The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-09
Mother and Brother Give
Points In Her Favor.
PROSECUTOR IS DISAPPOINTED
Testimony That Accused Woman
Was on Second Floor of Her
Home Just Before the
Tragedy Occurred.

Lyons, n. Y, April 8.-The father,
mother and two brothers of Mrs. Geor-
gia Allyn Sampson, charged with the
killing of her husband, Harry Samp-
son, were called to the witness stand
by District Attorney Gilbert to give
evidence on which the state is depend
ing to convict Mrs. Georgia Sampson
of murder.
The testimony of the four members
of the Sampson family was listened to
with interest by a great throng that
packed the courtroom. A sad figure in
the courtroom was the widowed moth
er of Harry Sampson, Mrs. George
Sampson.
The defense scored several material
points through the testimony of the
members of the Allyn family. 1t was
established notably that shortly before
Harry Sampson staggered into the
Allyn dining room and fell dead Mrs.
Sampson was seen ON the second floor
of her home.
Through Mrs. Allyn the states attor-
neys brought out the fact that Robert
Manson of Niagara Falls wrote to
Georgia inviting her and friend, Miss
Mildred Cervoss, to spend few days
in Niagara Falls.
Harry quarreled with his wife over
She aetter. Mrs. SIMPSONS lawyers
! AfAtA that Manson wrote asking Mrs.
sampson to act as chaperon.
Carl Allyn, brother Of Georgia, testi-
! He'd that he had burned the outer shirt
that Harry had worn when he was
shot and that the black shirt in the
district attorneys possession was prob
ably another shirt of the dead man. ~.
Mr.. Allyn, the father of Georgia, said
that when he drove away from the
house that morning he saw Mrs. Samp-
son in the window of the second story
of their home.
'You never told me that before"
said District Attorney Gilbert, though
1 asked you to tell me all you knew"
mo, did not" said Mr.. Allyn.
"What did you do with Harry's
clothes?"
81 told Carl to take them out and
burn thcm," replied Mr.. Allyn.
The prosecuting attorney was great
ly chagrined ut the failure of his wit
nesses to strengthen his case.
Counsel for the defense showed that
the dark outer shirt of Harry Samp-
son had no bullet hole in the left hand
side to correspond with the bullet hole
on the left side of the undershirt and
sought further to establish that the
outer shirt was not the one Harry
wore.
Mrs. SIMPSONS lawyers assert that
the outer shirt undoubtedly contained
powder marks, but this shirt was
burned, none of the members of the
Allyn family thinking it important.
The prosecution will endeavor tC
prove that Harry Sampson had his
outside shirt open and that therefore
the bullet did not pass through it.
John Ebert, 10 neighbor, declared
that he had seen the rifle in the Allyn
wood shed just before the shooting
He said that when he saw Harry
Sampson's body the shirts were thrown
open at the throat.
Under cross examination he stated
that Harry Sampson before the shoot.
ing had shown him a smokeless car.
fridge of caliber that would fit the
rifle.
Mr.. Ebert said that the exploded
shell which he gave the undertaken
was not the one which he took from
the rifle after the shooting.
you never told me this before in
any Of your examinations" said the
prosecutor.
"No, sir; you did not ask me-" said
Ebert.
Ebert further declared that at the
funeral Of Harry Sampson he told
Lawyer Tinklebaugh that when ht
gave Frank Sampson the rifle he also
gave him a box Of smokeless powder
cartridges.
The witness stated that he had seen
a yardstick standing near the rife
The defense will try to show that
Sampson probably snapped the trigger
by pushing 1t with the yardstick.
TEATnnCY EMnC FATALLY