Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-10-25
THEILOYD CASE.
| Correspondence of the Alexandria Gaz'

menced in the Circuit Court this morning,
Judge Keith on the bench, j. Mort. Kilgour,
Attorney for the Commonwealth, assisted byMaj.
John M. Orr; and NJ. and P Harrison assisted
BY Messrs j, VIM. Foster and Eppa Hunton,
for the defence. To-day might fairly be called
the opening day of the trialas nothing was done
on the first day but the arrangement OF the
prisoner and selection Of the jury.
This morning Mrs Lloyd came in leaning on
the arm of Mr. Geo. Nixon, dressed IN plain
black, with a long black veil thrown ever her
head thereby excluding any view OF her face;
She walked firmly up to the prisoner $ box and
took her seat apparently eVlnclng put little In
terest in anything going on around her. >,
The clerk then proceeded to swear the toI,
lowing named persons who had been selected
as Jurors: Robt Bentley, jr., Eli Brdsall
Thos. j. Cost, r. G. Glove, Ashton Dodd
Braden 4. Fox, Mahon Hatcher, Thomas w.
Muse, Matthew Mcpherson, VIM. +. Mcklm-
mey, Jas. w. Nichols and josiah L. White,
After having finished this duty, he
read the Indictment and charged the Jury.
Everything being in readiness MIR. ). Mort.
Klgour arose and in very elaborate and 1orci-
bic manner stated the case to the jury; to which
Capl. pUSlCl, VI uCL'lii va VIZ PAAN'
in fine speech
The evidence was now introduced, the first
witness called being Delphi 1Iazenbury, the
coored girl who has lived with Mrs. Lloyd for
the past three years, and who partly nursed the
children during their sickness. In answer to
question put forth by Mr.. Orr, as to where she
lived last March, she replied that she lived
| with Mrs Lloyd ~,
Mr.. Orr-Tell the jury what you know OF the
sickness and death Of Maud Lloyd. Delphi
| She was taken sick on Saturday evening about
| 3 O clock; was present when she was taken,
but had only been there part of the day; had
| been out dealing in the stores; soon after came
| into the room the child commenced throwing
| No: her mother was with her but no one else;
| had only been away about one hour she was
eating cake when went in; she had fever; ire
ouently vomited and complained of q pain IN
her breast; she drank lime water and milk she
drank water until she died. Mr.. kilgour-
Who was with her on Sunday? Delphl-Her
mother and Mrs Charles Newton; Miss Matte
Newton came Monday morning to breakfast;
was not with Maud much. Mr.. Kilgour-
Who emptied what Maud threw up. Delphi
Mrs. Lloyd. Mr.. K.-Who cleaned up the
house and did the general house work? Del.
phi-I did sir, Mr.. Orr-What did she throw
up and what color2 Delphi-It looked like
lime water and milk; it was very much the
color of milk. Mr.. K.-Did she seem better al
one time than another? Yes sir; she would gel
better at times and play with her doll on the
floor; she was better very often between Satur
day and Monday; her mother attended to hel
all the time and no one else; Maud did not eau
anything at all but drank llme water and milk
[ did not notice particularly her appearance
| LII loo - no n
them. Mr.. Or-Did she eat anything be-
tween breakfast and 3 clock Sunday? Delphi
Yes sir; she very frequently wanted some
Saturday night and Maud died Monday morn:
ing soon after the Doctor came in the last time;
had been living with Mrs Lloyd, three years;
She had been living in the house Maud died in
for two years.
Mr.. KiIgour-Wcre you troubled with rats
-Delphi- No sir; have seen mice; never, saw
any rat-holes even; don't know anything about
purchase of arsenic of any ARSENIC being used
about the house; Mrs Lloyd had four children
George, Henry, Annie and Maud. :,
Here point was raised and the counsel slgnl
fying their intention to argue it, the Judge or
dered the Sheriff to take charge of the jury
until after the question was settled.
| At five o'clock in the evening the testimony
of Delphi was resumed.
Mr.. Kilgour-Delphi, you spoke of Maud
Lloyd vomiting did she complain IN any other
way? Yes sir. She complained of pain IL
her side. =.
Mr.. Kilgour-Did you smell anything burn
ing in the house? No sir.
| MIR. Orr-You say she complained of a pain
in her side; did she complain often? Delphi
Not very.
MIR. Kilgour-Wcre You in the room often
Yes sir. How often? Don't know. Half the
time? Yes sir.
Mr.. Harrison, for the defence, here stated
that he would prefer deferring his cross exam
nation of the witness until the whole of hel
testimony had been taken; to which the
Court agreed.
DR.. Mott was the next witness called. Mr..
Orr-Doctor, are you acquainted with the prls
oner? Yes sir; known her twenty years; am
her physician and have been since 1865 knew
child Maud; attended her during Sickness
called in about o clock in afternoon Of Satur'
dav; she was vomiting, and bowels acting.
Left powders; was called 4 o'clock Sunday
evening" gave powders, little opium, lime wa
ter: came next morning; found her very weak,
and called Dr. Cross in; he suggested
went down to the store and put up prescrlp-
ton myself; when | returned found her very
much exhausted; she vomited and continued
to sink rapidly; died quietly; nothing unusual
in her appearance; her eyes were prominent
but nothing unusual about them; saw what
she vomited; appeared like water; some like
milk; no active purglng; bowels had been too
much acted on; she did not complain of any
pain; visited her about Is minutes at time,
except last visit when I staid for about half
hour; thought she was better on Sunday even
ing, she playing with the ollbaby; first time
gave her calomel and opium, and second gave
her sub-nitrate of bismuth with opium; poisons
are all registered when sold, according to law;
no one particular keeps register; it hangs in
store where every one can see; was present
at post-mortem examinations; she died Monday
and examination was made on that night or the
night AFTER Drs. Edwards and Cross were
present; was directed by Coroner, Mr.. R. NJ.
Bentley, to make examination; took from
child stomach, and duodeRum, the next outlet
to the stomach; tied upper and lower orifces and
took out stomach with contents in it.
Mr.. Kilgour-Doctor, please repeat your