The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-10-08


The first witness was Anne Robinson, i
waiting woman. II was her opinion thai
the Marquis had been III for IA fortnight, bui
particularly for thr last week. IN Mon
day he rang the bell, and inquired why hel
I4adyship had not been IN see INN. Hei
| Lady ship had been Hifh INN all nieht, and
witness told him so. The bell agaln ran.
| about four O'Clock in the morning. II,
asked If DIR. Bankhead had been To sc him
Witness told him DR. Il. had been with him
| two hours aud halfiD the evening. He then
asked what he had sad TO the doctor
whether he had talked any nonsense Ia
him, or any thing particular, rs he had no
recollection on the subject. Witness aid
she Bas not then IN the room. lie rang
again about seven O'Clock, and when Wit
ness went, asked her what she wanted
thtre. Her Ladyship said, that My Lord
wanted his breakfast Breakfast was
brought, and he became testy, saying there
va, 10 butter, aliho' it was then on the tray.
The tone Of the Marquis was unusually
harsh, & witness observed several other lndl-
cations OF mental alteration. Size was sent
10 desire DR. Banthcad's Attendance IN Il
few minutes, by his Eadyship; III the IN
term, she saw thu latter rush hurediy Ia
his bed room, and heard him throw up III"
window. She informed Dr.. T. who enter.
ed The room and exclaimed, Oh, my
Lord or Oh my God She thcnrushed
in SAW his Lordship in the arms Of DR..
Il. and the blood streaming from him, a
penknlc being ia his right hand. Witness
concluded by stating. A great many
circumstances induce me To believe that he
was out of his mind fortnight before his
death. lie seoldcd my lady on Sunday
afternoon, because, as he said, she had not
been near him all day, she had entirely for
saken him. Her Ladyship, however, had
been sitting with him all the morning
The witness, IN conclusion, repeated her
belief, that his Lordship had been in state
OF mental dehsion for some weeks pre-
vlous to his death On seeing two per
sons together he always observed, there
was a conspiracy going on against him.
The neXtWitncss " sDr.Bankhcad, who,
IN consequence Of n note from Lady Lon
donderry on Friday afternoon, stating her
approximations Of his Lordship's nervous
state Of health. had atteded him through
out. On feeling his pulse conceived HIM
10 be exceedingly i'll. His Lordship com
planned Of head ache, and confusion of re
collection, and he was pale and appeared
distressed. He ordered bleeding by cup
ping, from which relief was dcri, ed. Ills
Lordship was then in town, aud witness
followed him on Saturday to North Cray,
having before dispensed medicine. His
Lordsbip, on DR.. BIS. appearance, express
cd suspicion and alarm, and asked hun alb.
rupty if he had amy thing unpleasant To
tell him. On answering no he SAID, " the
truth was, that he had reason TO be sus-
plclons IN some degree, but that he hoped
that would be the last person who would
engage IN any thing that would be lnliui-
oHs 10 him" His manner of SAYING this
was unusual and disturbed. All Sunday
night his speech was mcohcrcnl and his
manner Observation-Disclosures in an adj
lonInS room, he, DR. B. received mes
cage from Mrs. Robinson, that his Lord
ship wished 10 STE him by aud by. soon
after, says witness, ION walking from my
| own room to Lord Jondonderry's bed
room, observed that the door Of The lttci
was open, and could perceive that his
LordshIp was not in il. In AN instant Mrs
Robinson said 10 me, His 1ordship has
gone into bis drrsslng-room, aud saw hin
| IN his dressing gown, standing with his from
towards the window, which was opposite {,
the door al Which entered. His face Na,
III an elevated position, directed towad'
tde ceiling. Without turning his head, or
| the instant he heard my stcp,hc exclaimed
Bankhrad, LET me fall upon your arm Ii
! all over As quickly az possible | ram Il
him, thinking hc was fan Ing and going 4
fall. caught him in my arms us he wa,
t;dmg, and perceived thai he bad knit.
| ~ his rght had, very firmly cl.uched, auo
all over bloody. | did not sec him use il
before came into the room, In falling
he rccllned upon one side, and the blood
burst nom him like torrent from wa
terlng pot. was unable 90 support him
| aud lie fell out of my arms. | think tn,
wound must have been inflicted as soon a.
! | put my foot on the threshold of the door
| as IFS nature was such that the extinction o
ME must have followed it in the twmkling
of an eye. think that not less than two
quarts of blood flowed from him III on,
minute. | am satisfied that minute did
not elapsc from the moment of my first en-
tering the room until he died, and during
that time he said not word, except that
which | have already mentioned. | haY,
not the least hesitation, having known him
for upwards ofthirty years, in saying thai
he was perfectly dcranged, aud in state ot
romplete insanity. had obser, ed great
decline in his general health for thre,
weeks past, but | was not aware Of any
mental delusien until within four days Of
his decease."
No further evidence being required by
the Jury, in half an hour they drew out .
verdict as follows:
That on Monday, August IL, and fol
some time previously, the Most Noble
Robert Marquis of Londonderry, under ;
| gicvous disorder did labour and anguish