The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-06-28
LOVING HELD SANE
States Expert Considers Ac-
cused's Mind Strong.
DEFENSE GAINS ONE POINT
Defendants Daughters Honor VIII
Not He Questioned-Defend
shows Little Indication of Being
Under Great Strain-COnverses
with COuuseI--AFguments To-day.


Special to Ths Washington Herald.
Houston, Va, June 27.-The state had
its best inning I'm the Loving murder trial
to-day, the introduction Of an expert
allenist to show the condition Of Judge
Loving having the effect Of offsetting the
contentious of Dr. Charles NJ Emmons.
the noted aIienist Of Washington.
Not only did the State offer the expert,
but It presented several witnesses who
had known the accused man for many
years. and they each had opinions Of the
very highest order concerning his physical
and mental condition.
There will be no trip by the jury. the
lawyers. and others 20 Nelson County to
view the scenes Of the case. Lawyers for
both sides say they see no reason for this.
as the witnesses have told all that IS nee
essary TO make the jury familiar with the
tragedy.
Judge Loving shows no more indication
Of the great strain than would be ex-
.pected. He converses with his counsel
and with his friends, paying close atteu-
ton to all proceedings He has been seen
to smile on more than one occasion at
some little incident that took place.
Rules Against state.
When court convened to-day Judge
Barksdale ruled against the State on the
point raised yesterday. The State under
took 10 prove by Miss Annie Kidd, a niece
Of the dead man, with whom Miss Loving
spent the night following the drive, that
Miss Loving had related the occurrences
to her at her home, and that she had said
that she had taken more whisky than
was good for her, and that it had never
before had that effect on her; that Miss
Loving had not been drugged; that no in
dignity had been offered.
Judge Barksdale held that the character
Of Miss Loving and that Of young Estes
were not the subject Of investigation and
were not involved In the hearing He said
that Judge Loving may have been hasty
and made a terrible mistake, but only the
facts which led up to and We're directly
connected with the killing were under re-
view, and for that reason the evidence In
rebuttal by the State would not be ad-
mitted
The State then called several witnesses
in rebuttal on other points, the witnesses
being men who had known Loving for
years. The object OF the testimony Of
the witnesses in rebuttal was to dsprcve
the insanity theory and TO show that
Judge Loving was regarded as a man of
unusual intelligence and great physical
development.
Estes Uncle on Stand.
E. L. Kidd, county clerk for Nelson, an
uncle Of Estes, said that he was clerk Of
the county court when Judge Loving pre-
sided over it, and that ne regarded him as
a very high man and a good judge. He
had never seen Loving take a drink. Il
was at Mr. Kidd's home that Miss Loving
spent the night after returning from the
drive.
Others followed along the same general
lines as 10 the mental and physical facul-
ties Of the accused man, all of them ex-
pressing the opinion that he was perfect
IN both respects.
This concluded the evidence for both
sides, save that the State announced that