Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-11-08

AcQU1TTAL OF MRS LLoYD.-The Jury
in the case of Mrs. Emily Lloyd tried at
Leesburg, Va, for the murder of her chill
dren, brought in verdict Thurday of not
guilty. after Is minutes consideration
Judge Keith, who presided took occasion to
say that he endorsed The verdict, and the
prisoner, who exhibited he same composure
she has maintained during the trial, walked
out Of the room with the jsilor. There are
charges against her OF numbering three lore
Of her children, in which the State will now
doubtless decline to prosecute The ana
lytical chemists in the trial swore, as usual,
according to their pay, those for the prose-
cution could find arsenic and those for the
defence couldn't. A letter from Leesburg,
says:
After the rendition OF the verdict. Mrs.
Lloyd was observed to smile frequently -
No person approached her or con graduated
her, and during the trial she was wholly
unnoticed. Not even a relative came near
her. She frequently laug hed at the witty
remarks Of counsel and witnesses during the
trial.
| During Mr. Kilg ur's pathetic remarks
in connection with her buried children she
was evidently weeping, with her handler
| chief to her eyes. : he returned alone to the
Jail, where she sill remains Early this
morning, before b e,ilf ,st, she went to the
cemetery to see the graves of her husband
and four children. all of whom have neat
marble tombstones Her four children are
buried in double g,ayes-two of each to-
gether. She Immediately sent to the court
room for the plate of Maud's coffin, (Which
was used in the eyidelcl to have it restored
The graves will be enclosed with an iron
railing, which she has paid for, the stone
base being already prepared.
Mrs Lloyd was visited this morning by
Drs. Mott, Taylor and Wilson, and another
and received them in the parlor of the jail
! or's residence. She declared her innocence,
and that she never feared the result She
heard she was to be prosecuted again. ct
was publicly stated that warrant had been
applied for to arrest her on the charge of
poisoning her other daughter, Anna.) She
would not evade arrest. and did not fear an
other trial. She showed the photographs
OF her children, AID cried over them She
said they closely resenbled their father
| She proposes to stay with friend near Lees
| burg for short time !; after that she will re.
sumo her work al tailoring in some other
place. Public opinion here was too strong
against her, but it was unjust. She also
said. although it was reported that she was
Indifferent to the proceedings. that all the
testimony aud the arguments were indelibly
fixed on her mind, and she could detect any
errors that had heep made in the reports of
the case, that her Indifference arose from the
consciousness of her innocence It was
heart-rending to hear tho lawyers speak of
the mangling Of the body Of her child and
cutting it up.
STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY Gen.
W. H. r. Lee, has been elected President
of this Society, in place of LOWS e Harvie,
resigned. Gen. L. accepted the Office in
what the newspapers describe Somewhat
lengthy address" but in spite of this discolr.
aging opening we hope for better things
from him than we have had in the way OF
life and energy, in view Of the lack of which,
at public meeting of the Society. mem.
Der from Orange said that "the manage
ment had caused grea, dissatisfaction in his
section Of country" Among the new Vice
Presidents elected, is Mr.. VIM. A Burke, of
Staunton.
Among the premiums awarded at the last
fair, were the following: Best and purest
distillation of whiskey, So, to Jas. Bumgard.
ner best Jack, $40, and best mule colt
l year old, foaled in Virginia, $40, to Jno.
Hanger; best short horn 2 year old bull,
$50, Roller and Frank End best short-horn
cow and calf, s25, and End best bull calf
under / year old, $40, to A. NJ. BOWMAN !;
best bed quilt, S., to Mrs. Bumgardner.
all Of Augusta.
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PROGRESS OF THE CHESAPEAKE & ONO r.
R.-The track of the Chesapeake & Ohio
R. R. >. has been, this week, laid to the
Stretcher's Neck tunnel, twenty eight miles
below the mouth Of Greenbrier river, One
of the contractors of the formidable Lewis
tunnel says, that great and difficult work
will be completed in tee next six months !;
only four or five hundred feet of heading