The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-02-28

| ,,.u. ON sickening Affair In the Western
Part of Henrico County-Au the Parties
c.,,or.d--Arrest of the womsn-Buriai OF
the Body.
The excitement and indignant feeling pro-
dnced by the Pulling outrage scarcely SUI
sided before news comes Of another fearful
crime committed in the northwestern end OF
| Henrico county.
The vicinity is that generally known as the
short-Pump district, about fifteen miles from
| Richmond.
An intelligent girl. nearly white. about thir-
teen wears Of age. named Mary Z. King. died.
and her adopted mother made secret prepara-
tions for the burial.
Some one was sent to an adjacent store
kept 10y man named Bollen tor some cio'h
to line the coffin.
Bollen's suspicious were aroused when he
ascertaincd that the woman would not let any
of her neghbOrs come in the house 70 assist
in the shOuding, and he made 1t us business
to investigate.
PIECES OF FLESH TORN.
He went TO the woman's house and insisted
on seeing the body and was Mortified 20 see
the hands terribly lacerated thinking some
thing was wrong be reported the affair 10 Mt
. II..t,v
s. L. Mathews justice Of the peace OF Henri
co county who in turn swore ont warrant
against Martha King. the Guilds adopted
mother. and placed 1t in the hands OF Con-
stable c. f.. Anderson.
II was proposed to hold an inquest over the
body and for that purpose Constable Ander-
son went after Dr. Lee W. station or me
county. and together they proceeded To the
house where the body lay.
This was yesterday. and Dr. Station ana
a.. I tNh assisted HIM fIIp
post mortem. came TO Richmond ABOUT
o'clock last night.
Two hours later the doctor was seen at
Ramos pharmacy. Reseryoirand Gary streets.
and the physician related what he had seen
and done
STRIPPED THE BODY
Dr. Station said that he stripped the girls
body naked and found il covered with bruises
and sores. that the wounds appeared to have
been made 10y "A whip or suck-moie likely
the former.
He asked the woman, Martha King, what
caused the chld'- death.
She replied that the girl had eaten lot OF
corn. and II gave ho' collie and caused DEAN,
The doctor then made Am EXAMINATION. lie
opened the cavity Of the stomach.
No corn or any other eaten substance was
found.
Instead he found about pint OF blood in
the cavity and around the intest'ne>
Death. ne NtIIHht~. lt-Nlift mum p'ilt'-
nitis caused by wounds made by blows
JURY EMpANELLED.
\ Jury. composed Of Nessrs. A. VI. Wade.
Thomas y Brown. ;. h. Arey. Joseph /.
Alley, b. ) Alley lwhitcl and IT, Roy
Smith (colOrcd). wa, cmpanelled amt a ytr-
diet was found that the deceased came o. her
death from injuries inflicted
When the woman wa, told that no corn was
found in the girls stomach she refused TO
alter her story
After the post mortem Squire Mathews had
the woman and negro man with whom She
lived Mack Bradshaw. twenty-one years old
brought before him. aud after hearing the
statements oi several witnesses sent botl oi
them on 10 the grand jury.
Last night about 10 O'Clock they We're
brought into the city i'm cart 10y Constable
Anderson and locked up in the Henrico
county jail.
BRUTAL LOOKING.
The woman who is about thirty years of
age comes from Hanover county. She is
black and for brutality and ylcousnes- has an
uuehyiAble reputation IN her neighbOrhOpd.
She seemed entirely Indifferent aud would
not say anything mocc about the affair than
that the girl died of collie
Her secrecy in conducting the girls shroul-
.ug j. what led 20 suspicion. and Dr. Station
SAYS the negroes IN the neghborhood are very
much excited over the occurrence: Ii Is sup
posed thai the girl died Wednesday evening
or early Thursday morning
Mack Bradshaw. who was arrested as an ac-
cessory. is young looking, aud it is said he has
been living with Martha King for some time
The attcrs husband H. IN the NOrth-sup-
posed TO be in Philadelphia.
BADLY BEATEN.
Dr. Station SAYS he never saw body So
badly beaten. The kidneys were bruised,and
there were scabs. bruises and cuts over the
whole body, especially the back aud stomach.
The latter looked like somebody had stamped
on IT,
The girls brother. little fellow about ten
years old. was also found to be covered with
wounds and bruises. he was not questioned
as % how he received them. 1t appears.
The woman and her paramor viii be tried,
it is expected 40 the next session Of the Hen
rico grand Jury.
The affair happened on the farm owned by
"A man named Jackson. The house occupied
by the negroes WAS apart from the others,
and if the girl when beaten had cried blue
murder nobody would have heard her
There i, no clue ~ To- the cause Of the crime.
The girl was very good-looking. and pelhap,
she may have proved the peculiar attraction
of the household. and thereby created jeal-
Ousy which led 10 the crime.
This theory has been advanced by some
who are acquainted with the facts, and while
IL may not be- truc ID has plausible tlnge