The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-27
TRIAL OF MRS. VICTOR HALL
WILL BEGIN TOMORROW
Louisa Woman, Charged With MUIR
der OF Her Husband, to
Face Jury.
MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES
Crime Committed Oh Night DunlSum
Store Was Burned-Other Fires
Follow, Hall Home Being In
FLAMES While Grand JURY Sat. j.


The trial of Mrs Victor Hail. indicted
on II charge Of numbering her husba u IA
on the morning Of April IL in thcij
store at Green Spring Station, LouisaH
County. Will begin AT Louisa Courthouse
tomorrow morning, with Judge Gcorye1
= Shackelford on the bench.
The crime is so involved in surrounds
ing circumstances that 1t is one OF thc
most mysterious in the criminal an
nails OF the state. and. connected as id
apparently is with two fires OF ncen
diary origin and a third attempt AT ar
son. OF aroused Louisa County to "A
nigh pitch OF excitement before ,hei
arrest Of ny indicted woman h
few hours before Victor Hall wa.1
shot and killed In his own store. ;hd
store of w. x. DunlSum just across md
road from the Hall store was burrcr
to\thc ground. Victor lI.til aroused
from sick bed. went to the assistnnc,
81 his ncighbor and friend. and. aft
seeing that efforts to cxtinguish ia, +
blaze were useless returned to nh
store. which is also the Hall dwelling
\ few hours later he was found dead
behind the counter in his store q bullc
in his head, ana the body lying witiH
the head near his bedroom door
BLAMEs MURDER on
MIDNIGHT INTRUDEF
Mrs. Hall stated that she believed
that her husband was murdered hy q,
intruder. According TO her story. sind
raised his head up ana placed a pillow
beneath It, and then called Miss Essi.
Wood. . young school teacher. who
boarded with her. ana who had q room
upstairs. MISS Wood and Mrs. Han
TWO young daughters. children oil he
FIRST husband, Il brother OF w H. Dun
KUN, ram downstairs, and Miss WOO,
said that she got a revolver from
drawer in Victor Halls room for pro
lection IN case Of the return OF tn
supposed intruder Miss Wood state,
! that opc OF ;he chambers In the re Is
vplver was empty. and when lestIfvini
before the grand jury said that sh
was in the habit OF carrying the re
NoiEcr sometimes. and that she believe,
| size had fired IL once when shootin;s
at Il railroad mile post.
y few days later the Chesapeake an,
Ohjo station, II, which W. r. DuukuI
had stored some OF his mcrchandis,
and which he was using as IL temporar
store. twas fired and burned TO IN
ground II was said that Mrs. Had
! had on tho day before tho tire cause
| merchandise consigned to her 10 be re
! moved from the station to her stor,
=
intense rivalry between Mrs Hall an
her brother in-law by her first mari
rage, and the finger Of suspicion wa
raised towards her
GRAND JURY HEARS
MANY WIrNESsE
People clamored for an arrest, I'm
The county authorities, detectives a
me Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Com
panN's secret service, Pinkcrton dctco6
ff l,.aS
ancc Bureau went To the scene ana be
gan an exhaustive Investigation of tn
circumstances on which to take actor
y special grand jury was summoned
and sat for several days examining nj
mcrous witnesses. before coming TO
conclusion. AS the grand jury wa
about 10 complete it's work on tn
fourth day OF investigation. informatio
came from Green Spring Mat an al
! tempt had been made TO burn dow
the Hall store Armed men watchin
the place noticed that the fire brola
out Few minutes after Mrs. Hall les
the store 10 go 10 the home of hd
parents-in-l law. who have steadily il
sisted that she is innicent. Mrs Ha
was the last TO leave the store.
The sheriff and posse FASTENED
Green Spring Station. and Mrs. Ha
was arrested on the charge Of havin
murdered her husband. She took tn
arrest calmly enough, but her young
est daughter collapsed. Judge ShackU
elford gave the prisoner prcliminar
hearing. and agreed to allow Mrs Ha
TO spend the uiGht In the hotel in Gus
tody of the sheriff and n deputy.
ACCUSED WOMAN
ADMITTED TO BAI
Attorney X. Lindsey Gordon WAS en-
gagged to represent Mrs. Hall, and q
the following morning she was baileI
with the proviso that she leave Louis H.
County until her trial. Permission VIZ
granted her, however, that she cou{
return on occasion TO consult her couli
sci.
Mrs. Hall spent some time in Ricil
mond with relatives on Vcnablc Stree
and afterwards went to Buclineha
County and to Charlottesville She
now in Louisa.
/ The case has attracted much atter
ton, and people from all over the couit
ty Will he present at the proccedings
Mrs. Hall will be represented by Col
don & Gordon. and Attorney NJ j. Ful
ton. of Richmond. has been employtj
TO assist Commemorative Attorn,i
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