Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-08
SAMPSON ON STAND
Mother, Sister and Brother of
Dead Man Testify.
VISITS TO ALLYN HOME
Did Not See Widow on Day Of Trag-
edy When They Called.
PROSECUTIONS CASE NOW ENDS
Expert Medical Witness and Girl
Mentioned in Monson Letter
to Be Called.
PROSECUTIONS CASE NOW ENDS

| Special Dispatch to The Star.
| LYONS, n. Y, April S.-Littie more re-
manned to be heard of the prosecution
! case In the trial of Georgia Allyn 6amp-
son. charged with the murder Of her hus-
| band, Harry Sampson, when the fourth
| day Of the trial opened this morning.
| The general opinion is that the case
| will go to the jury before the week is
over If the voman's counsel hold to their
| announced intention Of putting up no
| defense unless the state should produce
| some evidence OF unlooked-for strength.
Mrs SIMPSONS lawyers believe that up
| to the present time District Attorney Gill
| bert has drawn out no evidence that could
! be considered as sufficient proof that
| Sampson did not die by his own hands.
Unless the state has some witnesses so
| far kept under cover. which seems most
unlikely. the prosecution is expected to
| end its case today with the evidence OF
DR.. Hail. the gun expert. who has been
| summoned to state whether or not a
| wound such as caused Harry SIMPSONS
| death could have been self-nflicted, and
| that of Miss Mildred Service. who fig
| ured in the testimony given yesterday by
| the defendants mother as the Mildred
| mentioned in the letter which was said
| to have caused the rupture between Mrs.
sampson ana ner luSDdnO.
Miss Service was expected to tell of the
| trips she and Georgia had made together.
| One of these was to FairpOrt in old
| home week, when Harry Sampson is said
to have been with them
Dead Mans Mother on Stand.
Mrs. Harriet Sampson. mother of the
man killed. took the stand during the
| day. The Simpsons were notified of the
| shooting of Harry by telephone soon
after he died and went to the Allyn
farm. 1t has been testified that Mrs.
Sampson did not show any inclination to
| see Georgia, who was upstairs. From
| the house the Simpsons went to see Dis
| trict Attorney Gilbert.
Together with the other exhibits in the
case, District Attorney Gilbert brought
| inc court this morning a powerful mi
| croscope with which to examine the
undershirt taken from Harry Simpsons
| body. Witnesses have testified that this
undershirt seemed charred on the day of
| the shooting.
| Mrs. Marilla Ebert. wife of John Ebert.
who was on the stand late yesterday,
| Gilbert carried her down to the morning
| of the tragedy. She said that while she
and her husband were sitting at their
| breakfast she frankie Allyn run
ming from his fathers home. and that
| he took Mr.. Ebert back to the farm with
| him.
II followed in a few minutes she said.
Il passed through the Sampson dining
room into the sitting room and there
met Mrs. Frank P Allyn. / said to her.
| Isn't this terrible"
Was Mrs. Georgia Sampson down
stairs when you arrived?'
| NO. sir. I didn't see her until just
about dusk. She was in the sitting room.
She came down and sat by the stove.'
Mrs. Ebert prepared the dinner for the
Allyns, she said.
| She put some cheese on the table, she
said. which she found in the pantry. She
/ said that the cheese was unbroken and
wrapped in light paper. At the coroner's
inquest it was testified that Harry Samp-
| son held a piece of cheese In his hand
| when shot.
bands rife to Frankie Allyn two or three
| weeks before the shooting" Mrs. Ebert
| said. frankie took box of cartridges.
l did not know how full it was
| At this point Mrs. Sampson. mother Of
| Harry; her son George and Miss Gertrude
| Sampson, her daughter entered the court
room All were dressed in mourning and
| all took seats together on one side OF
| the courtroom
| Miss Sampson is tall buxom girl.
| She wears spectacles, as her mother does.
| Mrs. Ebert went on to say that the
cheese she found in the pantry looked
perfect. District Attorney Gilbert tried
| hard to find out whether there were any
| finger marks on the cheese.
| Il know there wasn't any," was the re-
ply.
| Miss Sampson Tells Of Visit.
The first member of the Sampson family
to testify was then called 1t was Miss
Gertrude Sampson Miss Sampson spoke
| in full. clear voice.
Harry had been married six years, she
| said.
| n ramember the sion of the
death of Harry"
| Eyes, sir.
Did you go there that day."
les, about dusk-about 30 o'clock.
went first into the Allyn dining room. Mr.
Allyn met me at the door. ] saw no one
else in the dining room.
| Il passed into the sitting room. Mrs
Allyn. Mrs Ebert and another person
Georgia. I suppose. was in the sitting
room. | did not then know it was her
There was no light in the room. Mr.
Allyn asked his wife to bring one
Where was this person.?
Partly behind the stove"
What did she do
Got up passed between the stove and
the wall, and went out into the dining
was that before the light was
brought"''
i Yes
Did you speak to that person.
NO. | asked Mr.. Allyn where Georgi IA
4
1 thought Georgia had gone upstairs"
Miss Sampson said she had been AT the
farm half an hour.
/ On cross-eXamination. Mr.. Hamm asked
! when you inquired for Georgia. did not
MI Allyn ask you if you wanted to see
| Georgian
i Yes
I ~What did YOU saw"
II said | did not.
Mrs. Sampson Called.
Mrs Harriet Sampson" called Mr.. Gil
bert. The mother of the slain man took
the stand.
The defendant did not look at her.
The witness said that her husband,
George. was the brother of the late Rear
Admiral William Sampson. She said Har-
~ was twentysiN years old when he
died.
Since the death of Harry your hus-
band has also died.
Yes" was the low reply.
ION the day Harry died l went with
my husband to the Allyn home. she con-