Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-10-28
THELLOYD CASE.
Reported for the Alexandria Gazette.

The trial of Emily +. Lloyd charged with the
murder, By poison, of her daughter Maud was
resumed at 10 o'clock, in the Circuit Court Sa-
turday. Judge Keith presiding.
DR.. Tiffany was the first wtncSS called who
stated that he was resident OF Baltimore and
practiced medicine in that city also that ne
was connected with Maryland Institute as de,
monstrator Of ANATOMY: am regular graduate
came to Iecsburg in May last for the purpose
of making an examination of certain bodies IN
the cemetery went to the cemetery with MI
Orr, VIM. f. Barrett, the Sheriff, B. Atwcil
town Sergeant aud Drs. Mott, tauntlcroy' anu
Cross; saw exhumation OF bodies: the face Of
Maud was very much dlscolored and covered
with mould; mouth was covered with Il BLACK
mould also; smell, very bad: sprlnkled corboIa1e
Of lime over il which destroyed the odor; took
body out Of coffin; placed 1t on board and lald
the board on a wheeIbarrow; sprlnkled more
line over the body; made an inclslon IN 'front.'
cutting the clothes; very careful IN my examl-
nation not to let the lime touch the skin where
had cut: there was also the mark OF Prev,
ons incision having been made; the color Of
body was green: separated thighs; looked at
genital organs; put tube in bladder to see II
there was any water; found none; in cutting
omen body found stomach waiting; end OF ~
testines tied by me; also upper end OF guIlet
tied; (hcre Prof I. was Interrupted by counsel
asking him il Prof Tonry had shown hun any
stomachs in Baltmore.) He said Prot. Ionry
had exhibited to him two stonachs IN Balt-
more; one stomach was in jar IN which were
other portions of body; in other jar was
smaller stomach; smelt badly; small piece OF gut
attached to stomach; don't remember what
kind of jar it was in; it was certainly the
stomach of child; Prot: Tonry handed stom-
ach to me making some remarks don't think
saw lar: saw no Inscription on 1t at any rate
there he went back to his examination at the
cemetery) | examined chest; made lnclslon
down breast bone; found lungs we'll preserved
on examinations took from body liver, spleen
and portion of larger ptestnes and put 10 jar;
washed one kidney also and put IN jar aud
handed jar to Prot. Tonry who sealed 1t up;
also took plate off coffin which had Maud on 1t,
and attached to jar. By Mr. HarrlsonI,Dr.
Tiffany where did you get the corbolate OF lime
which you spriukled on the body! L got 1t III
Baltimore sir; opened the package containing
it at cemetery; the ingredients OF 1t are corboc
acid and lime; don't know what kind OF jar 1t
was which contained Maud stomach which was
shown me in Tonry's Office; took stomach, held
it up in my hands to see if there was any other
| cnaUGc tQaQ QCCUlupOSltioil, iido ~ haO"iSuoS
then whose stomach it was.
Mr., Harrison-Cross examining say it
was stomach which was shown you. How do
YOU know it was the stomach Of child? BY its
internal and external appearance There Is no
means of making mistake between the stom-
ach of human being and that of an animal;
distinguished it BY my general knowledge OF
| anatomy: the stomach was shown to me Incl
deutay was there 10 connection with another
case: did not have it entirely IN my hands:
| Tonrv had hold of it too: don t know where he
| kent if: there was 20 other stomach near: there
is counter and a table in the room; room is
Mr.. Harrison-Prof. Tiffany, do you think
| YOU could have told that stomach from the
stomach of Giraffe or any other animal
Never saw the stomach Of Giraffe: have not
read the anatomy of all animals, and am there
fore not acquainted with them; said there
was no one else present but Prot. Ionry and
| myself. Here Prof Tiffany was told to stand
aside
The ANALYSIS of the stomach was the next
| thing which was proposed to be introduced,
but the Judge said, Gentlemen, before intro
ducing that analysis | shall require you to
prove By living witness the safe keeping OF
that stomach, &C., from the time it was taken
from the body of the child to the time 1t was
received by Prof Tonry for ana ysis: otherwise
the analysis cannot be introduced. shall give
the prisoner the benefit of every doubt.
Mr.. Orr inquired if it would not be sufficient
to prove that the stomach was delivered to Mr.
Bentley; that he was absent from Leesburg
that he was introduced to Prot IoDry, and
that the stomach shown Prot. Tiffany was want
ingaiust those parts which Prot. Tiffany after
ward found 10 the body of Maud? The only
link wanting was that Of the absence Of proof
Of Mr.. Bentleys movements from the time he
left Leesburg to the time he was introduced By
N1r. Purcell to Prof. Tonry.
The Court said it thought not
Mr.. kilgour said that the State desired to
introduce the testimony of Mr.. Bentley, to show
what great care Mrs. Bentley showed in taking
care Of the jar, and to have presumption
drawn from that fact
The Court stated that it could not admit the
profered testimony, because there was no c|-
idence to show in whose care and keeping the
stomach was between Leesburg and Baltimore,
where it passed into the hands of DR.. Tonry.
Had the jar been sealed with private seal, or
what would have been better, with the seal OF
the Court, and it had reached the hands of DIR.
Tonry with the seal unbroken, the jar itself
would have presented internal evidence that it
had not been tempered with. But here the
chain is broken, and the missing link can, under
the circumstances, only be supplied by the pro-
duction of living witness.
Professor William P. Toury was called, and
told to con6ne himself to the analysis Of the
portions of the body of Maud, and not the
stomach; and in answer to Mr.. Orr, testified
Il am Professor of Chemistry 10 Mary and 1n
Institute; l first came to Leesburg May 20,
1872, arriving 10 the afternoon; | came with DR..
Tiffany, in obedience to letter from Mr.. Orr;
on the goth of May, 1872, we went to the
graveyard and body was exhumed, the coffin
plate being marked Maud Lloyd; | received
the hver spleen, two kidneys and some of the
blood and put them in a jar, which | carefully
washed (Here he took out jar and exhibited
it, Continuing scratched the name Maud
on the jar, sealed it and tied string across it;
then wrapped it in paper, put it in satchel,
except while I was at dinner at the hotel in
Iaeshurp and then DIR. Tiffany remained in the