The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-28
Great Suffering at Time Of Beat-
ing Child Will Be the AL
legged Cause.
EVERY INCH WILL BE #s,,,
STUBBORNLY FOUGHT
Counsel, Note Many Exceptions.
Only Six Jurors Selected.
Sergeant Goes to Matoaca
District for New Venire.
Mother and Brother
Coming Here.

Mrs. Estelle Townsend Smith display fsel.
ing Of any sort. All day long shA had
sat unmoyable IN her chair close behind 4
her counsel. like a. statue OF ebony. E1x--sss
,cept for one brief moment, after she
had listened patiently to the long and !:
tedious Indictment, and In q firm voice h
had answered Not guilty. when she 4
sank YEARLY back into her sea-, she
showed no sign OF emou lon.
What thoughts were behind the thick,
black veil that completely covered her 4
face no ono knew. but as Il far as the \
eye could see there was no assessment.
no dread OF the mighty and FAR -reaohlns$ \
arm OF the law that rested heavily upon
her shoulders ready to crush her.
Late in the afternoon Mr.. and Mrs. 4
Ashburne, Of Columbia, with wi hona3 the
Smiths had lived. entered the court room
and took places beside the prisoner and \
her husband. A dod and a clasp Of the
5ilant1 WIS their on; greeting. but as the
court adjourned Mrs. Smith, Wi til u great
sob. threw herself in her friends arms
ana weptf as though her heart would
break. 5jg5 5s 3SS3
Mrs. Smith wns the quiet, dtgnified wort
man as heretofore. # s585as # IA. si
What the Defense Will Be.
The defense. an outlined by certain acts
OF counsel, Il is apparent It Is certain
that insanity Will play nj no small part In
the case, and that Attorneys Smith and Z
Wells will turn their efforts In that di-
rection. }} n t3s} & Il
That they have an excellent chance
of convincing the jury that Mrs. Smith Z
was temporarily insane is not doubted
when the facts are brought clearly and /
In sequence before the unparalleled minds
OF the twelve men who will sit In $judg-&
ment. The story. they will present to the
court will doubtless be that Mrs. Estelle.s
Townsend Smith Is woman who was
reared In luxury and then suddenly cast
Into absolute poverty; that she followed
her husband to q strange and cheerless
residence and patiently suffered n with
him the pangs OF want and unnatural
6isolat ton without a single murmur; that
during all this time she had experienced i
the humiliation and misery OF knowing
that her eldest boy was addicted TO O.
horrible and loathesome practice that
must In time sap him mentally and ply
SlCallys l1tiL lOEH lllS
punished him, without apparent success; "a
that debt and poverty closed more closes
Fly around her and her people and her
husbands s refused to furnish money for
her support; that her husband was un--
able to- secure employment. and that IN I
ruin the end had come. ss k
Crazed BY Suffering. e
IN little three-room dwelling. away
from friends and without medical atten-l
ton, the woman was about to become a.
mother. Just one week before the fear
ful tragedy occurred that sent Ralph
smith to his grave and his mother, Es-
telle Townsend Smith, to q felon's cell.
her child was born and death took It
instantly. Without a friendly WoHlan's
care. without means to secure medical
ntteution cut off by her relatives. and
in tho misery of despair. the woman
deadened her pain and agony with large
doses of uulnine. It WAS while battlln ng
with pain, while struggling with house
hold cares, when she should have been
under the careful treatment OF q physl-8
clan, while frenzied by qutntne ana driven
wild with the unltind blows of fhte, that
she unwittingly corrected her unfortunate
boy. n " u 5 Il ig 81. " ~,
This is the line the defense will take.
and that the court excluded the medical
experts for the defense from the jail.
where they were sent to make examina-
tion OF the accused, was no small blow
| to her counsel. @ Il. III S4i5i
BY reason OF the order OF excluson.a
| motion for continuance was made by
counsel for the defense. but the court
oyerruled It. /. Il 4a
out Of two Yenires Of sixty-forrr citizens
OF Manchester, only six Jurors We're se-1
cured, and so strong Is the feeling against
! the accused In the city that Judge clop-
ton decided to send to another turisdle-
tion for a new venire. The Times Dis
patch Is nble exclusively to say that the
yenire will come from Matoaca District
OF Chesterfield county. known as the
'Yellow Jacket Region"
One Not Acceptable.
OF the six Jurors who we're secured, one
at least Is not acceptable 10 the defense.
1 for It !s said the juryman had talked
\ freely about the case and had disoIssad
1t on more than one ocsaston.
II may be that the court VIII bo asked
i to re-examine him. I
DR.. Wisner Townsend, brother Of ME-,
Smith. and her mother are expected in
the city to-day and will be the gliestA
i Of Mr., Henry Lee Valentine, OF South
i mi. y q. raat J,r rnwn aand Uho II Ono