The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-30
THE NAME OF THE DEAD WOMAN.
POST NORIEN EXA NINh1JON 81
TIE CORONER
rHE CORONER EXPLAINS THE CAUSE
OF DEATH.
She was n Maiden md Lived In Ne" '"'N
1he Testimony at the Inquest
The Letters In the D'ah
Woman's Trunk.

Murphy. young Whilc "v"ia' =,
York. Al the residence OF fannle OK,
No. - east Broad street, OF the deatn OF
the white woman carly Sunday morning.
and the fact Of Fannie having been az,
rested October LIT. 1887. on charge OF
abortion. and after proof Of positive
character being produced, getting Oh on
=. fn,,al ,ccbnicaiifV. The TIMES also
pnblished Yesterday the statement OF
Fannie Fox told to reporter IN an IN
tergiew. Al
opeaed the trunk of the unfortunate
white woman and found number Oh
letters. From them it was shown tha'
the owner of the trunk was not msi
ried Her name was Bessie Murphy. n
number of letters were signed by her
sisfer. Annie Murphy, Of Brunswick, y.
I Letters were also found from her
mother dated Cooiany, Ireland, also let
iers from friends in Brooklyn, \. y
Yesterday morning the Coroner Jury
mel AT the AlmshOuse. and were sworn
in by Deputy Coroner Bosher. hey
then proceeded 20 the morgue an" ,he
body reviewed. 1t was in q neat CONN
shr0udcd in white, only the lace beihs
visible. The face had darkcned' II was
hafchet-shaped, Irish in appearance ana
was no doubt handsome in other days
The Jury returned 10 the main bulld-
inc and the evidence Of witnesses was
taken in the Almshouse chapel
DIR T.. ROBINSON.
Dr + T Robinson. who was the first wit
ness. said that on Saturday evening las'
abont : 30 o'clock. hc was sent for TO ga
IN tho bouse of Mrs Burt, No. 3ul easl
Marshall. 10 see young lady, VINO as he
WAS informed, was very III. went theIe
Immediately and found the young Wo
man living on a sofa with her CLONES on
Tie considered her i'm dying cohdiuoh
when he first saw her Her nina was
sufficiently clear, however, to reply TO
few questions She told him that she mac
not slept for four days, had been IN ID,
hands of doctor, the name OF
the doctor she could not give
81 asked her what medicine
she had been taking, and she replied
nothing but kerosene oil and spirit OF
turnentinc. asked her if she had any
of il with her, and she said 1t had been
lcft i'm the carriage which brought her
The carriage was gone before ! go
there. so | never saw The medicine
Under the circumstance OF her extreme
illness / gave her An anodyne stlmulah
and left her was notified OF her dealt
about 3 A. NJ by the police, but saw NJ
more Of her In answer to questions the
witness said "she told me that the docio
said she had peritonitis and lfr condi
ton showed that the diagnosis was cor
rect
MRS SARAH BsRT.
MR. Sarah Burt lives at No. 30l cas-
Marshall street About $50 SATURDAY.
NIGHT carriage drove up to my door
and the driver asked if Mrs Burt lye'
there. | was in the parlor and went u
fine door and said, Here | am. The drive
then said there was lady Out there Wh'
wanted to see me. ] went 10 the car
rage door and said, Who is here ina
wants to see me- and Mrs Murphy
smoke and said. 1t is me. You, Mrs
Murphy. She said yes; | went 10 re
tersburg and got sick over there
asked. What is the matter, She said,
was taken sick with a chill; with cramp
and vomiting. ! said 10 her, W ny ana you
come up here and pass down town, wheF'
Won had been stavingg She said, ] did no
want to stay there, meaning her place
wont YOU let me come in ana Stay al
night ! replied to her, with the colore'
woman i'm the hack with her, you are
stranger to me Mrs Murphy, but | VII
lake YOU i'm through charity and tic
what | can for YOU The colored woman
said. so her name Is. Mrs. Murphy, Is It
and said. YES, that is what SIN
told me. asked her could SIN
yet out, and she said no, let III
STAY here "a little while till | revive an'
rive me drink of water. iold lh'
little colored boy on the porch to get thu
water he was long getting 1t, 80 ! TAI
myself. got il. and handed il to her
turned To the colored woman and asked
Where have YOU brought her from, from
the cars She said mo; | brought he
I from No. 20 Broad or Byrd street,
could not distinguish which. | said
what was she doing way ny on Broa'
street" She said she was coming iron
the depot
What was she doing at your house
" She said she wanted Il drink of waite
and got sick. and then asked me TO &c
hack -driyer and fetch her here. Tia
hack and Mr. Burnley, who Wa
standing on the corner, carried her II
the house and laid her on lounge.
said where is that colOr,i woman Don
/ LET her 20: | want TO see her. ] looke'
her in the face and said. this woman j
diving; she has the cold sweats OF
/ her. her hands are cold,
want YOU uhe colored woman TO com
/ here and see her tomorrow, ana sh
said she would The driver asked tn
colored woman if she was going wit
/ him and she said yes. | turned TO Nh
hurley and asked him To go after Di
+ Robinson. which he did. sent for
clergyman down TO st. Peters church
DR. Robinson came first. | told the doc
tor that here was q sick woman, strange
TO me; came here in February for board
She was then boarding with Mrs. Card
well, and could not pay her s. per week
DIR. Robinson prescribed for her, and
sent for the medicine She continued Il
get worse, and died about 1880 O'Clock
/ She stopped at ms house about TWO day
in February Left TO go to Young We
mems Christian Association, when sh
cot a position of cook Had not seei
her since 81 of March until SatuFda.
night
DIR. X. T. JONES.
DIR. II. L. Jones (colorcd) lives at so
West Leigh. On Wednesday morning
last he was sent for TO see Mrs. Rock a
No. II east Broad After seeing her, OF
my way out was called in another room
on the same premises occupied by Fan
ME Fox. On entering the room SIN
called my attention 10 this lady lying OF
the sofa, and stated that she came Their
the night before asked he
what was the trouble and sh'
told me. She also told M
that she had been in that condition 81,
months. ! asked the colored woman .
number of questions and prescribed the
necessary medicine, Saw her on Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday morning a lit
Tie after 10 o'clock. That was my las
visit. She was not moved by my order,
directly, though possibly indirectly. She
told me her husband Was IN
New York and did not support ,her