Bisbee daily review., 1909-02-25
WILL BE PLACED
 ON TRIAL APRIL 1
Mrs. Georgia Allyn SampSoni Charged With Murder,
 Passes Time Sewing

ROCHESTER,, N. r.. Feb. 2i.-ln
 the Wayne county jail at Lyons, pass
 ing the tedious hours in sewing and
 reading. Mrs. Georgia Allyn Sampson,
 daughter of Frank P. Allyn, wealthy
 Wayne county farmer, is silently
 Iwaiting the first of April, when she will be placed on trial for her life.- Mrs. Sampson has now been an in
 mate of the little jail for moge than
 three months and apparently has be-
 come recoRciled 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 consult with her al , most daily.
 The crime alleged to have been committed by Mrs. Sampson is the
 murder of her husband, Harry Samp-
 son, nephew of the late Admiral i Sampson. Sampson was shot on No
 yember at the Allyn farm. three
 miles from the village Of Macedon. He was found dead with Q bullet in his heart The theory of suicide, ad-
 vanced immediately, found support el until the discovery was made that the young mans right hand clasped sandwich when his body was found in the pantry of his fatherinlaw s house. He had been shot with his
 own rifle, but the rife was standing
 in it's accustomed corner about four
 feet from the dead man. These cir cumstances were regarded as sufi- cient to warrant the belief that SamD- son could not have held the rife him self, pulled the trigger with his right hand and then placed the weapon 'u the corner. because death had been almost instantaneous
 The house on the Allyn farm was arranged for two families, and Samp- s0n and his wife occupied one wing and the family of his fatherinlaW he other Early on the morning of the tragedy there was a quarrel be- tween Sampson and his wife over a letter which Mrs. Sampson had re- ceiyed from q Fairport man. Mir. AL
 Ign. the girls father, tried to adjust
 matters, but Sampson declared that
 he would leave his wife.
 Shortly after the quarrel he ran
 into the Allyn apartments with blood
 streaming from q bullet wound in his
 chest and fell dead at the feet of his
 mOther-in-law. There were no smoke
 stains or powder marks on hls breast or on either his inner or outer shirt. 8irs. Sampson ran Into the room e moment after he fell. She declared Lat she was in an upper room when she heard the shot.
 George X. Sampson, father of the
 young man, insisted from the first thak
 his son had been murdered. Al the Coroner's inquest the experts found
 that the bullet had defiected down. ward from the point of entrance at
 .hc heart, and that the weapon must have been held at least three feet
 from the body. The cOrOner's jury re
 turned 9 verdict that Sampson had come to his death from a gunshOt
 wound inflicted by his wife. The lat. Ger. pretty. viyaciOus and the belle of the community, was at once placed lnder arrest and lodged in jail.
 Owing to the wealth and social prominence of both the Sampson and Allyn families tho case has attracted the greatest attention and the indica- tions are that the trial will be one of the most notable in the records of wayne county. Two weeks ago Oc- cured the death of George Sampson, father of the young man allegsi to
 have been murdered. The elder
 Sampson was regarded as one of the states principal witnesses and there is considerable speculation as to the effect that his death may have on the trial. The defense will maintain that
 Harry Sampson committed suicide in .a fit of jealousy and the parents of the accused wife are expected to ap-
 pear as her principal witnesses. The prosecution probably will rely upon
 Albert II. Hamilton a noted gun ex-
 D p=rt of Auburn. as the most damaging
 witness against Mrs. Sampson.