Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-03
TINY BLOOD CLOT
AND FLESH SPECK
FIGURE IN TRIAL
DR.. Chamberlin Begins Fight
for Life in Goochland
County.
JURY OF FARMERS is
PICKED WITHOUT DELAY
Considerable Evidence Offered
by State to Convict Physician
Of Brothers. Murder.
WHITFIELD on WITNESS STAND
Richmond Coroner Gives Expert Tcs-
timony as to Character OF
Spots on Clothing.
WHITFIELD on WITNESS STAND
tinony as to Character OF
Spots on Clothing.
[By Stan Corrcspondcnt.l


GOOCHLAED COURTHOUSE. VA,
January "a spcck OF flesh and
small clot OF blood clingins to beg
Ear-louse" on i Jumper Jacket belong
ing to DR.. Asa w. Chambcrlin. found
Immediately after the doctors arrest
on the charge OF Staying his brother.
Judge Albert r. Chambcrin, at hi.
home. ten miles west Of here. on the
night of October 90, may result in send
ing the accused man TO the electric
chair.
Tho Introduction OF the jacket.
saw. supposed 10 have been used In
dismcmbering the body of the mur-
dered man. spl!nters from the floor OF
the room in which the body is sup
posed to have been cara4. and expert
testimony By DR.. ]. " Whitfield phy
slcian, chemist and coroner of Rich
mond, featured this the first day of
the trial.
Dr. Whitfield stated that he had
an;.lyzed spots and stains on the coat,
saw and aplinters. On tho saw. he
said. he found spots OF blood and blood
mixed with clay and hair. blood on the
spiintcrs and nothing on the coat ex-
cept tho 'bcsgarlouse" with its blood
and flesh covering. In each instance
the blood. he said resembled human
blood
DoCTON SAID BROTHER HAD
LEFT FOR WYOMING
pr Whitfield was the second wit
ness on the stand. following Squire
Jack fIouchcns. the magistrates -sieuth.
who worked up tho case asains. DIR.
Chamberiin. squire Houchens had
identified each OF tho exhibits connect
Cd with DR.. Whitheids testimony eS-
cept sf1tnc splIhtfrss syglliat soupsel for
the defense allowed presented with the
( understanding that they were not TO
be considered by the jury unless sub
aequentiy Identified coming from the
room in DR.. Chambcrlinfs home.
Squire iIouchens was the frs; OF
c;oochland people TO suspect foul play
when Judge Chamberlain disappeared
from his modest little home near Three
Squares. following 4 quarrel with his
brother. lie lives near the murdered
mans place. and was quite friendly
with him. on the stand he stated that
on October o3. Funder Britt came 10
his home and told him the judge had
disappeared. He then went to the
judges nome. he said, and there he
found Dr. Chambcrlin sweeping the
Kitchen. lie asked the doctor what
had become Of his brother. The doctor
said that lie had left the night before
for Cheyenne. Wyo.. and that he had
paid him that note, exhibiting at
tho same time receipt purportinS to
have been signed by tho judge for
sl.aSO.
Mr.. Houchcns said then he began
10 fear that the Judge had met with
foul play. and asked the doctor why
the judge had left at night when there
was no train until morning. The doc
tor told him, he said, that he did not
know why the judge left then. but
that he knew lie had, because they left
tho house together. the judge blowing
cut tho light and locking the door be-
fore leaving.
IIOUCHENS BRINGS ABOUT
ARREST OF DOCTOR
He stated also that lor. Chambcrlin
said his brother might have caught "A
freight train. This seemed improbable
to Mr.. lIouchcns. i'll view Of tho fact
that the judge was above sixty years
Old and had only one eye. lie sug-
gcstcd this improbablity TO the doc
tor. but failed to elicit any reply fur
ther than that the judge was old
enough to take care Of himself and
knew what he was doing.
Convinced that the judge had not
left the community, Mr.. Houchens be-
s.e suspicious of the doctor In his
Capacity as magistrate he warned him
not to attempt. to leave tho county.
Tho next day ho organized search
ing party and that afternoon placed
the doctor under arrest.
The search continued until October
es, the following Sunday. when Judge
Chamberlin's body was discovered in
tho back yard of DR.. Chamberlin's
home, Sunnys'. Farm. Mr.. Houchens
was with TIC party making the dis
covery. Tie spino and other parts of
tho tor, were fund covered by about
two ct OF Garth in hole once used
as an ice house. the arms. legs, heart.
lungs and parts of the intcstines were
found under fence Josts. whose holes
had been deepened about two feet to
receive them. Mr.. Houchcns stated
that thero was evidence that prepara
tion for thus hiding the body had been
made several days in advance of the
actual murder. aalc
ARTICLES OWNED ny JUDGE
!, FOUND IN DOCTORS HOME,
Immediately after the finding Of tho
body, Sheriff Massic took DIR. Cham
berlin from Goochland Jail and carried
him to Richmond. The next day Mr.
HIIouchcns Issued a search warrant and
searched the home OF Dr. Chambcrlin.
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