The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-04-17

all that it was possible for human being to do for
another. Yet am accused Of killing her: She died
knows 1t, and do not fear for the result OF this
inquiry.
Is 1t not hard. enough to lose them, without
being accused OF such terrible crime as this ~
a ss pr Ss % binding
1ief Charles, my husband died, III lived for my
set great store upon them. often denied myself
for them and took great pleasure In doing So
George W. was the oldest chifd he was eight years,
While Charles Henry was the next eldest, and was
SIX. They had never been blackberrying, and had
often asked me, SO promised them, and one day in
started for the field before SUNRISE and cautioned
them to return early. They came back before
THAT NIGHT THEY WERE TAKEN SICK
and broke out around the mouth and hands, and
the doctor thought 1t was poisoned oak. They were
sick for nearly two weeks, George dying on the oath
Of July and Charles on the 26th. Annie aged six,
and Maud aged three years, were then left 70 fpe,
and felt in my sorrow that had much yet to live
for, and was happy in doing for them.n Here
again the poor womans utterance became choked,
and she wept btterly.) "For time all went wel,''
the 18th OF last February, taken i'll and fingered
until the 10TH and died. But still had one left and
contcnted myself with doing the best could for
the dead and caring for my living chid.n
too, and, although she could not talk plain, she
sick, and died in two days AFTER and when lost
her felt that | had nothing more to live for. !
OF my church are very kind and come to see me- yet
feel that am now alone in the world"
ut is SO hard to be suspected OF doing such horrid
things; but, as know and God knows ! am innno.
cent l can bear 1t ALL"
DELPHA DO TT
Knowing that Mrs. Lloyd knew the worst In rea-
ton to her case asked II she did not believe the
servant, Delpha was the cause of her trouble
She quickly replied mo, sir; Delpha loved the
children as did she seemed to be perfectly wrapped
up In them"
/ then asked to see Delpha and abe was called.
She Is bright muatto girl, apparently about
twenty years OF age.
She told her simple story to me in relation to the
sickness Of the children which completely corrobo-
seemed to feel very bad, and said that she would
rather have all the trouble on her than that Miss
Emu as she called Mrs. Lloyd, should have any.
She said Mrs. Lloyd had been more than O mother
to her, and she would rather die than see her get
into trouble After some further general converse
tlon left, deeply impressed with what had seen
DR. MOTT, WHO ATTENDED, ALL THE FAMILY,
told me OF the mothers kindness, and added his
emphatic assertion that he did not believe she had
poisoned them. 1t was stated to me that after the
death Of each child her preparations for the burial
were most elaborate that she, with her own hands,
would prepare the shrouds, and would robe the
bodies in the most beautiful and costly manner,
chain was bought and put about the neck after
death by the sorrow stricken mother; and 1t
Is said Of n her that not morning daw yns
them And true It is that the little mounds that
in the village graveyard more neatly decorated
and demonstrate care upon them which none
others adjoining can claim.
THE ALLEGED MURDERESS IN COURT.
This morning. Nt ten O'Clock, was the time set for
preliminary hearing OF the case for commitment,
rang out its warming and in less than ten minutes
the court room was jammed with people OF all ages
and conditions. few moments after ten the pris-
Town Sergeant, and took her seat within the
bar. She wore black mourning Dress over
which was thrown waterproof mantle; upon her
head she wore low black bonnet, and heavy
Grape veil hid her pale features from the gaze of the
and carried In her hand muff She is apparently
about thrty-hve years OF age, about medium height
and OF rather slight stature. Her counsel, Messrs.
principal law firms Of the place. came In soon after
she arrived, and began preparations for the trial.
j0r c. H. Lee, who represented the state, and
after them came the two Justices, Wallace and
shumate, who were 70 decide the case. When
they came In and took their seats upon the bench
Mr.. Kilgour asked Q postlonement for few mo.
ments, until the analysis ~ Professor Tonry could
be obtained which had just arrived by mail. While
they waiting Mrs. Lloyd, who had not even
spoken to her counsel since she entered the court
room, seemed to be much fatigued, and, turning
around In her chair, laid her head upon her muf
and scarcely moved during the entire trial. She
seemed to he suffering intense mental anguish,
on about her.
PRoPEssoR ToNRy's ANALYsIs-coRoNER's VERDICT.
At eleven O'Clock the Coroner, X. M. Benty,
entered the court room with Professor Tonry's
analysis, and the Court was called to order, when
Mr.. Kgour, States Attorney, addressed the Court,
reciting the death, &C., of the last child, and then
put In evidence the following verdict of the
Coroner's Jury ;--ev--rss
CORPORATION o. irrsnuRc, Loupos COUNTY
90 Of ouS ON On ~, he @ n OF Ap I
*. M. q
burg, upon Tie view OF the body Of Maud Lloyd, then
a Ser
death de- of ass sn other taken %
them i is their belief that the said Maud Lloyd came TO
son the admnsraon to her Of arsenic and that the
said arsenic was administered ar to said Maud Lloyd by her
SaSS. s s said ass H
crssS s. Snn g. l,fT Ws% 5 STaa Zap
McCabc, W. W Divine, =. w shaner, r. s. Douglas, J. j.
stansbury, Jurors.
THE DRUGGIST WHO SOLD THE ARSENIC.
j. A. Hutchinson, druggist, was next called, and
testified that on the I'D of July, he sold Mrs. Lloyd
half an ounce of arsenic and ut another time gave
her some strychnine to poison dog; one OF the boys
died on sunday, oath OF July, 1870, and the
other two days after; when she purchased arsenic
she said she wanted 1t to poison rats: he also sold
her half an ounce OF arsenic on February s. 1871,
and Annie, her eldest girl, died eight days after
STATEMENT OF THE FAMILY PHYSICIAN.
DR.. A. X. Mott, Mrs. Loyd's family physician, was
the next witness. He testified that Annie, the
eldest GIRL, dlgd on FEBRUARY 10, ana
was buried two days after; that on
Ma Is M sa had bought
and that Maud died ON March %; there were no
symptoms present in her Gaze, except frequent
vomiting; she had little pai1, and died suddenly
and easily that he had never seen case OF Arsenic
poisoning. lie stated that he had attended all the
children, that when called to see Annie, who died
IN February, he had been told that she had had
cholera morbus in the night, with violent vomiting
aud purginp she lived about five days;
that he attended the two boys and his impression
was that they died OF poison oak; they were sick
from ten iiays to two weeks The last child died,
he said. On the 25th Of March, and was sick only
forty.ei4ht hours.
MAYOR BENTLEY PRESENTS TIE ANALYSIS.
Mayor Bentley was the next witness. He merely
detailed the results OF the COr0ner's inquest, and
presented the following official analysis OF Professor
Tonry:-
CHEMICAL DEPARTMENT or MARYLAND UyIyRRsrrY,l
BALTIMORE, April Is, 1872 !
Pesrn If Aariysis-Sample-a stomach and contents,
received March "a 1872, IRON Recorder X ~ Bentley OF
Ieeshurg, Virginia with instructions to determine the
absence or presence of arsenic in the contents.