Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-10-23
DICKINSON DEFENSE
ATTACK ON IRENE
Continued From Page One)

woman telephonedg
She said she wanted to call UP De.
NIoines."
did you hear Dickinsons nam,
mentioned?"
Il did not"
Dickinson at MarshaIItown.
Miss Hannah Peterson, the Mar
shalltown hello GIRL said she hac
known Irene Blydenburgh for abou
two years She first met Dickinson 81,
a dance in Marshalltown during The
winter of 1905. She said that a Mr.
Thompson introduced Dickinson to hel
as Mr.. Harvey. Thompson also intro
duced him to Miss Blydenburgh by
the same name, she said. Miss Peter
son testified that she again saw Dick
inson and Miss Blydenburgh in Mar
shalltoWn ON July during a calni
val. She did not speak to them at
that time She pointed out Dickinson
as the man who was introduced to hay
as Mr.. Harvey
/ The defense made motion to strike
out all evidence relating to occurrcE-
ces which happened two years ago, bu.
the motion was overruled. Mr.. Nc
Henry then began his cross examina
| ton.
Where did Miss Blydeiburgh come
from the first time you saw her?'
From Eldora."
| who came to the dance with herr"
| Miss HOLSTER
| where is she now"
cat home"
you knew that Miss BIydenhurgh
visited Miss IIollister at MarshalltoWn
several times. did you not"'
Yes"
who is Thompson"
"a travelling man.
sWhat is his first name?'
Fred
when did you see him last?"
This morning"
"Where?"
"At the Stoddard hotel"
"Wllere is his homer?
cat Omaha"
How long had he known Irene
before the dance?''
"He met her that day or the day
before"
did you dance with Dickinson ?"
Yes
what kind of a dance was it?'
II am not sure but think it was
waltz"
Don't you know he had deformed
ankle and could not dance?"
81 do not"
You mean he hoped around the
floor with you?"
He danced all right them
you are just as sure of that as any
oil have SoiH ~
Yes
"4Are you sure it was a waltz"
mo. I am not sure about the dance,
but it was a waltz or two-step.''
Did he dance with anybody else?"
Eyes, with Irene"
Did you talk with Thompson this
m orning about this matter?"
II did not
care you sure it was Dickinson you
met there?"
yes"
did he look like this man here?"
pointing to Dickinson.
Yes, but he had mustache and |
was fleshier.'
did he walk with a limp"
81 didn't notice it,
HAS any one today or since pointed
out this man here as Dickinson?" asked |
Mr. De Graft on redirect examination.
mo, SIR
did you see anybody else dance
with Dickinson that night?" continued
Mr.. McHenry.
t'No, sir.''
Did you see anybody else that's
living who danced with him." demand
ed the attorney fiercely.
81 object to that kind of questions"
spoke UP Mr.. De Graft.
We'll, object. / will ask the ques-
tons as I please Mr. McHenry re-
sponded.
There is no need of insulting the
replied the county attorney
II am not insulting her"
Miss Peterson answered the question
with mo-
Frank Gaffney, manager of the Iowa
Telephone company at Marshalltown,
sold Of seeing Dickinson and Miss
at Marshalltown on July
I. They We're in the Pilgrim hotel at
he time he said. He also saw them at
he dance, where Miss Peterson testi-
led Dickinson and Irene first met.
NIlS JtillIlc IL fAlleI, WHO HIS QfuS
store at Ildora, testified that she saw
Dickinson there three or four times
Turing the summer of 1906 On one
occasion she saw him at the Blyden-
>urgh home On cross examination
Mrs. Allen said it was late in May
when she first saw Dickinson at Ell
lora.
Pilgrim Hotel Register Introduced.
Deputy Sheriff a. A. Nicholson of
Marshall county, was on the stand by
he state to identify the register of
he Pilgrim hotel at Marshalltown. He
aid that he secured tho register from
he hotel at the request of Frank
He supposed it was the
Pilgrim register, but would not identi-
Y it absolutely. He said he secured
from the steward of the hotel who
lug it out from under the counter.
The state then offered the register
S evidence, but the defense objected
n the grounds that it was incompe-
ent. Judge Brennan withheld his rul-
ng and adjourned court until this
morning.
An Untaught Cow.
(Woman's Home Companion)
Down on southern plantation the
airy hands We're accustomed to do the
hiking sQuatting down in a primitive :