Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-02-01
lawyers HAVE
THEIR innings
A Flood of Eloquence Let Loose
Upon the Jury in the Bly,
denburgh Case
COURT ROOM DENsELy PACKED
Tremendous Crowds Anxious to Hear
the Attorneys Argue the Question
of Blydenbursh's Guilt or Innocence
Today-Trial Has Been Expensive to
County.
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special to Times Republican.
Eidora, Feb. 1.-The attendance a,
the Blydenburgh trial was not dimin-
ished in the least today in spite of the
fact that the evidence. was all in at
o'clock Saturday afternoon and the ar
guments to the jury begun. When the
court convened this morning shortly
after Q O'clock the court room was
crowded with spectators, who had come
10 hear Judge Bow4rsoX and the other
attorneys In the case make their plea4
to the jury. There is the greatest ca
Rerness to hear the arguments, as the
attorneys employed on boph sides or
case are among the ahlest that ever ap-
peared in murder trial here and thsa-
addresses III the jury will be among
! the great efforts of their lives. Judge
Bowerzox began his argument at 1
o'clock Saturday afternoon and re-
tuned this incoming. His plea was one
OF the best ever heard before the Hard
in county bar and ne held the closes;
attention Of the jury and spectators
from the time he began this morning
until he had completed his argument.
It is hoped TO submit the case to the
jury by tomorrow night. Judge Rich+
ards Is getting anxious to have the
case settled and out OF the way. as 1t
has now occupied two weeks OF the
courts time and has been a very Sc
we're straineupon all closely connected
with the case. The jurors are begin
ming to fesl the effects of the close
confinement and the strict attention to
che evidence necessary, while the
weight OF the responsibility thrown
upon them Is no small burden. They
realize that with them rests the aib-
erty and perhaps the life of the prison.
er and that mistake on their part
would be fraught with the gravest in
Justice. both to the state and to the ac-
cused. They have been kept in the
strictesi seciusion. have not even been
given reading matter ana have not
been allowed to see or converse with
their families or any other person, ex-
cept among themselves, and then never
about the subject uppermost On theii
minds. the guilt or innocence OF the
errlsoner.
- There IS a general desire to see the
3sry arrive at some definite conclusion
In the ease. rs 1t has been very ex-
spenslve ;rlal for the county. IL being
estimated that the cost has not beer
less than $4,000 or $1,000 to date and a
retrial of the case would involve as
much more.
So far the prisoner has shown but
little effect of rhe terrible ordeal thru
which he Is passing. He has been by
no means Indifferent, however. and has
paid close attention to everything that
has transpired at the trial. He sal
calm and unninved during the terrible
Arrangement by Judge Bowersox this
morning.
Now that the trial Is near an end the
outcome is awaited with feverish anx-
lefty. The case has attracted so much
attention In the county, as we'll as out-
side. that little else is talked about
here. The women have taken tho
greatest Interest In the case and have
attended the trial in large numbers,
probably more than half the audience
being composed of their sex.
Final Testimony.
Practically nothing OF interest was
developed Saturday afternoon not COW
cred In these columns that evening. The
testimony OF the Kellers was to the eff
fec. that Arthur Bi~ienburgh told in
their home that his father stayed home
from church and got dinner on the
Sunday that Mrs. Blyaenburgh was
taken sick.
Or. Gethman testified 10 conversa-
tion that occurred between himself and
Dr., Morse and Attorney Nobs. while
on the train between Chicago and Ann
Arbor Mich. He said that DIR. Morse
asked. Mn if, he got my urine from
Mrs. BiydenburEh while living for exc
He told him ne did not ana
asked DIR. Morse If he not any. DIR.
Morse told him lre got a little by uslny
the catheter, about two s,poonsful. anu
on test found albumen in 1t. but said
tt was not.a very satisfactory test be-
cause he did not have enough urine to
make a good test. He then said Mr..
Noble asked than II they had heard
that Mr.. RlN1enburgh had tried to get
his wife's life insured for $4,000. and
DR.. Morse and himself said they had
not heard OF that. and that IL 1t was
true u was a very suspicious ctrcum-
stance.
Attorney Noble was then put on the
stand and corroborated the testimony
of DIR. Gethnan regarding the CONVEX
sation concerning the urine.
INSPECTOR OF DOUGH.