The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-02-10
The Alleged King Poisoning case.

Yesterday in the Police Court the cases Of
DR.. N. A. II. Goddln and Wesley NJ. Brock,
charged with being implicated in the death
Of Miss Jennie Young King, were called for
trial, but owing to the fact that the coroner's
jury had not rendered verdict the case was
continued until this morning at 81 o'clock.
In the afternoon the examination of wit
nesses before the coroner's jury was con-
tinued.
DIR. Grcbe was the first witness examined.
DIR. Taylor followed DR.. Grebe, and said that
he had been diligently engaged all day in
analyzing the contents of the bottle. He
found no mineral poison, but had Uery great
| reason to beiiepe that IL acns Nurture Of
'ohtskey and ergot, and ii the latter it might
produce abortion. The Doctor would not
state positively, however; that it was ergot.
Mr.. Laube was next called said that on
the 18th Of january he had been called upon
by a gentleman, whom he had since learned
to be Mr.. Brock. On going to take the
measure for the burial Mr.. Brock had asked
him to be very discreet in what he said. He
asked him if he had the certificate. Brock
told him he would get it. When he got the
certificate he was satisfied !; before that, on
might not be all right. He signed the GER
her he was asked by Harry O'NeiI,
gave-tligger, if he had the certiti-
cate. Brock, who was standing by
at the time, put his hand in bis pocket and
pulled out an envelope and handed it to
O'Ncil, and remarked that it contained all the
papers he had. Brock then got into the hack
and drove away. The next day, said Mr..
Laube, the driver gave it to NE. / was
greatly surprised at this, and wondered how
the driver came by it. I asked him how he
got it, and he told me that Brock gave it to
him at the depot. | forgot to send the GER
tiicatc to Captain Bigger or to the Board of
Health. | know it was wrong to keep it,
but really forgot it. There were only three
persons present. The burial was very
quiet. There was no minister In at
tendance. She was buried at O'Clock.
The sister got out Of the carriage at the
grave, but the mother did not. The grave
was not filled up when they went away. i
don't know whose lot she was buried in.
Mr.. O'Neil was next examined. Said
he was gravc-digger that he
had dug the grave; that the Or
der was left to dig the grave with his part
ner; that the body would come from the
depot, so his comradc told him: Brock gave
me IN envelope; but didn't open it: | told
Mr.. Lauhc that | didn't believe it was neces-
sary to give in the certificate to DIR. Clbell
then, as two Mondays had passed and the
weekly report had been handed n."
At this point DR.. Trent said that he had
called Oh Captain Bigger when foul play was
suspected, but he could find no entry on his
hooks of the name of Jennie King. On Big
gers section-book, however, the number of
the grave was subsequently found. There
was no certificate received by Bigger, and he
has not yet gotten one. ...
Mr.. Crone, gravc-diggcr, said that 81,
man came out in hurry to the graveyard
and wanted the grave dug in 4 hurry that
inc wanted TO leave in a hurry on the train;
he offered me bottle cf whiskey to he in
hurry. He selected the section, and said that
he had seen Captain Bigger. / showed the
paper which he gave me to my partner, Mr..
O'Ncil, who said it was all right; and we
,lllg the grave. / didn't take the whiskey
because | didn't drink anything for two
years. l understood that the body was
coming from either the cars or the country;
The impression left on my mind was that the
body WAS coming from the country"
Mrs. King was next examined. Her testi-
mony varied somewhat from that before JUS
lice White. She said that she had the letter
which Brock wrote, telling her other dauSh-
tcr's sickness. She also sad that il was at the
Central Depot that Brock met her; that her
daughter did not take dry Of the medicine
more than t,co or three times. This was in
reference to the bottle the contents of which
is now being examined hy DR.. Taylor
She also took some pills which Or.
Goddin gave her. but that those which
were left had been thrown into the fire
by my other daughter, as my grandson
wanted the box. DR.. Goddin charged for his
services from the 4th of january to the time
of her death $100. He has not been paid
yet. DR.. Goddin came to see me, and
said that the detectives were working up the
case and l might satisfy them as TO my
daughters death. When the Doctor took the
bottle to bring up he said that he did not
know that it was poison, though it might be !;
ut all events, he wanted the contents of the
bottle to be analyZed. On one occasion, said
Mrs. King. few days before she died, the
Doctor said, My conscience. Jennie, you
mllSt I've poisoned"
"Thc daughter who is here" said Mrs.
King, "suggcsted that the bottle might con-
tain poison, and it was this that made Dr..
Goddn bring the bottle to Richmond, iii
order that its contents might be analzycd.
Pr. Goddin told me that my daughter had
said in his office Oh one occasion that if she
had had Il pistol she would have blown
Brooks brains out. feared my daughters
condition several weeks before she came to
| Richmond"
Miss Charlotte King, a sister Of the deceased
| was next examined. Her testimony did not
vary from that given before Justice White.
The examination was not suspended until
past II O'Clock last night, and will be conti-
nued OH Monday.
CouHT or APpEALs.-This court adjourned