The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-29

Ing the prisoner, and it was decided
to bring out all the testimony In a
civil suit. which will be brought at
once by Mr.. Daniel Harmon In Nelson
county In the name Of the executor OF
Theodore Estes.
WOULD NOT HAVE LOVING
HANGED 1T HE COULD
Sheriff Estes says he would not have
Judge Loving hanged II lie could do
SO. and that he does net desire to
do him any harm, but what he has de-
|'termined to do is to place. his sons
name right in the eyes OF The world
1t lle was a profilgate I want to s
know It," he said. and II his char
acter is above reproach I want the
world to know it. I'm an old man, ana 5
all l live for is to clear my boys
name of the stigma which has been
placed upon it' ~
tack made on Judge Loving in Nelson
county, and that he has no feelings OF
vengeance.
This Is the most interesting story
| in connection With the case. for it.
shows the determination OF the Estes
family to sift the whole matter to the
/ bottom, and IT. shows also that the
prosecution has given UP all hope OF
convicting Judge Loving In a criminal
court
Already af1idavits have been taken
| to be used in preparing the bill to be
! filed In the civil case. The Loving
murder trial Is growing near It's end.
and by o'clock tomorrow evening
Judge Loving who stands charged
with killing the alleged betrayer OF
i his daughter, will learn his fate, either
returning to his home free man or
being branded with the blood-red mark
L lrf n IN fN n
i fellows
VERDICT OF ACQUlTT!AL 5
4 MORE THAN LIKELY.3
There is not the slightest chance
that the twelve Halifax men who will
pass Judgment upon his act will bring
in a verdict Of murder in the first or
4 second degree; there Is hardly pos.
4 lsibiity that even a verdict of man
slaughter Will fall to his lot, for the
4 almost universal opinion Of the people
Of the county is that mot guilty" Will
be the verdict, with bare possibility
lof q hung jury.
Since the reading OF the exceptions
by Judge Barksdale to-day, and the.
A partial argument of the case by Mr..
Dan Harmon for the prosecution and
4 Hon Aubrey i. STROBE for the defense.
this opinion has grown stronger, Yor.
A Mr. Harmon, a brilliant lawyer ard an
orator or acknowledged reputation.
failed to impress the jury to the same
degree as the Senator from Amherst,
for while the logic of the speaker
for the Commonwealth was plain and
earnest. it lacked the pathos and feel
ing with which Mr. Strobe drove home
his facts. and the warmth with which
the defense appealed to the hearts and
heads OF the jurymen. II Judge Loving
Is not acquitted 1t Will not only sur
prise his counsel and the public at
Ilarge but the lawyers for the Common
wealth as well, for with their failure
to be allowed to introduce witnesses.
to break down the heartrending story
told Judge Loving by his daughter.
which was responsible for the killing
4 of Theodore Estes, the prosecution saw
Q It's wel-lad plans destroyed and Its
: attack uprooted and broken
TO such an extent has this feeling
= gone abroad that the rumor has been
spread that the enemies OF Judge Low
Ing will attack him In the event Of his
acuuittal. but such action does not
seem probable. and in fact Judge Low
: Ing says he fears It 80 little that II the
verdictVls mot guilty" he will take his
family home to Nelson county by the
{ first train, and take UP his lfeworlS
]. where 1t WAS interrupted by the trag-
edy,
Il JUDGE WILL NOT DIGNIFY
LEIvrEI, FROM BLACK HANDS
Regarding the Black Hand letter re-
: ceived from New York this morning
u Judge Barksdale takes the matter as
% an ill-bred joke and VIII take no
= steps to detect the writer or to dignity
T, IL by notice.
l. The morning session OF the filth
IT day of the trial was devoid OF interest.
n for the entire time was spent in nrgu-
Il ing the Ihirty-slX instructions asked
% by the prosecution and defense.
$, 1t was not until half-past 3 O'Clock
Z. that the instructions We're flnally band.
r led down. and at 4 o'clock Mr.. Harmon
y began his speech on the part OF the
prosecution before the jury,
" Judge Loving, moro carefully dressei
r than he has been during the trial, sal
W behind his counsel. and With him We're
1T Ehls wife, his wife's sister. Mrs. Chalk;
I'd Hey. Of Richmond; his son ana hii
"a brother. while opposite, sitting behtnt
I'd the lawyers for the Commonwealth
a. were the father OF young Estes gant
ar Mr.. John Swanson, whose wife wal
Estess sister,
or Befare the argument began an Incl
NJ dent occurred which was Interesting
arlMr. Bouldin had asked the court Z,
a. Iallow the Commonwealth "A IA make thra
l,e speeches on the case bsfors the iury
g. and Judge Rarksdale had agreed, whe
e Mr. f{I ah 81 ia {tI sIrt,o s;s. zach of 90