The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-09-11

I NOT. Went ~ coo. bin from three TO FIVE
times every dnV fIcm that time TO his dcatf.
] He vas gene, all very sick, Dut did not see
hun vomit more tian three or four time,
though he is satisfied that he had yomlted
~oftener. He complained of suffering in the
bowels, but not in the stomach. He knew
nothing about their conjugal relations being
disturbed save from amor lie never heard
Allen complain OF the conduct 0! his wife.
About an hour before bis death be turned
over on his right side, and died as easily as
any man he ever saw die. :.
He called Parkins to his bedside several
times. saying that he wished to tell MIN
something, but on each occasion he said he
was too sick to do So-his wife bathing his
head with ice and requesting him to speak
! and tell Mr.. Parkins what he wished. He
| had q similar attack two weeks before, when
I the Doctor said he was threatened with rer-
tHo and paralysis. He was unable TO work
| dTrinc harvest !; was compelled TO keep still,
and suffered great pain when be would stand
up OF move about.
TESTIMONY OF ELIZA ALLEN.
She y the sister Of Charles w. Alien, and
lived at his honSe. She made the c',pben-
broth for her brother on Tuesday eye1sing.
His wife md aunt both tasted it. MTH- Al.
len had been absent from home that 'tay,
and returned in the evening with d bottle 81
bitters and some arsenic which she had @es-
ten at DR.. Hicheiberger's. Mrs. Allen tod,
her afterwards that she bad thrown the af-
senic in the stove on the same evening Slss
bought it. assigning, az = reason that she
/ was afraid to have it laying about the house
for fear her little boy, ksne>, would get
| hold of it, rs he. wos IL very "rumma9ing
LITTLE fellow" She destroyed it because
Il was too late to use'i tlnt evening. When
l,sie was in Staunton the first time she got
Ethe arsenic. She was accompanied hy her
| cousin Lizzie. When they rcsnrned cousin
| Lizzie said cousin "Saeh' (which seems to
be q cuphoneous contraction Of SARAH is out
Of humor this evening", and Being asked
| why, replied, she has lost her arsenic. She
lost one of my gloves on the .satae day. At
| the %supper-table on Tuesday fIcnIinS he
| did not seem seriously sick, and when asked
by his wife if he was sick, replied No, don't
you see I am eating" She ELIZA Allen)
made the soup herself, and served it up her.
self. When he first looked at it he said 1t did
| not look good. Supposed he meant Ii did not
look rich, for he was IL "grclt man for rich
things and having his food seasoned high"
Told him to put some more brtter ana
cream in it. He had not then tasted it.
! Cousin Lizzie was the first to'speak about
| the rat she had seen run in her room, and
| was afraid Of it, and wanted it killed. Mrs.
Allen told her that Mr.. Allen gave her the
money and told Ilct to be sure to get some
arsenic TO kill the rats with. lie was always
much troubled with the sore on his ankle.
| He had no more spaslns after taking the bro
| midc Of potassium. Mr.. and Mrs. Allen
| were very ailcctionatc towards each other ::
| never knew two persons more so. Have
never heard of any difficulty between Mr..
and Mrs. Allen about Norman Napier.
TESTIMONY OF COURTNEY Roller
He stated that on the Sunday on which
Allen was buried, about four hours pre-
| ~yiou>Ey. 1T the Old Stonc.churcb, DR.. VIII
liam NJ. Crawford had told him that he
thought Allen had died from gai@rcnc of the
stomach. He said Inc old wound on his
ankle had become gangrencd, and his
stomach being in an inilamcd condition it
had been attacked by the gangrenn.
Mr.. John Parkins, being recalled, said DR..
Crawford told him just previous to Aliens
death that he was suffering with inltamm;t-
ton of the bowels and glll-bladdcr.
This closed the testimony, and the Fcrdlct
of the Jury was that Mr.. Allen came TO his
death by poison administered by his wife,
Sarah VI. Allen.