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Show DR. CHAMBERLAIN ! HELD IN JAIl! Faces Charge of Murdering Aged Brother, Judge Albert P. Chamberlain. RICHMOND, Va., Oct. 30. Dr. Asa W. Chamberlain, the 63 year-old retired re-tired physician held In jail here for safekeeping while Goochland county authorities charge him with the murder mur-der of his 65-year-old brother, Judge Albert P. Chamberlain, seemed to be in a daze today and refused to talk about the charge against him other than to reiterate his innocence.. Coming from Iowa throe years ago, viwuuuiiiaiiia ocuicu 111 UJ1C re- mote Virginia mountains north of the J James river. Dr. Chamberlain came from Mason City, la., and Judge Chamberlain Cham-berlain came from Des Moines. The finding of Albert Chamberlain's body, horribly mutilated showing that he probably had been attackod with ' a stick, then choked to death and his body dissected bo aroused tho Virginians Virgin-ians that Dr. Chamberlain was not considered safe in Goochland county jail and was brought here. Quarrel Over Property A quarrel over ?1,200 which Dr. Chamberlain owed his brother for a division of their property, the authorities authori-ties say, was the cause of the murder. A dog pawing in the ground uncovered uncov-ered tho gruesome evidence which disclosed dis-closed it. Searchers were attracted to the burial bur-ial place by the dog's strange actions and when some one thrust a stick Into the earth a nauseating odor became perceptible. A small bit of cloth was observed clinging to the slick. The party unearthed the torso of a human being. Thereupon the farmers soarched the Chamberlain farm. Nothing Noth-ing finally was left but the fence posts and then each was pulled up. In the first hole the head, an arm, heart and liver were found. In other holos another arm or limb or other sections sec-tions of tho body was recovered. The whole body, In pieces, was eventually found. oo |