The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-01-06
Horrible M a dor lila Baitin,ore--An
Aged Woman Murd cred I'm Her
ffos,se--ai, 200 u a Il en- from n Cup
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tFfom lite Baltimore American, 3d.

A most deliberate and cold.blooded muir.
der was committed last night In the eastern
section Of the city. Mr.. John Mercer Lamp.
ley, residing at No. 1o3 hlulikan street; left
his residence with his nia.ficd Daughter,
Mrs. John English, FOR Fuid's Opera House,
leaving his wife in good health.
About $50 o'clock grown-,,p son re-
turned home, and being unable to gain all.
mittancc either by the front OF back way.
forced his way into the house by the aid of
some Of his ncighhors. A terrible sight met
bis gaze. His aged mother lay dead on the
floor Of the larlor. but without any marks of
violence. An alarm WINS at once raised, and
the ncighbors iiocked in; but on the return
OF the family It Was fotind that the hotlse
had been robbed OF $1,000 hi bank notes and
$3.50 In gold, The rings were taken from
her fingers, and her jackets were turned In.
side ont.
Mrs. Lamp!ey wore valuable pair Of ear
rings. one Of which was torn from her ear,
and was subsequently found on the floor be-
side the corpse. The murdered woman was
about seventy years Of age, though quite
active and vigorous. The money was in q
small trunk in cupboard, which was forced
open.
Intelligence of the foul deed was Mt once
| communicated 10 the police authorities, mid
Marshal Gray aud Deputy Marshal Frey,
with Captain Kenny. of the Eastern District,
reached the scene before Mr.. Lampley had
| returned from the theatre. Coroner Sultzer
WAS notified and visited the scene of mourn
| ing. but after Viewing the body decided to
defer holding an inquest until this morning.
| The house in which the deed was commit
ted is one Of row on Mullikan street be.
| tween Caroline and Bond, aud OIL the left
runs wide alley trimming to the retr OF the
door q! The Kitchen, and 1t is supposed that
| the murderer entered from the rear. Air.
| Lamplev, the husband OF the murdered lady,
| was formerly fisherman, but for years past
| had followed carting, and had anlassed con
| siderable sum Of money.
He was supposed by his neighbors TO he
very wealthy, and i. is thought that whoever
committed the bloody deed went for plum
DIR. The scene at the house at o'clock this
| morning. when the children and or;ndcbiI-
drcn Of the murdered woman had assembled
WAS one not easily described. The aged
husband seemed to lose all sight of the loss
Of his hard-carningS, and thought only of
his murdered wife, while his children,
stricken themselves, appeared to use all their
cndcavor to soothe him.
The american says The Investigation Inv
| the Jury empanneed by Coroner SuItzer in
| the case of Mrs. Lampley, the old lady found
| dead last night at No. 102 Mullkan street.
was begun this morning,
| THE FAMILY.
! Mr.. John H. Lamplev. the husband of the
deceased. has resided in the same neighbour
hood for fifteen or twenty Years. he was
| formerly Il fisherman, and had n wagon for
| hauling. One married daughter is a Mrs:
Anne Cole: another. Mrs. Mary English,
The father. mother, and d son, John Lamp
| Icy, resided al the house No. l02 Mullikan
street. james Coleman, the tobacco dealer,
| is Il son OF the deceased.
TIE DECEASED.
The deceased was about seventy-two years
of aye when she died. and had one grand
daughter married. John Lampley. the son.
who lived with his father and mother, Is APP
| lMIently about twenty-five years of age.
| The deceased was very uuwell two or
three months ago, but had got much better,
and Just before her death had 4 good appe-
| tito and was lively and cheerful. DR.. Andre.
| who was her physician, WAS sent for halfa-
dozen times last night and this morning, but
did not make his appearance at the inquest.
| POST-MoRTEM.
| DR.. William II. Ccndcniu being called on
By the coroner, made partial post-m0rtem
| examination On the deceased this morning
and found no external marks Of violence.
She had long bcen rupttlred. but there was
no appearance of this having caused her
death She had on her throat goitre of
| long standing. Two fingers of her left hand
| had long b,ch Stilf from Suint accidental in:
Jury.
The features were not all swollen at mid
night. but this morning early the right side
OF the face became badly swollen, and at
noon the left side very much so. There was
| no abrasion. mark. or bruise that could have
caused death perceived on ANY part Of the
| body.
DR.. ClcuGcniu is making more thorough
| pOSt-morttm OF the stomach and other inter-
nal organs. and will then make full state
mcnt. Some time after the death was dis.
covered there was found on table in the
kitchen. near where the deceased lay, little
paper hng containing cakes. Il little wine in O
tumtler, and two apples. The wine will be
examined 10 ascertain whether it contained
poison. Shortly after the death was discov.
cred Dr. John |. Gross was called in. and he
found OH the left side of the law a very
slight scratch and an inde@tation of the flesh
as if from blow or bruise. This was slightly
appeared, and could not be perceived TO-
day.
The body of the deceased was found living
on the back, the head rather inclined upor
the lett side, and the feet in the doorway to
the kitchen. The mark on the jaw, the
Doctor says, may have been made by blow
| or may have resulted from falling.
The locality of this tragedy was small
house on MuIlikan street. There is front
parlor with door on the street, and adjoin.
ing the house is an alley that has a gate open
Ing into the yard in the rear. Back of the
parlor is a sitting-room, from which stair.
way leads to the second story, and back OF
this sitting-room is the kitchen.
1t was at the door between the sitting.
| room and kitchen that the deceased was
| found the kitchen has door opening into a
very small yard, and at the rear of the yard
| is q chickcn-hou>e and stable ; from the stable
4 gate opens into the alley; when the de,
ceased was found the front alley gate was
fastened, and the rear one from the stable
| was open.
| THE CIRCu INSTANCES.
Mr.. Lampley seldom leaves home ut night
| but was invited to 60 to the theatre with his
daughter (Mrs. John English and her hus-
band. Before he left he went to a lager-beer
saloon in the neighborhood and told his son
to 20 home to bis mother. the deceased.
| The son says he did so about O'Clock
and then he asked her if be might go out
AGAIN. and she consented, and he returned to
the beer saloon and remained until $3.50
o'clock or later; then he went home; found
the front gate fastened; suspected bis mo-
ther bad fastened it and gone to bed; went
rou,J RI tho aIIoy-t-,tp. found H. omen i: SllS-