The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-29
Expert Bulla Says She Wrote
Anonymous Letters to Mrs.
Perkins. ma,
NO ARREST YET MADE
AND POLL cE MYsTJFIED
It is Now All in Their Hands to-
Find Clues and Follow Them
Until An Arrest Can Be
Made and VI q
Case Made 4
Out. v: S5 ~
lily Of RIchmond-To.wIt:l

"clty Of Rchmond--To-wIt:
IAN sInqulsitons taken at 800 East Mar.
shall Street, In said city, 4 on the 17th
day OF October, sos, before me, 6r.ss vyll.sss
liam r. It aylor, coroner, upon the view
Of the body ( ootavIa Celeste 5Iakey.s.
there lying dead. he Jurors sworn .,N. to-
enquire when, how, and by what r1aans
the said octaVIa Blakey came to her
death, upon their oath do say, that stiaS
came to her death on the f7th day. $of
October 1905. lf5 !! ssl.S
..s nAnd they are Of opinion that she died
from the effects of phosphorus, crlnti.f
naly administered to her by some per:..s
son or persons, whom the evidence Job. \
taInable does not enable them TO desls.$s
nate beyond a reasonable doubt. And i
from the evidence adduced at this stn.I$
uuest they are further Of opinion that \
William NJ Perkins, the Infant son 4ofS
James Edward and Emma G. Perklns,g
who died on the 2tst day Of September
ts1eo5 also came ITO a his deatt, from the i
effects OF phosphorus err min ly admin
stered Y by the same person or persons,
who, d their opinion, poisoned oetavla M
Celeste Blakey s.El
Land Jurors heret ota set tt,elr ds and Il
s.svvM /, /. 8TAYLoR r, \ Nj q,
WI NJ 4s Coroner (seaL y
H, F.# MAsoN Foreman iseal)
&c. ri; MEADs (seaI)
t.JoHN !. & II UNIT, y r.. (seal) sS
&c. A. COLE (seaD 5$ 5s58
GA. r. HULCHER (sear X. Al sfss
After two days OF diligent inquiry into at'is
Ia Il cath OF 81 the two children OF Mrs
Emma Blakey5 Perkins the CORONER 8 jury
Summoned Immediately after the }dea thaois
the Oldest child, wound up Its or iasts
night bout s o'clock, and returned q AZ
.virdlct5 that phosphorus was criminallyS
administered to botl: children. pu tS.t FhsaIG
from the evidence so far obtainableStss
was /: impossible to establish beyond az
reasonable doult the person or persons
guilty OF. the crime. In eaching the con-
clus!on that the poison was crirninallyg
administered 1.-THE members Of the ju ~ 4
had to take into consideration a pa r. Of
the evidence .adduced and the, whole o.
Dr. William H. = Tia ylor's report Of ne 1
analyses Of the stomachs Of the two c Jlll I
sdren. &. n s5i (. 81 ts9 s.$3
prise to those who had followed the case
closely, ana especially those who heard y
tho part of the Testimony 5yester Y. ButS
to others it was the result expected 20 \
unusual was the crime and so contradict
and so Wholesale had guecn1 the allegationss
Of crlminalty, that the jurynlen We're
left with no alternative but TO inx the
manner Of ethe death and TO leave II to-
the detectives to place the blame.
Mrs. Mamie Estelle mcdowell, sonle-S
times referred to as Mrs. Bryant. was
tho butt OF all the allegations throughout
the investigation Both the father ana
mother of the two children asserted posi-
lively and without any sign Of waverlnS
that in their belief Mrs. Mcdowell gave
the poison to each OF the children; the {
grandfather corroborated their statements
In some Instances. and a Iwelve-year-old
child of Mrs, Perkins swore that Mrs.
McDowsll had given one OF the children
the last something that It ate before It's