The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-07-03
SHE TELLS WHY.
Miss Loving Tells the Tale of
Her Wrongs.
DRUGGED and RUINED.

DRUGGED and RUINED.
Miss Elizabeth, the Young Daughter
of Judge Loving, Goes on the
Stand and Relates the Horrid
Treatment She Received at the
Hands Of Young Estes, While They
Were On That Lonely Ride.
At Houstan, Va, on Wednesday af-
ternoon, of last week, between stiff
ling sobs. with tears streaming from
her bright blue eyes and violently
struggling to control her emotions,
Miss Elizabeth Loving, who has oc-
cupied the centre of the stage in the
trial of her father, Judge VIM. G.
Loving, for the murder of Theodore
Estes, told on the witness stand the
story of her alleged ruin at the hands
of the young man her father shot
down. The recital vas probably the
most dramatic ever heard in a Fir-
ginia court of justice and rivaled, if
not surpassed. in point OF atrocious-
ness the story told by Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw Of her experience with Stan
ford White. 1t was the same story
she said she told to her father on
the day of the tragedy.
At the afternoon session Judge
Barksdale ordered the court room
cleared of all persons except those
directly interested and the newspa-
per correspondents In few seconds
the crowd had filed their way cut.
Everybody knew this step was pre-
liminary to the placing on the stand
of Miss Loving. Miss Loving, weep
ing. took the arm of Attorney Lee,
leading counsel for the defence, who
led her to the stand
She wore black skirt and waist,
black hat and veil of the same color.
She lifted her veil and began her
story For the first few minutes she
had to be allowed to stop at intervals
in order to dry the tears which con-
tinuously ran down her face. During
the recital several attorneys for the
defence and Judge Loving, his young
son and Miss Annie Snead, sister
of Mrs. Loving, gave way to tears.
Miss Loving testified that she was
~ years of age; that her relation
with her father was always affection
ate, that he had always been a most
devoted father
"Relate to the jury in your own
words everything that took place be-
tween Yourself and your father when
he called you into mis- room.'
He told me that Uncle Harry
Snead had told him that Theodore
Estes had brought me home the night
before in a drunken and unconscious
condition. and he wanted me to eN-
plain to him what it all meant. l
went over and knelt down by father
and put my arms around him and ne
out his arms around me, and as soon
as I could speak I told him that
while I was in Loviugston, Theodore
Estes had asked me to go driving
with him; that first refused. but
that on Annie Kidd insisting l did go
finally, but thought we would only
go little way. I did not put my
hat on: just thought it was to be
short drive We first drove out to-
wards Oakridge station. drove about
half way to Oakridge station, then
turned around and came back
through Loyingston and stopped at
his house. He told me he was go
ing in his house minute, would
wait there and hold the horse until
he came back. He was in the house
five or six minutes. He came back
and we drove on down through Low
ingston, through the Gap and down
below Mr.. Coleman's old place, and
turned around and came back to-
wards Lovingston. Just before we
cot to the Gap he took out bottle
of whiskey and asked me to take a
drink of it, and did take swallow
! of it. told father l thought II
must have been drugged, because !
Immediately began to get dizzy and
couldn't see things. Everything com
menced to dance before me, anc l
asked HIN to take me home at once
bacl to Lovingston. When we got
70 where one road turns down and
cne up the mountain. instead OF TURN.
ing towards Lovingston. he started
mn the mountain. l asked him TO
take me home at once. that l was
feeling very badly and was SICK. SO
please take me. He dldn answer
| me at all, but drove on raplo!: as
he could. So father then asked me
if he attempted to assault me
told him that he had forced nlmsei'
mon me. I screamed but | suppose
no one heard me: and that thel
lost consciousness and did not re-
member anything after that untli
was at Mrs. kidd's house that nlsht
When told father that. ne nao 90
so white and unnatural looking ina
it scared me. | ran out to mothel
and told her l believed hao hllle'
my father. .+o+o,,on
Miss Loving regained composnre an'
the cross-examination by the prose
cution began.
A Map Presented.
Attorney Dan'l Harmon presente'
man of the country over Whlch IN
buggy ride was taken. and asked INA
1he witness fix the point where Este
i, gave her a drink She could not re
member exactly. but designated TN
neighborhood. She was then aske
;. ;. where the assault occurred, to ~hlc
she replied that it was alter sne ON
> Estes had turned up the mounldl