The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-03-10
Inns. SAMPSON IN JAIL.
Husband Murdered by Her Was a
Nephew of the Late Admiral.
.1HF HISTORY OF THE CRIME

d owing to the Wealth and PrOmi-
ncnce of the Families the Trial
viii Be a Notable One. Woman
Has Been in Little County Jail
Three Months, and Become Recon-
ciIcd to Her Surroundings.
ROCHESTER, N. Yin the
Vavne county jail at Lyons passing
the tedious hours in sewing and
raading Mrs. Georgia Allyn Samp-
son. daughter of Frank P. Allyn,
wealthy Wayne county farmer, is
silently awaiting the first of April,
when she will be placed on trial for
her life. Mrs. Sampson has now
heen an inmate of the little jail for
more than three months, and appar-
emily has become reconciled to her
surroundings. Since the day of her
~ arrest she has declined to talk about
her case and refuses to receive any
visitors except her lawyers, who con-
sult with her almost daily.
The Alleged Crime.
The crime alleged to have been
committed by Mrs. Sampson is the
murder of her husband, Harry
ii SAMPSON, nephew of the late Admi-
raj Sampson. Sampson was shot on
November LIST at the Allyn farm,
FL three miles from the village of Mace
DON He was found dead with a bull
LET in his heart The theory of sui
n eide. advanced Immediately, found
supDorters until the discovery was
made that the yong mans right hand
u clasped a sandwich when his body
n was found in the pantry of his faith
II er-in-laW's house. He had been shot
q with his own rifle, but the rifle was
IA standing in its accustomed corner
f about four feet from the dead man
"a These circumstances were regarded
n as sufficient to warrant the belief
that Sampson could not have held
the rifle himself, pulled the trigger
\ with his right hand and then placed
ID the weapon in the corner, because
II death had been almost instantane-
3 Gus.
Quarreled With Her Husband.
The house on the Allyn farm was
q arranged for two families, and
Sampson and his wife occupied one
wing and the family of his father
y in-law the other. Early on the
\ morning Of the tragedy there was a
quarrel between Sampson and his
wife over a letter which Mrs. Samp-
a son had received from a Fairport
man. Mr.. Allyn, the girls father,
tried to adjust matters, but Sampson
u declared that he would leave his
wife.
Shortly after the quarrel he ran
into the Allyn apartments with
blood streaming from bullet
wound in his chest and fell dead at
the feet of his mother-in-law. There
We're no smoke stains or powder
marks on his breast or on either
his inner or outer shirt. Mrs. Samp-
son ran into the room a moment af- |
Ter he fell. She declared that she
was in an upper room when she |
heard the shot
Father Believed Him Murdered.
George A. Sampson, father of the
young man, insisted from the first |
that his son had been murdered At |
the coroner's inquest the experts
found that the bullet had DETECTED |
downward from the point of en-
trance at the heart, and that the I
weapon must have been held at least |
three feet from the body. The cor |
oner's jury returned a verdict that !
Sampson had come to his death from |
gunshot wound inflicted by his |
wife The latter, pretty, vivacious |
and the belle of the community, was |
at once placed under arrest and |
lodged in Jail.
Has Attracted Great Attention.
Owing to the wealth and social |
Prominence of both the Sampson and |
Allyn families the case has attracted |
tne greatest attention and the indi- |
cations are that the trial will be one |
Oh the most notable in he records of |
wayne county. Two weeks ago oC-
CURED the death of George Samp- |
son, father of the young man alleged .
10 nave been murdered. The elder
sampson was regarded as one of the
states principal witnesses, and there
considerable speculation as to the
eHect that his death may have on
l1e trial. The defense will maintain
mat Harry Sampson committed sui
cde in fit of jealousy, and the
parents of the accused wife are eX-
pected to appear as her principal
Witnesses. The prosecution proba-
DIV will rely upon Albert H. Hamil
Jol' a noted gun expert of Auburn,
as the most damaging witness
against Mrs. Sampson.