Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-02-10
Jury Returns Verdict of Guilty
of Bigamy as Charged
Defense Brief
CASE GOES TO THE JURY
Assistant County Attorney Jelley Closes
For the State With Eloquent Appeal
In Behalf of the Prosecuting Witness
Viva kirkpatrick Harsrave. Plain.
Elf, to Receive Large Legacy From
Uncle.
Special to Times Republican


3ust returned a verdict of guilty of
bigamy as charged. This clears the
name of Viva Kirkpatrick. as 1t
proves the marriage of the Iowa girl
DO Hazard or Harswave. as he claimed
60 be- was valid one, which the de-
Tense sought to prove was not real
and legal marriage.
Special to Times Republican
Minneapolis, Feb. l0.-Ndva Fitch
patrick Hargcave has inherited for
tune.
This Authentic announcement comes
rs a Climax TO the trial Of Samuel c.
Hazzard or Hargrave. accused of big
amy, eommf;eed by leaving Viva TO
marry Dr.. L!s,ia Buried.
News of. tbs deserted worna7's tega-
cv arrived yesterday afternoon. 1t
appears that n. D. Pierce. Vdva's uncle
On her mothers side. siie,i In San Fran
cisco SOME days ago. He was verY
wealthy. HIS wiz was pyobaeei yes
Aeriay aud IN Vt Viva e Hargrave is
named as the principal beneficiary of
the large es;ase.
.Oh. der, say anything about ~
Was the prosecuting witness first eN-
Guruatioa when asked about her good
mo-tuHe. We wsiptei1 30 keep ;e,e mat :
Der quiet" Questioned fiistaIer, tnw-
aver, Mrs Harg:ave. as che young
EurIiFtn Is stit spocSen of, aSirnGse!
e4aving received Word OF her unSie's
6aaned as she OF the Iss,,oipSl heirs 20
DDS large fortune.
Il don't it,on mach about 1t adj yet, >
6ele said. II don't know now mucn I
1all 9ea hu, he was rich
Closing Addresses Made.
Oraoory irad sway in Judge brooks
0nIrt room yesterday. c. S. Jesey
fba4nked etfeeSive wori pictures Of the
S1nged wife and the guilty husband
lpc1oed by the villain IN the n,asatmo-
- eragedy.' and in the afternoon
4omye c. Stiles ensieowred TO make
ho Jury believe that hss client WA
ice OF ee1h and thas the prosecuting
leneaB was the principal Offender
gasnst the code OF right living. The
h6e went 10 the jury last night
Want County Attorney c. s. Je-
by closed for the STATE and made an
lnoquent appeal On behalf OF the prose-
tsyting witness, whom he described as
i wousan OF a pure Mfe and beautiful
6hhrncter. cruelty deserted by the de-
AndanA.
Il believe the woman is telling the
truth" exclaimed the speaker. II be-
2eve Ct because she has always told
Ma same stnry. When she found that
.ehe records did not show their mar
GiAEe TO have been performed on
March Z. and she might easily have
changed the date or said she was mar
ssted under different name what
did she SAY? She said, No. was
married on that day. and I believe i.
was under my own name. and rho the
4eavens fall ! can and will tell no
bta1er story Is that the actions of
woman not telling the truth? No:
that marriage was performed by Mr..
GalMck IN his office on March Z. and
fhere is absolutely no room for doubt
ing IT.
The inrendoes and insinuations
made by defendants counsel against
khe character and conduct of Viva
Eitcbpafrfc Hargrave. were taken up
and ridiculed by the states attorney.
But whether she is high or low l
rare not said the speaker Il care
not what slie Is or where she comes
from. That Is no issue in this case.
When a man takes a woman to be his
welded wife. lives with her and is not
hFfvnrno1 hAr
ano;i,er woman, he is guilty of bigany,
rs this man Isl
As witnesses Of this marriage Mr.,
Seiley mentioned the prosecuting wit
ness and then said: And we have
The admission OF THE defendant him
self. written in postscript to his
wide's letter to her mother. written on
the day OF the marriage. That state
ment cannot be retlted. That stands
rs perfect proof" Fred Koenke was
hhe titrd witness who sW,ears to the
validity OF the ceremony.
Letters Read Again.
MI Jelley then read the loving let
tiers written by the defendant to his
wife. to his nyotter-in- law and TO DR.
Linda Burfield, telling the latter that
nN their relations must cease. The
reading was dnterspersei with telling
comments upon the character OF the
epistles. Can those statements have
been writen by anyone but hus-
band? Every letter the man has writ
Ten speaks from his heart
After describing the happy honey
moon OF tbe defendant and the COM
planning witness, the attorney said:
Then came change. Some one
was interfering with this home. The
Garden of Eden was perfect home
until a serpent orept into df These
apartments at 1898 Thirteenth street. |
south, were perfect home until some
thing or somebody crept into 1t and |
with a virus that ds perfectly damnable, |
destroyed the peace and happiness"
Stiles Closing Address.
The presump tion of the prisoners
Innocence and che theory of reason
unable doubt" as applied to the states
proof were THE keynotes of George C.
6tdles' closing address 60 the jury be-
gun promptly at 1880 in the afternoon.
Oefsnse Was Brief.
a Kaleidoscope change WAS rung in
ut ehe, Hazard bigamy trial Saturday
afternoon. Shortly before o'clock the
state rested. A very few minutes after
o'clock the defense rested, having in
that brief period introduced six Wit
,esses and proved nothing except that
he records do not show any marriage