Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-06-25

clothes to the jury" he exclaimed. "If
you are doing so to prove point have
no objection, but If you have some other
motive, object"
Mr.. Bouldin, for the defense, did not
answer, and Mr.. Lee repeated his words.
Then Mr.. Harman, for the prosecution,
said: awe think 1t necessary, and that
is enough"
The blood-stained clothes were ex-
hibited in detail, while Judge Loving
watched with as keen an interest as any
one In the courtroom.
Another stirring moment followed,
when Constable Wood testified to the
words uttered at the preliminary exami-
nation by Judge Loving, when he told
why he had killed Theodore Estes.
Slowly and during an intense silence,
Mr.. Wood repeated the words.
"My blood boiled; every fibre of my
body cried out, and nothing could have
stopped me, not even God Almighty
himself"
"What impression was made on your
mind by the words of Judge Loving"
asked Mr.. Lee.
THE impression was that he believed
Theodore Estes had assaulted and ruined
his daughter" replied the witness.
Houston, Va, June 25.-Miss Eliz-
abeth Loving is on the verge of col
lapse. Yet she must take the witness
stand perhaps today as a witness for her
father.
The defense hoped for time to spare
the girl the ordeal of such a public APP
pearance. So strong was the case built
up by the prosecution yesterday, how
ever, that Judge Loving's lawyers are
agreed that she must figure as witness
in support of her fathers story that he
killed Estes because the latter drugged
aud maltreated the young woman.
Miss Loving seemed calm and self
possessed when she appeared 10 court
yesterday. The prosecution steady houn-
ding, the free use Of the words of "cap-
ital punishment" "death" and chang
ing" and the realization that the crisis
was actually at hand broke down her
courage, however.
She wept sll day in the court room
and spent last night in a condition
BORDERING on hysteria. Physicians
think, nevertheless, that she will be
able to nerve herself for the ordeal of
the witness stand.
Judge Loving resumed the stand when
court opened today. Attorneys for the
prosecution and defense did not permit
him to begin his testimony at once, how
ever, but returned to their argument
over the admissibility of his story that a
conversation with his brother-in-iaw,
Harry Snead, so enraged him that he
killed Estes.
Whether or not this testimony is ad-
mitted Snead will undoubtedly be the
next witness and 1t will be from his
lips that the jury will hear how he told
Loving that Estes had wronged the
judges daughter.
The ruling of Judge Barksdale in ref
ereuce to the admissibility of the con-
versation between Harry Snead and
Judge Loving was favorable to the de-
tense and Judge Loving was allowed to
take the stand and resume his testimony.
Loving's statement today was the biggest
sensation of the trial.
The witness spoke in steady, calm
voice, which did not waver until he
ctme 10 the part where his daughter had
told him from her own lips that Theo-
dors Estes had given her drugged whisky
while out riding and that she had been
mistrested. At this juuclure Judge
Loving requested the court to allow him
a few seconds that he might control his
emotions.
Several of the male relatives and
Judge Loving including his son, wept
bitterly during the recital.
Harry Snead, declared the defendant
had informed him of his daughter being
brought to the home of Mrs. Kidd in
drugged and delirious condition.