The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-10
CHAP TER OF CRIME
|N.LOUDOUN HISTORY
Famous Case Recalled BY Re-
cent Lynching of Craven.
THE. FIVE. NEGLECTED. GRAVES
These with Their offering Tombstones
Speak in Eloquent Silence OF
Guilt the Like of Which
is Rarely Seen.
THE FIVE NEGLECTED GRAVES
(specia1 Dispatch to Tho Times.)

Especial Dispatch to The Times2
LEESBURG, VA, August 9.-Ihe eS-
element of the past two weeks conse-a
ouent upon the murder of Mr.. Wilson and
the subsequent capture and lawiess lynch
| ing of his murderer recalls another chap-
| tor of crime in Leesburg's history, when
n,blic feeling ran even higher and public
conscience was touched even more deep
" It was years ago, when the country
had scarcely recovered from the shock OF
| , great internal conflict; contemporaries
| still shlIdder at the mention OF q name,
while those who listen to the story WITH
| incredulous ears think of the 1awiess MD
die ages and of Lucretia Borgla.
In the older part of Leespurs' on Tue
street which still bears the name CT Lou
DOM stands a small stone house. whose
crnmbing walls could tell. of deeds OF Vio-
lence and murder black and blood curd-
Hing enough to make the stoutest heart-
culver; In this house there lived at tne
close of the war a family who IN every
respect. to the casual observer, seemed
q model one of conjugal and parental al
| lection. Charles Lloyd and his wife, En-
i,r seemed an affectionate and devoted
| nair whose efforts for their Children were
united and ,ceaseless. OF children there
were three at the time-two unusually
bright bows. George and Henry. and a lit
| tie girl by name Annie. Subsequently
there was poSthumouS child --calieu
Maud whose tragic history wrought pup-
| lie sentiment of Leesburg to an over
| u,heIrniue pitch The only other member
| of this family was an aged aunt OF Mrs
| IIoyd's. Miss Betty Hpkins, highly non
| cred and respected by all who knew her
| HER DEATH SUSPICIOUS
| lust when or where the demon entered
| which wrought inconceivable crime and
| horror in a home up to this time happF
| Il is impossible to say. Some time prior
! "a the wear 1s6S-no exact date Is recorded
Miss Betsy Hipkius fell i'll. which was
| in keeping with her advanced years, ana
| died. Her death. in every respect nat
| u-aI, caused no suspicion, and Mrs. Lloyd
| received the deepest sympathy IN her pc
! reayement Shortly after, however, 1t be-
| came known that Miss IIipkins had. prior
| to her death, $500 deposited in the Lees
| br,rr Bank. When she was taken III. per-
/ s,,adeti by her niece, this money was
/ drawn out, and rolled in an old wrapper
! was kept under her pillow. AT her aeath
| the money disappeared as completely as
| IL the earth had swallowed II. ana ~ an at.
/ tempts to trace 1t were futile. one OF
| Miss Hipkins' friends openly accused Mrs
! iovd of having the money. and begged
| that she at least erect q modest tomb
| stone to the memory of her aunt "hich
/ Mrs. Lloyd, while strenuously denying
the accusation, promised to do. But TO
i this day. in a secluded corner OF the Gem
] etery in Leesburg. Miss Hlpklhs sleeps
! in q nameless grave.
| Charles LLOYD was at one time saloon
| keeper in Leesburs and at another tllne
! stage driver-a man of rather lnooieht
habits, whose taste for strong drink led
| him to indulge in a spree every now ana
Z A., NO. 4
| rately bad His illness in December.
1SfS. caused no further comment than that
| he was indulging in Christmas spree
| Friends visiting him noticed nothing un-
| usual until his sudden death. and then q
/. Whisper scarcely audible. .~ent the ROUNDS
of suspicion of foul play One OF his pals
who was with him at the time OF ms
deat tn started the story. but his reputa-
/ ticn for veracity being none OF the pest
/ II was little accredited. He claimed,
however, that he was talking to Charles
| Llovd a few moments before MS death
/ an.I at that time he seemed perfectly con-
l yaiescent and rational. While they We're
tslkins. Mrs Lloyd came IN with a roast
annie daintiIy served. and approaching
,..rst tender1v gave it 10 the invalid, who
,t, His friend then took his leave, put
md scarcely closed the door behind him
,pEan n piercing Shrek brought MIN oacts.
| CHARLES Lloyd lay On the floor IN the
l thrces of convulsive death. ana ere tne
| nrysician could be summoned was peyond
help. The story gained no credence' IL
r,as thought that Charles Lloyd had gone
/ ar in n fit of delirium trenenS, but a
/ nereor of inuuiring mind investigated the
] p..tter far enough to tird out that Mrs.
Emiy Lloyd had short time previous
! bouEh strychnine at one OF the town drug
| stores.
THE BOYS TAKEN OFF.
| r1-i1o IN mn
/ and in the following spring became the
mother of a fourth child. whom she called
! Maud. Two years passed by, years of
/ motherly devotion to her children. Their
/ costumes indicated that care and taste
/ for which she was noted in the dressing
of her children, and the little ones were
unusually large and handsome for the.r
1 tender years. George and Henry had at
tained the manly age of nine and six
wears respectively when an untimeiy
1 death cut them off. 1t was in the month
of July 1872, the blackberry season was
at its height, and what more Ratura!
I than that the children should fall i'll
1 after a day OF blackberryinS in the hot
sun. Both were affected alike. and there
a was no denying it. there We're unmistak-
i able signs of poison Or. Mott, Mrs.
/ LIovdts family physician, who had at
{ tended both the aunt and husband,
thought the children had eaten poison
!. oak berries, forgetting perhaps that at
4 that season of the year poison oak berries
4 were not ripe. DR.. Cross, a young ply
Il sician. called In as consultant. at once
I pronounced the case one of arsenical
& poison. but this idea. so preposterous
4 was hooted at. Nevertheless. the two
children died. Henry the day after he
I. was taken i'll. and George three days
Ilater. A little quiet investigation on the
q part Of the druggist revealed the fact
Z that short time before Mrs. Lloyd had
i invested In arsenic for the purpose OF
"k!lling rats