Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-07
QUARREL OVER LETTER
Invitation to Visit Niagara Falls
From Robert Munson."
GOOD TIME PROMISED GIRLS
Point for Defense Made When Wit
ness Tells How Wife Embraced
Dead Husbands Corpse.

| LYONS, n. y, April 7.-MrS. Mary AL
lyn, mother Of the young prisoner. was
Unexpectedly called to the witness stand
at the trial of Mrs. Georgia Allyn Samp-
son, charged with the murder of her hus-
band. Harry Sampson
Before the examination of the witness
| was begun it was learned that the young
| man who wrote Mrs. Sampson the letter
| which is alleged to have precipitated a
quarrel between the Simpsons just be-
fore the shooting was a resident of Nj
agara Falls and that his name. Robert
Munson. is signed to the note, will figure
prominently in the case from now on.
Mrs. Allyn, who took the stand when
court opened. has been ill for some time
and spoke in a weak voice, SO that her
answers had to be repeated by the pros
ecutor. She said the shooting took place
shortly after her husband had gone to
the railroad station.
Ran When She Heard Cries.
| She heard Harry Sampson cry of oh.
| OH OH" she said, and ran into the din
ing room.
las Harry came into the dining roon.
said Mrs. Allyn. ''he had his arms folded
across his heart. 1 asked him what he
had done, but he did not answer"
Mrs. Allyn broke down while telling Of
the death scene and wept.
Resuming her testimony, Mrs. Allyn said
that her daughter, Georgia, came in the
room and after looking at her husband
said:
1T can't be SO. 1t can't be So"
Mrs. Allyn said that she saw no powder
marks on the body or the shirt. She could
not identify the shirts, which the district
attorney showed her. but said they looked
like the shirts that Harry wore. The
| mother said that Georgia and Harry had
some words the night before the shooting.
That Sunday morning." said Mrs.
Allyn, II wen: into their kitchen. / said
to them that they ought to try to fix il
up. Harry said there was no use of talk
ing about it,"
Quarrel Over Letter.
Mrs. Allyn said that Harry gave her a
little trouble the day before the shooting.
She read the letter to her husband and
told Georgia that Harry had said he
would not live. with her any more.
Mrs. Allyn said the father told Georgia
that Harry said the reason he would not
| live with Georgia was because of the let
ter
Georgia said to me- said Mrs Allyn,
't..at Harry knew all about the letter and
| knew where it was all the time. Harry
said he did not know about the letter. and
Georgia broke in saying: Why Harry
| you knew all the time where the letter
was. Harry said we could believe what
We might
Mrs. Allyn weepngly testified that she
cold them they ought to make up and
live together. She said she had burned
the letter up.
/ The letter was postmarked Niagara
Falls. she said,' and was signed Robert
! Manson.
best Of her recollection the contents OF
the letter In it. she stated, the writer
asked Georgia Sampson and friend
named Mildred. to come TO Niagara Falls
and spend a few days and have a good
/ time.
Yesterdays Witnesses.
Mr. Gilbert closed his presentment OF
the prosecutions opening speech at
! l0:4o o'clock yesterday morning after
| speaking little over an hour and the
/ first witness called was Charles Van
| burcn. an architect Of Newark, who
| made plans Of the Allyn home and de-
scIlbed the measurements he had made.
Nanburen left the stand without hav-
| ing been examined by the defense
Dr. George j. York. former county
coroner, who performed the autopsy
next described the wound and the abb
| sencc Of burns by powder about II on
| Sampson clothing. but he did note some
long scratches about the wound and
| across the chest.
TWO other physicians testified. cor
roborating the evidence of DR. York
| The undertaken also said he had seen no
powder marks on the body
Then came the most important witness
OF the day.
| Frank $. Allyn, a brother of Mrs
| Sampson. testified that his sister went
| To Rochester the afternoon before the
shooting and returned that evening
He said that the morning of the
shooting his father and brother Carl
went To the station with milk, but he
stayed to help his mother in the kitchen.
| Frank said he heard scream from
| Harry. but heard no shot fired.
MY mother and j started for our din
/ ing room, said Frank, and as We
/ tered the room I saw Harry stagger at
\ the threshold and then fall over on the
\ floor JUS before he fell my mother
said. Why Harry. what have YOU DONE
lie mad, reply, but gasped for breath
\ 4 few times. My mother went 10 him
and telCphoned for the doctor.
The witness said that on running to
i The telephone hc found the rifle behind
\ the Sampson dining room door leading
+ u he pantry. il WAS cooked. and IA box
- cartridges lay on the edge of the
I wainScoting
1 Allxn WAS still on the witness stand
4 when court adjourned.
FACES CHARGE OF MURDER.