Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-10-08
INQUEST

INQUEST
was summoned. The whole of Friday
and Saturday were consumed in the
inquest. The body was found with
the feet in the road and the body
proper resting on the grass. There
were evidences that it had been drawn
backward some 20 inches, and there
was din in the mouth and nostrails.-
The hat seemed to have been careful
ly laid on the side so as to cover one
of the hands. Save some echymosis
on the neck, and other parts of the
body, there were no signs of violence.
All dirt had been carefully cleansed
from the outer portions of the face,
and though the front clothing only,
was wet with urine, indicating strang-
ulation. the body was lying on its
back.
DR.. J. T. Hicks acted as medical ex-
aminer, and the body was thoroughly
dissected by him. The scalp was re-
moved but no injury to the skull could
be detected. The skull was taken off
but neither it nor the brain showed
evidence of injury. The lungs, heart.
liver, and other viscera were found
healthy aud unimpaired. The Coro-
ners jury returned a verdict that the
deceased came to her death by pIoba-
bic strangulatiOn at the hands of +.
G. Miles and others, and Miles, his
wife, her sister Mrs. Mary b. Snapp
and Lyd. Montgomery were arrested
and arraigned on the charge of the
murder.
The examination Is now progress
ing, ane has been since Sunday morn
ing at Conway Hall, before Esqr.
VIM. Bushong, who counsels with
Esqr. J p. RAIDER, and Esqr. Pile
The prosecution is conducted by
Messrs. Bailey d McCrGskey. and the
defence by Mr.. A III blanchard.
In addition to the above facts the
following appears to be about the
substance of the evidence this far
elected:
The murder was evidently commit
ted in the early portion of Thursday
night. AT about O'Clock, or soon
thereafter, + G. Miles called at Bar
ker's store and demanded a pistol
which had been left with John A.
Brewer, by Constable Emmert, which
he claimed as his own. Being refused.
he said he intended to have some ones
blood before morning.
Mr.. Ed Anderson asked him if he
meant him and Mr.. Brewer, and he
said no. Near 10 o'clock he came to
Deputy Marshall Caldwell, and told
him he had found Mrs. Leonard lying
near the mill dam, and she was either
dead or had tainted, and at his request
Mr.. G. went with him TO the spot.-
Miles approached the body, felt of the
face and said it was cold or getting
cold, and that she was dead. He then
wept over the body, and said he fear
ed he would be accused OF the murder,
or that perhaps his wife would. Said
he did not fear the law, but that he
had no friend in town but Mr.. g.
and be feared he would be mobbed.-
They then returned to town, and in
reply to Miles question what he had
better do, Mr.. Caldwell told him he
had better surrender himself to, and
place AIuASeil uuueI tHo PhOt0StiOA vi
an officer. Mr.. Caldwell left on the
1870 train next morning for Abing
don with the prisoners alluded to on
our fiTst page, and did not return to
Bristol until AGO p M on Friday when
he was summoned before the inquest.
About $50 p m the night of the
murder DIR J ] Ensor, who lives on
the promontory on the opposite side
of the mill dam from the spot where
the body lay, was attracted by the
fierce barking of his dogs. stepped to
the corner of his yard and heard
talking at the point where the body
was found. He returned TO the house,
and again came out, attracted by the