The Des Moines Register from Des Moines, Iowa • Page 28

December 18, 1986 11 THE DES MOINES REGISTER 3M Fielding guilty of teen's murder Man charged in death of wife By DEBORA WILEY Of The Register's Cedar Rapids Bureau A Camanche man accused of beating to death his cancer-stricken wife of nearly 40 years and then slashing his own wrists last Friday has been charged with murder. Bruno Andresen, 62, was charged Wednesday just hours after the funeral of his wife, Gertrude Andresen, 59, in Camanche. Andresen was arraigned at Jane Lamb Health Center in Clinton, where he is listed in good condition. Bond was set at $250,000, and he is in the custody of Clinton County sheriff's deputies. The community is mourning the tragedy, said Camanche Mayor Paul Willis.

"As far as I'm concerned, Bruno Andresen is not a murderer," he said. "He's not that type of person." Andresen had open heart surgery last year and had been unable to work at his job as a processor at ADM. He was having problems receiving disability benefits and Gertrude Andresen's cancer was wasting her away, Willis said. Andresen was scheduled to return to work last Monday, leaving her home alone. "I've known these people most of my life and I can't hate the man for what he did," Willis said.

"There's too much hurt there, seeing someone you love being eaten up one day at a time." Community residents have sympathy for this quiet, well-regarded couple, said neighbors and the mayor. "I think everyone in the community is saddened," Willis said. "Gertrude's out of her misery. Bruno's has just begun." Psychologist loses license The Iowa Board of Psychology Examiners has revoked the license of Des Moines psychologist Allen Silber-man for allegedly having sex with a client. The board also concluded that Sil-berman violated several other board rules by failing to direct a client who had information regarding alleged sexual abuse of a child to the proper authorities.

The board's findings were released Tuesday. Silberman could not be reached for comment. According to the report, Silberman was charged in July with violating board rules. The board did not identify the four witnesses who testified during a closed-door the hearing In its ruling, the board concluded that Silberman "was not found to be a credible witness in the refutation of testimony presented against him at the hearing." Levad said the testimony of the woman who was Fielding's victim in Missouri and that of a Hampton man who told of a homosexual experience with Fielding several years ago had a big effect on the outcome of the trial. A companion case is scheduled for trial next month in Allison.

In that one, Richard T. Latham, 29, also a Cerro Gordo County Jail inmate last summer, is accused of aiding and abetting in the death of Vargas. Officials allege that he attempted to lure Vargas into a sex act by proposing it as a basis for filing a lawsuit against the county. Latham was called to testify against Fielding, but he refused to answer questions, citing his constitution right to avoid self-incrimination. Vargas, Fielding, Latham and another jail inmate had been playing cards together when Fielding took Vargas to his nearby jail cell.

A few minutes later, Fielding emerged. Vargas then was found on the floor with no pulse or respiration. His breathing and heart were restarted by law officers and an ambulance crew, but Vargas died later. Vargas died of asphyxiation. Medical experts testified that his death probably resulted from the weight of Fielding's body he weighs more than 200 pounds on the chest and neck of Vargas, who weighed only 125 pounds.

At the time of Vargas' death, Fielding was being held in jail here for officials in Hardin County, where he was to testify in a trial. Vargas had been taken to the jail five days earlier after be and a friend were found walking along a highway after their stolen car ran out of gas. The jury's verdict came after about 6V4 hours of deliberations Tuesday and Wednesday. "We're disappointed, of course," said Fielding's attorney, Charles Lev-ad of Mason City. "Certainly, the verdict will be appealed." Levad said one basis for an appeal is his contention that Fielding's right to a fair trial was violated when officials bound his hands and feet in shackles throughout the trial.

The unusual security was requested by the Cerro Gordo County Sheriff's Department and was approved by District Judge Gilbert Bovard. U.S. grand jury indicts 13 Consumers' money saved Attorney General Thomas Miller has announced that his consumer protection division has saved or recovered $32,900 for Iowa consumers during November. COATS AVE! By DEBORA WILEY Of The Register's Cedar Rapids Bureau CEDAR RAPIDS, IA. Thirteen Iowans have been indicted by a grand jury in the U.S.

District Court for Northern Iowa on charges of converting grain and farm equipment mortgaged to federal agencies to their personal use. Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Teig said several of the charges were the result of recent, investigations by a team of investigators from the U.S. Department of A piculture. Teig also said other cases of a similar nature have been referred to his office, although he would not say whether he expects additional indictments.

He said the USDA investigators, whose Kansas City district includes 10 states, have told him that "they see most of these cases out of Nebraska and Iowa." Eleven men will be arraigned Monday, according to Teig. They are: Johnny Doden, Buffalo Center; Paul Ehrlich, Dubuque; Lyman Fernau, Clarksville; George Folkerts, Allison; Francis Thomas, Dubuque; Carl Recker, Arlington; Roger Peters, Hampton; Dennis Meyer, Shell Rock; Donald Haughenbury, Marion; Michael Knudtson, Lake Mills, and Dennis C. Newel, Fenton. The names of two others will be released later, Teig said, after they are notified of the indictments. Another farmer, Roger Fox of Buffalo Center, was indicted on similar charges in November.

ON ALL-WEATHER Oleg Cassini By JACK HOVELSON 01 The Register's Waterloo Bureau MASON CITY, IA. Larry Dean Fielding was found guilty here Wednesday of first-degree murder in the death last sum mer of an 18-year-old fellow inmate of the Cerro Gordo County Jail. Fielding, 31, formerly of Hampton, displayed no emotion when the verdict of the Cerro Gordo County District Court jury was announced. He will be sentenced Jan. 26 to a mandatory life prison term.

Fielding already is serving three life prison sentences in Missouri for the abduction, sexual assault and attempted murder of a woman from Bethany, Mo. Richard Vargas of Alden, died last July 10 in a Rochester, hospital about 18 hours after he was found unconscious in Fielding's jail cell in Mason City. Prosecutors charged that Vargas' death was the result of a homosexual sex act forced on him by Fielding. Postal worker pleads guilty A former Des Moines postal work-' er pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges that he stole $33 from a letter he was processing in July. Robert Dale Jankovitz, 26, of 1309 57th St.

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