Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1872-04-23

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Poisoning hen. rem testimony of W.T.
nesses-C Commitment to jail and Statement
Of The Prisoner. dc.
tcorrcspondence of the Baltimore SUM-
LEEsBuRa, Va April l6, lS72.-The
examination of Mrs. e. Lloyd, charged with
tue murder of Maria Lloyd, her daughter,
aged four years. by poison, in March last, was
resumed this morning. AT 10 o'clock the
bell of the courthouse rang, and soon all
available space was occupied. Justices Wal>
lace and Shumute, who took charge of the in
vestigation, occupied the bench. Messrs. j.
Mortimer Killgore and Charles Fl. Lee
appeared for the commonwealth, and Messrs.
Matthew aud Powell Harrison, with Mr.. Eos.
ter, for the defendant.
Mrs itsioyd soon appeared, leaning on the
arm of Mr.. Geo. Nixon, one of her male
friends. She seemed faint and weak, dropped
apparently exhausted into chair, upon
which she reclined, dropping more and more
as the examination proceeded.
AT IL o'clock Mr.. Killgcre called the at
tention of the court to the case, recitng the
fact that the coroner's jury had found proba-
BILE cause to suspect Mrs. Lloyd Of murder.
He then read deposition of Dr. Tonry, of
Baltimore, and concluded by moving that the
accused be committed to Jail to await the ac>
ton of the grand jury. The deposition of
DIR. Tonry is as follows:
'tBALTIMoHE, April Is, 1872.
stResuh of Ana!ysis. a stomach
and contents, received March 18th, 1872,
from Recorder r. NJ: Bentley. of Leesburg,
Va, with instructions to determine the absence
or presence of arsenic in the contents. I
have examined the contents of the above>
mentioned stomach, which | find to contain
about one and a-half grains of arsenic-ar>
senious acid
"WM. p. ToNRY, Analytical Chemist.
"Sworn and acknowledged before me this
18th day of April, 1872.
GEORGE ROBINSON,
"Clerk Superior Court of Baltimore city,"
The counsel for the defense thought that
proof sufficient to commit had not been pre-
sented. and the justices expressed wish to
hear the testimony. and witnesses we're called
DIR. Cross testified that the girl last de.
ceased came to her death from natural causes
Druggist Hutchinson testified to selling Mrs
Lloyd half ounce of arsenic few DAYS
before the death of her two boys summer be
fore last. She said it was to kill rats. Dr.
Edwards testified to selling Mrs. Lloyd arsenic
in February last. She then wanted it to kill
dogs. The register of the drug stores, show.
ing the sales, was exhibited. DR.. Mott tes,i-
fled as to the symptoms and condition of the
child before her death. He had no suspicion
that there was any arsenic in her stomach
Mr.. Ball, clerk in the drug store testified to
selling this woman one half ounce of arsenic
on the 18th or 18th of March last, about the
time of the death of the little girl. r. NJ
Bentley testified as to the taking of the
stomach of the last deceased scaine it. and
transmitting it for examination to DR.. Toury
of Baltimore.
James Abbott, Mrs. Charles Newton. Miss
Nellie Ryan and Mrs Green testified as to the
circumstances attending the death of the little
"'ri Maud. j b. Wright testified as to the
burial and exhumation or the body.
De'pha 11"zenhy. (c"lored,) testified that
she was servant in Mrs. Lloyd's family ::
lived with Mrs Lloyd going on three years ::
nursed the children, and was in the house
when the last child died never bought any
poison in her life is sure of it; there were
many rats and mice about the house said
before at previous examination have not
seen any there since did not pu. any down
tor rats or have anything to do with it, don't
know that any one else did; if anv had been
put there, would have known it; Mrs. Llovd
gave the child the medicine as far as she
knows there was no poison about the house
when the child was sick. This closed the cx-
animation.
After some consultation the justices said
that they would commit Mrs Lloys to Jail to
answer the charge at the coming term of the
court in june
MIR. Harrison, for the defense, urged that
the character of the testimony was such as
would allow the taking of bail, and said that
ample security could be given.
The justices decided that the case. heinz
g.
baIlable under the criminal laws of Virginia.
The accused then rode to the iail, and was
accompanied by a few friends She persists
IN declaring her innocence of the charge.
Mrs. Lloyd is native of this (I.oudoun)
county, her maiden name was Sampson. She
has been considered by her friends woman
OF weak Intellect, and once during the war. it
IS SAID, she wandered away from her home
Int" the woods. and did not return until search
was made, and she was brought back by her
friends. She has paid especial attention to
the graves OF her children, Watching them as
slduously, and adorning them with flowers
from time to time, and has had a neat monu,
ment erected over each grave
The following is the statement of Mrs Lloyd
maze hetore the coraner's jury on Saturday
The child was sick forty eight hours pres
'ions to Its death. Then it threw up, and
when its sick spells came on it was very male.
out uid not appear to suffer much. Sent for
Dr. Mott on Saturday evening, who saw what
the child threw up. The doctor did not see
the child from Saturday evening until Sunday
evening; gave it lime-water and milk. 1t
ceased throwing up about 8 o'clock Monday
morning and seemed sleepy. AT times it was
nauseated, and never gave it dose of medi>
cine except by the doctors direction. Two
weeks previous the child was sick, and gave
1t Frey's Fermitnge and 1t passed two worms
1t hnd gotten well, and its appetite was good
unit! Saturday; il, then ate a little old ham
ana some toast, put it in warm bath Just
before 1T died it died easily and calm
on re examination she said: 81 bought
the first arsenic of DR.. Edwards while livino