Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-23
IN THE OLD DOMINION
LOVING TRIAL TO BEGIN MON
DAY-sWANsoN AND MILITIA.
ecial Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
RICHMOND, Va, June %, 1907.
The hearing of the charge of murder
against Judge William G. Loving of Nelson
county Is scheduled to begin Monday IN
Halifax county. Judge Barksdale has sum
moned sixty-four talesmen from which
to select jury, and it Is expected that lit
tie trouble will be experienced in getting
twelve men to try the case. There are
seven lawyers engaged-three for the state
and four for the defense Wood Bouldin of
Halifax, attorney for the county; S. B..
Whitehead of Nelson, attorney for that
county, and Daniel Harmon of Charlottes-
vile will have charge Of the prosecution.
Mr.. Harmon was of counsel for the defense
| in the celebrated McCue case. The defense
will be composed of Senator Aubrey E.
Strobe of Amherst, John L. Lee of Lynch
burg r. Walton Moore of Fairfax, and
| former Senator William P. Barksdale of
Halifax. John L. Lee of the defense was
associated with Daniel Harmon in the de-
Tense of McCue. There are about 100 wit
| nesses summoned in the case, but the list
is not made public by either side
The impression is growing that the case
| reason is not stated. The defense will, 1t is
thought, If any further delay is made, ask
for the Continuance Judge sBarksdale is
not the man to agree to delays in cases of
| this sort, unless there are very good and
patent grounds for such a course. If the
case should go to trial it. will certainly last
ten days.
AS yet there has been no indication of
what great surprise there is in store for
the public on the part of the defense. There
is no denial of the fact that Loving cor
nered Theodore Estes at Oak Ridge. April
II and shot him twice. giving him no
chance to say a word and no more oppor-
tunity to defend himself than would be
given a rat in trap. But no one knows
the exact provocation for the action of the
Judge He is saying nothing whatever in
connection with the case. He has engaged
several rooms in a hotel at Houston for
himself and his friends, his counsel and
members of his family.
Governor Will Defend Military. .
Gov Swanson is very much in earnest in
his determination to get to the bottom of
the arrest and detention of members of the
10th Regiment at Pine Beach a few days
ago. The county police and those en-
p,oyed by the exposition have been eX-
ceedngly officious and obnoxious on more
than one occasion. The soldiers arrested
were members of the Alexandria company,
and the pretext for their arrest is said to
have been that they were dlsorderly. one
of the men struck his foot against some
slight obstruction, and partly fell against
a fruit stand. The arrests followed. The
governor has demanded an investigation,
and the offensive policemen will be put on
the defensive unless all signs fall There
have been many complaints against the Of
ficers and such action will be taken as
will relieve the men of duty without delay,
and compel them to answer for their con-
temptibe treatment OF the soidlers.
county for a long tpe one of the best
known lawyers of that section of the state.
is dead. He was about seventy years old.
He was a Confederate soldier, serving with
great gallantry throughout the civil war.
In politics Col. Summers was republican,
and was elected d member OF the constitu-
tional convention, the other member from
the same county being a democrat AS an
advocate at the bar, Col. Summers had few
superiors. He defended more Illicit whisky
cases than any man in the southwest. When
there was a change ir the office of dis
trict attorney, Col. Summers APP
plicant, but he was unsuccessful. His son,
l.. P. Summers, is collector of internal
revenue for the western district of Nir-
gina His is the tenth death of the former
members of the last constitutional con-
vention.
Rev. Richard McIlwaine, for years pres
ident of Hampden-Sdney College, a min
lister in the Presbyterian Church. member
4 of the constitutional convention, and one
of the best-known educators of the state,
is engaged in the prepare ton of volume
giving the ''Recollections of a Lifetime of
Threescore and Ten Years" DR.. McIlwaine
splendid education. His writings are eager
ly pursued by those who have followed
his contributions to the press. and the an
nouncement that he will prepare the recol-
lections is hailed with pleasure. 1t Is not
known when he will complete the book, but
he is devoting great deal Nof care and
thought to the work.
Carlin's Nomination.
The nomination of Charles c. Carlin of
Alexandria for Congress is taken to indi
cate that the administration of Gov. Swan
son is Endorsed by the people of the eighth
district. Mr.. Carlin was the only man in
the contest who stood for the policies of
the governor, the other gentlemen in the
hace having aligned themselves in oppos-
ton to Gov. Swanson when he was a candi
date for the position he holds at this time.
1t is believed by many that the effort to de-
feat Mr.. Carlin was to a great extent due
to his political affiliations. The surprise
expressed here is that Judge Charles E.
Nicol of Prince William did not poll larger
vote than is shown for him. The retire
ment Of John F. Ryan at the last moment
created some uneaSineSS among the friends
of Mr. Carin, and had the gentleman. from
Loudoun remained In the struggle the ma
jority for Carlin would have been much
larger than it is.
State officials here are convinced that the
railroads of the state are protracting the
fight against the two-cent passenger rate
solely to enable the roads to reap the har-
vest as long as possible. There is a strong
belief here that the railroads realize that
the struggle is certain to finally end in their
undoing, but by drawing 1t out to great
length they will be able to earn many hun
dreds of thousands more than by yielding,
and they are undertaking to make the peo-
pie pay all that is possible. The battle will
last for two years. and in that time the
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