Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-07-16
MRS. LIZZIE MILLER ELLIS AND HER BABY.

the young mothers condition and deport-
ment. and that he was struck with the
evident love the mother bore her child.
Witness left Mrs. Ellis a the hotel IN
charge of Mrs. KilbuTne. and returned i'm
the afternoon. He detected the odor OF
carbolic acid i'm the room, and found Mrs.
Ellis lying on the bed with every appear
ance OF having been poisoned by carbohc
acid. He found, however, that the acid
had been used for sanitary purposes.
After arousng his prisoner. Or. Taylor
said he caused her arrest. Concerning
her claim that she, too, had taken laud-
anum, Dr. Taylor said there were two
points i'm favor of that claim. The irst
he said. was her exclamation in his pres
ence on the morning of the infanucide;
"Oh. why didn't / die, too The second
was her story that she had drunk the
poison until feeling nauseated, and had
then desisted,. fearing that she would
vomit that which she had taken. This
story was too plausible, witness thought
10 have been c0ncocted by Mrs. Ellis, as
her false stories were all the weakest
sort of lies. Witness saw no other evil
dences Of the prisoners having taken
lauGanum
AN IMPAIRED MIND.
Dr. Taylor was cross-examined by Mr..
Wendenburg, and his first question show
ed the line of defence. and brought out
the point that her actions were such as
TO indicate an impaired mind. As a mat
fer of fact. the woman had never seemed
10 realize that she had done wrong.
When DR.. Taylor left the stand Mrs.
Kilburpe was called. and i'm highly-ner-
vous condition testified 10 Mrs. Ellis's
arrival al the Windsor Hotel with her
baby and OF her registering under the
name of Jackson. She then told Of being
summoned 10 Mrs. Ellis's room In the
morning. and Of finding her with her
baby dead. Witness remained with the
young woman until her arrest IN the ar
ternoon, not leaving her alone at any
time
Dr D. Meade Mann who was called 10
attend Mrs Ellis on the morning Of the
infanticide. was the next witness. He tes-
tilted that when he entered the room
Mrs Ellis said: Doctor. do something
for my child; it has taken laudanum.
Witness testified that ne at once made
an examination Of the child and found
il dead and stiff. Mrs. Ellis began 10 cry,
ana said that her people were in Eng
land and had dsinherited her for marry
ing. Mrs. Ellis was in a highly-nervous
condition. but bore no evidence of having
taken laudanum He administered dose
of Honman's anodne to quiet her
ROGERS WROTE TO HER.
J. A. Rogers was the next witness. He
in answer 10 a direct question. testified
that ne had been in correspondence with
Mrs Ellis for about three months prior
10 the infantcide and she had not told
him she was coming TO Richmond. 1t
was brought out. however. that witness
had an engagement 10 meet Mrs. Eihs
M the depot when she came through
Richmond. but no date was fixed there
for. Witness had destroyed all the let
tiers received from Mrs. Ellis, but stated
that they only related to the probability
of her securing work here
THE MOTHER TESTIFIEs.
The Commonwealth rested its case at
this point OF the proceedings. and the de-
fence placed Mrs. u. 4. Allen, the ac-
cused's mother. on the stand. She was
too much overcome for awhile to testify
but after few minutes she told her
daughters age. told OF how she had run
away and married. and Of the troubles
she encountered afterwards by the deser-
ton Of her husband. Mrs. Ellis, witness