State v. Beeson
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Linn District Court. — Hon. Milo P. Smith, Judge. The defendant was indicted for the murder of his wife, and, being convicted of. manslaughter, appeals.—
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, J.
The defendant and family, consisting of his wife and three young children aged from six months to five years, lived in a farm house near Mt. Vernon in Linn county. He was himself employed as a laborer upon a neighboring farm. One Mendenhall and wife, parents of Mrs. Beeson, resided a mile and a half distant. Under the terms of his employment defendant lodged at his own home but took his meals at the house of his employer, one *357Neal, some sixty rods distant. On. September 29, 1910, Neal and his family went from home in the morning and remained away most of the day, leaving the defendant at work…
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