Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-02-04

dillon.
The Poison.
1 Blydenburgh's contention that hs
bought the rough on rats to rid tht
premises of vermin after he had adj
iyised was rdfculed and held up TO scorr
by the attorney. Mr.. Albrook argued
that the rough on rats proposition was
simply n substitute for divorce pro-
ceedings; that it was cheaper and thee
: would he no danger of loss of property
by that method of severing the mar
riage bonds.
Blydenburgh was, with fine sarcasm
and inyective. held up as the most hil
eous hypocrite when he made public
demonstration of his watchfulness ana
care for the comfort of his Wife. The
defense'S testimony OF particular ao-
tons of this nature, such as tucktny
robes about her when driving TO the
lcountry and returning he ridicued IN
the strongest terms. He severely
criticised the defendants attorneys for
having stated that they could have
overcome any testimony that Mrs.
IBlydenburgh was in good health short
| " before her death. after they had OBJ
| jected to the states efforts to presen;
/ such evidence and had the court strike
out all evidence of that sort. He
| charged them with rank unfairness at
ter such objection.
Mr. Stewards testimony that they
called upon Mrs. Blydenburgh a few
weeks before her death and that she
could not return their cali because of
| Ill health was refuted the attorney
claimed by the evidence that Mrs. BLY,
| denburgh had walked twenty blocks
the day before the Sunday of her fatal
| Illness. and walked long distance
over muddy roads a few weeks before
her death. Mr.. Albrook. referring 70
the testimony of ]. w. Zieger. that he
had seen Mrs. Blydenburgh taking
| medicine near her kitchen door. and
that she had Immediately afterwards
lvomited. was ridiculed by the attorney.
who said that Zieger probably did not
know the difference between the wom-
ans vomiting and the ordinary act Of
person cleansing his teeth.
The testimony tn favor of the de-
PENDANT. on account of what happened
st his home that Sunday. was referreN
10 and connected with The motive for
the ACT charged agains. Blydenburgt.
The testimony of Miss Altglouse, her
frequent visits at the home. her young
appearance. a3 the frequent buggy
rides with Blydenburgh, may have had
an effect on Bwdenburgh. who may
have 1rrade his plans for change from
mis- old wife to one so much younger
and more prspossessing. Mr.. Albrook
disclainned any attempt or intinNtton
of improper conduct or desire on the
part of Miss, Althouse. but no matter
what was in her mind. the actions of
Blyaenhurgh indicated the Improper
though. and desire that flied his heart.
Mr.. Abrook carefully reviewed the evil
5dence, as to what occurred at the elomA
during his usGe's las sickness. He
spoke Of DR.. Ge.hman's attendance up
on Mrs. B.ydenburgh that Sunday and
the day following. He defended Geth-
man agains. the a,s.acks Of the defend
ants attorneys. and referred to Geth-
mans attempt to procure samples OF
the sick woman's urine for analysis,
and which Rlydenburgh failed to pro-
cure He said that was the cause OF
Getman's discharge.
An Important Point.
The attoriey next spoke OF the symp-
toms that nxarleed the last illness of the
deceased He claimed that between her |
CONCLUSIONS the sick woman wsls "a
tfcnal, a condition that does not exist !!
when thers ds coma from ure,nia AL
brook stated that he did not want to
speak OF the death scene. but described
enough OF the death struggle to show
that death from uren1ia never came
under the conditions that existed
there, for Mrs. Blydenblirgh was con-
conscious until the last moment, or un-
II, DR.. Morse injected a Quteting po- /
ton. Albrook with stirring pathos, re-
ferrAd to the actions of Mrs. Keller. the /
sister, at the death scene. in which her |
grief was so 2ra phically shown. and I
then said:
Where is the evidence that Blyden-
burgh, the living husband. shed a single
tear? The only evidence OF him is, that |
Immediately after death. he asked Mr..
Wills to 70 at once for the undertaken,
that they might get the body embalmed
and ready TO start back to Ohio that
day. He was told that the embalmlng
process could not be begun until the
body was cold. but he made all haste
to get the body out of the city and
state"
Mr.. Albrools then gave various rea-
sons for Blydenburgh's haste. the
strength OF which was that probably
Blydenburg4l feared that because the
doctors had failed to get any effect
from the remedies they had admins
tered. there might be professional
curiosity TO examine the stomach to
learn the cause OF such peculiar con-
dition. The attorney then described
the return with the body to the old
home IN Ohio, and the funeral and In
this connection discussed the burglar
proof vault which the state brought out
in its evidence The attorney dexter
iously showed the Importance OF small
matters OF evidence in cases of this
kind by showing that IS additional,
was paid for steel vault that locked on
inside. and was burglar proof, while
some kinds OF vaults which locked on
the outside would have been just as eff
fective against the wood chucks" Of
which Blydenburgh was so fearful.
Albrook cited the fact that defendant
Insisted on remaining by the bedside
and administering every dose OF medi-
cine. This circumstance was alluded
to as another reason why Blydenburgh