Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-25
Work Of Getting Men 10 Try The
Slayer Of Young Estes Con-
syned Short Time.
Miss LOVING MUCH DISTRESSED.
Daughter Of Accused Man and for
Whom Murder Was Committed
Under Stress of Excitement, Even
Before Examination of veniremcn
eesan-Judse Loving Takes Stand
in own Defense.

HOUSTON, VA. June 24.-Prompt.
ly at 10 o'clock Judge Barksdalc
assembled The bench of Halifax Cir
cult Court. and the trial of Judge w
q. Living. charged with the murder
of Theodore Estes began.
All seemed calm at first but even
before the venremen appeared. Miss
Loving. under stress of excitement,
began to weep.
She wore = black skirt and white
linen waist. jaunty sailor hat and
white veil. Miss Loving is unmistak-
ably pretty and attractive. The pris-
oner's wife is CARRIED entirely in
black ana heavily yelled.
Judge Loving is amazingly calm.
but thoTc-ighly alert.
Filling the Panel.
Both sides having announced their
readiness TO proceed. The examina-
ton Of veniremcn for jury qualilica.
tinn began.
w NJ. Register, the first man ques-
toned, was accepted. So also was
the second man, S. a. MooreGell w
y. Powell. the third man. was like
ing fixed opinions, were ineligible.
The following were next accepted:
C. ID. S. Farmer, w. c. Pickett and
Il. l.. Vasscr. Three were then re-
jectcd.
b. l.. Compton, answering questions
satisfactorily was the ninth man ac-
ccpted. s. w. Kent was eligible, hav-
ING no bias. but begged off because
Of rheumatism. j. H. Hardy was ac-
ccpted p moment later.
After II. S. Crenshaw. the eleventh
man, had been accented. c. S. Tune
was found to be qualified. but claim
ed exemption because he is harvest
ins wheat Q. S. McGraw and j. NJ.
Johnson wC@B then accepted, Ishn
II. Quarlcs fnsistcd on exemption, as
his wheat is ripe.
The panel of sixteen was complct-
ed Mt 1870, with the acceptance of
J. II. Sncad, w. II. Dance and G. IL.
Manning.
a technical mistake having been
made in summoning Venireman
Compton. George T. Carter an ac-
ceptable citizen. was substituted for
him.
II. l.. Vasscr. previously accepted.
was excused because he is harvest
ing. w. L.. Lacy was substituted.
Az 1889 the prisoners counsel re-
tired 10 discuss the four names they
would reject
Campbell Reporting Case.
Al the press table reporting for the
Amherst Now Era is Judge Clarence
j. Campbell. whom Loving prosecuted
so vigorously when The latter was i'm
peachcd before the Legislature.
M1reiicld. Pickett, Crenshaw and
Dance were rejected by the defense.
TIL remaining twelve were sworn
in rs the jury al :55.
Calm. stoicial as an Indian, stood
Jude Loving when Clerk Craddocll
read the Indictment. but his Weeping
daughter Quivered with emotion and
his wife SIT with bowed head.
Court adjourned al 1909 for din
ner. TO resume Mt o'clock.
The jury panel was selected after
the examination of only thirty venire-
men.
The trinl will last six and one-half
hours daily ending at $50.
Every juror, save one, is farmer.
The exception is McCiraw, mer-
chant. Three are single, the rest
married The Oldest is fifty-seven
years old. the Youngest thirty-two
-Four are forty-siX years old.
Although the crowd ut the morning
session filed the room To its utmost
capacity dccorum prevailed There
was absolutely no excitement, disor-
der or display of vulgar curiosity.
Sixtv-Four State Witnesses.
SiNty-four witnesses have been
summoned for the state. They are
Mrs # w. Elsom. w. N. Dawson, j.
O. Loving, Fayette Foster. Nick Reed,
r. IT, McGinnis. Russell G.. Brown. L..
w. Wood William Powers, John u.
Tmstall p. L. Kidd. Percy Hughes,
Julia Hubbard, Mamie Estes, Mrs. p.
William Henry Green, lex. Frankly
X Estes, W. Il. Lea. L. ]. Sheffield.
#. y. NJ Perkins, Pierce Loving. Lew
is Bell NJ. X Estes, Jr., NJ X. Estes
Sr. William Gray. Sallie Gray, Hen
rietta Vaughan. Sam Loving O. V.
Hanger II. II Harris, G. M. Cunning
ham, Elmo Matthew'S c. f. Mat
tbews. John r. Norton. Morris Shell
ton. AddIe Estes. r. l., Camden. G.
l.. Kidd, Annie Kidd, Laura Dawson,
Mrs G. H. PerroW. c. A. THOMPSON