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dark It is one that would test The nerve
OF the bravest It Is mostly q jungle
swamp with not a sign Of human habi-
tation along the entire route.
The wagon containing the body and
fodder was left behind a stack Of tim
Der so that It was obseured from any
one who might have stood at q window
in the house. Louisa Boatwright, the
negro cook. claims that she saw the
wagon and fodder as she waited for the
doctor to come in to supper.
When the doctor arrived home that
night, according to the negro woman. It
was $40 o'clock, he asked why she had
waited for him He ate little, she testi-
fed. and. telling her to go home. fol-
lowered her TO the front porch and
watched her until she was out OF sight.
something he had never been known
to do.
A trail of blood was found lead
ing from an upstairs room Of the doc
tors home out on the back porch.
down the steps and out into the yard
in the direction Of the ice pit, where
the torso was found.
,' Dug Holes Deeper.
The Boatwright woman testified
before the coroner's jury that two
weeks before the day Of the murder
the doctor had been removing the
posts of the old barbed wire fence
and digging the holes eighteen inches
to two feet deeper, and then replac-
ing the posts.
On the morning following the muir
der. the doctor was up and stirring
when she came In to prepare his
breakfast He told her. she says.
that he had been "ramming down
those posts" and said he had already
had breakfast
During the cay he went to his bed
room, pulled down the shades and
slept, contrary to his custom.
Magistrate Houchens. who Is pre-
pairing the evidence for the State to
lay before the grand jury, and, In
the event of an indictment, to use
in the formal prosecution, states that
Alexander Knox, a negro deaf-mute,
who had been doing work at the
home of the murdered man, and just
before his death was there in the ca
pacity OF a servant, has furnished
him with remarkable evidence.
Several days after the crime was
committed Knox. who is familiar
character in the county and possesses
powers of observation that are un-
canny, went to see the magistrate.
and by means OF signs with his
hands, eyes, and body, told how he
had looked through the window and
seen the doctor approaching in the
dead" wagon. He warned the
Judge" that the doctor was coming,
and then, fearing trouble, indicated
by signs that he made off and did
not return until the following day.
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.SUNNYSLDE FARM
TRAGEDY, CLIMAX
OFLONG MYSTERY

CONTINUED from First Page.)
the doctors home. Goochland county
was all upset when it was announced
that the child-wife had left the doctor
and returned TO her home in the
West. Separations OF this nature are
not counte1Snced by the folk of
Goochland county. The days passed
by and early in the summer the wife
returned-there was a reconciliation.
Doctor DIsIIked.
The doctor failed, however. to win
the confidence and respect of his
neighbors. His Ill-treatment Of his
brother, who was without an enemy
in the county, created q dislike in the
hearts Of those who knew. They
were enraged when they learned that
the doctor had driven his brother
from Sunnyside farm.
The old lawyer, sIxty-four years
old, moved his household effects to
the home of Herbert Hodges, nearly
two miles distant, and after a few
days established himself in a nearby
barn. In some way he borrowed $500,
and with the aid OF Aubrey Boat
wright, a negro, he began the erec-
tion, on a four-acre plot, four miles
from SunnyBide farm, OF a two-room
shack, thirty feet in depth and OF
eighteen feet frontage.
Friends assisted in many ways and
when the cabin was sufficiently near
completion for occupancy more than
one farmer contributed of his pantry
to stock the larder of the aged attor-
ney. Judge" Chamberlain took up
his abode in the cabin, doing his own
cooking and washing and tending his
little corn crop of a couple Of acres.
wife Goes Away.
On Monday afternoon, October %.
last, DR.. Chamberlain took his young
wife to Irwin station, placed her on
a train and said he hoped to Join her
in the West in a week. He drove
away in a single horse wagon. owned
by his negro cook, Louisa Boat
wright
At o'clock that evening. he was
seen by the glow of a light near the
window in his brothers home. Fun
der" Britt, a negro who lived a short
distance from the Judge, and was
his only near neighbor, saw this lamp
burning at 10 o'clock and remarke ed
to his wife that the judge didn't
usually stay up that late.
On the following morning Britt
called At Judge" QhamberIain's
home. He returned, telling his wife
that he had failed to get a response
after calling for the Judge" Britt
concluded the Judge" was on hunt
ing.
On Wednesday Britt, greatly wor-
rIed, gave wings to the message that
the old man was missing. With other
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crime could not have been commit
ted by one other than q surgeon The
body was cut with deliberate pre-
cision, not striking a bone, but dis
secting the arms and limbs after the
fashion OF a skilled surgeon, he said.
