The Washington times., 1911-03-16
MOTHER AND BRIDE
LOYAL TO SLAYER
Parent and Wife Grieve for
Allnutt AS Other Rela-
tiveS Divide. y
LEARN QUARREL WAS .
OF LONG STANDING
Sister Whom He Killed With Pitch
fork Had Asked Officials
for Guard.

ROCKVILLE, Md. March 16-Divided
in their allegiance to Richard W. ALI
mutt, slayer of his sister, the Allnutts,
Byrds, and Darbys, branches Of the
same prominent Maryland family, gath
cred this morning at AlInutt manor, in
Jacksonville, when Mrs. Veleria W.
Veris was buried.
Mrs. Margaret AInutt, the eighty
year-old mother, while slightly better
this morning, is still in a critical con-
dition. Miss Jane Rawlings, the third
victim, also is in a serious condition.
Blows which were rained on her head
with the handle wrenched from a pitch
fork have formed a blood clot which
has paralyzed one entire side of her
body.
Start Inquiry.
States Attorney Bowie Waters this
morning began considering a mass of
testimony which he obtained yesterday
at the village where the killing was
done. He was accompanied there by
Police Justice Joseph Reading. Sheriff
Niett, of Montgomery county; First
Assistant Deputy Richard Z. Cissal,
and Albert Bouic, attorney for the ALI
mutt estate.
The trip was made with view to
holding an inquest, but the condition
of the injured women, 1t was thought,
was too serious to permit an investiga-
uon, and as there is no doubt as TO
who struck the women this formality
was dispensed with States ATTORNEY
Waters obtained first-hand statements
from all the immediae relatives, which
he will prepare for use when Allnutt is
given his preliminary hearing.
Court in Rockville convenes next Mon
ind,
enough the case will be pushed to a
conclusion and early trial then Allnutt
still maintains silence regarding his
deed. HIS visitors are few. Yesterday
his cousin. Frederick Allnutt. and his
wife, were the only ones who saw him
other than his attorney
Wife Steadfast.
Alnutt's bride of three months re-
mains steadfast in her loyalty to him.
She left DawsOnville shortly after the
tragedy. Early yesterday evening she
came to the Jail TO sit beside her silent
hus5and-he will not even discuss the
killing with her-through the night.
The wlfe's attitude is one of compass
sion, as is that of the aged wounded
mother. The latter thinks not of her
self. nor of her dead-only Of her boy
who dealt the blows. 'Oh what will
poor Richard do?" she constantly cries.
There is another of the family who
will stand by Richard, believing him
insane, He is Lawrence Allnutt, his
older brother. Other branches of the
family, though, are bitter toward the
man in the Rockville jail.
Pride of race is strong in the AIlnutts,
the Bvrds and the Darbys. That is why
they today stand divided, some for,
some against Richard. Their acres are
wide in the Blue Ridge foothiI coun-
try. Their men are men OF means
THE backbone of Montgomery county,"
said one man today, speaking of them.
They resent the notoriety and deplore
the tragedy which has fallen upon them.
Clinton Allnutt is registrar of wills
for Montgomery county. Lawrence ALL
mutt is a wealthy merchant in the
neighborhood of Jacksonville. Richard,
the one now in jail, was manager of the
rich 5O0-acre home farm at Dawson
VILE. Then there are the Allnutts who
are cousins of the bereaved family, and
the Byrds and Darbys, with whom they
have intermarried. until the tragedy at
the little Maryland town affects not one
family but group of families, and their
friends who are State wide.
In the old family manor, built of red
sandstone taken from the fields three
quarters Of a century ago, and where
Nathan Allnutt, the father, reared his
family of eight children within clear
day sight of the Sugar Loaf Peak.
the funeral party gathered this morning
The funeral was private. Yet, because
Ounce Orchard. DarnstOWn and Daw-
Sonvile is peopled by family connec-
tions Of the AllnuttS, many attended.
The Rev. Dr.. c. H. Waters, of Wash
ington, officiated.
GrUdge Was Old
II was learned today that the differ
enccs between Richard w. Allnutt and
his mother and sister were of much
longer standing and of a more serious
nature than first reported. More than
a month ago, his mother and sister ap-
nealed to Sheriff Welt, in Rockville, to
deputize a guard to remain at the house
constantly, TO protect them against
harm.
Their apprehension dated from the
first part of December. when, with
his marriage approaching, Richard de-
manded a greater division of profits
from his mother and sister A mem-
Der of the family said Yesterday that he
wished $50 an acre from the farm or
that his mother and sister take $40 an
acre, and give him the remainder.
The matter was taken to the courts.
and practically settled on Allnutt's
terms.
Mrs. Margaret Allnutt, her widowed
daughter, Mrs. Vers. ffty-nine years
old; Miss Rawlings, sixty years old,
and their white domestic, occupied tie
old home. Richard wished to bring his
wife there on April !, and wanted one
half of the house. To this the wgmen
would not agree. They thought the
house had sufficient occupants, and so
Richard. going to live with his brother.
Lawrence, brooded over his fancicd
wrongs Although the favorite brother
in the eyes of Mrs. Veris, much OF All
NUTS animosity was directed against
her, and when he went to the family
home Tuesday morning, and met her in
the dining room, he was seized with
mania to slay.