Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-25
Unmoved When Accused of
Staying AdmiraI's Nephew.
HER MOTHER NEAR DEATH
Father Is Broken and Is Himself
Near Collapse.
LOCKED IN MURDERER S CELL
Widow Does Not Finch When
CHASTITY Relics Are Introduced at
Trial Before Coroner.

Trial Before Coroner.
LYONS, y. Y. November 2J.-Mrs.
Georgia Allyn Sampson. the young widow
of Harry Sampson, nephew of the late
Admiral Sampson. slept last night in a
cell in the Wayne county jail, formerly
occupied by Frederick Schultz, a muir
derer.
Over in the big. hospitabe Allyn home,
two miles from Macedon, where Harry
Sampson met his death from a rifle shot
November 1. Frank P. Allyn. father of
the young widow. sits at the bedside Of
dying wife. the mother of the girl.
This will kill mother" said Frank
Allyn, when the district attorney read
a warrant yesterday. charging Mrs.
Georgia Sampson with having murdered
her husband with deliberate intention
and design.
Yes" he added, lit may kill me- too
this trouble first came
But mother was so sick. She has heart
disease, you know. And I knew / had to
keep up my strength for her sake.
This from the big. brawny. six-foot
farmer. Allyn, who is loved of all men
was his and the heartiness that used to
characterize him. But in the last ten
days he has aged and grayed and stoop-
ed until he Is the most pathetic figure in
the series Of events that began with the
death of young Sampson and resulted
yesterday In the arrest of the widow.
Accused Woman Unmoved.
Developments in the case came thick
and fast, but the widow was unmoved.
Sheriff Jerry Collins was at the coro-
ner's hearing in Macedon and with him
was his daughter Theresa. who practically
took charge of the young prisoner and
comforted her.
Coroner Jennings conducted the inquest,
held in National Hall. where the village
dances are held and where Georgia Allyn,
the petted daughter of the richest farmer
Tor miles around, young, pretty. vivacious,
an accomplished horsewoman and a DASH
ing dancer in the Magnolia TWo-Step Club,
was a favorite.
Yesterday. sitting on a sofa on which as
the belle of the ball she had idled be
tween Dances" she heard the district at
torney charge her with murder. Directly
in front of her hung the sign: Magnolia
Two-Step Club will hold a reception here
Wednesday evening. November 25.''
But from the time the hearing was
called until she parted with her father at
the Jail she never shed tear. Her voice
trembled when she repeated after her at
torney declnation to testify. and when
she gave statement to a reporter who
went with her from Macedon to the Jail at
Lyons
Il am. absolutely innocent she said,
land time will Gear this all up
She scarcely raised her eyes during the
day. Across from her in the hall at Mace
don sat George A. Sampson, brother of the
admiral and father Of her husband There
nf hi
Mrs. Sampson was dressed in neat-1t-
ting tailored suit Of black. wore patent
leather shoes. a black hat and long
black veil.
Expected to Be Accused.
That she expected to be held by the
authorities was indicated by the fact that
when friend came in with box of flow
ers. with the request that she take them
to her sick mother, Mrs. Sampson said
quietly:
II will send them TO her
Attorney George 8. Tink'epaugh of Pal
myra, Mrs. Simpsons attorney, had an
associate counsel. Assemblyman Edison
w. Hamn of Lyons. criminal lawyer.
trict Attorney Joseph Gilbert calculating
and exacting. but kind. Stranger. there
were no women present except those con-
nected with the case.
The district attorney unrolled a long
piece of wrapping paper and produced
the rifle that killed Sampson. The bloody
shirt and undershirt lay uncovered on
the table.
The young widow looked fxedly at them
but showed no emotion. She even smiled
once and whispered to her brother when
witness became confused.
But Frank Allyn. the father, was look
ing at the gun and the bloody garments
with 4 face that haunts
When Mrs. Sampson was called she
walked with steady step.
1t becomes my painful duty said
the prosecutor ito advise you that the
evidence at this inquest clearly estab-
fishes. so far as his proceeding Is con-
cerned. that your husband, Harry Samp-
son. did not take his own life. but that
his life was taken at the hands of some
other person. and it is also proper to
state to you that. from the evidence given.
suspicion points to you being that
other person
Mrs Sampson did not finch But her
father. the picture Of abject woe, shrank
behind the stove and buried his face in
his hands.
Widow Declines to Testify.
The district attorney asked If she would
take the witness stand. but, coached by
her attorneys. she tremblingly replied:
Under the advice of my counsel / de-
cline to be sworn or to make any state
ment in regard to the matter at this
time
She was excused and went back to the
sofa.
The hearing was adjourned to Lyons
by Coroner Jennings. Lyons is the coun-
ty seat. and this was delicate move to
soften the blow. She did not have to go
to Lyons as a prisoner, simply as a wit
ness.
At Lyons she dined with the sheriffs
family. Then she and her father sat
for two hours in the sheriffs office,
room decorated with handouts and pis-
tolls and knives. while the coroner pre-
pared his verdict
1t plainly says that Harry Sampson me.
his death by reason of bullet wound in
flicted by his wife. Georgia 4. Sampson.
1t charges that the crime was premedi-
lated
warrant charging her with first de-
gree murder was then read to the impas-
sive young widow. She waived eXamina-
tion was bound over to the grand jury,
which convenes in February. and was as
signed to a cell. Later a room will be
provided for her in the sheriffs house
After the reading OF the warrant Mrs
Sampson kissed her father goodbye The
aged man wandered like one in a trance
to the traction line. and took the car for
his desolate home.
Both the Allyns. the parents Of the &C
cused woman. and the relatives OF Samp-
nd