The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-07-05
SHE TELLS WHY.
Miss Loving Tells the Tale Of
Her Wrongs.
DRUGGED AND RUINED. :.
Miss Elizabeth. the Young Daughter
of Judge Loving, Goes on the
Stand and Relates tho Ho,rid
treatment Sho Received at the
Hands of Young Estes, While They
Were On That Lonely Ride.

Hands of Young Estes, While The,
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
cuplcd 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 tn,
story of her alleged ruin at the hand.
or the young man her father shot
down. The recital was probably the
most dramatic ever heard in Vir.
ginia court of justice and rivaled, II
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 q few seconds
the crowd had filed their way out.
Everybody knew this step was pre-
liminary to the placing on the stand
or 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 a 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
or 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 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 his room."'
lie told me that Uncle Harry
Snead had told him that Theodore
ESTES had brought me home the night
before In drunken and unconscious
condition, and he wanted me to ex-
plain to him what it all meant. |
went over and knelt down by father
and put my arms around him and he
put his arms around me. and as soon
as | could speak told him that
while ! was in Lovingston, Theodore
ESTES had asked me to go driving
with him; that first refused, but
that on Annie Kidd insisting did go
finally, but thought we would only
go little way. | did not put nv
hat on just thought it was to be a
short drive. We first drove out to-
wards Oakridgc station, drove about
half way to Oakridge station, then
turned around and came back
through Lovingston and stopped at
his house. He told me he was go
ing in his hose a minute would
wait there and hold the horse until
he came back He was in the house
live 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
got to the Gap he took out bottle
Of whiskey and asked me to take a
drink Of it, and did take a swallow
Of it. | told father thought it
must have been drugged, because |
immediately began to get dizzy and
couldn't see things. Everything com
mcnccd to dance before me, and I
asked him to take me home at once,
back to LOvingston When we got
to where one road turns down and
one up the mountain, instead of turn
ing towards LOvingston, he started
up the mountain. | asked him to
take me home at once, that | was
feeling very badly and was sick, so
please take me. He didn't answer
| me at ALL but drove on as rapidly as
he could So father then asked me
| if he attempted to assault me. |
| told him that he had forced himself
upon me. ! screamed but | suppose
no one heard me; and that | then
lost consciousness and did not re-
member anything after that until |
was at Mrs. kidds house that night.
| When | told father that. he had got
so white and unnatural looking that
ii scared mo. | ran out to mother
and told her believed | had killed
my father"
At the conclusion Of her statement
| Miss Loving rcgaincd CompoSurc and
the cross animation by the prose
cutiOn began.
A Map Presented.
Attorney Dan'l Harmon presented
a map of the country over which the
buggy ride was taken. and asked that
the witness fix the point whore Estes
gave her a drink. She could not re-
mcmber exactly, but designated the
neigh borhood. She was then asked
where the assault occurred, to which
she replied that IL was after She and
Estes had turned up the mountain
| road.
when did you remember gaining
consciousness?
During the night at Mrs. Kidd Is. '
"Do you remember telling Mrs
Kidd that you had taken too large q
drink and that YOU did that once be
fore at Bellovuc?"
NO"
Did you not get out of the huggy
and walk up the steps and into the
house without assistance?"
"No"
"On the next morning did you sec
Miss Sheldon, tho drcssmakor? Die
Miss Sheldon come up to take youl
measure for a dress?"
yes"
"Did not Mrs. Estes, mother OF
Theodore. come to see you on tho