The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-28
49, an, station Of llfe. Is this

3 sark go that my people did not wan.
h,p a, marry him. 1t has been saiu t. no.
KaIph was my stepson. put th's - e nus
10 He was my own son. ne was ,. ~
years old last October Ms o 'l,ieais : -
S is two years old i,
SWas a Degenerate
People are saying that your nus, W.
was Will, YOU on Wednesday ~, ,.ss.'a;os,
tween Z and s q, ciock, Z" " ny ie' ~ 80
~ ,n Il i not so.. replied Mrs. Smith.
dr. sa, NV husband last on Wedhesu'tls
,,,n,n,,,s about % clock. have not sen e,,l
hin, since He did not coE1e pack 10 'i'e
house, -, 49,, a. rich.
1...po YOU think he will return 70 is'o l.
nlond to help you? q, ,.o, Il
3j.s IT don't know. cant teii Wv .,,o5
6bnpe how'll come. He has tei s.,
me- that he will be here on 1N s E'
Why should he rot come 49, ALI
q "a Tho Dispatch man was TN TN.
,,,, his Flrave, shesssll: TEL Mr. I iiils
smith thatSI want TO see nm as sooi -. ~
POSSIBLE. 1t Is necessary i t lay ..pet-
nf mind. Then she continued: 80,
pa,s ! ought not to tell you this--perna,ip,s p
sho,,,5. wait until / have talked WIZ VIZ.
NJ counsel. hut must explain, SO lain.
neopie will not think SO haai9 - 80
NV poor, dead hoy was ~ uessis 80 =. ~ -
mr., his horribly diseased pract'c1ss ise.l,r
drove me crazy. He developed .h les $40 80
denotes n YEAR ago. and we nave .F Nh
au'iS -, o,,r nowcr / 3 cure him; but with,
ont success. we punished him ana thiN .,.o
~ ,,i,,, without avail, until finally we
gst,,,,i,. had 10 beat him. It was TOO no,
LlbI5, Ia think Of the boy groM.niis ~
"a he a man and living q victim ~ ~, ~
awful disease. This IS the reason ~
wa whipped him
Coroner's Jury Meets.
,r,>e coroner,s Jury met at Morrisette 5
innde, taking rooms yesterday lno n,l.;,,.,
Coroner DIR. John w. BrodnaX presiui ,,n'
4 -, Sirs,,mnonwenlth' Attorney rage pe-
ing in attendance. x,., aoff,n
Z ,,aia,r., ,she body of the boy. IN Wy ~
nnft;, a alvcr plate bore the inscri1'tli &c
& ..n,,,. 4 ittL, Darling while prof usi s.
~ fion,ersS ,,laced there by tender neal 'eu
,.ooen rested on the floor beneath.
a ri Gro was ID smile upon the dead boy ,
facc a smile as happy and peacelui 40
though he h,td never known pam -
persecution. i. ,,,o.+ tbe
1.irhe witnesses tcstifled IN , aAos -,
/ ,darticl1 language used by them IN N
terviewss published N I. - ' = 80
of yesterday q, ~, no
Mrs Crostic; d nci gibor. satn that she
4 ~ Iser summoned to the Smith house
~ +la burners who told her that some
~ was very i'll. She found the poy,
J,aln1,5 a Wing dead non tho floor n.IlAe
front room, absolute naked a ! NJ,
smith picked up the body and threWlt :, on
the sofa Witness asked Ait .,
why the child was covered Win VII plu .i':
ms smith replied she had Mlippad
him because lilo was d1 ',ne
.hn had used a razor strop to beat nm.
Witness testified that she had 1ounu q
y, ~, ,,ea y d. body. 4S y NE
Mrs Haynes sister OF Mrs: G zrl.
#.as-,r,ea hat sho went into the Srnllh
s,,amss. With Mrs. Crostic Her testimony
wnsstlhe Same as her sisters. she a 1l'i
I. ihat Mrs. Smith did not shed q tear nol
show any signs OF grief: sac sta!eu III. =.
Ralph was bright and smart llt1ie pos !:
II was in the yard between J. 'uiiu ,
l,.,a.,,s,. s shn said. land L heard sucil
Iarrible screaming that Was comp s., 7
.,ansrvcd sent MI. C1ostic to the
un,,sa to find out about It, but 1t was al
~. n,,a,.s7 1y,,en he got there. That was IN
iii ,nnannorning. Mr. Smith was mere -
tbeS$time4 l heard noises In the nous.
Of scrambling, as well as the screams =
4 Il child, I. #
A Child's Testimony.
T.inwood Earl Turner, the ten-ycalr e BIC
,,o,,. Who was Ralph's next door neigh
lor and playmate, told the story OF ~. :,
snith striking Ralph with an axe handle
and Knocking him down. lie testified
hat both mother and father beat ant
cuffed Ralph and that TINS was ~ ~
# every day affair.
s .l1c WAS afraid.t to cry, because is - Z
did. they beat him all the more, san
young Turner s, o,oo,,$ =,
,pedncsday afternoon he had seen Rnlp
nrocy, out Of the house and move apou
the garden. ID,
DR. John w. Brodnax. col oner, wh
worked SO actively on "Wednesday nlgh
~ determine tho cause Of Rulph's deatl
stated to the jury that nc had mace
most thorough autopsy, and was satis
fled that the lad had come 10 ms .osa %.
from the beating he had received ~ !
continuous beatingsss- had ,WeaKeiied -
ID boy's nervous system and finally nc cohi
stand the strain no longer DR.. Brol
nay stated that the boys body was SIN
NV covered with scabs and bruises.
55 "rhere were bruises on top OF bruises
said the doctor, ''and there seems scare
lySnn inch of his body that did not pei
is The marks of blows
There were blood clots on the LETT SIC
OF the brain and the lntcstines We
bruised and discolored. sEvcn me lao
fingers and toes bore the marhs o. cii''
tlscment. J,
The jury then brought in the. verdi
puhlished above, and signed by John \
Drodnax. coroner William q. Kahn. Joe
u. Gill; John II. Gibbs, j. T. Moolride
". p. pearman and ]. L. Redford.
Talks With Lawyer
Mrs. smith spenuThnrsday night in I
station house In charge of Sersea
Wright and officer Waymack She
olined TO breakfast, but asked to see !
morning paper. which she read with
terest. About IS O'Clock she tecphon
Mir. Harry Smith. lawyer, ana upon
arrival at tho station house, was closer
With him for some time. While sitting
the station. Mrs. Smith overheard so
one telling Of her husband having 50
"a New York with $50 belonging to ,
Nelson j. Crull. This seemed TO exc
her, for she said TO a police officer, ,
Moore. !,
nThc only fault I have ever had 70 q
with nay husband was that he wo
& drink His honesty has never been qu