The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-04-25
AVENGED HIS DAUGHTER
Judge Loving Says She Was Drug.
sed by Man he Shot.
GIRLS STATEMENT INFURIATeD HIM

| rOrlneT county Judge W. Il. Loving,
OF Nelson county, superintendent of the
estate OF Thomas + Ryan, at Oak Ridge,
Nelson county, shot and killed Theodorr
Estes, aged twenty-five, son Of sheriff
Estes, OF Nelson county. Monday. Low
ing il IN custody. The attention. fl
young Estes 70 Loving's daughter are
said to have been the cause of tie shoot
ing.
Judge Loving Monday drove to tho
home OF young Estes, ~ Lovingston
Being told that he was not there h.
drove back To Oakridge and found E-te-
at the station looking after the unload
ing OF car Of Fertilizer
Judge Loving approached the car and
ordered the two negroes in the ear to
stand aside. He then opened fire. the
first load Of shot entering Estes right
side the second striking him in the neck,
killing him.
After the shooting Judge Loving re.
quested kcGiunl-. liverynan at Oak
ridge, to accompany him To- Ellington,
where h. surrendered himself 10 Justice
| Perkins.
Young Estes body was taken to his
fathers home.
Application for bail for Loving will be
made. Judge Loving passed the night
under quart
Judge Loving has been managing the
Oakridge farm for Thomas Ryan, Of New
York, for some time Estes was connect
ed with his father in "A large mercantile,
fertilizer, and implement business AZ
Lovingston. II il said that he vas IN
armed,
Estes was a connection by marriage OF
| Gov. swanson
Judge Loving, who shot aud killed
Theodore Estes. at Oakridge, says that
be killed Estes because the young man
had drugged and dishonored hi- dauyh-
ter, Miss Elizabeth Loving, aged eigh-
teen, during a carriage ride Sunday night
Judge Loving said
- hen | heard the awful story ifom
the lips Of my dear one, was insane. I
waited 10 learn all the facts ald then
nothing in Gods or mans power could
have stopped me from taking his life |
did il after careful consideration
Loving was admitted to bail ia the
sum of s. 900.
onuunN AiA'liDOn As-AfNs " AD AlNffl NAA
the home Of his father, Sheriff Estes, of
Nelson county, went driving with Mrs
Annie Kidd, daughter ii f. l. Kidd,
county clerk. Bringing Miss X do bacA
he took her guest, Miss Elizabeth Low
ing, for a spin.
Not all that happened on this drive has
been told. Ii was $40 in the evening
before they returned, and Miss Loving :
con iitiOn was such that she had to be-
assisted from the buggy. She could not
give an account OF what had occurred,
and was suffering intensely. X NEEDLES
We're applied in ignorance OF her aiiment
DR.. StrOther was called in AMI for the
first time the true seriousness 81 Miss
! Lowing condition was made known
Harry Snead carried the news Of Miss
Lovings illness tn the Loving home
Mrs Loving went for her daughter
Before they reached home the story II
what took place during the drive q ia.
evening before was told 70 Mrs Loving.
and after the arrival az "Osgridg.' IL
was communicated % Judge Loyirg n,
Miss Loving. tie outcome n which Was
the shooting Of Estes ss related
| ADibAfA III iifAt'4'.A - ~. 'si. .
/ that Estes came 10 his d-ath AZ tie
hands Of Judge Loving
Judge Loving's statement, made be-
fore Bail Commissioner Payne. was that
the Information that reached him was
TO the effect that his daughter, Eiiz .beih.
had been out driving Sunday night with
Estes, who had brought her back drug
ged, unconscious and disbonored He
waited until be- could get the iull story
from her own lips before heacted. Judge
Loving stated before the bail commits
sioner that his daughter told him that
after she and Estes had driven about one
mile Estes took "a bottle from hi- pocket
aud insisted upon Der taking "a drink.
She took small swallow, and from that
time until she found herself in bed AZ
Mrs Kids, In LoyingstOn, she knew
nothing OF what happened
Miss Loving IS a graduate OF Miss Stu
arts school in stanton, and is uniyer-
sally popular She Il eighteen years old.
beautiful woman OF the blonde type
and weighs IS pounds.
Estes is slight OF build, weighing only
1870 pounds.