The hacksaw with which the MUIR
dered mans head, arms and limbs
were severed from the body. the knife
which was used in the dissection and
other instruments, II any, Of the
murderer, are probably buried.
Testimony brought out at the In
quest, which concluded snortlv after
midnight and resulted in a verdict
that the old man came 10 his death
at the hands Of his brother. pr. Asa
w. Chamberlain. caused the State to
hold to the following theory:
There was i'll feeling between DIR.
Chamberlain and his brother because
he had sued the doctor in the GooCh-
land circuit court for 81 400 alleged
to be due the Judge" for improve
ments he had made on the farm
which he owned Jointly with the doc
tor. #
After placing his wife on the train
with a ticket for Kearney, Neb..
where she later arrived safely, the
doctor drove to the home OF his. broth
er and found him sitting in the front
room OF his little home reading by a
large table which was in the center
of a circle OF sectional bookcases fill
ed with law books and classics.
The old man, according to the
States theory, was preparing to
light his pipe. when his brother
walked in. He laid down the pipe
and was told by the doctor that it
was time to settle their dispute, since
an arbitration board had already de-
cided in favor Of the Judge" The
doctor thereupon rendered his broth
er, 81 ,200O in settlement Of the debt.
What followed has not been definitely
learned. and may always remain a mys-
terry. Officials believe the Judge was
killed by a blow on the head. The old
man could not see well. II would have
been easy to have taken him unawares.
Officials contend the body was rendered
lfeless in some manner before being
removed from the cabin TO the wagon
which had been left waiting outside.
Placed thereon. it was covered with
corn fodder which was taken from the
murdered mans cornfield at the rear Of
the house. Thereby suspicion was
avoided.
Drove Down Road.
Driving away with the body. the mur-
derer. according TO the States theory.
proceeded down Three-Square road 10
Or. Chamberlain's home.
The route from the murdered mans
TO the doctors home, distance Of four
miles, even in the broad daylight, is not
conductive to peace OF mind. After
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death are brought to justice. While
circumstantial evidence points to his
own uncle as being guilty, he says
he has no desire to persecute nor
prosecute him unless he is proven
guilty.
jail IL Insecure.
Because OF the fact that the Gooch-
land jail IS insecure, Dr. Chamberlain.
who Is held on an accusation from Q
magistrates court. has been trans
ferred to the Henrico county jail
Gooehland county citizens resent the
charge that the removal was made
as a precaution against a lynehing.
They feel that their county has been
outraged and community pride has
forced them to. take every step pos
sible to make amends and not bring
on themselves further shame.
The grand jury of Goochland eoun-
ty does not convene until next month
and the doctor viii not be arraigned
until that time.
The only line Of defense, It IL said
BY attorneys. that can be offered tol-
lowing the disclosure Of such q chain
of circumstantia1 evidence against the
man. il that of insanity. Sentiment
Is almost solidly against the doctor
anu II IS prODaDio I1AL = CnAnEe soI
venue will be asked II he Is indicted
and brought up for trial
An effort has been made to secure
the services OF Harry n. Smith, ecun-
sci for Henry Clay Beattis. electro
cuted for wife murder In Chesterdsld.
Mr.. Smith, however, has not stated
whether he will take the case. Cham
berlain Is now incarcerated in the
same cell that was occupied By Beat
tie following the murder Of ArA Beat
tie In July, 7011. - H--T-1ss s1ssE -
The case viii be tried in ths' "a,
nous old courthouse at Gooehiand.
the .eountyseat around awhieh thsre -
much historical romance There rs
on nIe In the courthouse there the
bond for marriage made by Peter Jet
ferson, father of Thomas, second
President of the. United States In
those days the law required that the
groom give bond before q license 90
marry was Issued The bride. IN this
case was a Miss Randolph. daughter
OF Isom Randolph. Of Dungeness.
In the courtyard there standg q
on the spot where there
stood, until It was blown down 6y
storm some years ago, an oak tree
under which General Lafayette uado
an address to- Colonial gathering
during the Revolution.
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farmers they called in Magistrate A.
]. Houchens and forced an entrance
to the cabin.
Money On Floor.
Britt found IS bill on the floor. Il
had been crumpled and partially mu-
tiIAted. A pipe, fresh-filled with to-
bacco from q hAlf-nlled pouch on the
table, was found, Indicating that the
missing man had evidently been pre-
pairing to smoke.
Magistrate Houchens and his party
Immediately called at the Doctors
home, since the doctor was the logical
one TO be concerned for the welfare
of his kinsman, who had not been
seen in three days.
