The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-10-16
|ASE PROMISES TO
| Be SENSATIONAL
|lydenburg Trial May Develo,
a Long Line of Wife
Murders.
WILL BE TRIED in iowa
vestisation in Brooklyn Leads tc
Strong Belief That the Accused
May Be Guilty of Two or
Three Like Crimes.
vILL BE TRIED IN IOWA

New York, Oct 15.-The father and
aster of the late Mrs. Blydenburg No.
wife of E. S. Blydenburg, under in
1ictment at Eldora, Ia, on charge Of
murder of his third wife, and suspected
6f numbering three wives, will attend
HE trial in Iowa.
The second Mrs. Blydenburg was a
laughter of j. G. Godbold, a wealthy
fetired farmer of Brooklyn His first
wife was Emily Hawkins, also Long
Hsland woman. The third wife lived at
Elyria. O., where she welded the al
aeged Bluebeard.
Startling revelations are hinted at as
a result of the investigations conducted
Ssn Brooklyn last week into the deaths
pf these women by Prosecutor Noble of
Eldora, Ia, where Blydenburg has been
hrrested.
The dead woman was Blydenbure,s
Mhird wife, and the two Long Island
Swomen whose deaths are being investi-
gated We're respectively Mrs. Blyden-
burgs Nos. 1 and 2.
Prosecutor Noble left for Eldora.
Ewithout his presence in the city becom-
{ing known to others than those inter-
Tested in the case; but yesterday J. G.
EGodbold, father of the second Mrs. Bly,
$denburg, declared his belief that his
&daughter died by poison.
a Thinks Grave Has Been Robbed.
4 And Mrs. Blydenburg's sister in sec
Eonding this view advanced the sensa-
&tional opinion that her sisters BODY
Ewould not be found in the grave in
&which it was inferred should exhuma-
#tion be determined upon.
q 1t is also alleged that the first Mrs.
#Blydenburg died under circumstances
(which pointed to arsenical poisoning.
#Both wife No. l and wife No. were
Uninsured in heavy amounts in the name
Moi their husband.
a The third wife, for whose murder
EBlydenburg has been arrested, decided
Vito her husband valuable farm land at
#the time of their marriage, and still
#retained other valuable real estate at
s&the time of her sudden death, on May
@29, 1903.
In connection with Blydenburg's ar
#rest Mrs. Smith, who lives in Broad
Eway, Brooklyn, informed a reporter
Hthat few months after the second
Mrs. Blydenburgs death he secured
Hfrom her $1,000 on pretense that he
it to complete contract for
Ethe construction of car barn for the
EBrooklyn Heights railroad. He gave
&Mrs. Smith a note for the amount and
#proposed marriage to her, the ceremony
ITO be performed upon the completion Of
Ethe car barn.
n Confessed to Stealing Note.
n Before that time arrived, Mrs. Smith
Esays, after one of Blydenburg's visits,
&she missed the note and on taxing him
EWith having taken it he confessed and
Esaid he had torn it up.
Mrs. Smith then consulted a lawyer,
&and shortly afterward Blydenburg left
"a the city, nothing more being heard of
Ehim until last week.
n -Four children wele left by the first
MRS. Blydenburg, and it was said by
#the sister of the second wife yesterday
&that the appeal Blydenburg made in,
#their behalf awakened the sympathy Of
Ml9-year-old Laura Godhold and won
&her consent to marry.
Miss Godhold was member of the
$choir Of the Epworth church at the
Ftlme of her marriage to Blydenburg.
&She died on February IA, 1900.
Got $4,000 More Insurance
There was $4,000 insurance on her
El1fe, which was paid to the husband
Mr.. Godhold said yesterday that his
Sdaughters body was embalmed twenty
minutes after her DEATH and that the
Scause OF death was not put in the doc
tors certificate until after the funeral.
sIhe attending physician has since died.
Mr. Godhold added:
Il have every reason to believe that
Emy daughters death was caused by
poison, and investigation ought to de-
tefmlne by whom it was administered.
sBlydenburg, her husband, tried at diff
siefent times to secure money from me
ION the pretense that he needed it in his
business as contractor. I feel GER
tain from things nave learned from
fCounty Attorney F. II. Noble, who was
an conference with is last week, that a
5lull and complete case will be found
against the man who so lily treated by
daughter. Whatever else he may have
soone' ne did not take proper care of
any child, and, on The other hand, he
look very good care of himself"
Mrs. Blydenburg's married sister
said:
y Il have never been thoroughly salts
med that Lauras death was due to
natural causes, and a remark which
comes to me with striking force now
more than ever leads me to believe that
this man was instrumental in causing
her sudden death.
, Very Peculiar Remark.
. 1t was our desire at one time to re-
move Laura'S body to our family plot, |
put as soon as the matter was mem |
'noned, this man strongly objected. |
again, when the matter was pressed |
and | had said to him that it seemed |
pecular that he did not want the body |
disturbed, he made this statement:
If there had been any reason why |
l should have wanted to remove the |
hody, l could have done it twenty |
times before this
II cannot say at the present time |
whether we will have sisters grave op- |
ehed. But neither my mother nor my
SER believes that the grave still con-
tains the body
Another thing that appears to me to
ne peculiar, though it may not be, is |
mat the remark Blydenburg made |
Mhen his third wife died was exactly |
the same that he used on the occasion |
OF my sisters death
thank you. doctor, for your kind
ness, he said. You have done all that
You could