Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1918-01-05

SS"IS' "ibi iS"NS IeitHlHolIu tltlS alIeT
noon for Goochland Neither would
make any statement concerning the
case last night. David II. and Walter
Leake. also Of Richmond, will serve
as attorney for the Commonwealth in
. the absence Of Judge Monteiro. who
Is confined to his home by sickness.
MessrS Lake are already at Gooch
land preparing fer she trials o-an
ing
STATE TO RELY ON CIR
CUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.
The State will rely entirely upon
circumstantial evidence for convicn
ton. 1t seems confident that the net
woven about the accused man Is SUI
ficiently strong to withstand any as
sault made upon it by the defense
DR.. Chamberlain and his brother
came to Goochland from Iowa, where
the doctor was a successful physician
and owner of a chain of drug store
and the brother prominent cor
poration lawyer They were advanced
In years-the doctor siXty-one, his
brother siXtythrce- and stated to
their friends that they were coming
to the old South to establish a landed
estate on which to spend the evening
or their lives. The doctor came first,
bought the plantation, upon when
they subsequently established their
nome, and then sent for the brother
That was about three years ago. For
two years they lived contentedly to-
gether. Judge" Chamberlain, as the
brother was called, managing the
business end of the enterprise, and the
doctor taking life easy.
About year ago DR.. Chamberlain
welded young woman of Kearney,
Neb, and brought her to the home in
the Goochland hills. This. neighbors
say, was not agreeable to the brother,
who demonstrated with the doctor be
cause of his advanced age. Shortly
nfterward Judge Chamberlain left his
brother and built Il modest dwelling a
few miles away. He then alleged that
the doctor owed him several hundred
doEars for repairs he had paid for.
The doctor delayed payment. The
judge resorted to law, and referees
determined that he was due about$1,
400. A Judgment was given for this
amount.
Soon afterward Judge Chamberlain
was missed. Dr. Chamberlain stated
to inquirers that he had returned to
his old home in the West. He also
stated that he had paid the Judgement
and exhibited a receipt alleged to
have been signed by his brother. Neigh
bors of the judge we're not satisfied
with DR.. Chamberlains statements.
Suspect1ng that he had been killed,
they dragged the streams about the
country for days in a search for his
body and dug up the yard around the
Doctors home. There they found piec-
es of the body. The torso was found
near the house. The legs. arms, heart
and lower intestines We're found eat
the bottom of fence post holes, in
which the posts had been replaced.
The stomach was never found.
In the meantime the doctor had
been arrested on suspicion, and was
confined in Goochland Jail. This being
an insecure structure, the prisoner
was removed to Richmond when the
norr. bic mNtilation of the body arous
ed Goochland County to fever pitch.
A coroners inquest, held in the
nome OF the doctor Immediately fol-
lowing the finding of the body, dis
closed the fact that DR.. Chamberlain
had visited the home Of his brother
on the might oil MOndaJ October %,
the day he was last seen. His colored
housekeepcr, Louisa Boatwright, stat
Cd that on that night her employer
came home shortly after s o'clock:
that he drove wagon which he left
II: the yard; that she started in the
direction of the wagon when she left
Tor her. home and that the doctor seem
ed anxious that she not pass It. She
SAID. further. that she seemed to re-
member seeing n large dark object
lying on the ground beside the wagon.
STRONG BOX FOUND BUT
CONTENTS ARE MISSING.
Subsequently search was made of
the doctors home. A watch said 10
have been owned by the brother and
a strong box bearing his name, but
containing nothing of value, we're
found secreted.
A. Lee Chamberlain, a son Of Judge
Chamberlain. who came here as soon
AS he learned Of his fathers death,
stated that his father was possessed
OF a considerable fortune In personal