The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-23
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bottom Of the mystery and to place
the responsibility is a foregone con-
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bottom Of the mystery and to place
the responsibility is foregone con-.
clusion. The end is not yet.
The. coroner's jury began its work,
morning. and were occupied nearly five
hours in taking testimony and formu-
latin their verdict. Though there was
train of circumstance all pointing IN
enough to attach the blame definitely.
At least one witness expressed a
suspicion, and others were evastve
The jurymen themselves felt that they
knew the guilty party. but We're not
sure .lrs e enough 81 to place name in their
valuable clues which will bee great
aid to the detectives. Mr.. Julius Hob
son. chairman, and Dr. +. M. Read,
m 7, Of the Committee on Relief OF
the Pdor, We're present during the
greater part OF the investigation, and
often took occasion to question the
witnesses.
The Coroner's Inquest.
q, Assistant Superintendent Lewis was
the flrst witness called. lie has occu-
!" Baby" Vaughan Mas received at the
home on May 18th from 1908 East
M l,,na an,b Sheet ~ that he was adopted
t sste " Pr las SseoTk East M9nt5
Street. and that he was returned le a. 20
the home on July I'd. The child was
h9yer VISITED US, te by any one. The first
70 nn1snn ne ne received Of the attempt
sion was when DR.. Hoskins came down
stairs and sale Some ono has nois-
oned my baby.' 5s a{5 IS 81 =, ~
to NO steps LEI; 50 far as he knew, were
Sunday Miss venable told him that the he,
baby had been poisoned again. There
were suspicious" he admitted, "and
those suspc!ons led to the removal Of
MS MIS- Ethel Gaylord downstairs" This
dent Davis. - = 4
"on account OF this poisoning, as I
.l!, he said, Mrs. Gaylord,
VINO ,,,ne. Is ,ao patient at the home, was re-.
the, child were located" Mrs. Cay
iord was received June 18th, and gave
birth to child on July 18th. the day
after the first attempt to kill the
with her. He knew Of no steps being
taken to prevent another attempt. He
said that Mr.. Davis knew of the at
tempt when he returned from the City
Hall at l o'clock.
Found Woman With the Infant.
Miss Margaret venahle, head nurse,
who was next on the stand, and prob
ably the most important witness, said
that she left the infant at8ten minutes
to o'clock Tuesday morning In the
D.
was the only other occupant. The 9th
err foundlings were out on the porch,
and Lucy Bowles. a colored servant
girl, was out on the. porch sweeping.
Mrs. Gaylord washing out the child's
mouth with sponges and boric acid.
which had been used for the child as
regular mouth wash" Mrs. Cassidy.
but she couldn't remember whether
there was anyone else in the room.
She had been summoned by message
that informed her that the child was
that she felt satisfied that some caus-
tic had been administered.
Judging from her knowledge, she adj
Of the home, I'm the operating room
she continued. Were corrosive subli-
mate tablets. capable Of producing. the
same effects that saw on the child
are carbolic acid, tincture Of iodine
and chloroform. The operating room
as Is the custom in HOSPITALS, Is left
open during the day, but Is always i'
/ stayed by the childs bedside all day
and that she informed Dr.. Treviliar
as soon as he arrived. between 1886
and l o'clock.
Because Of Mrs. Gayloras con na
Looming ward, and, as g. precaution. she
Instructed the helpers to lock the door
OF the haby's room every time they
went out, She related the particulars
of the second poisoning. Of how she
went to breakfast at $40 o'clock Sun
day morning, and was called within
twenty minutes and Informed that the
baby was much worse, Of how there
was no one in the room when she
went out. and of her finding Miss Jor.
4 dan, nurse. in the room with tho
child. The latter had discovered the
poisoning, and called Miss Venable
Traces Of chloroform We're discovered
on the mouth and face, and she after.
wards detected the odor OF the
anaesthetic. The child became very Ill
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