The Cairo bulletin., 1907-06-30
LOVING INSANE;
IS FREED BY JURY
JURORS BELIEVE JUDGE WAS DE.
MENTED WHEN HE KILLED
DAUGHTERS BETRAYER.
ERDICT SOON REACHED
Every Man Voting Acquittal On the
First BaIIo.--With Wifi. He
Weepinqly Thanks Liaera-
tors--GirI Not In Court.

IIousts n Va, June 20 After being
Ia the jury room lor 80 minutes the
jury this evening returned a verdi Il
OF mot guilty. In the case of former
Judge William G. Loving, tried for
the murder Of Theodore Estes, son of
Sheriff M. X. Estes. of Nelson county
Loving shot and killed Estes n the aF
ernoon Of April ~ at Oak Ridge. fol
lowing d buggy ride Estes had taken
with the JUICES daughter, Miss Eliza
beth Loving, who told her father her
escort had ar ggcd and assaulted he's
The jury retired at 4.4l o'clock and
from that time until the verdict was
returned the defendant remained In the
same seat be had occupied since the
trial began surrounded by members
OF his immediate family with the eS
ception Of his daughter who was mt
nfeaent In the court room today
AT 5:40 O'Clock the jury returned
and the verdict was read by Foreman
3. s. MeCrav. Judge Barks iale hank
ed the Jurors for their attendance
Upon the court at great sacrifices. HaI
declared that he believed the verdict
was iii accordance with the conseien
tIous views Of the Jury
No Demonstration at Verdict.
After the Jury had been discharged
Judge Loving. his wife and other re-
latiyes shook hands and thanked each
Juror for the verdict Tears streamea
from the eyes Of both defendant aud
h1s wife Jsdge Loving was congratu
lated by many Of his friends present
though III accordance with the warn
ing Of Judge Barksdalc there was not
That may M termed 4 demons ration
in the caurt room
Foreman McCraw said that when
the Jurors entered the room, one did
not exactly understand all the instrpc
tinns Of the court which were read to
him. McCraw said that when he call
ed for the vo &, he requested all who
favored acquttal to hold up their right |
lands. On the first ballot every hand |
promptly went up. When asked what |
he basis of the of the verdict was, he /
said insanity" and that he and the
ther members of the jury believe | /
owing was out of his mind at the
ime he killed Estes. The stress he
aid had been brought on by the story
old him by his daughter
NO Assault Was Committed.
The fo'l1wing statement was given
MT tonight by the counsel for Judge
owing
within half an hour after the rem
tiou Of the verdict by the jury and
he adjournment Of court, the counsel
or Loving were called on by two OF
be jury who stated that they had
cen appointed a committee repre-
enting the entiIe jury to convey to
owing and his wife and daughter the
that while they believed
iiss LovIng's statement on the wit
ess stand of what she had told her
a her was true account of what
he had communicated to him, yet not
lr a moment did the jury entertain
ie opinion that an actual assault
ad been committed by the deceased
pom the young lady, but on the con
'ary they were all fully satisfied be-
ond all doubt that no actual assault ,
ad been committed but that there
ad been an attempted assault Coun-
II for Loving upon being interviewed
! this connection said;
THE conclusion OF the jury TO the
feet that no assault was committed
as absolutely correct"