The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-07


a deep knowledr" Of th. fundamentals
of iIw. and is raGcd ia this part Of the
state as ON" Of thc prufOundest expo
ueuts OF law at tho bar.
COZ HTuoOM TiIHONGED
Bi GREAT GROW -
Under mis1uprohcnsion that the
cas-, would bc finished this afternoon.
The courtroom TODAY was througcd
Win the largest crowd which has yet
gained entrance SO anxious were
many people to keep their seats that
they remained ia the courtroom dur
ing recess ana muuchcd their dry
lunches. pthcrs picuickcd on the
courthouse grounds. and while waitin.
Tor court to op"u again, played mum
blcpes on The sward Still others
snapped jokes aud told stories and
discussed tho evidence i'm the trial. one
man said that the Hall trial remind
cd him of a cas-" ia which the jury.
S.id that u was ready with the Vcr-
dict immediately after the prosecu-
tion had finished Wait" said the
judge until YOU hear from tho other
side After the defense had finished the
jury said. NOV. arc ready with
the other verdict" Prophecy among
the villagers has 1t that the trial will
result in q hung jury. There Is some
n"-moncY betting that il will result
IN conviction or a hung jury, while &
few others prophesy acquittai or e
hung jury. one is given q wide free
dom Of choice with the uniinauccd
betting even.
Several men who had come Vcstcr
day from the rcmot. parts OF the coun-
" slept in the courthouse last night.
coats as Il pillow. They are preparing
10 remain again Tonight
Tho cross examination OF Mrs IIali
this morning lasted less than an hour.
and there was some surprise that che
was not examined at greater
length. In all the main essentials She
Was not shaken. and she adhered. with
out noticeable variation. to her orig
iual story OF the murder. She was
again calm and self possessed when
she walked to the stand and answered
all tho questions put 10 her without
hesitancy. utter she had left the
chair and THE jury had been excused
Attorney HIN Carter attempted to
have introduced before the court evil
dcnce to show that commemorative
Attorney Eibb had been hostile TO the
defendant when ne interviewed her af
ter the murder. and that he suspected
her then. ana then after the coroncr's
inquest Of being her husbands muir
dercss. on objection by Mr.. Fulton,
the court overrulcd Mr.. Carter, and
the defense noted an exception.
On cross examination. Mrs Hall do
MED tina, she had told Mrs. Alex Chcwn-
ing that Victor had drunk up all the
whiskey in tho house on the day be-
fore the murder. and that she had 10
send out TO get some for herself on
the day after the crime. She said, too.
that she did not know whether there
We're any drugs in the stock OF the
store. Asked whether she had not told
George Trainham that she left the store
locked and the pantry window nailed
down when she went away from the
store on the day of the pantry fire.
She replied that she may have told him
she put a nail in the pantry blind.
She stated that she had received $1,000
insurance after Nictors death, and
that she paid Sl9i for the services Of
detectives.
TO TELL ONLY THE TRUTH
As 10 the charge that she had sent
n message by Mr.. Peers to Andrew
Flanagan 10 ask him TO see Miss
Wood and ask her 10 change her state
meat before the grand jury. Mrs. Hall
said that she had heard that Miss Wood
vas going to say that il was ten min
utes before she came downstairs after
hearing the shot. and that the witness
did not think II WAS that long All
"d'.ted her TO do she said. was TO
tell the truth" Mrs Hall said that she
had sold her share in the store 10 Vic
tor HALL but that the transaction had
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