DR.. Chamberlain assured the magis-
trate that his brother was en- route
to Wyoming to look after some oil
interests. The doctor further vouch-
safed the information that he had
paid his brother $1,000 in settlement
Of disputed account, and exhibited q
receipt.
when my brother and I parted at
his home, he was dressed In q gray
suit" DR.. Chamberlain told the party.
Upon instituting a search the gray
suit was found. but a pair Of oversfls
was missing. This further aroused
the suspicious Of the magistrate.
Telephone calls to nearby railroad
stations brought the response that
Judge" Chamberlain had not taken q
train.
Stains On Coat.
Stains noted on one of DR.. Cham
berIain's coats brought on him some
rather pertinent questions from the
magistrate. The doctors explanation
was that he had been dlsinfecting a
hogpen.
BY Thursday the whole county was
in a furore. Nothing OF the kind had
ever occurred there before.
The missing mans brother had re-
fused to aid in the search Upon de-
mands of the incensed people Magis-
trats Houchens placed the doctor
under arrest and held him, pending
an investigation.
Searching parties were organized;
scores of farmers, who were suffer-
ing because of a shortage Of labor,
sacrificed their own interests by
leaving their WORK and devOting their
entire time to the search that last
ed five days. In the belief that the
old man had met with foul play the
farmers proceeded to drag White
Hall creek and a number OF smaller
streams and scour the netghboring
woodland.
Day after day and night after
night the search continued, the farm
ers becoming more embittered each
day. The search proved fruitless
until Sunday afternoon, when q set
Ter dog furnished q clue.
The dog halted and paved the
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ground at some soft earth where an
ice-house twenty yards from the
doctors house, formerly was located.
Searchers took the cue, and, thrust
ing a stick into the earth, were forced
back by a foul oder. When the stick
was withdrawn, there clung to il a
small piece OF cloth and a bit OF
flesh.
Covered with Leaves.
One hundred excited men gathered
about as spades were put to work
digging up the ground which was
found to be newly narrowed and COW
cred with leaves to hide the crime.
The torso OF q human being was
uneArthed.
Thereupon the farmers. white and
colored, began q search of every nook
and corner, every hill, every mound.
Nothing finally was left but the row
OF posts that had been put up for a
barbed wire fence.
One OF the negroes chsnced to lean
against one of the posts-it moved
slightly under the weight of hin
body. He called to Magistrate Houch-
ems and together they began digging.
When finally the first post was lift
ed from the hole, there was clinging
to It a human arm which had been
placed IN the hole and then driven
deeper by the post.
This discovery caused all hands to
begin uprooting the posts and under
each was found some part OF the
body of a human being. In one hole
was found the heart in twain, in
another a leg, and in others more OF
the vital organs.
Well Preserved.
Under the sixth post removed was
found the head, which was imme-
diately recognized by every one as
being that OF the missing man. It
was in a remarkably good state OF
preservation. which led to the belief
that 1t had been treated with chemi-
calls OF some kind.
1t was not until the following day
that attention was called to the fact
that the dead mans right eye was
gone. Intimate friends then made
known the fact that the right optic
was glass eye. 1t Is the theory that
the murderer removed the eye to pre-
vent Identification OF the head in the
event IT was found in later years.
The stomach of the victim has not
been recovered. Search for II con
tinues, for il may throw more light
on the theory held by some that the
Judge" was poisoned.
No cOroneT's jury IN the history OF
Virginia has yet held an inquest un-
der such circumstances as were faced
by the jury empaneled at 10 o'clock
last Sunday night by Coroner l.. X.
LAake, say the officials.
The jury formed a circle about
galvanized bathtub in which had
been placed the mutilated body.
People Gather.
Several hundred people from the
excited countryside gathered at the
doctors home, some peering with
horror at the sight OF the remains
of the murdered man, others taking
precautions not to view them. They
were content TO overhear through a
window the unraveling OF a story
more shocking in its details than any
they had ever read or heard.
DR.. ]. ]. Anderson testified that the
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an inexpensive way to buy
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invest your money.
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Ours is NOT a "Pay-as-
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you clothed in the most up
to-date styles
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-07-30
Y. vi. c. A. TO CARE
FOR SOLDIERS
READING MATTER

NEW YORK. July 2s.-The M
tional War Work council OF the Y
" C.. A. announced today II would
act a. the clearing house Of liter.
aiure for Americas Samples in
France. responding 20 NM Gen
Pershing's appeal for reading mat.
tor for his soldiers. rs carried yes
terday by tho United Pres9.
