Word: helene
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...went back into the corn when I saw the man with the gun and hid a while. Then I walked along toward the woods. When I got there I found my brother and Helen lying on the ground...
...heard a gun go off and a bullet whizz. I saw Johnny fall. He didn't cry; he just lay there still. I heard Helen cry out: 'Johnny, I'm shot...
...afternoon last week Johnny Kolesar, 12, suggested to his sister Anna, 10, that they make an expedition to the Hoffman brothers' cornfield. Anna had been there before and told of its glories. Barefoot along the dirt path they rolled their hoops. Passing the Klementovich shanty they stopped, invited Helen and Joe to come too. Some other children joined the party at the Hoffman field but left early. The Kolesars and Klementoviches stayed on; walking through the tall green corn, picking the ears. They were going to make a fire in the nearby woods and cook some "supper...
...Then I started running toward home. On the way I met Helen's mother. I told her 'Hurry up, Helen's shot.' So she and Helen's grandmother went back with me and picked up Helen and Johnny on their backs and carried them home. Then I went and told my mother...
Johnny Kolesar died instantly, his back riddled with a load of No. 4 shot. Joe Klementovich was taken to a hospital, apparently dying. He was ten years old. Helen Klementovich's wounds were less dangerous. Police soon seized Farmer Craig Hoffman, identified by Anna Kolesar as "the man in brown pants." He denied shooting the children. In his house was found a ten-gauge shot-gun.* Police, fearing a lynching, dispersed muttering crowds, locked up Farmer Craig, charged him with murder, assault with intent to kill, atrocious assault and battery...