Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1872-11-09
OF MRS. LLOYD.

The trial of Emily J. Lloyd, for the
murder Of her daughter, in the Circuit
Court of Loudoan County, ended ON
Thursday oflast week, with q verdict
of not guilty.
L gather from the remarks of the
foreman of the jury that they accepted
as correct the results of Prof Tonrys
analysis of the viscera of Maud Lloyd,
as to the presence of arsenic therein. en-
dorsed as it was by the celebrated Prot.
Wormly and Prof Mallet. The great
difficulty in the case was to connect the
prisoner with its administration. The
Jury thought this fact had not been
proved beyond reasonable doubt Up
on the charge of Judge Keith, that III,
upon the whole evidence in the case
there is any rational hypothesis consist
ent with the innocence of the accused,
she cannot be convicted the jury
thought themselves justified in render
ing verdict of not guilty, The jury
were absent but a few minutes, and
were unanimous when they went out
that their verdict must be either murder
in the first degree or not guilty. Judge
Keith, in dischargiug the jury, said if 1t
was anv satisfaction 10 them 10 know
his opinion, he thought their verde.
was warranted by the evidence.
This remark of Judge Keith did much
to settle public opinion and quiet the
excitement here upon the rendering Of
the verdict.
After the rendition Of the verdict
Mrs Lloyd was observed TO smile ire-
quently. No person approached her or
congratulated her. and during the trial
she was wholly unno,iced. Not even
relative came near her. She frequently
laughed at the witty remarks of counsel
and witnesses during the trial.
Dming Mr. Kilgours pathetic re-
ks in connection with her buried
children she was evidently weeping,
with her handkerchief to her eyes She
returned alone to the Jail, where sho
still remains.
Early this morning, before breakfast.
she went to the cemetery TO see the
graves of her husband and four chill
dren. all of whom have neat marble
tombstones. Her four children are bu-
ried in double grsves--twcsaf each to-
gether. She Immediately sent to ths
courtroom for the plate OF Maud's cot
fin, (Which was used in the evijence,) IN
have it restored. The graves will be
enclosed with an iron railing, which she
has paid for, the stone base being al
ready prepared
Mrs. LLOYD was visited this morning
by Drs. Mott, Taylor and Wilson, and
another, and received them in the par.
lor of the jailor's residence. She de-
clared her innocence, and that she new.
or feared the result. She heard she was
to be prosecuted again. Qt was pub
licly stated that q warrant had been ar-
piled for to arrest her on the charge of
poisoning her other daughter, Anna.)
She would not evade arrest, aud did not
fear another trial. She showed tho
photographs of her children, and cried
over them She said they closel re-
sembled their father. She proposes To
stay with friend near Leesburg for
short time after that she will resume
her work at - loring in some otherplace.
Public opinion here was too strong
against her, but il was unjust. She al
so said, although it was reported that
she was Indifferent to the proceedings,
that all the testimony and the argu-
ments weru indclibly fixed on her mind,
and she could detect any errors that had
been made in the reports Of the case
that her Indifference arose from the con-
scious of her innocence. IL was heart
rending to hear the lawyers speak Of
the mangling Of the body Of her child
and cutting it up.
Notwithstanding the strong feeling In
this community against Mrs Lloyd, the
verdict OF acquittal was generally sntic-
ipated, on the ground Of insufficient ev
i1ence. Ifthe friendlcss woman Is in.
nocent, and her counsel affirm, person
ally as well rs professionally, their sol
emn belief that she is innocent Of any
crime, she is certainly much to be piticd
for the wrongs she has endured. She
is said TO possess property TO tho
amount Of about 1860. The expenses
of her trial. the counsel, witnesses, DC,
will probably he about 81 l,0OJ, and she
owes some debts Of about $3.50, as Was
stated in the evidence
Dr. Mott, Mrs Lloyd's family phys.
clan, declared most soIemnly TO the yr-
ter, this morning, that she il wholly ii-
nocent of crime; that her daughter An
ma died OF intersuscep:ion ofthc bowels:
that her two boys died in 1870 from
eating poisoned oak leaves, while gatl,
ering and eating strawberries in the
woods, and that Maud died from b dis
ease resembling cholera rnorbus.
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have frequent headache, mouth tastes
bad, poor appetite and tongue coated,
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