The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-30

NEW EVIDENCE
FOUND YESTERDAY
Neighbor Declares That Oldest
Child Spent Part OF Day at
Her House, Mrs. Perkins
to the Contrary-Mrs.
Mcdowell Asserts
Innocence.

kuencst interest nov ccnters III lhe
,1ystcrIo,,s poisoning case. and all eyes
are turned upon the work Of the detec-
lives ana regular police. The lives OF
Two children, innocent of all wrong ana
incapable OF doing anything that could
merit death at the hands ot ahso'ie'
have been sacrificed, and coroner . Jury
utter painstaking work, has deciaTeo deciaTeo
that poison was criminally administered
bv some one not known to 1t through
any evidence adduccd before y. lh's
verdict cleared the atmosphere so iar az
the cause of the deaths OF 'hc chii-.
,jrc,, Was concerned, and at tiie same same
,inc nut IL sauarcly up TO the police
denar,,n,.,,t OF the city. The reading pub
Sl,cuF Of the entire State now looks 10 t' tilo
police FOR the next move. CMet " g. q
,,cr,s mr,, have so far been bafficd. but
S have not been Idle. They have nanc
q thorough. but vain search ior me Q
merchant who sold the rat paste 70 70 an any
one OF the persons 10 "hoiil ~ "ou'u .e4'u
n. possjble to asc:ibG the donoic ct'l'i. ct'l'ie.
III js understood now that they h'''e
tuned their attention 10 the assuthp- asslp
81 ton that accusations made on the staiisu sLaIi =
arc reasonable, IL not correct, ana arg are
doing all they can TO make OUT Il 'L, c'Lse,
An arrest-that is the next step, ui'u
for II the public is keeniy on = ne ale! ils :.
II will depend entirely on What maj Sd caai -
found beforehand to MAKE out
after capture is made. Inc c"t"'i.i ct'i.l :
i,,ry found itself unwarranted IN ~. ne
si,nnlici,ly on the Testimony OF "i.neesss w .e'
before It. Some were inaccuta'e 49,
,t,,,,,,v and some thought they we're Ts,
!. ,",i,ny the truth when they We're not.
,r,is1 circums tance kept the jury from II on
4 /. s,,,u II. Sresporslb.ity independent - Z
ycstir;,tton made yesterday by 'Ilnies- lA.'
T,isna ,ch. men brings into serious a1eslion
tl,c's accuracy. of certain testimony oi
Nrs Perkins. mother Of the children.
STATEMENTS from two witnesses VINO
d,d moi testify before3the coroner I outS
b,,t ,yhn. may be seen and VINO VIII tihhc ti
,nldayit 10 what they say, Directly con
,radict "a part of the evidence u q 3nii ,.t %
Perkins. whose two children. acco'd'i,s
10 the analyses of Coroner la'ior, M a,o
6c opinion OF the examining jury. were
- ,,,n,llv Z ncisoned with phosphorus. Both
81 ,hesa persons arc negro women 7put. ", y.
III. 5insiante no reason can be found Tor
either telling anything but the truth N
the ma, ter
Arscna Lem rs, IA negro girl who lives.
,,,i,h S,er uncle Armstead Washington,
4, butter in the home of DIR. w. H.nIaylor,5
and who had a5slot of sewing done Ut
Mrs. Perkins's, Is positive in her declara- :.
zion that Mrs. Perkins asked her 70 ass!st
in giving the family dog OF inc i,erh'hs
arsenic and varns. Mrs. Perkins, SO
he negro woman says, wanted her to
keep tlS.H<A..cr an absolute secret, and
hat.wlle7S refused to dc. this, James
Chenthnm. a negro boy. was asked 10
kill the dog. He too, said Arsena 1emus
declined TO administer the arsenic and
varnish to the canine, but volunteered
to take the dog to his home and treat i.
IA few days after Mrs. Perkins asked
inc 10 give the dog the stun went TO
her house to have Il waist made. and she
told me that the dog was dead. In a few
minutes ] saw the canine in the back
yard wrapped up In n bag. Only his
head was out, and he was trying to walk
about ! called Mrs Perkinss attention
ia the dog, and she called her children
and told them that the dog had come to
life again. says the Girl.
Did Go Elsewhere.
Mrs. Perkins told the coroncrs jury
when she was under oath that Octnvia
Blakey, her hve-year-old child, never
went from The house except when it was
with another ono of the children. She
also said that II went to Mrs. McDowell's
on The morning preceding its death, and
that it did not so anywhere else.
A colorcd man named Chambers who Is
driver, lives at No, 1917 North SlxtI,
Street, u square and a half from tho
Perkins home. and according to the
Chambers woman, little Octavla Blalsey
Was accustomed 10 coming to the house
and playing with her little boy.
"The little child was here on the Mon
day morning prior to her death. She
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