The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-10-20
The Clarke County Tragedy.

-R.AI OF lEH L.--IE BROTHERS FOR THE MURDER
T.! THEIR B:O-HEE--A JURY oBTMSEp-lH-
-ErG>-iNG TESTIMONY.
f-,..., Corr, -I.,n,:eIce &c Richmond Dispatch.l
EcEsyvILLE, October u, 1878.
!. .ur Circuit: Court OF Clarke county to-
dix he cill>c 0: The Commonwealth Is. Us
f., and L,cur.u> Little. being hrSt on the
docket. was called. These two men were III
Gs.-.la, the July term Of the County Court
-. the murder Of Clinton Little. their
trn.Irr, ana elected To be tried in the Cir
,,.;. jul.rt. Year readers will remember
n.l; 4 terrible family tragedy occurred AT
,lr l.l,>. a.: F:auhlin Little in the early
;r,rt q, the summer. III which the whole OF
q. l,r.. FAMILY w~.. engaged. and which end
I'll in tire duI:h Of one aud the Woundlng OF
,.y.,.l other members OF the family, among
,,-.r tlr mother ~ one time there was q
-. ,,rung cIrren; Ut public opinion against
tM~ prisoners. but this >crlnS now to be
,.".HHaf ri.i"tcd. Still, great interest Is
.M.n.,,..,rd ~ The trial, which Is now
IL .rr -rr>.. The whole Ci to-day was
slri IL IL" preliminary arrangements
Wa.. uv.,- attend criminal proce-
Cu.,. Neither rarty seems 20 desire delay.
'a. theory 81 Tie defence IS that tie bro
;.r.> had iIai <1u.r bad feeling III regard to
iI3N !ti... I!tt II W itI NC tiN w
.a:.. course II The trial, and that one of the
g.~:a-. hy which Mrs. Little was wounded.
Nh. III by accident, and that the sons and
brothers. not knowing this, became excited
and entered into fight which ended fatally
H.. was not designed or prcmcdtated, but
~. result Of III accident which could not
tav" been controlled. 1t remains to he seen
r:Ht they will make Of this.
when Mr.. Little entered the courthouse
= >.t.nr took place which. whether prcar-
ranged or not. thrilled all who were pre-
seat. When >ne saw her son LycurguS she
rushed H. him. making her way a. best she
could through the crowded room, regardless
rl N.,i.,. -. Jury. and fell upon his neck,
CRYING and w,>!Hng in 4 most pitcous man.
Mrr.
Lycure1l>. though indicted Jointly with
Oar ha> elected y be tried separately,
and consequently h. WAS the only one pre-
>cNt 1t WAS impossible TO obtain full jury
TO-DAY. although nearly the requisite num-
t"r were gotten. and there is no doubt but
that tie trial win 70 on tomorrow. The
coui!>.t engaged are eloquent and able
which tact vii! add interest to the trial. For
iAv prosecution. Major ;. j. {. Noon and
thr Commonwealth attorney, {. l.. Lotthan;
and -. IAr defence, Major Holmes Conrad.
'oipu,.l \. Mcdonald, 4. Moore, Jr., and
Holmes McGuire. Maj Conrad. we under
>'aaa, /, The leading lawyer for the defence,
sad better ON, could not have been OBJ
lH.j.
SECOND DAY.
EfRRYylLLE. october 1G, 1915.
T4Cguqui,itc number Of qualified jurymcn
having been Obtained the trial OF Lycurgus
Little was commenced to-day. 1t was quite
in1 IA
reading OF tue indictment and other matters
consuming some lime. The witnesses en-
tlulucu to-day we're all doctors, and there are
>c,ylal more Of them Yet TO come. Drs.
Lewis, OF Clarke, and Love and Miller, of
Winchester. AZ OF whom were present at
The house OF Mr.. Little professionally, testi-
led substantially Tia: they were called there
tn The 9th OF July and reached the house
al about II O'Clock, where they found Clinton
Little mor;ally wounded by gun-shot
wound, the bail entering the rightside above
luc crest Of the pelyis, near the ileum, pass.
Ey through the abdomen and cutting an
artery on the lett side as il passed out into
Inc Thigh where il lodged, and from which
Il was extracted shat there were two cuts
or gashes on the head, and that on an eXami-
nation Of the brain it was found that
slight congestion had taken place. On
cro>.~examinatOn il was admitted that
excessive drinking and great anger and ex-
element combined would have produced
The same effect. The death was caused by
The Internal hclHorrhage and the shock, al
though ultimately the blows on the head
might have caused death; that the prisoner
lad exhibited much anxiety TO know OF the
condition OF his brother, and had asked the |
doctors if be was really dead; that he had |
IN his possession vial Of morphine, some of
which his sister thought he had taken; that |
they went to him and took II from him; he |
did not want to give it UP, saying he wanted |
10 die they prepared an emetic for him. but !
he would not take ii. II was also stated that |
the prisoners had ample opportunity TO es-
cape.
Los. 81 no testimony to-day mas Vi =