Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-10-05
SUDDEN DEATH.

| Mrs. Adeline Points died suddenly in
| Staunton, on Sunday night Sep. 24th.
| The city was filled with rumors that her
death was caused by violence The fol :
! lowing testimony was elicted before a
corners jury:
DR.. Fauuteroy being called, testified
that he WAS called in on Sunday night
and found Mrs. Points in dying condi-
| ton with the symptoms of apoplexy. He
had been told other being struck by her
husband and examined her head and
neck carefully but found no injuries She
died about ten minutes after he got
there.
Mr.. Jacob Yost said he was walking
church to her residence, which is next
door, and as they passed Mr.. Points heard
loud and sangry talking within. They
paused, but as it WAS OF no interest to him
he proposed to walk on, but Miss II. said.
oh! Mr.. Yost, you don't know" Just
then they heard thud as if some heavy
body had fallen on the floor. The chill :
dren screamed and then the screams sub
sided into sobs. AS they got on Mrs.
Harnan's porch Mr.. Points little girl
came out OF his door and cried out: Oh,
Mrs. Hartman please come over, Mamma is
dying" The child was wringing her
hands and seemed craZed with fright. The
witness and Miss H. went over and Miss
H. asked him to remain at the door went
in.
Miss Bessie Hartman correlated Mr.
Yosts testimony and added that when
she got into Mrs. Points room she found
Mrs. Points lying prone on the floor with
her feet under The bed on which MI
Points was sitting upright. and her head
near the crib. She asked Mr.. P. whnt
was the matter and he either said 81 don't
know, . or gave no answer, she could not
remember which. The children common
ced telling that he had struck their
mother. and he shook his head at them
and told them to stop. They said Father
has struck Mother with his cana on the
backsof the head" The cane was lying
across the foot of the bed. They said also
that he had been beating her all the even
ing, ever since supper. Mrs. Points was
totally unconscious and did not respond
to some efforts made to restore her by the
use OF camphor. Mr.. Points held the baby
In his arms as he sat on the bed.
Miss Hartman added to her evidence,
that Mrs. Points was. at her residence Sun
day afternoon up to 5 o'clock, perfectly
we'll, and So cheerful that Mrs Hartman
remarked that she had not seen her so
happy for a long time.
Mrs. Fanny Hartman testified to being
called in Sunday night to Mrs Points, and
finding her lying on the floor, her tongue
out and her eyes wide open. She died
short time after. Mrs. P. had visited her
house Sunday, and told her that Ler hus-
band had just struck her on the arm with
his cane, and that the night before he
had choked her. She luther said that he
had threatened her lite on several occa-
sons. From her window had heard Mrs.
2. ask her husband not to strike her
again, they being then on their back
porch. On Sunday night, when she asked
Mr. Points What was the matter with his
wife, he replied that she had a headache.
He had shown no feeling i'll the matter.
Miss Kate Lohr and Mrs Mover, who
performed the final offices for Mrs. Points,
said III dressing the body they found no
bruises or marks of violence. The former
remarked that she had seen many persons
die, but none died in the way Mrs. Poin Is
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