New-York tribune., 1909-04-05
Parents and Brothers Principal HIT
ncsSeS -1SmnSt 4Heged Nmderess.

Lyons. y Y. April Am unusual case Of a
y"unE woman facing jury on a charge OF murder.
VIII her parents and brothers called as principal
witnesses for tie prosecution will be developed he
fore Justice Adebert T. Rich in he ;iIorerY,. Court
tomorrow when Mrs. Georgia Allyn Sampson, will
<" on trial for TIE shooting and killing OF her hus-
nana. Harry Sampson, nephew Of the late Admiral
sampson, at h.r home. near MaCedou. on November
/ oi last year Sampson lived with his young wife
IN a part OF the Allyn homestead, There had been
quaTrels the night before and on the rlorninz Of
The shooting between Sampson and his wife over u
letter which she had received from a young man
IN Rochester. Sampson was last seen alive in the
dining room of his home that Sunday morning BY
d neChboT, John Ebert. Soon afteru.ard Sampson
staggered into the Allyn apartments with bullet
In his breast and fell dcaG without utternG d word
The rife, still smoking and recocked. found
standing III the Sampson pantry. An examination
OF Sampsons clothing showed only one speck OF
powder.
District Attorney Joseph Gilbert has summoned
about fifteen witnesses. but he expects prove his
case against The young woman through The testt-
'noHy OF her fam-. The jury viii he chosen from
panel of 1856 talesmen. and the selection will prob
ably take three days The prose e,utor believes the
tTIal viii enc III about weeks.
Harry Sampson and his wife lived at the Allyn
homestead. where Frank 2. Allyn father Of Mrs
sampson ana his two sons CaIl and Frank Allyn,
with Harry Sampson. We're engaged in farming.
The father and mother Will be called TO testify
concerning the quarrels between husband and wife
tragedy. and John Ebert. a visitor the house
tuat morning. to tell Of leaving Sampson a
moments before the latter shot and Of nav
ing seen Mrs. Sampson looking Of q second
story window Ebert was leaving the house.
Important testimony is expected from Mrs. Frank
Allyn, the mother She saw the letter which
caused the quarrel and which was subsequently
destroyed. and remembers some of lis contents.
An exclamation by Harry Sampson during the
quarrel on the morning Of the tragedy-'I can't
live with her another day, / Will take my life
hrst.'-is also expected 10 be brought out in her
examination, well : what lie is said 10 have
declared the same morning: I'm through with
her. and won't continue here another day"
The prosecution will also Introduce testimony
L" show that half an hour before the shooting the
rife seen i'm the woodshed OF tie Allyn home.
District Attorney Gilbert viii inform the jury
that all the persons who were at the Sampson
home about the time of the shooting can he
counted for tie moment the shot was fired
cept Harry Sampson and his wife. and that by
this process OF elimination, and the testimony or
2 gun expert that the rife must have been fired
al some distance from Sampson's body. he expects
TO establish the guilt or the wife.
While Attorney George Tinklepaugh and Assem-
blyman Edison u. Hamn. of Wayne County, coun-
sci for Mrs. Sampson have made no statements,
il has been clearly indicated that they will
deavor TO show that Mrs. Sampson upstairs
when the killing committed. lea wing II TO be
inferred hy the jury that Sampson killed himself
or killed by some one now unknown Mrs
Sampson will probably be called the wit
ness stand. unless the present plans for the de-
fence changed. The defendant has resoIutely
maintained her innocence. Mrs. Sampson has been
incarcerated in the Wavne County jail. and has
made statement Of the affair 70 any one ex-
cept her counsel. She is said have told her
was in the clothes press when she heard shot
fired.