The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-06-10
SLAYER OF SISTER
TRIED ON MONDAY
Trial of r. w. Allnutt at
Rockville, Md, to Be a
Sensational One.
(Nauonal News Association,


Rockville, Md. June 10.-In the cir.
cult court here next Monday, Richard
w. Allnutt will be placed on trial for
the alleged murder of his sister, Mrs.
Valeria A. Veirs. He is also charged
with having murderously assaulted
his eighty-year-old mother. Mrs. Mar.
garet Allnut, and Miss Jane Rawlings
at the same time. Much interest is
evinced in the case in view of the ex.
IRENE atrocity of the deeds of which
the young man is accused and the
prominence of the family to which he
belongs.
The killing of Mrs. veirs and the at.
tacks on the other two women occur.
red on March IA, last at the home OF
Mrs. Margaret Allnutt near Dawson.
vile, this county. Several months be.
fore, Richard w. Allnutt had married
and after his marriage he and his wife
had boarded at the home of his broth.
er, Lawrence Allnut, at Jacksonville
For some time prior to the tragedy
differences had existed between Rich.
ard w. Allnutt and his mother and
sister. The mother, her widowed
daughter, Mrs. veirs, fifty-nine years
old. and Miss Rawlings, sixty years
old. occupied the old home. Richard
wished to bring his wife there and
aske for one-half of the house. TIC
this the women would not agree. They
thought the house not large enough
to accommodate all. Richard, how.
ever. took different view of the mat.
ter and brooded over his fancied
wrongs.
Although the favorite brother in the
eyes of Mrs. Veirs, much of Allnutt's
animosity was directed against her,
and when he went to the family home
on the morning of the tragedy, and
met her in the dining room, he was
seized with mania to STAY.
The man is alleged to have grabbed
the handle of pitchfork and vicious
ly attacked his sister, his aged mother
and the latter's old friend and COM
panion, Miss Rawlings. who happened
to be in the room. Mrs. Veirs's skull
was crushed. her face was battered,
and one arm was broken. She died
that night. Mrs. Allnutt and Miss
Rawlings were also painfully cut and
bruised about the head and face, and
for a week or more their condition
was critical, but they finally recover.
ed
Allnutt fled from the scene of the
crime to the home of his brother,
where he was arrested later in the day
and brought to Rockville, where he
has since been confined in jail. s*
The accused is forty-four years old
and a son of the late Nathan w. All
mutt, one of the leading lawyers OF
this section, and is the brother OF
Henry c. Allnutt. for many years regis
ter of wills Of the county. At the
coming trial every effort will be made
to prove that Richard was temporary
insane at the time he is alleged to
have murdered his sister. During
his confinement he has suffered from
extreme nervousness and is said to be
on the verge of complete breakdown
Several times he has been examined
by noted alienists.
Allnutt's bride Of few months has
remained steadfast in her loyalty to
him. His brother and other members
of his family are also standing by
him in his troubles. His aged mother
who is still suffering from the shock
of the murderous attack made upon
her displays the greatest compassion
for her son, and 1t is expected she
will do all in her power to have him
declared insane. .......