The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-11-25
HELD ON CHARGE
OF KILLING HER
HUSBAND
Mrs. GeOrgiana Sampson Placed
Under Arrest.
CORONER'S VERDICT, MURDER
eunshOt Expert Testified that Harry
Sampson Could not Have Come
to his Death by Own Hand

Rochester \. Y, Nov. 25-Mrs.
Georgiana 70. Sampson the young wild
ow of Harry Sampson who died on
November / from the effects OF gun
shot wound inflicted by rife bullet
was arrested yesterday ON a warrant
sworn out by Coroner Jennings Of
Wayne county charging her with the
murder Of her husband Mrs Samp
son was arrested at MacedOu, ~ v.
where the inquest into her husbands
death was being held She was plac-
ed IN custody of Miss Terese Collins,
daughter Of Sheriff Collins The par
ty Immediately left fer Lyons where
Mrs. Sampson was locked up i'm the
Wayne county Jail.
The Simpsons lived on the Allevn
farm. the home of Mrs Sampson $
mother. midway between Nacedon and
Palmyra On the night of Nov ! Mrs
Sampson reported thai she had found
her husband on the floor of their room
dying of a bullet wound i'm his breast
Sne said he had accidentally shot him
self with a small calibre rifle. The
generally accepted theory however
was that Sampson had committed sui.
eide.
No suspicion of murder was enter
tanned until after the funeral and the
tragedy had been generally accepted
as closed Then rumors of quarrels
between husband and wife, together
| with alleged suspicious circumstances
/ surrounding Simpsons death reached
! the ears OF District Attorney Gilbert
| and he decided to investigate th,
/ case
Or Albert Hamilton. "a glushot OK
pert. testified at the inquest tina
Sampson could not have inflicted The
wound which caused his death. 70 al
so came out an the inquest that on The
day preceding Sampson death he haD
quarreled with his wife over lettc
written 10 Mrs Sampson by @ yOun
imam OF Rochester which he had disco'
cred. Mrs. SIMPSONS mother. Mr.,
AlleU. testified that this letter was al
improper one and she did not uphol
her daughter i'm receiving a. Mr..
Sampson Is said TO have been in ROcl
ester the night before her husband
death
When the inquest was resumed ye.
terday the coroner announced the ev
dence closed and rendered this vel
dict:
II find that Harry Sampson met hi
death from a rifle bullet fired from
rifle in the hands Of another person.
There was dramatic stiffness {
court District Attorney Gilbert {
| Wayne then arose and addressed Mr.
Sampson.
Mrs. Sampson" he said. your cou
sci offered I'm your behalf TO allow 20
to be sworn as witness and perm
you to answer any proper question an
| he stated that YOU were willing 90 b
sworn. Now IL becomes my painil
duty. speaking in behalf OF Che coroi
err to inform YOU that as far as th
proceeding has shown your hushan
| did not take his own life. but that hi
life was taken az the hands OF som
other person. 10 is also proper an
/ necessary to state 40 YOU that lrOl
the evidence In the ease. suspicio
points to you as being that other pc
son. Under the circumstances, m
| YOU willing TO make any statement!
| % Mrs Sampson coolly arose. wake
TO the desk by the district attone
| and answered.
Under the advice OF my counsel
decline TO be sworn or make any stat
| ment nc this time
The warrant was Immediately pr
pared and served upon Mrs Sampso
and she was then taken 10 the Lyon
Jail