Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-30
Men Won Had FaIe Of Slayer Of
Theodore Estes IN Their Hands
Out One Hour.
ONLY ONE BALLOT WAS TAKEN

Loving Received Mani Congratula.
tIons Upon the verd;ct-No Civil
Action. NJ
HOUSTON, VA, June 29.--After
being In the jury room al minutes
the jury this eveuing returned ver.
dict of not guilty'1nSthc case OF form
er Judge William q. Loving of Mel.
son county, and manager of the viz
glnia estate OF Thomas +. RYAN. who
wax placed OH trial hero last Monday
before the Halifax county court
Judge William Il. Barksdalc prcsid.
Ing. for the murder OF Theodore
Estes. son OF Sheriff NJ X Estes OF
Nelson county Judge Loving abnt
and Killed Young Estes on April 20
~ OAK Fridge, following buggy
rae Estes had taken with the
JUDGES doughter. Miss Elizabeth
Loving who told hor father Tint her
escort had druggcd and assaulted
her.
The Jury retired Mt d:d5 o'clock
nnd from that tlme until tho verdict
was returned the defendant remained
IN tho seat lio had occupied since the
trlnl ,peSnii ard slwtrnifiTtfetiN Sby the
members Of his linmodIafn f1e2irys
VIII thts exception of his daslglitei
ElAnbeth who was no. ircacnt To-
day. AZ 5:45 O'clock i9ld lsi.oclz
room and Judge Bnrksdule. who had
taken his sent on bench ordered the
shri)T 10 preserve order and cat,1
toned the large crowd that had re-
manned not to give vent to their ono
tons WHOM the verdict was nm.
bounced. Tho verdict of ncquittnl
was read by Foreman n. s. McCraw.
Junge lIarksdalc thanked the jury
ior the attendance upon court nj
rcnl sacrifices. lie declared that he
believed tho verdict was In accord
ance with the conscientious views OF
nc Jury After tho Jury had been
diSclarged Judge Lowing. his wife
and other relatives shook hands with
and thanked each juror
Tears sircamcd from thu eyes of
The defendant and his wife. Judge
Loving was congratulated by many
oI MS friends present though In ac-
Gordanco with the warning OF Judge
Hitrksdaic, there was no noisy dem
onsirntion
Jury Believes Loving Insane.
Foreman, McCrnw. n merchant and
iaimer. said that when the Jurors
entered the room, one OF tham did
not exactly understand all of tho IN
strnctions Of the court and these
were read to HIM Mr.. McCraw
sad tliat when lie called for vote
he rcahested all who favored the ao-
nnittal of the defendant to hold I'm
ihclr right hand On the first hal-
loi every hand promptly went IN.
| Wncn asked what tho basis of the
verdict was he said "insanity.' ard
MAJ he aud the nther members of the
jury believed that Judge Loving
was out of his mind at the time he
, Killed young Estes. The stress he
SAID had been brought on by the
story told hinl wv his daughter
De DAY wal spent IN argument.
INC forenoon session being taken lin
bN counsel for the defense aud the
closing speech for the prosecution
peiiR made this afternoon by Com
neys l5arksdalc. Moore and Lee for
INC defense, spoke principally along
me same lines The pleading being
Tor an acnnitinl on the grounds that
Judge Loving was insane al the time
~ Killed Estes having lost control
.; himself nDon hearing the story of
inc ruin of his daughter. Miss EIiz-
abcth Loving. They dweIt ut some
length ON the testimony of the insan-
NY experts and the excessive drina-
ing of wliiskey by the defendant
' some years ago, which il was claim-
| ed. had diseased his brain
The real basis of their argument.
however, was the "unwritten law
| Ihcy spoke of the preservation of
The sanct;ty of Virginia homes. de-
clarinc that any man who invaded
Tho threshold and spoiled a woman
bad forfeited his claim on society.
On this oDint Mr. Moore said: you
/; would not raise the moral standard
nr elevate tho womanbood of yir-
glnia by convicting. Don't put the
i. badge of dlshonor on him by send
ing him to the penitentiary Don't
| lef II go out to the world that n Jury
OF Virginia gentlemen put the felon's
stripes on n Virginia gentlemen. Mr..
Moore appealed strongly to the sym.
pathies of tho Jury with his words
land tears Sweep from Virginia
the cbastc homes of the citizens.p he
said fand what remains of the state.
/, The purity and the dignityIof orr
4 hCmpH ic tha cWnafocf fht, ne