Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-28
LOVING IS INDICTED
Trial of Murderer of Younu
Estes Now Begins.
NO BAIL is GRANTED
It Is Thought That the Case May
Proceed Quietly.
LITTLE EXCITEMENT IS SHOWN
Change of Venue Is Possible and
Many Persons Think 1t Should
Be Granted.


LIVINGSTON. Va, May 2s-EverythIns
in the Loving murder case waited ON Judge
Barksdale, who arrived at Oak Ridge at IL
| o'clock from Lynchburg, and drove over.
The fight over the change of venue will be-
gin Immediately, and nobody knows how
long it will continue. OF course there Is
not the faintest intimation of how Judge
Barksdale will decide after hearing the evil
| dence and argument The lawyers for
the defense are confident that they will
secure a change of venue, or at least that
jury will be summoned from another
county. Lawyers, however. have tho
habit of being confident, and nothing de-
cisive be deduced from the opinions Of
| these gentlemen.
On side it is argued that the jury
| must sit in this county because it will be
| taken over the Cove road" on which young
Estes and Miss Loving drove the evening
before the killing, to show that it was
! practically impossible that any serious
| crime could have been committed.
On the other hand, it Is contended that
practically all the county officers are re-
lated or connected in one way or another
respected families involved in the tragedy,
that the two hotels here are conducted by
connections of one family or the other and
that it will be impossible to place or keep
the jury where it would not be exposed to
risk of influence.
Cloud Of AfRdavits.
Probably all these considerations will be
presented to the judge, and on the other
| hand there is promise of a cloud Of af-
| fdavits from various parts of Nelson
| county to the effect that there is no such
condition of public feeling as will justify
| going elsewhere for an impartial jury for
| a fair trial.
The temper and bearing of the people
! here are admirable. The general attitude
| is of dignified reticence. Probably $50
men have ridden driven into the little
hamlet this morning. They are scattered
about in groups on the corners, on the
| porches of the stores and hotels, and
around the court house green and the Low
ing case, while, of course, uppermost in
all minds, seems to be the one topic
avoided by common tacit consent. There
is not the faintest indication of partisan
spirit, bitterness excitement. Conf
dence in the court evidently is proof abb
solute, and sympathy with all the parties
Immediately concerned is the predominant
! note of those who are induced to talk con-
| fidentially. Miss Loving seems to be the
| object Of sympathy because of the pre-
dicament in which she will be placed on
| the witness stand. The case is turning
| strongly on what she told her father and
mother that led to the shooting
More or Less Gossip.
OF course there is more or less gossip and
| surmise which may or may not endure the
test Of sworn testimony and cross-examna-
ton. Today there is story current that
there was four chances to head Judge Low
ing off on his way over the four miles of
hills between here and Oakridge; that the
toll ia RI work. q
attempted to, intercept took the old road
| and SO missed meeting him, and that other
-riends who tried to see him missed by one
action or another
This is not verified by evidence. However
| it may be, it is certain that when Judge
| Loving drove down long, red, rocky hills
along which a dozen so hotels, stores and
| dwellings that constitute Oakrdge are scat
| tered, at O'Clock in the afternoon, he en-
! countered no obstruction and nobody had
suspicion of his deadly purpose.
No Suspicion of His Purpose.
| He drove past McGinnis big livery stable
| on the side of the road to his right as he
entered and about fifty yards toward the
| railway station, opposite which, on side
| track, stood the of fertilizer in which
young Estes was at work. He made some
brief inquiry to ascertain where young
Estes was and then turned his buggy and
drove back to the stable, into which he
drove his horse. He then went out, took his
gun from the back of the vehicle and went
on his way on foot
True Bill Returned.
A true bill has been returned against
Judge w. G. Loving for murder by the
grand jury. 1t is the same jury that was
dismissed yesterday that reconvened this
morning. 1t in session less than an
hour and heard but three witnesses, the two
negro laborers VINO the shooting. and
DR.. Tunstall, who examined young Estes
body.
After some brief argument the defendant
was arraigned. The indictment is in the
usual form.
After some brief argument on the question
of bail that matter was postponed, ana the
reading of atfidavits the motion OF
change of venue was begun. DESPITE The
absence of excitement 1t Is thought that
a change of venue should be granted,