The Washington times., 1917-11-08
ACCUSED DOCTOR
PREDICTED SUICIDE
Of HIS BROTHER

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admitted that the doctor really paid
ever the money.
1--WE will show that the cTumpled
IS bill found lying, on the floor OF the
judges home following the murder
was placed there by the doctor, who
sought 70 convey the impression that
some one had entered the place and
attempted to steal the $1,000 he
claims lie paid the judge. In making
their getaway, the doctor would have
US believe that the bill was lost.
The doctor was sore because his
brother sued him for the money.
which he had determined he would
not pay. Knowing that his wife
wound not submit to doing away with
the Judge. he put her on train, told
her to go home, and that he would
follow later.
BIuned Into Signing Receipt.
leaving the railroad station, he
drove to the judges home, and there
blufred him into signing a receipt
for the money. The receipt could
have been obtained in one Of several
ways. He no doubt said: Wen, I'm
here to settle that debt Whereupon
the Judge wrote the receipt No sooner
was that done than the doctor raised
his heavy walking cane and rendered
the old Judge unconscious. He then
placed him in his one-horse wagon
and drove to his own home at sunny
side Farm.
I'VE will show that two weeks be-
fore the murder the doctor dug the
post holes to receive parts of the
body; that It was not a sudden At OF
insanity that caused him to dismem-
ber the body. and hide the parts under
the posts"
Mr.. wendenburg declared it would
Hot be necessary for the Common
wealth to enter into a discussion Of
why, the doctor dug two holes, one
five and the other six feet deep, in
his stable. The theory OF those who
have visited the scene Is that the mpr-
derer first conceived the idea OF bury
ing the body in the stable. Why he
changed his plans no one but the
murderer knows.
Recalls Famous Case.
In offering testimony by two wit
nesses. who claim to have overheard
DR.. Chamberlain, previous to the muir
der. state. that "the judge is very
Respondent and I'look for him to COM
NIT suicide at almost any time" the
CoRmonwealth will recall the famous
Nicholns-Mills case, which stirred this
section twenty-five years ago.
Commonwealth Attorney A. Y. Mon
teiro pointed out to The Times rep
resentstive that Nicholas shortly be-
fore the death of Mills stated in the
presence of others that Mills is
sick man. He has heart failure, and
is liable to drop away at almost any
hour"
nicholas was convicted Of the muir
der OF the man Mills on circumstan-
tial evidence. and his previous remark
as TO the probability OF sudden death
was admitted in court as material
said Attorney Monterio. with that
case as q precedent the alleged
statements OF DR.. Chamberlain Will
certainly have their weight"
In the case in question: NicheIas,
after asserting that Mills was liable
to fall a victim, OF heart failure,
overheard Mills state that he could
not swim. A few hours later he ask
ed Mills and a man named Wilkinson,
who also admitted his inability to
EwiIn, to accompany him across the
James river. in q small rowboat to
rob bee tree he claimed to be there
When the boat reached the center
or the river. Nicholas pulled corks
from two suger holes he had put in
rhe bottom and the craft sank. Nicho-
las swan to the shore while Mills and
Wilkinson perished,
II was brought cut in the trial OF
the case that no Bee tree. existed in
the locality as claimed by Nicholas
Occupies BeattIe Cell.
Harry Al, Smith. r.. Richmond at
torney, who, as counsel for Henry |
Clay Beattie. faced Attorney l.. o. |
WendenburE, is in daily conference |
with Or. Chamberlain at the Henrico |
county jail, where he is confined in |
the same cell as that occupied by /
Besttie.
Mr.. Smith refuses to discuss the /
case or give any hint as to what de I