"Jacob W. Wambold, who was murdered Tuesday at Addington, I. T.,” says the World Herald, “was an old time Nebraska man, who lived for many years at Blair where he was president of the big horse collar factory which burned there in 1893. Since that time he has resided at Omaha, Peru and other points in the state. He leaves a widow and five children, who were all Nebraskans, his wife being the daughter of R. B. Smith of Peru. She is a sister-in-law of R. R. Baliman, superintendent of the Omaha Printing Co., and the Wambolds were frequently guests at the Baliman home at 2004 North Twenty eighth street. As told in a letter written by friends of the family to Mr. Baliman, the murder was the outgrowth of a dispute over a lot in Addington of which Mr. Wambold held possession, but upon which one R. S. Castleberry had begun building. Having gone into court to prove his rights, Mr. Wambold had Castleberry ejected from the lots by the sheriff, and the dispute was supposed settled. But Castleberry suddenly appeared Tuesday at Wambold’s place of business, near which he was standing, and without warning opened fire on him, shooting three times. Two of the bullets struck him, either one inflicting wounds sufficient to prove fatal. Though surgical aid was called, and an operation performed, Mr. Wambold died a few hours later, while Castleberry was arrested and hurried away to Guthrie. Mr. Wambold had gone to Addington at the request of the Rock Island railroad last March to assist in developing the place, and, having business interests sufficient to leave his family in comfortable circumstances, the family decided to retain that place as their home. Consequently burial was at that place under the auspices of the local Masonic lodge, Mr. Wambold having been a member of the lodge at Peru."

~~~Obituaries courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair, Nebraska Public Library~~~

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