Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-08
DEFENCE MAKES POINTS,.
Several in Favor Of Mrs. Sampson
Charged With Killing Husband.

Lyons, Y. Y. April THE father
and mother and two brothers of Mrs.
Georgia Sampson. charged with the
killing OF her husband. Harry Samp-
sch, were called to the witness stand
today by District Attorney Gilbert to
give evidence on which the state is de-
pending to convict Mrs. Georgia
Sampson of murder
The testimony Of the four members
OF the Sampson family was listened to
with interest by dense throng that
packed the court all day. \ sad figure
in the court room was the Widowed
mother of Harry Sampson. Mrs, Geor-
gia Sampson. who will probably b.
called as witness tomorrow.
The defence scored several material
points today through the testimony
of the members of the Allyn family
1t was established, notably, that short
ly before Harry Sampson staggered in
to the Allyn dining room and fell dead,
Mrs. sampson was seen on the second
floor of her home.
Through Mrs Allyn the states at
torney brought out the fact that Rob-
ert Manson of Niagara Falls had writ
ten to Georgia inviting her and friend,
Miss Mildred Cervice, to spend lew
days in Niagara Falls.
Harry uuarreled with his wife over
the letter Mrs Simpsons lawyers
state that Manson had written asking
Mrs Sampson to act as a chaperoh.
4 sensational bit of testimony was
offered hy John Eber. nelghDor, VINO
declared that Harry sampson had
snlokelese powder cartridges III MS
possession on the day Of the shootlhg'
The defence contends that TINS ex-
pl;iirs why no powder marks were VS.
ible on SIMPSONS shirt.
Carl Allyn, a brother of Georgia, tes-
tined that he had burned the outer
shirt that Harry had worn when ne
was shot and that the black Shlrt III
the district attorneys possession was
nrobably another shirt of the dead
man.
LYONS. n Y. April = Mrs. Mary r.
Allyn. mother of the young prisons, was
unexpectedly called to the witness STAND
today in the trial of Mrs Georgia Allyn
SAMPSON. charged with the murder OF her
husband. Harry Sampson
Mrs. Allyn. who took the stand when
court opened has been i'll for some time
and spoke in a weak voice so that her
answers had to be repeated by thc pros
ecutor. She said the shooting took place
shortly after her husband had gone to
the railroad station. She heard Harry
SIMPSONS cry of cob, On" and ran into
the dining room.
''As Harry came in the dining room,
boJ folded
across his heart. | asked him what he
had done but he did not answer Mrs.
ALVIN said that her daughter then came
into the room and after looking at her
husband said: 1T can't be so. It can't
be So
Mrs. Allyn said Georgia and Harry had
some words the night before the shoot
ing Mrs. Allyn said she read to her hus-
band a letter which had caused trouble
between Georgia and Harry and she told
Georgia that Harry had said that 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 letter
Mrs Allyn testified that she told them
they ought to make up and live together.
She said she had burned the letter. The
letter was postmarked Niagara Falls, she
said, and was signed Robert Manson"
Mrs Allyn said she would give to the
best of her recollection the contents of
the letter In it she stated the writer
asked Georgia Sampson and a friend
named Mildred to come to Niagara Falls
and spend few days and have good
time. The mother said Georgia and her
husband had frequent quarrels.
| Referring to the shooting Mrs. Allyr
said she had an impre that wher
Harry staggered into the room he had {