the undertaken at DEBORAH or
went home taking gun with him and
that and that either shortly after he
went up, this witness went up to
Kneeskern's home few blocks away.
! | think the testimony will show that
Shuty was seen with this gun taking
it away from the house and going to-
ward the track and then returned
with it back and putting it inside
of Kneeskern's dining room, think.
/ believe the testimony will show
that the defendant and Jack Shuty
and their families had dinner or sup
per at the Kneeskern home that Sun
day evening and that after they had
their supper a party consisting of
seven or eight, among were Fred
O'Boy, partner of the defendant, and
his father John, who you have seen
in the Court room and three or four
more from Castalia that went back to
the scene of the tradgedy. They
went back and went TO a gathering
at Ole Russett's. Now there were
quite few fellows there and l
think the testimony will show later
that this defendant was in and out
of the kitchen several times and /
think the testimony will show that
! it was rather a cold night and that
there was some fire in the kitchen,
but | will say practically all, | think
with the exception of the Russell
family, that every man in that room
that night had his coat or overcoat
on excepting this defendant; that he
had neither coat or overcoat on. ]
think the testimony of the witnesses
will be that he appeared warm, that
he was prespiring, and that he ap-
peared more or less excited. L think
the testimony will show that while he
was there that some party made the
remark in his presence and within
hearing, that if they knew who it
was that had done that deed they
would get a rope and hang him. L
think the testimony will show that
when that remark was made this
defendant dropped his head and that
his face colored. | think the testi-
mony will show that Neunswander,
the man who operated this Hardware
Store was out there that night and
that this defendant went up to
Neunswander and asked him if there
was anybody else in that community
that had a shot gun or twelve gauge
shot gun. | believe the testimony
will show that on the following Mon
day night a sort of expedition was
got up for the purpose of going
down to this cabin and that Frank
Kneeskern the defendant was told
about it at Castalia; that he knew
about it and that there were five or
six fellows went down and / think
that the purpose of this expedition
was 70 get that can that had been
shot at, anyway the defendant was
told that they were going down and
that they went down and / think the
testimony will show that one of them
or two of them were standing guard
against somebody that might modest
, them. They got there during the
l.. night, they went under cover of
darkness and as | told you two of
, them stood guard and two were
armed and one | don't think was
: near the rest of them and while they
were out there they picked up several
: things among other things they
= picked up this coffee pot and took
: piece of blood smeared paper from
| the wall just at the right hand as
| YOU enter from the shanty, the main
part, they took a bloody door knob
D from the door on the inside between
t the two rooms and they took one shot
/ which they found in the ground next
n the coffee pot and they took two
y gun wads. Now where l say two
e gun wads | am not positive. want
e to be absolutely accurate, but any
5 way they found these gun wads on
S the ground six or seven feet from
S where the coffee pot was in the
f ground, this shot has been lost, but
e all the other things to which | have
S referred will be offered in evidence
f by the state. Now these items were
e picked up and these parties started
n back to Castalia and got there about
n one o'clock in the morning and after
Il unloading some Of them there the
vt defendant come out and hailed then
n and wanted to know, and asked then
1T what they found and he was shown
ID some of these exhibits and he saw
ut the bloody door Knob and he tol'
a Grimstad, who was marshall at Us
Of san, not to tell anybody about tina
r. until ne had had chance to tai
err with Bill Cook, because he said n
I'd didn't know but what Cook had ha
is his hands on there and it mlg.n
MT incriminate him. | think the test
/ mony will show that on the follow
at ing Wednesday this defendant wvh
ne had spoken to Grimstad the previot
mt dav saw Grimstad and handed MI
vo two shots with this injunction, no
sh remember you got these shots frol
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