Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-10-22
The DICKINSON |R!A[|
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pefense,s Action a Surprise.

prise by refusing to cross examine
Mrs. M. Hillias, one of the principal
witnesses for the state. 1t was at the
Hillias home. 1927 Clark street, that
Irene Blydenburgh breathed her last
Mr.. McHenry made frequent objec-
tions to questions regarding the say
inCs and doings of DR.. Gadd, urging
the same reasons he had given be-
fore.
Mrs. Hillias told of Miss Blyden-
burgh being brought to her home by
DR.. Gadd and Mrs. Jessie Cook In q
cab. She appeared to be very III and
was put to bed in an upstairs bed
room. The witness said she did not
know the nature of the girls ailment
DR.. Gadd remained in tho room few
minutes and then left. He came again
after supper and stayed all night. Mrs
Hillas said she saw the girl again the
next morning when she seemed to be
suffering from labor pains.
Mr.. Hilllas testified that he knew the
girl was at his house and he saw Dr.
| Gadd there. He was never In her room
but he saw Garrison there. On cross
examination he testified In regard to
the arrival of the nurse. Miss Metz,
day and half before Irene's death
The Visit to Union.
| The state then began to trace the
movements of Dickinson and Miss Bly,
denburgh during July and August
1906 Jered Massey, colored, day clerk
at the Hotel Monroe in Grinnell. tes-
| titled to seeing Dickinson in the office
| of the hotel on the evening Of July 4,
| Ia 4
Dickinson occupied and did not know
| that there was anybody with him at
| that time.
| j. r. Edwards OF Grinnell. who for
merly conducted A livery stable at I'm
ion, told Of seeing Dickinson and Miss
Blydenburgh on a train going from
| Union to Marshalltown shortly after
July 4, 1906. After they arrived at Mar
shalltown Dickinson told him the girl
was upstairs in a room. Dickinson
told him she was telephone girl from
Eldora. he said. The witness Identified
the photograph of Miss Blydenburgh
as the girl he saw that day.
He next saw the couple at his livery
barn in Union during carnival week
Miss Blydenburgh had driven over
from Eldora and left her horse and
buggy al his barn.
She came in with Dickinson about
ii o'clock at night and Dickinson in
troduced him to the girl He said
Dickinson wanted her to go home on
the midnight train or wait and return
In the morning. She refused and they
started to drive to Eldora
Here Mr.. McHenry took the witness
for cross examination.
WAS not the fact that it was threat
entng to storm the reason Dickinson
did not want to start to drive to FL
dora?' he asked.
II don't think so'
Didn't Dickinson want you to take
her home?"
Yes. he tried to get me to drive
her home in the buggy"
Don't you think Miss Blydenburgh
took the midnight train home from
Marshalltown that night?"
No. Dickinson told me she was UP
in the room"
The county attorney then attempted
to get Edwards to give another reason
why Dickinson did not want to drive
home with Miss Blydenburgh, but he
stuck by his former statements.
Saw Girl and Dickinson in GrinneII.
X. j. Gardner, formerly night clerk
at the Hotel Monroe at Grinnell, next
took the stand. He testified that Dick
lnson registered at the hotel on the
evening Of July 4, 1906, and was as
signed to room No 20. He was called
to the room three times during the ev-
ening and on the second trip saw a
young woman there. The witness tes-
titled that rooms 10 and 20 each adj
Joined the bath room, from which
either could be entered The witness
said that while he was in room 20 the
second time the girl entered and Dick
inson asked him what he thought of
her. He replied that he thought she
was nice.
What room did the girl occupy?"
asked Mr. De Graft.
''She had room 49,"
did you know who she was at that
time?"
Il did not know until saw her pic
ture in the papers"
do you know the name Of the per-
son registered for room 1872"
eyes"
McHenry objected to the witness an
swering the question and the court
sustained the objection.
'How was she dressed?"
"She had on a black silk dress.''
At this point the witness identified
the photograph of Miss Blydenburgh
as that of the girl he had seen in Dick
inson's room. He also identified the
Hotel Monroe register for July, 1906
He said the register showed that H B.
Dickinson Of Des Moines occupied
room 10 and ]. V. Mason of Eldora oc-
cupied room 20.
Mr.. McHenry objected to this testi-
mony as not the best evidence. He
said the register would show for it
self. The motion was overruled and |
Mr.. McHenry objected on the grounds
that the register had not been suf-
ficiently identified.
ut will be more sufficiently identi- |
fled later" remarked Mr.. De Graft.
Eyes, this whole case seems to be on
PROMISE" retorted the other attorney |
The two lines from the register were
then read into the record over the OBJ
lection of Mr.. McHenry, who said that |
room 90 as read by Mr.. De Graft, was
room 40.
The witness explained this by say
ing that the clerk had started to write |
the figure 10 and changed it to 20.
Who Was in Room 20?
tHave you any personal knowledge |
of who occupied room 2O?" asked Mr..