Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-09
.CHAMbERL|N GIVEN
LIFE PRISON TERM
Jury Finds Him Guilty Of Muir
der of His Brother in
Goochland.
BROUGHT TO HENRiCO JAIL
Will Be Held There Pending
Usual Motions for Appeal
and Rehearing
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! GooCIlLANp COURTHOUSE. VA.
January s.-Dr Asa ". chambcrlin
WAS to day convicted Of tho murder Of
his brother, Judge Albert l.. Chamber
I lin. and sentenced to life imprisonment,
/ In tho state Pcnitcn,iary. Motion for
An appeal has been entered by counsel
for tho convicted
! The verdict came this morning after
the jury, sitting in tho case since l.St
Wednesday, morning. had dclibcr,;cd
onl:. forty-"iEltt minutes. Court con-
Ncncd at O'Clock. ArEumcn; had been
completed Monday night. Final i'm
strnctions were given by Judge John
rutherford. and til. jury retired at
a:o'. At io:i5 tho jury rc-cntcrcd and
Foreman Noah G, Lippv announced tina,
verdict had been reached. y hush
settled over tho haIf-iillcd little court
room in which counsel for state and
defense had fought q thrilling sin -d,y
battle. Tho tired little wife OF the
accused man. and his swec;-faced lit
! Tic daughter. who had come across tho
continent to comfort him. sat beside
lJr. Chambcrlin when tac jury entered
Neither they nor tho doctor showed
emotion when tho verdict was read hy
Peter Miller. clerk of tho court,
The death penalty was expected by
most OF Goochlam1'a people. bur. be-
cause OF the advanced age and dc
form!ty, general satisfaction is cx-
pressed that his punishment is not to
be severe.
BROUGHT TO RICHMOND
On WAY TO PRISON
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rendered. Or. chambcrlin Mas returned
20 Gocchiand jail. lie went with the
same stoicism ma-vclcd at b. all who
have witnessed his dcmeanor during
the trial just closed. Ills wiis and
daughter accompanied him to the cell.
IN which he remained until this after
noon, when he was carried to Rich
mond and committed TO Hcnrico Jail
by sheriff JOHN Massic. lie will remain
there pending the outcome o: his com
! sers motion for appcal.s-
The murder OF which Dr. haalhcr!iu
! stands convicted occurred near Ihrcc
Squares. iii Goochland County, Monday
night. October 80. Il is believed 10 have
been committed at the home Of Judge
Chambcriin. with whom tho convicted
man had quarrelcd over the outcome OF
AN arbitration proceeding. in which
tho judge was awarded - sum much
greater than his brother thought due
him for his alleged half interest in
personal prop 'rty OF Sunnysidc Farm.
The doctor owned tho farm. l, was
proven that hc had sent his hrothc,
ti:crc from J'c" No.ncs, Iowa in ordc.
that he might lave home after he
had. !; is alleged, been made home
less through dive - proceedings ins,i-
tuted by his W.fe
pr. cAarnbe-iin is si5ty-;Ircc wears
Old. JuaS" Cha:uhe"i!n was sixty four.
After Tn: JUICE had lived two wears
a; Sunnys;dc tho doctor cal ne, with n
young bride. TO take up his residence.
Tho Judge feared that he might not bc
permitted 10 live there always under
the then existing agreement lie asked
/ his brother to decd him half interest in
the property. This was refused The
arbitration proceeding follow cd The
doctor gave the judge note for the
sum agreed upon by the arb,rators.
CLAIMS TO HAVE PAID DEBT LAST
NIGHT JUDGE WAS SEEN ALIVE:
The doctor contends that lie paid his
brother the amount Of the note a, the
latter's home on the night Of October
-. II was on this night that the judge
was last seen alive. The next day his
neis shbors missed him. Two DAYS later
the doctor was arrested on suspicion
lie then told the same tale tha, h.,
still sticks to-ihat hc paid his brother
Monday night, and that immediately
thereafter his brother announced his
intended departure at once for Cheyennc
Wyo
Three days after the doctors arres,
sunday October .s. Judge Chamberlins
I body. dismembered and decap;tated
was found buried under posts OF a fence
in the yard of Dr. Chamberlins home
| Subsequent search disclosed the Judges
watch and strong box secrcted in m.
attic OF that home. A hloodstained
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