Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-10-26

T..
asked me to write statement Of the symp-
toms.
Mr.. Pursel was recalled. [ am living 10
Leesburg: was living in Baltimore, Md, last
March: | am acquainted with DIR. Tonry and
with DIR. Mott; have known DR.. Mott for tour
years. lived WITH him four years; knew MIR.
Bentley; he came to the store; he handed me
the note which l read; [ went with him w.
and introduced him to Tonry; this is the same
note, (picking up the note,) | received this
note March 9th, TO, between II a. In: and =
D. m.: I received other letters from Dr. NJ
Do YOU recognize this? Mr. Orr handing him
the letter. Yes; this is the same one; it is da-
ted March 9th, '72; the jar Mr.. B. had was
wrapped 10 paper; don't know the exact hour
Mr., Bentley came to me; don't know the exact
hour reached Baltimore; | left this place on
the early train: lived about a half mile from
the Camden street depot; | live 10 Leesburg
now. (Dr. Tonry here handed Mr.. r jar
which Mr.. Purse said was similar to the jar
given by Mr.. B. to Prof H.. it was wrapped IN
brown paper;) can't say positively 1t Is the
same Jar Mr. B. had; can only say that 1t IS
like that one; | noticed this flaw IN the bottle
when first saw it; don't recollect the day OF
the month | saw Mr.. Bentley IN Baltlmo,;;e.,
Mr.. james NJ Wallace was then called
I am Justice in the county. MIR: Lewis ohu-
mate an other Justice and had an examlna-
ton; committed Mrs Lloyd; knew Mr.. Bent,
ley; he was Recorder of the town; he acted
coroner in this case; Mr.. Bentley was qucs-
toned at the examination before me.
Mr. Orr here asked Mr.. Wallace to state
what Mr.. Bentey's evidence was before him
to which Gen. Hutton objected and the ques-
ton was argued but waived for the present.
n hnd q Or
acouaiptance with Mrs. Lloyd; has been
practising physician for more than 80 years;
never practising on any of the Lloyd family;
was called in the 18th of March, 1872, about II
o'clock, to see little Maud; DR.. Mott said he
wanted me to see her with him, as he consider
ed her III: / saw the child and told Mott
thought she would be dead in ID minutes; told
DIR. Mott to administer l grain of oxalate Of
cerum and l-2O grain morphia combined
nuick: I advised him to give milk and
tonic if the child survived; advised hot bath
and hot brandy; don't know whether it was
done; told the mother to do 1t; asked the
mother if she observed the eyes; the pupils
were dilated nearly to the size OF the cornea;
the child was comitose; countenance blanched;
the cause, was the impression on the brain; L
am Of opinion that it was owing to arrangement
of the BRAIN | only formed my opinion from
her vomiting; my opinion was she was then 10
state of exhaustion and would die soon; from
information [ got from Mott as to the sickness,
I was of opinion that she> died OF unnatural
causes; the symptoms were consistent with ar
senical poison; there was purgng as stated By
DR.. Mott; after time the child became conf
tose; from my observation | could not say that
it indicated arsenical poison DR.. Mott told that
the nurging had to considerable degree sub
sided: am practising aud have been physician
for IS or % years; never saw case OF arsenlca
poison as | know of; have read good many
books as to the subject; have not paid any par.
ticular attention to it lately; the symptoms of
arsenieal poison are burning in asophagus. more
or less heat in stomach and purglng; IN my
opinion there is no other man can tell arsenlcal
poison from any other kind; the pulse would
become accelerated; nothing would be peculiar
about the eyes, being i'll artlculo mortlS; small
dose may destroy life very quick; if it were
solid matter taken in full stomach it would be
very apt to impair its action; thirst Is proml-
ncnt feature ofthe case and rarely absent; pain
not always absent; vomiting and purglng rarely
absent it only acts indirectly on the brain; ITS
effect would be irritation and excitement, and
the eve would be diated only from l-25 to 100
of grain can be taken with safety; = grains
will DESTROY an adult subject; if the child we're
three years old grain would destroy it. DIR:
Gross said he had asked Mrs. Lloyd if she had
purchased any arsenic between February and
March; she said no; Mrs. Lloyd told me she
had burnt some arsenic she had burnt it be-
cause she found it emitted very pleasant odor; |
was at the examination Of Maud with Tonry
and Tiffany; it was in May; Drs. Mott; Ed
wards and Fauntleroy we're also present; it was
out at Union Cemetery; Mr. Wright sexton
was present and Mr.. Jno. W. Hammerly, under
taker, was also present; Maud's body was disin-
tered and DIR. Tiffany made an examinations;
he took different parts of the body out; liver,
kidneys, spleen and stomach; recognized the
body as the same one, by the features; it had
of course undergone change the parts taken
out of the body were put in jar and sealed at
| the grave
By Mr.. Harrison-Dr Tiffany was there;
| put in glass jar; did not see whether there was
ANYTHING in it. don't know whether it was
new or old; Mrs. Lloyd was examined by coro-
ner at the second examination; she said she
had lost some arsenic which she had purchased;
I asked her if she had purchased any arsenic
either in Leesburg or any where else, between
the death of Annie and (Maud) the one now
lying corpse before you; she replied that she
had not: only saw the child for 5 minutes and
prescribed; | considered it a hopeless case her
symptoms, diation of pupil of the eyes, would
not be 10 all cases, but in many; coma may
come on from several causes | did not conc Jude
that there was reason to suppose she died from
non-natural causes; quick dissolution from Sa-
turday to Monday only was reason for suppos-
ing non-natural causes; Aslatlc cholera might
produce such speedy result; cholera morbus
could not; hot baths and brandy toddies might
produce reaction; prescribed one powder, if any
good effects were produced by one, them hours
after another, but did not suppose it would do
any good; said child would be dead in fifteen
minutes nil i Dr. Mott was present within six feet
child was cold and the blood was losing its
water; her statement about arsenic was made
in the morning, and to me at night; arsenic
fumes are like garlic burnt; so say the books;
have never tested it myself
Mrs. Mary Green-Know Mrs. Lloyd; knew
Maud; did not know she was sick till dead;
know nothing of purchase of arsenic; asked me
to buy arsenic for her; told here [ would not
got II: she cot il herself ten cents worth; 1t