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Ebelsheiser Loses Murder Case AppealA 60-year prison term for ward Ebelsheiser, 56, Mrtmsburg lt;handyman, pronounced in Wapello ! county district court after a ire* i omi-degrce murder conviction, w as I upheld by the Iowa supreme court in a report made late Tuesday. j Ebelsheiaer who has been free lt;under a *40 000 appeal bond for 1 more than a year, shot and killed \ his brother-in-law, Earl Robert- | son, 45. during a family quarrel jon the old Ehebhesser farm south lt;of Hedrick on the night of July .27, 1P4S. ' 1Unless his attorneys ate granted ia rehearing in the supreme court, lt;Ebelsheiaer will soon be returned lt;to the Ft Madison penitentiary, |authorities said today. jTo A-k Rehearing.One attorney. Howard Life of 1 Oskaloosa, told The Courier todav ‘that application for sult; h a rehearing will be filed. They have 30 | da vs in which to take such action. 1 Meanwhile. Edward continues Ito reside at his home in Martina* |,burg. j ’He served several month* at Ft Madison prior to the time his bondwas filed.In the appeal the defendantsattorney* had alleged that 2S errors were made in connection withthe jury tnal hereA brother. Walter Ebelsheiser. 53. a Bladenaburg farmer, chargedwith murder in the same slaying, was acquitted bv an Appanoose county turv m March of lf*lt;9 His trial win hr Id m (VntcrviUt hyvirtue of a chance of venuehdling Recalled.Evidence during the trials showed that Robertson, husband of Dorothy Ebelsheiaer, the latter a sister of the defendants, had been living on the family farm which waa owned by the aged mother.Hard feeling* among various of the children led up to events on the night of the ahootingIt was shown that Dorothy Robertson and a sister, Mrs. Mary Roop of Hedrick, had fought at the home during the afternoon. Rev- j eral hours later Edward and Wal*j ■ ter appeared at the farm and waited for some time the return of the Robertsons.The group w as seated in the hv-1 ing room when Edward pulled a gun from his pocket and fired into Robertson's lt;hr.«t. Robertson also!had a gun in hts hand ahmit the same time, the testimony disclosed.I # • * ♦ * * * * * minm %nn
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Ottumwa Daily Courier
Ottumwa, Iowa, US
Wed, Aug 02, 1950
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