The Washington herald., 1909-04-08


Lyons. n. z. April The trial Of Mrs.
Georgia Allyn Sampson. upon the charge
Of murder in the first degree, in shooting
TO death her husband, Harry Sampson,
at Macedon. on November 1 last. was
continued to-day.
Upon the witness stand appeared sue
cessively Mrs. Mary E. Allyn. mother of
the prisoner, followed by her husband,
Frank P. Allyn. the youngest son. Frank
S. Allyn, and Carl Allyn, another son.
AL gave strong testimony for the pris-
Oner.
Mrs. Mary 4. Allyn. the mother arose
from a sick bed, and at the risk Of her
life appeared on the stand She was 50
weak that she had TO be assisted TO the
witness chair.
Her voice was so weak that al times
Judge Rich had the answers read 10 him.
The prisoner. who up to this time had
been unaffected by the testimony. was
moved TO tears but quickly regained her
composure.
Upon starting for the witness stand. the
mother threw her arms around her
daughter and kissed her. The latter was
impasslve Upon leaving the stand she
again kissed her daughter. This time
the prisoner broke down and sobbed vio-
lently.
Hurried to Kitchen.
Referring to the Sunday morning of the
tragedy, Mrs. Allyn testified that she was
washing dishes. her youngest son wip-
ing them for her, when she heard
man scream. oh OH OH She start
ed for the room from whence the sound
proceeded, which was the Sampson
kitchen, accompanied by her son
After taking a few steps she met
Harry Sampson walking toward her, both
hands clasped over his heart. his outer
and inner shirt unbuttoned. He sank to
his knees. then fell over on his back un-
able 10 answer Mrs. Anyn's cry OF "Har-
ry. what have YOU dOne2 What have you
done2"
BY this witness The episode OF the let
ter which started the trouble came out.
This letter was written by Robert Man
son. of Niagara Falls. to Mrs. Sampson,
and invited her 10 come 70 Niagara Falls
in company with a mutual friend, Miss
Mildred ServOss. Of MacedOn.
Mr.. Manson was an invalid. and had
visited in MaCedOn- He had visited the
Allyn-Sampson home. IN company with
Miss ServOss. upon an occasion
At that time. Harry Sampson kitched
UP the horse for his wife. and helped
his wife Mr.. Manson. and Miss ServOss
into the buggy as his wife took them
home. He made no objection 10 that.
n this letter. Mr. Manson promised the
girls a good time
Gets Hold of Letter.
On the day preceding the tragedy
while his wife was absent in Rochester
on a visit. Harry Sampson got hold Of
the letter. It made him boiling mad.
He showed it TO his er-in-law. who
read it to her husband. Later when
the wife returned from Rochester, Harry
took the matter up with her. at which
she replied:
why. Harry. YOU know all about that
letter You know I had il for a long
time"
At this Harry turned to his mother
in-law. and said
We'll, mother. believe what you have
mind 10"
A day OF two after the tragedy Mrs.
Allyn burned the letter.
AS TO Harry Sampson having a pack
age Of cheese in his hands when he stag
gered into the room. Mrs. Allyn said.
i thought he had the cheese in his
hands but 7 don't know. Now 1 am
doubtful about It."
Had Usual Quarrel.
When asked If Harry and his wife did
not have many quarrels during the pre-
vious year. she replied that they had no
more spats than ordinary.
When cross-examined she said that she
went out. got towel wrung II out. and
laid It over the wound in Harry's breast
Her daughter sat on the floor. holding
her dead husbands head, kissing him.
and mourning: TT cannot be; it cannot
be"
The morning Of the shooting the mother
heard the quarrel renewed in the Samp-
son part Of the house and attempted 70
settle the trouble.
Harry said: There is no use trying 10
settle this matter. cannot stand II any
longer"
Frank Allyn. brother Of the prisoner,
was the next witness. He corrnborated
the testimony Of his mother. and testified
that he heard his sister upstairs moving
around before the shooting.
The father. Frank p. Allyn. narrated
how his son-in-law, commenting on the
matter the night previous TO the tragedy.
had said:
IT'S 20 use. III not live with her
any longer. I viii take my life first"
On the following morning. hearing
Sampson still quarreling with his wife,
the witness said
i beg you, out OF respect TO ma, to
drop the matter until I return rom the
railroad station
At this the prisoner said to her father.
Harry knew all about the letter all
the time"
The father drove of with his load of
milk.
In less than a half hour he was tele-
phoned 10 at Macedon, to come home
that something awful had happened.
He returned and found his son-in-law
dead, shot through the heart
Left Rifle in WOOdshed.
John E. Bert. occupant OF a house in
The Allyn farm, testified that he was the
first outsider at the scene Of the tragedy
He had been there earlier and left his
rifle in the woodshed for the Allyn boys
It was his rife from which the fatal
bullet was fired
When he was summoned after the
shooting, the rife was under the tele-
phone. close TO the door leading upstairs
where Georgia had gone at the request OF
her father.
On the floor nearby laid yard stick
This was a fact Of which the district al
tofney was ignorant and the Witness was