Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-30
Case Brought Against Estate of
Man Sentenced to Life I'M
prisonment Settled
COMPROMISE is AGREED UPON
New York Woman Who Came 70 lows
to Sue for Money Which She Loans, !
ed eIydenbursh Gets $500 81 the
$500 Which Was Taken From Nor.
An Echo Of tho Poison csss.
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Eldora, Sept. 30.-Prior to the con.
viction Of Ebenezer 8. Blydenburgh for
the poisoning Of his wife. in February.
1904, a suit was Instituted In the dis
trict court here against him by Mrs.
Carrie Smith. Of New York City, upon
a promissory note for $4,000. The suit
was aided by attachment Of the land
belonging to Blydenburgh. which 10
obtained from his third wife. About
the time Of his conviction he decided
his land in Hardin county to his att
torneys, subject to the attachment.
The suit upon the note was transferred
from Eldora to Hampton for trial. the
defendant claiming that there was
such a prejudice In Hardin county
against him that the change Of venue
should be granted. The case has been
pending two years, during which time
an enormous lot Of testimony at great
expense has been taken by each side
in the form Of depositions. The attor-
neys have made trips to New York for
the nlrpose OF securing this evidence.
as all the witnesses live there. When
the change Of venue was granted ths
clerk of the Hardin county court
transmitted large box containing the
dispositions to the clerk Of the district
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: ~ ,,,nrtga % IN h,s home. sAt this tt,i,e
p,,,,sa,,S,,.1t ,aco,r.s ~. fr,e,,A ana
adviser iy 10 - - ~, Mrs smith. Il was easy
for him "a secure her coincidence. q
sba and Mo wife and he belon1ed to
+ha Same lodge Of {. local nature. anf
o1so - the came church. ON the advice
- R,vdenhurrh Mrs. smith placed the
money IN 4 safety deposit box. and
after ahont1 four months. IN Sep-
taniber. 1900. she loaned the $500
to him. taxing his note for
amount due In nine months. She had
previously during the summer loaned
him two hundred dollars which he
promptly repaid on her request for It.
Before the note for $500 matu1sd
BlydenburRh left his Brooklyn Sunday
school and friends and went to Ohio
IIda whereabouts being unknown and
Mrs. Smith being without other funds
lost her home by the foreclosure OF the
mortgage. In Ohio Blydenburgh met
Miss .Roseborough, vfo, owning CON-
siderable land in Hardin county, Iowa
came here with him. They were mar
ried here In the fall OF 1902. She died
in May 1908, and the jury found that
the cause Of her death was arsenic ad-
.ministered by her husband The trial
consumed about three weeks in JAM
nary and February, 1903, and was the
hardest fought case ever tried IN this
county. 1Blydenburgh secured the most
eminent lawyers in this part Of the
state to defend him. They were Hut
q Hun. OF Eldora; ]. II. Scales Of
Ackley and c. M. Nagle, of CLARION.
The attorneys for the state were Ffasa
II. Noble, county attorney, Albrook &
Ta,ndv ana J1dee Charles A. Bower
sox OF Ohio. The same attorneys have
been looking after the civil case o4
smith against Biydenburgh, excep0
Judge Bowersoz, who was only ems
ploved by the relatives OF Mrs. Bly,
denburgh number three to assist ~
the murder trial. In addition to thssa
attorneys In the civil case mad local
counsel at HAMPTON, after the change