The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-28

day morning. Then / noticed it looked
like there had been rope around the
neck The blood had oozed out of the
ears, and there were two sears on her
forehead Whether they were fresh or
not / do not know. There was blood on
her finger nails.
There were two pillows and a bolster
on the bed, but no slips on the pillows or
the bolster There was no blood on the
bed
The witness said she knew nothing
about how Alex and his wife lived to-
gether.
Eliza Smith said when Alex came for
her he told her his wife complained of
being cold, and he made up a big fire
and then rubbed his wife's head with
camphor. Soon after she went to bed
he called her, but she didn't answer.
after we got to Alexis house it was
about an hour before he came. He cut
some wood and brought it in. Then he
went off and stayed about an hour and
half He came back with Helen
Simms and Mary Strickland. We then
washed the body. As we. were putting
on the clothes and turning the body
about blood ran out the mouth, nose and
ears on the mattress. | took Il large
clot of blood from one ear.
I'VE dressed her, and when day broke
we went home. I've never seen her
again. The light was dim and the
house smokey. Alex told us if we moved
the lamp about much the burner would
fall off. When we got the body laid out
we left and met Alex. who had gone
away again. coming with Emma Bob
bitt and another woman that | dldn [
know. Alex said he didn't want to be
left alone"
The witness saw no blood about the
bed until the blood began TO run from
the nose and ears. She saw the sears
on the forehead and a small bruise on
the cheek.
Mary Strickland. who assisted in pre-
pairing the body for burial, saw the
bruises on the face and the blood oozing
out Of the nose and ears. She saw moth
ing to cause her to suspicion foul play.
Helen Simms also saw the scratches
and the blood, but her suspicious were
not aroused.
Emma Bobbitt related Alexis story Of
his wife's death, and said she went to
Alexis house after the body was pre-
pared for burial, but she saw nothing to
lead her to suspicion foul play.
Maria Hill noticed some meal or flour
about tie w0man's mouth Saturday
afternoon. but she didn't know how it
came there. The only thing that caused
her TO suspicion foul play, she said, was
that Alex and his wife lived together
very disagreeably.
'"They often had fights. and she had
told me Alex would kill her down there
sometime and nobody would know any
thing about it. They parted twice. As
soon as | heard she was dead it occur
red TO mo he had killed her"
Anna Pool said she told Alex he ought
to have doctor so it would be known
exactly how his wife died. He replied
that he didn't think it necessary, and
when he saw the coroner's jury coming
he said: lord, didn't do anything to
my wife. / loved her"
Justice of the Peace Roberts said,
Sunday morning he found bolster slip
in an out house that had been used as
a kitchen rag. In it were rags and
pillow slip with bloody slobberings OH it.
There is round piece cnt out of the
pillow slip. Underneath it was rope
six or seven feet long. These were
shown to the jury.
There were some very faint stains on
the pillow case whether or not ii is
blood is yet to be determined. On the
rope there was also dark, dirty spot
which may or may not have been blood.
This concluded the investigation and
the jury, consisting of Messrs. Tai Muir
ray. Sherwood Upchurch, w. X. Macy
A. S. Morgan, VIM. Ledbetter and Bill
Williams, colored, retired. 1t took them
but short while to return with the
verdict that Lucinda Allen came TO her
death by violence and, to the best OF
their belief. at the hands of her hus-
band. Alex Alien.
Allen was accordingly committed to
Jail without bail. to await trial for
murder at the next term of court, be-
ginning January 9th.
The body of the murdered woman
was buried Monday in Mt. Hope Gem
etery. but by order of the coroner it was
exhumed and carried to Mr.. John
Browns place. where DIR. McCuilers
made careful examination Of the
bruises on her neck and was convinced
that they were not old bruises. The
body was reinterred yesterday afternoon.
Aliens personal property was sold to de-
fray the burial expenses.
This is the frst inquest Coroner Nc
Cullers has held, and he showed thor
oughness and tact.
Allen is plasterer by trade, and is
well known in Raleigh. He was gen
orally regarded as sober and industrious.
He viii be remembered by most people
as the negro who drove an OK to cart
in which he collected slops from houses
in the city. He owned the little lot on
which he lived in Watsons field. lie
has been married twice, and has one
son, David, by his former wife and a
girl and boy by the murdered woman.
Hinton. the father of the murdered
woman, lives in the country near RAJ
eieh. II is n question what will become
of the three little children.