The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-05-15
ABOUT THE FAMOUS
NURENBERGER
CASE
Hearing Of Appeal Yesterday
Revives Story of Doings of
Civil War Veteran.

F. w. Nuenberger, civil war
veteran of Ward county. North Da-
kota, faces sentence of one year in
the penitentiary and $1,000 fine be-
cause he lacked ability to manage and
govern twenty widows.
And he doesn't perfer the peniten-
tiary to his late task, for he is striv-
ing in the United States circuit court
of appeals to have the sentence of the
lower court set aside. The case was
heard, as stated by the Evening Times
Tuesday. This hearing revives the
story of the doings of famous case.
Nuenberger was successful in man
aging all but seven of the widows.
Then he did foolish thing for one
who had been studying the history OF
Solomon and his thousand wives.
He married the widow that had the
most money.
His troubles followed in quick sue
cession, and the final blow came in his
conviction of land frauds in the
United States district court in North
Dakota.
In 1900 Nuenberger's first wife be-
came i'll and he accompanied her to
Bowling Green, Ohio, her old home, to
recuperate. She died there, and it
wasn't long before ..Neurenberger be-
gan casting glances at his old war
comrades widows, who for years had
been grandmothers. But cupid had no
part of his designs-not at that time.
Instead, Nurenberger had formu-
lated plan to people the great north
west with veterans of the rebellion
and their widows and incidentally to
get rich quick, according to the testi-
mony submitted at his trial.
His plan entailed exporting the wild
ows and veterans to North Dakota,
where he caused them to file on home
stead claims in Ward county, which
he had selected. To expedite his
quest for a hurry-up fortune he caus-
ed the widows and veterans to sign
contract which provided that in con-
sideration of 5000 each they should
deed their claims over to him as soon
as they received title.
All went merrily at the start and
Nurenberger began to get rich. The
first party of fourteen exported wild
ows and veterans were bent to his
will without question.
Enlists More Widows.
But Nurenberger wasn't satisfied.
He wanted more wealth. Accordingly
he returned to Ohio and organized an
other party of fourteen-malling
twenty-eight in all that he exported,
twenty widows and eight veterans.
The aged members of the second
party obeyed his instructions implicit
ly until one day the crash came
Nurenberger announced that he in
tended to wed one of the widows.
Each and every other widow in the
party was up in arms in an instant.
The engagement at the outset
promised to be hotter than any Nuren-
berger ever had been in during the
war. But he stood to his guns.
With the tongues of seven widows
and six veterans-not counting the
widow he maried-wagging against
him, it wasn't long before the federal
government became inquisitive re-
garding the contracts Nurenberger
had drawn up for transferring the
widows and veterans homestead
titles. His arrest and conviction fol-
lowed.
All From Ohio
The second party of aged immi-
downfall was composed of the follow
ing. all from Bowling Green. Ohio:
Widows-Fannie NJ. Lowell, Sarah
Jolly, Sarah A. Stuller, Mary A. Alb
bolt. Eliza Vail, Hannah Grundy,
Keziah Arnold.
Charles 8. Ely, Thomas
Fnney, John R. Hall, Jacob Donster.
Peter Whitmore. Clarence l.. Riddle.