The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-22

nAnd I'm getting too old to be In
,,ace jikc this, he exclaimed, as he
paced up and down the tarro " cage
His last words to the reporter werei
i.Please 20 out to my home and tell my
sihter and my daughter not 10 Worry. LOT m
I'll soon be home, and everything is al!
right. Don't tell them that ! cotidat
get out at once, for they will worry about
me- Friends Will be here In a little
while, and Will face the chqrgs Monday
morning" !,
Nrs I,ryant, or Mrs Mcdowell, said
last night that Mrs. Perkins had also
sthrontened her In the afternoon. she said
that Mrs. Perkins had visited her nome
Friday night and had appeared TO pc OH
friendly terms. but that YESTERDAY a,.er.
noon after the afternoon papers ~cra
read, and tho statement that she mado
to tho effect that Mrs. Perkins had pos-
oned n dog come time before the death
OF the first child, was seem that she tNlrs.
Perklns) became very angry. and with
her father, Mr.. johnson, and hcr hus-
band, came to her front porch and used
that she was forced TO leave her home by
The rear entrance, and that shc feared
bodily harm Mt the hands Of Mr.. John.
son.
Coroner w, II. Taylor, who was given
the stomach OF lttlo Octavla Perkins, the
Enve-yenr-old girl, who died last Tuesday
morning, has not completed the analysis
as yet. md declined to give out what
he has found thus far. But it may DO
stated positively that his deductions war
rant the belief that tho Guild died from
unnatural causes.
To substantive this belief, tho body
OF the first chidpwho died September
2lst, was disntercd yesterday afternoon
and the stomach removed. that an analy-
sis might 10 made Of this to determine
whether or not the Same kind OF poison
was found In both children. Permission
was given by Mr.. and Mrs. Perkins to
Coroner Taylor to cxhume the body OF
the child. which was two years old--the
only child OF Mrs. Perkins by her last
husband. Mr.. johnson. the father OF
MIS-. Perkins, Coroner Taylor and Mr.
Perkins. the father Of the child, went to
Oakwood Cemetery yesterday afternoon.
shortly after 8 o'clock, and tho body OF
the infant was disinterrcd In an old
house nearby DR.. Taylor removed the
parts that no would need In the analysis,
and tho remains were turned over to the
father and grandfather who Inferred
them In a grave In a section recently pur-
chased by the Perkins family, and In
which the second child, tho little girl,
Tho fact that DR.. Taylor deemed It ex-
pedient to cxhume the body Of the child
who died month ago that he might.
presumably. compare the lstomachs and
the polsons found, II there were any
poisonous substances discovered, leads to
the belief that death in one Instance. at
least, was not from a natural cause
II availed myself OF the opportunity
OF looking Mt the body OF the child who
died arst, when I learned that the family
had purchased section and intended
dsinterring the remains Of tho little
child" said the coroner last night.
Otherwise Judge Witt would have had 10
issue permit for tho disinter1nent OF
the body. that the analysis might be
made. The permission granted by tho
mother and father relieved DR.. Taylor
OF tho necessity OF securing this permis-
sion from the court.
The impression that PHOSPHORUS poison
was the cause OF the death may be un.
founded, according to DR.. Taylor. The
Same result would be manifest II corro-s
sive Eublirnate, tartar emetic, rough on
rats, or various other metallic polsons
were used.
Information regarding his analysis, but
from his conversation 1t may be inferred
that he had found some poison in the
stomach OF the little girl who died. ana
that It is his belief that4the first child
died from the same effects.
Death of the Dog.
a few weeks befort the death OF the
first child IN the Perkins family a dos
belonging at the house, died. and Mrs.
Mcdowell claimed that the canine was
poisoned by Mrs. Perkins. Mrs Nc
Dowe said that she was at tho house
at the time thu poison was administered,
ctata az ~ fad TO
her that resulted in the arrest OF Mr..
johnson Last evening. {.
Mr.. Perkins said last night that tbs
dog was sick for several weeks. and that
to rid the canine OF his misery, Mr..
johnson shot It.
DR.. Taylor would have exhumed the
body OF this dog had such thing been
practicable. ..The dog was given such
an un- Christian burial that It could not
be disinterred," said the coroner to
reporter last evening.
When the first postal was received
by Mrs. Perkins Miss Abbie Mitchell.
who, according to a report in I'm after
noon paper OF yesterday, may be suns
moned as witness, said last night that
she had been approached by Mr.. Per-
kins, who asked her about tho Initials
"a. NJ" signed to tho misslye. and that
she had told him then that she knew
nothing OF tho sending OF the postal.
Miss Mitchell is very pretty young
lady, a perfect blonde. with blue eyes,
She lives at No. 51S North Ninth Street
With her brother. who Is popular en-
ploye OF the Richmond Locomotive
Works.
There will 10 no arrests In the case
until the middle OF next week, II by that
time, according to all tho Information
that can be gained. The hearing o. the
charge against Mr.. johnson In the Pollce
Court Monday will be very interesting:
and may result In throwing some lishs
the now mysterious case.
r,AlrArY nME PERSONS. DEAD