The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-01
DAYS EVIDENCE
DEALS HARSHlY
WITH DEFENDANT
lConlL led t'ron First ratel

,tontn ed From First Paee)
/ is to be introduced in an attempt to
show that Victor Hairs bed was
drcnched in blood after the murder
which. IL true. viii prove that lie was
not shot when he went to answer the
! strange knocking on the door Lou
/ pendleton. colorcd, who was once en-
F., ployed by Mrs. Hall as washcrwom-
! an. testified this afternoon that she
had seen Mrs Halls bed frcoucntiy and
that she had never seen on il an, I'M
cased bolster. The bolster on which
| Victor Halls head rested while he was
/ dying MAS uncascd.
Standing room in the court 10 day
was at premium one woman came
with her baby. The baby, fortunate
ly. appeared Interested in the proceed :
| inCs and sucked its thumb cont"ntcdly.
| Court officers surrendered their seats
! TO other women. ana still others 81 the
f; summer visitcrs crowded closely about
the jury box. ONLY once was there Il
show Of disturbance. and that was
! when Lindsay Gordon mildly badgcrcd
the witness Lula Penllcton. y litter
ran through the court, but quickly
subsidized when Judge Shackclford
| threatened TO clear the room.
! COURT ADMITS EVIDENCE:
I RELATING TO FIRE
.iftcn an hours argument before
| Judge Sndckciford this morning. the
court decided that the evidence relai-
| ing TO tn" ire discovered I'm the psENtry
! OF the Hall home ten minutes after
/, Mrs Hall left or the afternoon 0f her
! arrest. VAS admissible.
Dr. T NJ Taylor was recalled 10 the
| stand. re was asked whether Victor
I Hall could have Inflicted the wound
/ from which liz died.
( II don, thui; ne could have" tho
witness replied,
GLOW could ne have received the
! briis" over MS LET, eye asked iir
: i"rjou.
I "Erhcr by q bIow or g Gall We
s"iI uat there were two distinct in
/ jurics
pr T. l.. Banks Then came to the
! stand. RE MAS called to attend Vic
tor Hall by Mr. Woody. and arrived
q, 7:5t o'clock, ana Hall was dying
ihcn. He wen, into Mrs. Hairs sit
/ ting-rootu. and he asked her how the
+. shooting occurred. She told him the
7 sar1e story about Victor going to the
door and being shot; Or Banks said
. that Itall would have moved from tho
momentum If moving when ne was
shot. and wo,hd have fallen face for
ward. IL standing still he would have
I fallen in his tracks.
What was Mrs Halls demcanor?''
she was more distressed thai,
.;,icvcd. She was more composed than
the others" Witness did not think
himself
'Would the blood have ypat,cree
from such Il wound" askedla juror
1T would depend ON circumstances
and the disposition OF tho a~t"rics in
, III" head" said DR.. hanks
/ Prompted hv Mrs. Hall. Nj. Gordon
asked the witness whether she said
/ ~ OF we heard the Knocking at
the door DR. Baukss impression was
thar she told him that Victor said II
was his father AT the door. The prose
! cution is attempting 20 prove that, on
| account OF her car trouble. Mrs Hall
/ could not have heard q knock on the
+. door.
Il G. Macitay. /, Piukcrton detective
i'was summoned TO the stand He said
I lac wat ordered hy tho agency to meet
+ Stcrlin" Hall on April Is lie meas
. nre1 tn. distance from tho counters in
! tho iiall store TO the door lie found
! two Other pistols on the premises. and
! then saw Nictor's pistol which hc
! identified He real u the court the
! statement made to him by Airs l!,,ll
which narrated much abou, her early
/ lie and her marriage To ASA punku1n
/ which. she said. was very happy She
! married Victor Hall when she was
! thirty-ciCht and he twenty five. on
/ the night Of the fire Victor said TO his
| wife that they had better help Dunlum
| by taking him IN their store, and Mrs
| Iisili Sdlu tn1t she ana victor were
! getting on we'll together that it
| would not he wise. Mrs Hall told him
| practicallN the same story about the
! shooting she had told the others. She
said that Dunkum was very excited
! when he came in.
! THOUGHT INV POOLING
WHE0 HE TtI.kED OF LOVE
In referring IL her marriage. Mrs
| Hall said tina; she thought at first
/ Victor was foolinS her when he smoke
Of love. but that when She found out
that. ne really did love her she loved
| hin; with all her heart She said they
J were very happy. together. that tncy
/ were not Jealous of each other. And
ithat hc was kind to her children
! Witness said that Mrs. Hall told him
/ that If II HAD been her first husband
| who was shot. she would have gone
| right to iail without question; that
/ size knew shc was suspected.
| Shc told tho detective OH April o.
that Mr.. Scott had accused her OF the
murder. She said to him: What
would he my motive in killing Vic
ON April 20. Mackay said he asked
! Mrs Hall If she thought Victor had
killed himself. and she replied that il
| Elsie Wood had not been positive that
she took the gun from the bureau
drawer. she would have thought that
he did commit, suicide. as he said when
| feeling unwcll that he did not think
H. would live long.
Mackay said he weighted tls bullet
taken from Nictor's head. aud that it
weighed l3S grains. y bullet extract
ed from Victors, pistol ,weghtcd 40
4 grains. He found some lubricant still
on the bullet which killed NictoT
The witness said chat :S2%aiibfc
| bullet weighs eighty three grains.
hfty-iive grains less than the bullet
| taken from Hairs head
| ON cross examination, dlc said that
! Mrs. Hall signed All agreement 10 pay
him the agcncy's rate Of s. a day in
the employment OF The detective by
| the Hall estate.
| \ lavish Iovc-lettcr. written by Vic
F! tor to his wife several years ago. was
most affe:tionatc tcrma Hall telling
heaven. The letter VAS undated. IL
Is supposed TO have been written when
Mrs. Han was In Richmond.
! Mackay testified that Mrs. Hall call
cd the investigation off.
| g. w. Scott. OF the State Insurance
Bureau. was called. Mrs. Hall told him
that after the hre Victor beard II