The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-01
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Teeth OUT OF
WEAvER'S JAW
Mrs. Celia johnson Says William
Returned from Sale With
Mouth Bleeding.

Injuries alleged to have been re-
ceiyed by william Weaver from
Harry Mueller, for whose death he
and. John Weaver are on trial, were
described by Mrs. Celia Johnson,
1923 Twenty-ssventh avenue. Mo-
line, yesterday afternoon. Mrs.
johnson is a sister of the defend
ants
The witness, who was at Will
liam.s home when he returned
from the Mary Weaver auction Jan.
20, 1921, said his mouth was bleed
ing when he entered the house.
She said she followed him to the
sink and when he had rfnsed his
mouth saw several front teeth had
been loosened. William pulled two
of his lower middle teeth out, she
said, and then called attention to
two others that were loose.
On cross-examination Mrs. john
son said she saw no blood on vii.
liam's clothes and that after ex-
tracing two of the loose teeth,
threw them aside. She declared
they were not false teeth. She said
his mouth were loose These were
removed by a dentist the nexI
morning. she said. Mrs. Johnson
also testified that Williams face
was bruised on the left side
Questioned as to how she hap
pened to be at her brothers home
on that day, Mrs. Johnson said il
was not uncommon for her to walk
from her home to his for the ex-
erc.se. She said she reached there
about 10 O'Clock the morning of the
sale and remained until the next
morning.
Ed Weaver, cousin of the defend
ants, occupied the stand most of
this morning session. He said he
saw the fight between William
Weaver and Harry Mueller and his
description corresponded with that
given by other witnesses for the de-
Tense. He said he saw Harry MueI-
Ter strike the first blow, knock
ing William down, and then the
exchange of blows followed Weav-
er said he stood Is feet from the
combatants talking to John Weay-
er when the fight started. John, he
said, had his overcoat buttoned and
was preparing to leave the sale.
John did not participate in the fight
in any manner, the witness declar-
ed.
Weaver said he picked up Will
l1am's glasses after the fight and
delivered them to him at his home
afterwards. He said he saw that
William had two teeth missing and
two others loose.
Grocer Missed Battle.
Fred Daebelliehn. Moline grocer
1 last witness this morning, was at
ID the sale the day of the fight. but
he did not see the struggle, he said.
According to his testimony, he and
Conrad Flick were together when
the fight started and their vision
was obscured by the barn. Daebel-
liehn said he was not aware of
what had happened until he heard
Ed Ford's voice raised in apparent
anger. Flick and he then hurried
TO the scene where Daebelliehn dis
covered Ford threatening to fight
John Weaver.
Conrad Flick was called as
state witness early in the trial. He
SAID he saw the fight and declared
that both Viewers attacked Muel-
Ter, hitting and kicking him, while
the latter offered no resistance.
Dr. Frederick H. Lamb, of Day-
export. pathologist, was an expert
witness for the defense yesterday
afternoon In his opinion the in
Jur1es to Mueller's head had no re-
lation to the cause of his death by
tumor. DR.. Lamb made a post
mortem examination of Mueller's
brain.