The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-07
WOMAN IS
MURDERED
Body Of Sarah Brown Dis
covered In q Well.
EARLY ARRESTS LIKELY
coroner's Jury However. Unable to
Charge Anyone Directly With the
Crime-The Woman Miss.
Ing Some Time.
EARLY ARRESTS LIKELY

Clear and unmistakable tracings OF foul
play we're brought 10 Hight yesterday in
the official investigation OF the causes
leading UP to the death OF Sarah Brown.
IL negro woman, who was found Sunday
in stopping posture at the bottom OF a
twenty-five foot we'll on the farm OF Mr..
Walter e. Brauer, in Henrico county.
During the day an Inquest was held.
followed by a post-norten examination.
conducted by DR.. Lorrimer James. coro-
ner of Henrico. The examination OF the
remains brought out number of import
ant and telling points, chief among which
was the discovery on the forehead of the
corpse bf wound evidently inflicted with
some blunt instrument. Despite this fact
however. and the certain other conclu-
sons warranted by additional facts. the
evidence before the jury was not such
as would warrant and verdict establish
ing the direct cause OF the death and
The guilt of the person or persons who
caused It. The jury, however. thought
the case sufficiently grave for recon-
mendation that the County Court OF Hen
this course will at once be pursued with
the likelihood Of early arrests.
CHASTITY FIND.
The CHASTITY and grewsome discovery OF
the dead woman was made Sunday morn
ing about 10 o'clock by Mr.. Brauer at his
farm on the creighton ROAD, dpouL nan "a
mile northeast OF the city. In company
with n friend Mr.. Brauer was going over
the place inspecting the crops and gen
orally taking a look at things. When he
reached the we'll in one Of the fields he
noticed that the top of 1t had been dis
turbed, and he took look into 1t to see
II II needed rebrickng or other repair
The sight which met his gaze was suffi-
cient TO startle the most hardy.
Gazing straight up at him. with CHASTITY
wide opened eyes and face protruding a
few inches above the water. was the
countenance OF woman. The body was
that OF a negro. and had evidently been
there for sometime. It was doubled up
with feet and head both above the water
without more ado Mr.. Brauer gave the
alarm. and Gent for a county officer who
promptly responded. He obtained the
services Of several men and the body was
dra gged from the well. 1t was identified
as that OF Sarah Brown, negro woman
OF the neighborhood.
BELIEVES SHE WAS MURDERED.
After a preliminary ,examina ton by
DR.. Lorrimer James. who was summoned
to the spot. the body was taken to Prices
undertaking establishment. where an In
quest was held at II o'clock yesterday
morning DIR. James made a post-mortem
examination Of the body with the results
above stated.
So far as could be judged from the tes-
timony adduced 1t seems that the woman
who was the daughter Of one James
Brown. and who was twenty five years OF
age. left home about two years ago with
Christopher Brown and returned with
him, stating that they were married.
About year ago the husband left her,
and, so the statement goes. married an
other woman. Martha stayed at home
and kept house for herself and was the
recipient OF attentions from Christopher's
brother. The last seen of her was two
weeks age from to-day On that day she
was at her home, but at night about II
O'Clock she left and from then dates her
disappearance. The evidence tended to
show that she left to keep an appoint
ment with a man in a field nearby, and
In this field Is the we'll In which her body
was found, The man who Vas with her
is supposed to be the murderer.
Every indication points to the murder
theory and discredts the belief that
death was due to an accident. There
was a wound on the forehead, inflicted
with blunt instrument OF some sort, and
the position Of tho body showed conclu-
sively that she must have been thrown
into the we'll DR.. James does not be-
!ieve that the blow itself killed her. but
rather that 1t had the effect of stunning
her and rendering her insensible for the
time being. He has suspicious about the
probable murderer, but declines to dis
cuss this phase Of the matter. There Is
strong likelihood, however. that war
rant will be sworn out before very long.
The entire case Is now with the County