The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-25


show tho position OF the wounds. Wa;
do not object, but II you have smother
PURPOSE. I want YOU to be frank ana
say so. Mr.. SBo,ilding did not answer,
bit Mr. HarnonSreplicd that lie con-
sidered 1t proper. X The clothes, covered
with blood, were displayedito the Jury,
Judge 1.ov Ing looking OH aternly. Tie
point made by Mr.. Lea was that the
ic1otlics wore shown to mako an I'm.
preston on the Jury. The defense did !
not scross.exnmine
n ID M, Perkins, Of 1clmington Nell
songcounty, Justice OF the pence testi-
fed that l,c held the inquest Is acting
coroner over tile bodyasofi Estes, and
that later he conducted II preliminary
exnrnination Of Judge Loving
He said tint he. met .tud gs Loving
with Mr.. NtcGinnis near Ills tPerklns)
home md Judge Loving said sur.
render to YOU and place myself IL
your hands;" that Judge loving said
he Sid not want e go BACK a ,,,l con- s9
left him With Mr. McGinris and went
to tho inquest. Judge Loving followed
witness to shipmun tOakridge), judge
Loving made no ntement except to
say he "surrendered.'
Judge Loving'n Statement.
At the hearing Of Judge Loving he
voluntarily made q statement, ~
which lie said: "one near and dear
Ito mo was driven in a buggy on yea
tcrdhy, was brought back drugged
and unconscious at late hour.
isent for hor, and when I got that from,
her own lips my blood boiled, and
every fibre OF my nature was moved,
and 7 deliberately sought the. life Of
the man who hnd wronged me. Moth
ling could have stopped Inc, not even
God Almighty himself" He said that
Judge Loving was calm and cool. ex-
cept when he got on tho pointTof his
having been wronged and spoke OF
his daughter, Ie raised HIS hands,
and his voice was loud when he spoke
ten people present when Judge Low.
ling made the voluntarily statement,
Mr.. Perkins stood aside without cross
examination. XII i,5fi
u. a. Wood, OF oakridge Station,
stated that he Is constable. He
said ho was present when Judge Low
ling made his statement 70 Justice
Perkins and repeated that statement,
which agreed almost to a word with
the account given by Justice Perkins.
Mr.. Wood said that he took posses-
sion Of the gun, four loaded shells and
two empty shells, The gun and
shells were then produced and show
cd to the Jury. Ttte gun Is q twelve
bore @hammerless. double-barrel shot-
gun and the shells were loaded with
buckshot. On oroas-examination by
M, Lee, Mr.. Wood said that Judge
i Loving's exact words were not taken
down, but that he remembered the ex-
4 act words.
WAS not the impression left on your
mind by what Judge Lowing said
that night that he killed young Estes
because he had made IN assault and
had ruined herY" asked Mr.. Lee.
MT. Bouldin objected. but Judge
Rarksdale allowed the question to be
put Mr.. Wood answered. THAT was
the Impression made on my mind.
Judge Loving Teatities.
Mr.. Bouldin here said: I'VE rest tho
case for the prosecutions" IA
$.sJudge Loving was then called. lie
\ said heawas born In Amherst county,
where he lived until 1855. lie at
tended the various local schools ut
4 Kenmore High School and the univer-
sltNtaof Virginia. In 1883 he married
Miss snead, OF Nelson county. and In
1898 he was elected Judge OF Nelson
county. He is nov living at Oak
ridge as superintendent Of the farm OF
! Mr., Thomas r.. Ryan In Nelson coun-
ty. He said that he had two children
Elizabeth, born in 1887. the eldest
. and one son. He said his daughter was
everything to him, Witness said that
q on s} Sunday, April twenty-first. his
daughter Elizabeth, went to Loving.
ston with his brother-in-law Mr.
I Snead. He said that Mr.. Snead re.
I turned that night. but that his daugh.
n ter did not return. for she had said
! that abe would spend tho night witt
her schoolmate. Miss Kidd, OF Loving.
? ston.
Mr.. snead. after breakfast the mex
I morning. (Monday) came into witness
: study, and with much embarrassment
said that he felt It his duty to tell hin
J about the way Estes had treated Mis-
9 Loving. At this point, Mr.. Bouldir
! and Mr.. Harmon objected to judge
!; Loving repeating q conversation hell
with his brother-in-lnw Mr.. Snead
Tho jury was sent out. and Mr.. Lee
> outlined what the witness desired 4
: testify, He said that Mr.. Snead la'
/. seen Miss Elizabeth Loving in an In
. sensible and drunken condition. an
j that he and his friends thought It wa
g necessary for Judge Loving to knos
4 how Estes had treated her.
4 What do you desire to show b.
q such testimony?" asked Mr.. Harmon.
( "Yourl question answers ITSELF" re
q piled Mr.. Lee. 1--WE desire to shoN
f the provocation for the act" u 4,
Q "Then you mean to reduce the grad
t, OF tho offense to neutrality-suspicious.
n uuired Mr.. Harmon. "Yes, certainlyt
& |manslaughter We take that groun
It now, but later we Will 90 further"
: Mr.. Harmon argued that Judge Low
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