The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-29

positive In MIS- assertion that Mrs Nc
~ Doweli wrote nli OF the ietsers y wooif
\ Nave been II physical lmpossib'lity toi
s83 Miss Mitchell TO have so discussed hsl
u writing MS to write either or the iet-
"a tars.
An additional postal was Introduce
into the case Yesterday. It WIS recovered
by detective and was turned over &c
Coroner Taylor In the morning. IL was
written 10 the real estate firm OF Chat-
An md Company and threatened ma,
unless the Perkins family moved seVera,
GOOD te.b..s would "acotn The 'fos,el
Mas mailed October 10. at p. M. the
Il sarre t,ate az 4 postnl received by Mrs.
Perkins and which had previously been
III .ntroauccd as evidence. II was address
I'd 10 m. r, chaffn. No Norm
Tenth street. CITY, and reads as ioi-
lows. -
tell volt thai V Mrs PERKINS IS.na'"s :, - =
ibe ne,phhorhnoA vou will he snort or u
~, tenants or Federal Street. az she
ancnsrs a lot Of lis OF murder IN REGARD
y n ll,o, Two children living. 80 y you Keep
NJ har We Will 90 so Won can 40 10 SUI.
ec1,rself she ls always accusing '.'s
81 ,,c.e t,hnrs hf son>ntN'ng. httenn 10 ""
49, t-a5, ,ci~Ahors"
Mrs. Mcdowell was on the stnnd IN tl's
Afternoon f-nr, o'clock until about 4 q
brother Of Miss Mitchel was witness 10
all ~ the evidence adduced and remained
to hear the verdict He was there Tor ' ii
f,rst time with his sister. who was q WI
ness hut after taking her nome peioIu
recess Yesterday came immed'ateiy J, pa .,,.
4 and remained IN the jury room u'ti ei''
doors were closed
Follow All Clues.
"T,he verdict Of tn" Jury should sim
ulate the police departhient 20 ast'ye
service. Every possible clue shouio y.
followed and the mystery unravelea. >.
Is a horrible thing. and there is plenty
ii Of room for good work by the officers.
sa,d commemorative Attorney Richard
son, after the Jury adjourned :
at Is one OF the most pnzzlIng cases
have ever known and the first case OF
4 phosphorus that in ell OF my forty years
OF experience. ms chemist have had 10
deal with" said Coroner Taylor Inst
+ night. phosphorus is poison seldom
used with the intent to Kill any one.
have made analyses for the poison pefors.
hut never found any until this case. It
is rather remarkable in this particular
The detectives are at work on the
case now. and they cSncct to follow 1t
TO the bottom There will probably be no
arrest made within a few days ut least
Had the verdict Of the Jury have fixed
upon any person. an&arrest Woulo nave
been made Immediately afterwards, but
as the matter now stands II is purely
n matter of conjecture.
z Arsena Washington, young negro Wo-
man. Is reported to have said yesterday
u that Mrs. Perkins asked her to help poisz
A on the dog which Mrs. Mitchell claims
She unintentiunaly assisted to poison.
The Father Testifies.
s4It was only few minutes after 10
o'clock when Mr.. james Edward Perkins.
II father Of Willie Perkins, the first child
to die, and the husband of Mrs. Emma
Perkins who testified the day before.
came into the jury room.
Il answering the direct question from Dr..
4. Taylor, Mr.. Perkins said: II think the
two children were poisoned
l9,.s''N1hom do you suspect"
'.Mrs. Bryant poisoned them"
why do you think Mrs. Bryant pois-
oned them?"
81 think SO because when I left home
they were well and when ] came back
they were sick and my wife told me
Mrs. Bryant's was the last place they
had gone 10 before their sickness"
do vol know whether they ate any
thing al Mrs. Bryant's?"
81 5"I was in the next room TO that Octa-
via was sick In, and 1 heard Sc say that
she had eaten turnover, "a piece Of
candy and some chewing gum at Mrs.
4 Brsant's
Whom did you hear ask octavia what
4 she had eaten?'S
Beulah Council; she asked octavia
where she had eaten"
57E8 Continuing the witness said that Mrs.
Bryant never appeared to like Octavia,
z but that he had never noticed any dis
position on her part to injurc any Of
the children.
10 "A an ffv,1o !
4 did not speak to any one at his home.
After this the families We're friendly, ard
4 Mrs Bryant helped nurse both children
In their last sickness.
No Reason Known.
II know of no real reason why Mrs.
Bryant should have killed the oh ldren."
!, answered Mr.. Perkins when ouestior ed
along this line. He said that he Rad
never seen any poison In his house, with
the exception Of laudannm and carbo'ic
acid. There had never been any rat
paste or dog medicine Or Anything of the
\ kind In the hGAse. !.
Asked about the sickness Of Willie he
replied that the child's breath was OF
the odorfof onions and matches stirred
= up together. He held the child for n
$ while. and It was nauseated.
Witness came home from work and
finding that Octav'a was sick he went
IS to her and smelled her breath ut smelt
exactly Ike matches and onions"
This odor was In the clothings for sew
( eral days and even after the clothes
were In water the smell OF onions and
matches" remained.
DR.. Taylor asked witnes. II he had
& ever noticed anything about his wife that
would lead him TO believe that her mind
was Nnsound. Mr.. Perkins replied that
he hsd not. Answering line OF cues.
tons touching uron the sanity OF Mrs,
PrrkiDs's mother he said that he heard
his wife say once that her mothers
nl'na was once unbalanced and that sh,
tried to hurt her. NV wife was abon.
twelve wears old when this occurred NV
wtfe's mother was afterwards sent to an
asylum.
He Treated the Dog.
mir. Perkins how long was your dog
sick2"
"'rheFhrst Noticed about him was that
Z he was down. Mrs. Bryant never went In
the yard where the dog was sick. She