Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-02
SON OF VICTIM
HERE AS FACTOR
IN MURDER CASE
A. Lee Chamberlain Brings
Word That Judge Cham
berlain Had Family.
WIFE NOW RESIDES
IN DES MONIES, IOWA
Couple Obtained Divorce Two
Years Ago on Grounds of
Incompatibility.
ASKS JUSTICE FOR ACCUSED
Though Prisoner Is Uncle, Young
Man VIII Not BE Swcrvcd
From Course.
ASKS JUSTICE FOR ACCUSED
Though Prisoner Is Uncle, Young
Man VIII Not BE Swcrvcd
From Course.

A now factor against DR.. Asa wynne
Chamberlain. accused of the murder tf
his brother. Judge Albert Putnam
Chamberlain In Goochland County on
Monday night. October 22. arrived in
Richmond last night In the person of
A. Loo Chamberlain, twenty-eight-
year-old son of the murdered man.
Young Chamberlnins arrival was tho
first int!mation local authorities had
that any member Of the dead mans
immediate family was in existence.
Tho son stated that his mother also
was living. and would have como TO
Richmond had her health permitted.
The son and his mother learned of
tho Erueaome tragedy enacted at his
fathers little home In the Goochland
hills from dispatches published in
newspapers at Des Moines. Iowa, their
home AT that time he was In Mis-
souri,. His mother wired him. and ha
hastened to Richmond at once. Last
night he conferred with Sheriff w. w.
Sydnor relative to what course he
should pursue In helping TO bring TO
Justice the slayer of his father. The
fact that his own uncle Is accused
does not deter the young man. though
nc wants the uncle treated fairly and
impartiaiiy.
JUDGE AND WIFE WE'RE
DIVORCED TWO YEARS AGO
The young man has not seen his
uncle aimee coming here. nor does DR..
Chamberlain get know OF his arrival.
Sheriff Sydnor Is obeyins instructions
TO the letter, and Will permit no one
other than officers and counsel for the
accugeJ 10 the nr{loner
The fact that the existence of himself
and his mother was unknown to Judge
Ciamberlain's friends in Goochland is
explained by Lee Chamberla ms state
ment last night that his father and
mother were cstransed. decree Of ab-
nolute divorce having been granted
about two years ago. The young man
was rettcent about this, but ne eK-
planned that the cause OF the divorce
was nothing TO reflect upon either
party to It, Inconapatbility OF tenn
per was, he said. largely responsible.
Judge Chamberlain was never elected
to q judgeship. his son stated. The title
was a gratuitous- one conferred by
friends after re was defeated by very
close margin In an election before the
son was born. The Judge. however. was
a man learned in the law and was for
thirty-seven years numbered among
the leading lawyers OF the Iowa bar.
lie was graduate OF the Iowa Agri-
cultural College and of the Drake Uni
versity of Law. He was also promi
nent as a railway promoter.
ASA CHAMBERLAIN HAS
BEEN CONVICTED IN IOWA
Loo Chamberlain does not know
much about his Uncle Asa beyond the
fact that he successfully practiced
medicine for many years at Stradford.
where he also conducted n drug store.
He stated that it was true tha, his
uncle had been convicted OF illegally
selling whisky at Stradford.
It was about the time OF the es-
arrangement between his father and
mother that his father came to vir-
Einia. young Chamberlain said. That
was about three years ago. Whether
or not that was the reason for the
judges coming to Goochland no would
not say.
The Des Moines Evening Tribune. a
copy OF which the son brought to Rich
mond with him, carried n story Tues
day Indicative Of the esteem In which
Judge Chamberlain was held there. The
story reads:
News OF the death of genial A. p.
(Jack) Chamberlain, whose dismem-
bered body was found in pieces In Elk
Hill, Va, came as a shock to thousands
of Des ,oines people who knew the
former attorney we'll.
ACTED AS ATTORNEY FOR
STREET RAILWAY COMPANY
His brother. DR.. A. w. Chamberlain
who is charged with the murder. also
lived here for time He is now held
in Henrico County jail to prevent
threatened lynching.
, "All evidence seems to point to as
eruesome tale as ever unfolded in the
} pages Of a novel a. p. Chamberlain.
; or Jack, as he was enown here. left
I Des Moines three years ago where he
1sd practiced law and acted as attor-
ney for the street railway company, Sc
curing the first right of way for. the
nne to ColfaX.
"His face was wreathed in smiles
as he said Eood-by to friends and de-
clared that he was going to settle
down In old Virginia and become real
Southern gentleman He left. happy
In dreams Of country estate which
he meant to establish with his phys-
clan brother.
murder, the former Des Moines at
torney's dismembered body having
been found In the yard of his brothers
home, hacked to pieces and buried
In post holes.
"Jack Chamberlain was sixty years
old. He was married. but during the
\ last year Of his residence here his wife
I obtained a decree of divorce. They