The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-10-14
Clarke County Woman Sues for $50,
600 For Alleged Slander and
Conspiracy.

A suit which will probably never
be equalled again in the annals Of
Clarke county was instituted the
past week by Miss Marie Yocum,
acting through her attorneys Mason
& Dyer, Of Des Moines. The suit
alleges that Miss Yocum has been
slandered and asks in Judgment that
Earl, Gale and Boyd Hustled pay to
her for the alleged SANDER the sum
of thirty thousand dollars. 1t is
further alleged that Marie Yocum
was defrauded by the administrator
of the estate of r. w. Hustled out of
certificate of deposit in the Murray
Bank for $500.
According to the suit, Miss Yocum
answered the advertisement which
II. w. Hustled had inserted in St.
Paul newspaper in 1912. The adver-
tisement stated that he desired to
communicate with some woman to
act as hOusekeeper on his farm in
Clarke county. The correspondence
ripened into love and Mr.. Hustled
asked her to come to Clarke county
in April, 1912. When she arrived she
was met at the train by an elderly
farmer and they were married. The
marriage ceremony was performed at
Omaha, Nebraska, and that the bride
believed tht the ceremony was regu-
lar and proper. The couple then
returned to Clarke county and began
housekeeping on Husted's farm about
December 7th.
Miss Yocum is woman about for
ty years of age; she is buxOm
,o1x nd ho1 q
before meeting Mr.. Hustled. She had
seamstress and trained nurse. At the
been widower for a good many
years, during which time his two
daughters Byril and Mae had been
keeping house for him. The girls
weren't very proficient, however, and
their new mother found plenty to do
about the farm. She washed for the
family, cooked the meals; made the
school dresses for the two girls, and
nursed the boys when they were sick.
She made herself useful in every
manner around the farm, making
sidewalks, and assisting in the har-
vest field, and in short time she
had won, her way into the hearts of
her step-children, and was known all
over the county as hard working
woman and a faithful wife. Hustled
wanted to build her new house so
She drew the plans for it, aiding in
suggestions in respect to it's building,
and selecting the furniture. Their
welded life was happy, and at no
time did Mr.. Hustled complain of her
services as a wife.
Along the first of June, Mr.. Hustled
returned one morning from Murray.
Marie" he said, you've been the
best wife man ever had. Some of
these days I've got to die, and when
I do, I want you to be we'll taken
care of. I went over to Murray to-
day and deposited $4,000 in the bank
for you. 1t will draw interest for
you if you leave it there. Here is
your certificate of deposit" Soon at
ter this Mr.. Hustled was taken sick
and when in December he became
confined to his bed, DR.. D. K. Douth-
EFT of Osceola was called. The doctor
diagnosed the case and held little
hope for the family. The death oc-
Cured on December 4th, and the fun
.eral was held on December 9Th. Dur
ing the funeral very dramatic scene
was enacted. The eldest son, Gale,
rose to his feet and demanded that
the last rites of his father be held.
He claimed and it is alleged publicly
announced that his father had>~been
poisoned by his wife, and asked that
a post norton be held upon the body.
The funeral was stopped and the
relatives drove to Osceola where they
consulted with DR.. DOuthett. DR..
Douthett refused to hold a post-mor-
tenn, as believed that Mr.. Hustled
came to his death through natural
causes. Other doctors were enlisted
but each refused to hold post-mor-
TEN, on such insufficient evidence.
When it was impossible to start pro-
ceedings against Miss Yocum on the