Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-11-14
",soDERN BcxCsA" FREED.
rnl>L OF MRS. LLOYD Ar rEnsBvre, VA.

I'M VI. ' i''' ''' - i '-''' LAVE '-'-'
ln" trmi ot Mrs Lloyd. charged with
poisoning her daughter Maud, three
years old, at LteShur@. Va, last March,
has just terminated with verdict OF not
guilty. The accused Is the widow OF
. Charles Lloyd, about 80 years 0id, plam
looking and resided in Lcesburg, Lou
don county, Va. with her four children.
Her husband died suddenly in the latter
part Of the year 1868. The, mother
seemed 10 ue tAeePulng'y I0i1 .,o 91 hrr
cH'II!tI' I.tti III ',T S'ul'IIi'l 81 ~, lo'o tl
C"1 H'I'o ""E3 ''@7 anu iien'y' u''"
Suudeu'N, an" 1t was Supp"Seu tha'
lhrY hau eaten poison oak Wnl|e
out IN SGarCh on niaCkn'rrleS, fier
lII'IP "t'Gllter' annie dIeG III fr"rGafY
or We present year, ana teW Gays
thereafter the last remaining chlid,
Maud l'-hoFn atter her tather DEATH
was Ialu IN hrr grave All lneSe chl'-
dreh showed Wi!a' appeared 10 De poison
symptoms turing thelr last Illness.
" h'h the IaNt one was buried SUSpl-
ripn9 were tNrltrd, ana the hody was
cHhumcd m'o thc contents or the Sion-
ach >ohnNtrd 10 Frot. i0nry, OF bal'l-
more, VINO found arsemcc. me mother
asserted hrr innocence or having caused
the Gfath or so many members or hcr
tamIy, ana sald that their SuddennesS
was nothing remarkable; the -" LIoYdS
all died so She was arrested: and an
lndlCtment FOUND against her Tor nav
ing caused the ChHd 5 death by aHmIn-
iSt"rng 10 grams OF arsenic ana aISo ny
'hJrC'iilS "''leI qu'I''.n9 ':o'
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1N"yU '!laoe n'I al,l't9la..E III '"u.'
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EouSSlle Sl"e' 31eteII I,I'iia'",I an,, S'I,, tb
caIliIy IN 'l!G PiisItiel > ooN uuIlL,S 'Ic
lr"l,lnS "l Slc i'tCii iGoH
I aIouG l5loet . iiit, f t.' an,, :" ma,
Hne pnea,to nof Sf i' tho SJil.e o
',J ,'9;,'c. oor+oi,, nC,,,eol +Lo ooso
I eIIu 49,, o+t,
We" Nv +I,o+ ,,,
~ pG 'Ie IilIo " rIII ~,
sprecn ol So"le EMIL III % mlii0 fro Ir,9 IIn tb
tGi "i ruT r'o t r ro,,snd l' to the
,o+ oI,d ,Ir;oo,,,,,o,,+ of +Lo 1r;oo,,ar
%,, III W[iI l9Gl'ilCiD i W r,ao d
drawinu an anDallinC Dicture of the
crime. Mrs Lloyd was seen to be weep
inc az if If was imnossible for her TO re-
strain her feelings. Among the wit
nessps were tbe family phyeician and
Lepsburc practitioners besides chemi-
cal exnerts from the University of Vir-
ginia and Baltimore.
uaatioo 4La+ NJ C,o,u bo ovo1,,d
81 frm, l,r"'tT t ;,iaG 4" w. s0 ~ i,IIicod
@ eu I'VE '4e Jn,y '' 5''iaUI p JSartJ u,a,te
% thot 9' NIL 70 I1oa SEiTT o T nd I9vo ~ Of Is &
ond thot no 'y 1EoI,1d a. not CIi banc her if she
1Tnre l ~ r1rrlIor 'rco 80, frien6 he had in
tbo Iror1d w. rros oT,orr,1ad b,t the corrt
ond -tbo tootin,orU of q n3niatto girI
ennIovod in tbe FAMILY wae taken If
y,a 9einIv +o tho effact that Naud
when annarontlv wo1I bod eaten a CAKE
and bod poo,, hooorno III ond von,ited
and Jvinr two doTa ofter Dnring
WoudS illness she bad taken notbing bIf
milk and lime water She knew nothing
of the purchase of arsenic or of any
being in the house. 1t was decided, at
this point, that the evidence must relate
only to the death of Maud, as the court
could take no cognizance of the death