Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-04-21
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ne TmE EDITORS on rHE EMaulRER.

TO THE EDITORS OF THE ENQUIRER.
as events OF Tie awful character of that be-
low mentioned are calculated to excite much
curiosity, which may lead to erroneous ac-
counts OF The manner and probable cause of'
ihe death ct the late Capt Edmund Berkeley.
request the favor of you 10 iasert The follow
Ing account of his death
On Sunday the 9.h of April between the
hours Of z aud 4 o'clock Il NJ suddenly de-
parted this life, Capt EDMUND BEKKE-
LEY, at Auweil, his late place of residence.
~ Tue county OF Hanover. in the 57tb year of
his age. jury of inquest was summoned
tue next day and made the following Report:
Hd"over County, -ap,H IOth, 1870.
We, tne Sufy, Unparalleled 10 ebqaTe into the cause
OF Tue seath Of CSptaiu Edmupi Berkeley who died
'uddeRiy--do say that the said Edmund Berkeey on
me 9Th day OF The present mouth on YESTERDAY in
me ear aforesaid, 1.-THE parish Of ST. Martins IN The
county aforesaid, viz: al Airwe HIS late residence
was found dead That lie bad marks of violence an
poaTbg on his BODY and dred by visitation 81 God
IN nat" al way aud not Otherwise In witness whereof
the jar] do hereto set their hands aud seals
CHAHLEs CRBNsHAw, Foreman
Joseph n. Sheppard, e. vsienir Gns'"' ~ H''''
l.. ". Ta,lsr, Jane, ByatS
John DaTacott, Thomas Nelson. (O)
THOMAS Nelson, Jr. Francis G. Taylor
Henry Robinson, John Thornton
nave HE melancholy Office assigned me by
me relatives Of tile deceased Capt. Edmuud
berkeley, to announce TO the public the mo We
mentioned awful event and to give suCh
narrative of circumstance as could be col.
iected from the evidence brought before The
jury.
The verdict OF the Jury will aconit his SER
wants OF all suspicion of beng IN any yav
accessary to his untimely at least uue xpected
death therefore the writer NAV venture 10
give short narrative derived from their in
formation, as 10 white person was ON the
plantation when the event took place II is
but Justice to these poor creatures 10 say that
the dlsmdy which Snch an event was calculate.
ed 10 excite IN them, from an apprehension of
theIr being implicated IN charge of murder,
al "a. asfxl.o
who attended, thSir deep feeling, and uufejru~
ed regret at what had happened. IL appears
that Capt. Berkeley walked out in the nom
ing, alter late breakfast To considerable
distance from his dwelling house, and return
ed 10 II about one O'Clock, took "A basket from
ms sitting room with some corn in H. and went
10 Ills stable aud cOrB-bOuSe. Between aud
O'Clock, the servant who prepared his dinner
sent her son, aboHt IL years Of age, TO call his
master 10 dinner, who returned CRYING i'm
haste aud terror, aud said his master wa dead
~ the corn house. 4 messenger was irnmedi-
ately dispatched to EdsewoOd the resIdeuce
OF DIR. { Berkeley, WHO was not at home -
rus son Edmund was the FIRST white person
that reached the place, where the body was
found, ~ partly kneellng partly sitting pos.
lure, with The right ann somewhat under the
head, the lett behind him and the face press.
ing against The logs OF the house his walking
cane aud basket on the BOOf beside him.
little warmth was discovered on the breast
aud abdomen, tile res; OF the body was quite
cold IL was removed to the dwelling house
and every effort made TO rouse any latent
sparks OF life that might be supposed 10 re-
main IN It. These exerii0ns were continued
more than an hour, aud until the warmth had
disappeared from the surface. So short aud
nasty was i'ie summons which called iuio eter-
nifty our much esteemed and long TO he la
mented freud aud neighbor, who hailed the
rising day which terminated his existence with
as TAR prospect OF seeing its close, as any
vile may now peruse this sad account of his
death. So true j. IT,, that " IN the midst OF Iiie
we are in des:h
IL is The opinion Of the medical gentlemen
who attended during the inquest, that his
death was Occasioned 10y something like an
apopleciic affection, brought on bv the sup
preston Of an habitual Discharge from The
h9morrioidaI veins.
III Is with no ordinary degree of regret that
we announce the deceaso of CHARLES X +.
MALLORY, Esquire and seldom has ia be.
come our duty TO register III orr obituary
tecofd. death go deeply deplored by orr fell
low Citizens generally. Mr.. MALLORY parted
Nth his mertal existence on So urdaV aztec.
noon At ) O'Clock after Struggle Of several
"Ohths With pulmonary combined with a
nsrvOns affection.
Nj MALLORY was native Of Elizabeth Civ
ConniA IN this state. n.d entered INTO pub