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5040miest: Lnainnan.thA. E. LABAGH, Auditor.1 1 1 v,: 14011•70JURY THINKS MAN40WAS KILLED BY HISilt;40WIFE AND LOVER.w40cl*5Mankato, Minn., June 30.—“WeJl5ofind that Holly J. Ledbeter came to)0his death on the 4th day of May, 1901),tetoby a blow on his head from someac)oblunt instrument in the hands of Mrs.;oGrace Ledbeter, and we further findX)that Frank Smith, Goldie Schwandt?0and William Schwandt were accessorR»oies to the crime.”40This is the verdict of the coroner’s40jury that probed the murder of H. J.T40Ledbeter, the farmer whose body wa*refound buried on his farm by a searchSi)0ing party last Sunday.wMrs. Ledbeter, wife of the mur11120dered man, accused of crushing hisor15skull and aiding in secreting the body,clt;f5refused to testify or answer any quesfoIstion, as did Mrs. Schwandt, her sister;juJ5likewise William Schwandt, the deadman’s brother-in-law. ,nioFrank Smith, the hired man, who .beconfessed that Mrs. Ledbeter killedsii55her husband because she was in loveof]with him (Smith), retold the storyFt*5along practically the same lines as hisisconfession.re*5The prisoners were arraigned inthm m Mlt;5municipal court today. Mrs. Ledbeter,1 1Mrs. Schwandt and William SchwandtV(orefused to plead, demanding a preliminary hearing. The hearing wasre)oset for July 14.vaSmith had no counsel and was atacX)a loss what to do. Seeing the disposifivtion of the other cases, he demandedRr0the same consideration, and his prescliminary hearing was set for July 16.nc)0V (1MRS. CARROLL WILL PRESIDE▼ap)5As
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Fairfield Tribune
Fairfield, Iowa, US
Wed, Jul 07, 1909
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