\ concentration depot Tor Assem-
bly, Of books. magazines and papers.
has been established ~ he New
York public library There. accord
INK 70 Perahing's request. the mat.
ter which The American people MAY
contribute FOR tho Sammies reading
will be carefully sorted aud old %
unsuitable printing rejected.
The committee announced It's
opening % headquarters at 1874 East
7 9enty. eigh'h.st. where readinr
matter may be sent. The packages
should be labeled For American
Overseas Forces
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-07-30
The Confessions of a Wife
Poverty Has No Friends.

iuue inr Tho eyes lost theit
sparkle and became almost OPAQUE
in their efforts 20 tell no tales. rhs
raised hat disclosed patches ~ white
at the temples
Are YOU Nf Arthur's fatherr
asked
"mstantly shade passed over me
stu handsome face and he answered
No. POOR little rich girl am afraid
ann no relation 90 that Arthur y'u
knew So many years ago, Yet Z 80.
inhabit his body and answer 10 MS
name.
II held out my hand You sun
have ar lerstanlinK he said as ~
grasped u. 'hut in some ways Nou
too hnNe changed
81 have changed MT Arthur
said. using the childish nawo had
always callod tim lam no longer
q poor little rich girl am only
poor littlo poor girl herrft ot tina
dear father mother. friends and for
tune that were mine when you saw
me last
lie looked At me moment and
then asked, Are YOU travelling aloner
"'Yes
silence again. Then he lifted his
hat formally ana said Goodbye. Miss
Newton.
Il fslt tho tears smart my eyelids
He. too. had cast me IN because
was a poor little poor girl Honest
~. MarEie, ! never felt so torlorn
in my life,'
tTo be conunuedA
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-07-30
POLICE AIRES!
7 SUSPECTS
Uncover Supposed Rendezvous
For Thieves and Gun
men In Raid

In an carly morning raid on the
roomlng house az No. III Gather
NEST. Saturday members % he
police cleanup squad uncovered s
supposed rendezvous Tor thieves and
gunner and arrested seven men
and one woman
one Of the men is held IN connec.
ton With the staying OF Detective
Rogers last Tuesday night lie Is
registered as Arbid Asa. % years
old He had an automatic revolver
In his pocket and a search % the
place revealed Ave more agtomatcs.
a shotgun and a quantity ~ shells
% The same Kind AZ those WIN
which Rogers was killed
The officers also wen' thru sew
eral trunks found in The place and
recovered IL watches, ar equal mum
Der Of rings. auto accessories In
great profusion and dyes used Tor
making fake automobile license
plates,
Tho place is conducted by Frank
Giampino. who was AZ The Eastern
market AZ the time % the raid and
escaped arrest In some mysterious
manner he vas tipped on 70 the
FAC, thar the officers had raided The
house and disappeared from the
market after sending his automobile
home with four colored men The
police are looking for him. Tho Ne
Troes were arrested when they sp
peared They are registered on sus
plcl0n IS Harry r Trege. aged 80
40 353 Moutcsimst east. Howard
smith. ~. so 24l Beaubien-
Richard Washington, 20. Congress
81 east. and George Hargro. 20. No
6f2 ST. Anfoinest
Tho Others arrested In Tho raid
arc Tony stella. %. 80 400 iafay
ette-ave. east ignacio Nitali No
ii5 Catherine st.. and Mrs Marie
Giamplno. wife OF the proprietor.
Members Of 'he same squad later
went 20 No. 81 shermanst and ar
rested Dick Cardoni. % years old
who had an automatic pistol ia bis
possession fle VAS locked up on
suspicion pending investigation.
The officers who took part IN tbs
raids are Pstfolmen Grimm, Burk
hsrdt, Schiefele. Cubley. Wllliami
and smith
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-07-30
CHILD IS
VICTIM OF
BON-OPTO
Detective Dryers Son
Has Experience Like
Miss Shoots

Another victim OF Ron-Opto has
been brought 20 no attention OF The
Times BY Mr. and Mrs Hugh Dryer,
No. S2S Lincoln-ave whose i2-year
old. James. is suffering from a seri-
Gus condition OF The eyes as the re
suit Of using the alleged remedy "
MIR D~y-r is NELL known member
OF The detective force
Bon Opto IS the nostum exposed
hy The Times as not only worthless
but harmful The harmnilness is
fully substantiated ip he personal
story OF Miss Carrie SmootS, No
1921 MAIwellaye.. which appeared
In The Times Thursday. and now In
the case OF the Dwyer child
Roth Miss Smoots and the Dryers
were led 20 use Bop-Opto thru read
ing the glow ing advertisement OF It's
alleged powers 20 heal. soothe and
cure n the Detroit News
Jimmie was suffering a little
from ineamed eyelids. and when /
read In the News % the wonderful
curative powers 90 Bon-Opto. l
thought i, would BE- a Eood thing
90 use on his eyes and BOUGHT a bot
ne of n. said Mrs .-Tyer 20 The
Times We have been using IL
faithfully FOR about a month, exactly
according 70 directions The boy
has complained that - nurt him
tFsrs ftmc ~ was used but Ne
thOIEhr II was iust childish magma
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-07-30
STOCK MARKET
IS 0vERS0LD
Strength Displayed BY Mum
Der of Issues At Out
set of Trading

NEW YORK. July 3O.-The New
York Evening sun financial review
Saturday SAID.
