The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-04-15
THE POISON FlEND,
A Borgia Case in Vir-
Glnla.
THE MYSTERY OF THE LL0YD5.
A Mother and Six Alleged Victims-A Husbau&
an Aunt and Four Children-Excits-
ment in Leesburg.

LEESBURli. Va, April IL, 1872.
on the 2Tth OF March last this community WAC
thrown into a state OF great excitement by tho
announcement that
MRS. EMILY f. LLOYD,
a lady OF responsibility and means and a strics
member of the Episcopal Church, was suspected %
having poisoned her whole family, consisting OF a
husband and four children, as wen AZ an elderly
lady relative OF the family, from Washington, who
was visiting her.
THE FACTS IN Tiig CASE
developed at that time. were to the effect thae
four years ago the Lloyd family consisted Of ak per-
sons--Charles Il. Lloyd, Emily ihis wife, the accuscd)
ana four bright, beautiful children two boys and two
girls In the winter OF ls69-I0 Mr.. Lloyd was taken
III with the pneumonia aud after severe Illness
became conyaescent, but he afterwards became
worse aud
DIED SUDDENLY.
AS he was an Incorporate man, no one thought
strange OF his DEATH and he was buried without q
post.mortcm examination After his death the
mother seemed to become intensely attached to the
children She procured loy them 8 nurse, oesar
TO dress them nicely and accorded 80 llSI
many privileges that the stern ana cruel father had
denied them. She sent them out with the nurse
aud allowed them to go about they desired and
It was matter OF remark among all the villagers
summer OF 1870
aged eight and ten years respectively, accom-.
panied tie nurse to the field to gather
blackbcrries. When they returned In the
evening the children who appeared to
have been poisoned with poison oak. were taken
sick and died suddenly. The mother seemed over
whelmed with grief at her loss, and ordered from
the village undertaken
MS BEST BASKETS FOR HER DEAD
children and made the most ample and lavish ar.
rangenents for their burial. So sorrow stricken
did she appear that the whole community sym
pathizcd with her in Il marked degree, and not the
slightest shadow OF suspicion dwelt In the
peoples minds that the children had been
fouly dealt with. They were borne to the grave
side by side ana buried together After their
burial the mother seemed TO dote upon the two
remaining children with great lervency, ana with
ample means provided lavishy for their wants.
She often remarked that she lived only for
her children, and their nurse seemed tuly
as the mother. The death OF the father
and two boys had been almost forgotten, as well
as that Of IN aged aunt OF Mrs. Lloyd, who was on
u visit to them in the summer OF 1871 aud their
sudden demise was no Longer talked OF in the com
munity, when one evening II was announced that
THE ELDEST GIRL,
beautiful. healthy child Of some i've years. had
been taken suddenly Ill with much the same symp-
toms az attended the sickness OF the father and the
other children The child fingered day or two
aud died. Yet no suspicion attached to
nouseh nu"G, for she was devoted member of the
church, and seemingly attached to her children
The child was buried without j Thought OF its lav-
ing been destroyed by her hand ana time passed on
until March %, when the announcement came that
THE FOURTH AND LAST CHILD
was sick with the same symptoms attending tho
sickness as had characterized the Illness OF all the
other members Of the family It was sick but
day Or two and died but yet no suspicion
cane to the peoples mind that the child had
been poisoned. The evening after the death
| of the last child the singular fatality attend
ing the Lloyd family became the subject OF much
earnes, conversation al over this little village.
There Is a la@ OF Virginia that requires
DRUGGISTS WHEN THEY SELL POISON
/ to note upon register the date and person to
whom sold and this subject became 50 generally
! talked OF that some suggested an examination Of
! the druggists books which was done, and H. APP
peared that bu short time preyou. to each Of
| these deaths, Mrs. Lloyd had purchased
OUNCE ARSENIC.
These and other facts induced the Mayor, II. M.
Bently, TO summons CorOner's jury and hold an
inquest, which accordingly done and upon an
examination OF tho matter no satisfactory accounts
they determineI TO have post.inortem examina
ton and submit the stomach to analyzatiOn, to
which the mother did not impose the slightest OBJ
lection.
was accordingly taken out, placed In glass jar and
taken to Baltimore ana delivered to Professor
T0nry, who was one Of the chemists in the Whar-
ton trial, TO be Analysed, yet there were few
people willing to believe that poison would be
found. Since that date the Professor has been at
work, and yesterday he informed the authorities
that he had found
oNE AND HALF GRAIN or ARSENIC
The Coroner's ury were got together IA soon AZ
possible, although IL after night when they
were convened. and after hearing the result Of the
analysis and some further testimony, found that
the child had come to Its
DEATH FROM POISON
administered by the mother. She was at once ar
rested and taken before Justice Wallace, but owing
TO the lateness OF the hour she admitted to
bail in the sum of $1,000 TO appear Monday morning.
IT would be impossible 10 imagine the excitement
that prevails here tonight. orders have been
given for the
DISAGREEMENT or THE FIVE BODIES
Of the other members Of the family, ana analysis
viii be made in each case. The various aspects OF
the case freely discussed, and the only solution
vet given for the commission OF this terrible crime
Is that she
DESIRED TO REHARRY,
and put the children out OF the In Difference to
the wishes Of her new love.
The preliminary examination viii begin tomOr-
row, when one OF the most interesting aud import
ant cases known to criminal jurisprudence In the
country viii be developed