Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-23
LOVING KILLED ESTES
Much Mystery Surrounds the
Virginia Tragedy.
WOMAN IN THE CASE
Dead Youth is Supposed to Have Done
Something Wrong.
HAD NO CHANCE TO LIVE
Farm Manager Poured Contents of
Double Barrel Shot Gun Into
Boy-Died in His Tracks.
HAD NO CHANCE TO LIVE
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
RICHMOND, Va, April 23-The killing
Of Theodore Estes, son of Sheriff NJ. X.
Estes of Nelson county, by former Judge
William G. Loving of that county yesterday
afternoon was due to the relations of the
dead man with a female member Of the
household Of Judge Loving. That much
has been definitely ascertained here today
from parties in Nelson county.
Whether there is any indication Of trouble
or any feeling against Judge Loving cannot
be accurately fixed at this time, but he
has been removed from the Nelson county
Jail and taken to the Amherst county Jail
for safe keeping. There has been no ap-
plication for bail, but it is understood that
the friends of the judge will make formal
application to the bail commissioner for
Amherst late this afternoon.
The shooting of young Estes took place
at Oak Ridge station, on the Southern
railway, the station being adjacent to the
property of Thomas F. Ryan of New York,
for whom Judge Loving was acting as
manager. The young man was at the sta
ton engaged in unloading a car of fer
tilizer. Judge Loving had gone to the
home of the young man and had asked for
him, and on being told where he could be
found went at once to the place at which
the shooting occurred. If there was any
quarrel between the men, the facts have
not come to light. Judge Loving walked
up to the car in which Estes was at work,
leveled a double barreled shotgun and dis
charged both barrels at close range. the
young man falling in his tracks and dying
Instantly The floor Of the car was soaked
with blood.
Hunted an Officer.
Immediately after the shooting Judge
Loving requested Thomas Maginnis, a
friend, to go with him to an officer. The
request was agreed to, and Judge Loving
surrendered himself and told the officer
what he had done. He offered no explana-
ton and is keeping his mouth closed as re-
CARDS the tragedy.
There Is reason to believe that Judge
Loving's friends did not care to have him
remain in the Jail Of Nelson county, where
the father of the dead man would have
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said, it was deemed advisable to remove
him to Amherst county.
Judge Loving is a man Of about fifty
wears of age, and has been lawyer for
some twenty-five years. he served as a
member of the general assembly, and was
elected judge of the county in 1889 and
served for long time, the abolition Of the
county court system ending lis services as
judge. He was for years actively en-
gagged in politics, and has been identified
with the faction from which control of the
county was wrested several years ago. He
has always been democrat. Judge Loving
was one of the lawyers engaged in prose-
cutting the case against Judge Clarence j.
Campbell of Amherst. who was impeached
by the general assembly and removed from
office. There has for years been an intense
political rivalry in the county, members OF