The strength displayed by a
number OF stocks al the outset OF
trading this morning was merely an
additional demonstration Of the
oversold condition 81 the securities
market The first hAlt-hour's bust.
ness WAS quite active and gains ~
from a large fraction 10 a point or
more were registered. Equipment
stocks and some of the metal shares
were The most prominent for their
rp.ura
Waist had nothing new - cor.
slider In rhe Way 81 factors bearing
OF th@ market a. a whole snd N
feres' n the dealings was extreme
~ light
Eariy advances were extended IN
the las hour. Buying % Bethie-
hem. Y. s. Steel. Baldwin Locomo-
tive and similar issues lifted prices
81 times FROM one 20 three points
from yesterdays Anai' range Motor
stocks shared 50 the recovery.
"Coppers made fractional i'm
provement. while rails we're dull and
steady
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-07-30

"Msrste said Paula. II think most
beautiful memories 1 have stored up
IN my brain cluster around the sea
As child when 1 went abroad With
my mother and father remember
sitting for hours watching the great
waves pounce upon and gobble up tho
frothN white bubbles ~ the wake
lett by the great steamship,
1T seemed TO my childish fancy
that the WOndrous ocean god was
avidlv drnkink an ice cream soda.
7, remember saying this 90 youns
man who had become quite friendly
with rs during ono of our voyages.
As he stood beside me one lovely af-
ternoon. always remember the
thrill ! had when no said. Why.
Paula. do you know you are poet
IL Is too bad you will be poor little
rich girl when you grow NJ. for Z 4
YOU did not have great deal -
money you might stand chance 81
being a rich little poor glrl
When / grow IN. answered
primly, am going 10 marry rich
poor man who Will write poetry FOR
me- - rad. and We viii 90 sailing
about ali the worlds sunshiny seas in
the boat am going 10 ask my father
10 give US
WnGt arc You going to DO when
the storms come
4 remember. Margie. was quite
snsry with him for suggesting such
thing Why. don't YOU know.
when you think out things for your
self YOU would be goosey 10 think
~ storms when you might think Of
sunshine,
He stood looking az me mo-
ment and then bent down 20 my
steamer chair and placed his hand
SOFTLY on my head God grant your
dreams come true. he said
BY one ~ those strange coinci-
d-nces in real life. when came up
on deck after the boat had left the
dock on my 'rip abroad for Emeline.
looked into the tired ewes - an
old young man. who seemed vaguely
familiar
Il had been shedding few tears
IN my rshln--nn one had been at the
dock 10 bid me goodbye
quickly looked away from the
man who smiled al me and was about
70 pass on when ne said Alas poor
litfls rich girl. have they broken
your doll or your heart Look out
behind YOU and you Will see the
ocean god - still qusrfnE his ice
cream soda with his accustomed
Eusto
~ looked again Nj Arthur Ru-
hfn" exclaimed. and then ! stopped
for suddenly 7 felt had made mis-
tske. yThls man vas - much older
fhsn pictured the friend ~ ny
childhood and his mouth. which for
moment mad Hold the sweet re-
mem ber~d smile. settled into hard
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-07-30
To BUILD WAR
PLANES HERE
Curtiss Company l. Receiving
Applications For Positions
In Hotel Statler

r q Brown. representing The
.u-tss Aerop,ane company Il re
c.trius appA~ations for positions as
craftsmen and air-Graft builders IN
The Hotel Statler. Il - understood
hat tte Curlss cSmpany r. about
81 tpEln the SaRnufacture OF wa
planes In Detroit on a large scale
INC applicants are given 20 m
dersfsnd hat they will be put "a
work In this city II their applica
lions are accepted
Mr. Brown has engaged psrlor {
n the Statler FOR today and sunday
Applicants came IN a rush Saturday
morning and continued IN steady
stream thruOut tho day