Decorah public opinion., 1922-04-19
ATTORNEYS MAKE
THE STATEMENTS.

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Shuty and not from me. think
the testimony will show that the
shot in the wounds was probably
No. 6 shot and that the shot that
was handed to Ed Grimstad by the
defendant with the INDUCTION, Now
rnind you got these from Jack Shuty,
L think were smaller than No. 8. l
think the testimony will show that
where this coffee pot was picked up
was a little hole in the ground and
i think it was sworn since the hap
pening of the event, can't give the
exact day, that the ground has been
dug into and shot have been obtained
from underneath this can and | think
the evidence will show that there
was quite a few 712 shots sprinkled
around later at the same locality
placed on top of the ground. The
state will have some of these shots
that were lying on top of the leaves
and will introduce them. Now
gentlemen this testimony will show
that Irene VanBrocklin was about
nineteen years of age, that she was
a very good looking young women;
that she had brown hair and brown
ewes. | think the testimony will
show that she and her husband had
lived there practically all the time,
there may have been periods when
she was away but practically all the
time for over a year prior to the
tragedy they were there; that her
husband was a laboring man. |
think the testimony will show that
this defendant has been there to see
this woman and they were seen to-
gether and that he was with her. l
think the testimony will show that
the defendant had Christmas dinner
in 1920 in that cabin and that he
brought presents to Irene VanBrock-
lin and gave presents to the Van
BrockEns, but | think the testimony
will show that as he was going home
with a party who will testify here,
who was working for him at that
time that Frank said to this party
not to say anything about the pre-
sents he had made to Irene, not to
tell his wife. Now gentlemen the
testimony will show that that as |
have said, the defendant was left at
this cabin at two o'clock or around
two O'Clock with the II gauge shot
gun. | think the testimony will show
show that the wounds in the body of |
both of the dead was caused by the |
shot gun and was caused by shell
from a IL gauge shot gun. The de-
fendant was left there alone, Charlie
had gone to Swenson's to deliver a !
horse. Now what happened in that
cabin is known to only three people, |
two of them are dead and the only |
evidence that there is of it is the
nude evidence of the surroundings
and of the conditions of the bodies
and of the general appearance Of the
cabin. | might say to you that there
was no particular disarrangement
noticed, there was so little furniture |
in the cabin that it wouldn't take
very long to disarrange it, but there
was no disarrangement in the furnl- |
ture noticed. There was no evl6 |
ence of a struggle, the perpetrator On |
this act struck down his victim al |
most without warning and it IS our
contention that the evidence here
fully establishes the fact that when
Charlle returned the teStholly WEI
show mat ne was III a great hurr!
TO get pack 10 the caDlh. ne Was
IN such a hurry ne Wo0luh sTop Lol
ms checK tor the morse ana t5laI ne
fnurned pack 10 the caDlh on me run iji
ana ulhk IIlaI 'lie IeSt.inohy VIII
Dear no other CONSTRUCTION except
Inat she was SHot lInne'uaIeIy upon
ms return 10 lnaI caOlh' l want 10
cal your attention 10 anotqer lIeln 'Ill
OF testimony. l lol" you ABOUT !he
deienaanI ana t3ese par!leS gong
out thefe J9aI ni-L''' the hIgII 1SII CI Ile
tragedy am, an" OelIS OUT at plll Cooh OK. .
place. Mhen lhey gGT nome C.'a'
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tIonLs 49, ou,av and that night, II
shot gun with oil. Now then the ge
sngS s,n was sl"t turned To over e later by shu