Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-09
KILLING RESULTED FROM
ATTACK BY DEAD WOMAN
Witness Relates Story OF killing rs
Told by Lucia Foley Fol.
lowing Shooting
HAD THREATENED HER LIFE
Revolver Was Fired During Strug-
gle for Its Possession mt Head OF
StairCase-GirI May BE EXOncr-
atcG for Her Act.

1n0uirnC into the DEATH OF Mrs.
Nellie Alexander. OF 633 Church street.
who was shot and Killed Monday after
noon. the coroner'S jury yesterday con-
by pistol shot fired by Luclla Foley,
after she had made an attack upon the
girl with a broom stick and had
threatened TO Kill her.
Little Luella FOLEY. who is not quito
fifteen years old and is charged with
the murder Of her fathers houSckccpcr.
sat in the coroncr's Office in City Hall
yesterday afternoon land heard neigh
hors tell what they saw of the alleged
EiiIinE. Her father. W. I. Foley. tcs;i-
lied that Mrs. Alexander had thrown
bricks at his daughter on last Saturday,
tna: she had Strucr Luclla with a small
STOOL. and that flowing this he had
told the housekcepcr that she had bet
tor look for another place Mark Alex
aiider, arniicSs and with ono eye gone
aS a result OF service in the Gallipoli
campaign. did not hesitate to say when
asked after the inquest by r. Gray Had
cor. counsel for the Foley girl, that his
wifc had twice Shot at him. and that
i4uclia knew that she had handled a
-'in with readiness.
DEAD WoMtN'S HUSBAND
DOES NOT nLANE: CHILD
Corporal Alexander arrived here from
cincinnati yesterday. With his little
dauEhtcr Grace. by his Side. he sat
through the inquest. hat took The stand
nrly for few seconds. He knew moth
ingsot tho shooting other than what he
had heard. lie held no malice toward
l-ucila. and did not blame her for her
ACT. Little Grace, just nine years old,
.now and again wiped the persp!ra;ioh
from her fathers face or fondlcd the
medals which the war cripple wore
upon his khaki shirt.
4,
First Street. told how she ran into the
Foley home Monday afternoon aftc:
she heard four shots. Mrs. Alexander
WAS lying at The foot OF the staircase
and Oracle. as tho nine-ycar-old is
called. was bathing her face. Wash
INC blood off my mothers face she
said, land tell her to speak 20 me-"
Gently Mrs. Lambert carried the child
into the next room, where l.ucila was
standing by a ,nantcl. She was a trem-
bile. and sobbinEly told the woman that
Mrs. Alexander had beaten her with a
broom. and had exclaimed she would
kill her and started upstairs for the pis-
toll. The little girl was more 1.-the and
outdis,anccd the cnraGcd woman on the
staircase. She got to her fathers rs
calibcr special k,volvcr which hung
high on The wall in front OF his bed,
and then a struggle for the gun fol-
lowed.
WITNESS TELLS JURY
OF OTHER FIGHTS IN HOUSE
They pulled and showed until they
reached the staircase, and there the
child pulled the trigger Broom in arm.
Mrs. Alexander fell. Thrice again li;tle
I.ucila closed her eyes and in terror.
she said. flashed the gun toward her
fathers housckccpcr. still cutchinG
the broom. the dead woman rolled down
the steps. and. that was where Mrs.
Lambert found her with the little child
OF tho shooting which could he drawn
from the testimony OF Mrs. Lambert.
She also told OF the tight on sunday
when the woman struck l-ucila with the
stool and threw bricks at her.
Mike Foley, who lives at GO Church
Street. heard children scream and ran
Into the house. lie saw the PROSTATE
form and ran 10 a phone. The ambu-
lance was called, but tho uncle OF Lucli.,
went back 10 his brothers house. lie
said lie never visited there and did not
know anything about their troubles.
DIR. Whitfield described TO the jury
the way in which the shots entered Mrs.
Nc&andcrs body. and then the inquest
cision. -
taken TO the Juvenile detention Home
where she is being held TO await a
hearing Tuesday in the Juvenile Court
on the charge Of murder. Her dcmcau-
or throughout the entire hearing Was
most even, ana while she did not tell
her own story OF the shooting. she
listened with observant interest TO the
version of he affair that other Wit
naases gave