Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Dillard, Virginia  October 2, 1900
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Virginian-Pilot October 3, 1900
Mrs. Jennie Dillard, a young woman living at No. 625 Crawford street, died at 4 
o’clock yesterday afternoon under circumstances which lead to the suspicion that 
she committed suicide by poison.
Mrs. Dillard went to bed at 5 o’clock yesterday morning, after eating a luncheon 
which she had ordered from a restaurant. Gracie Crawford, the only other 
occupant of the house, slept with her and was awakened at 2 o’clock in the 
afternoon to find her companion in convulsions. Dr. Holladay, when summoned, 
found her dying, though death did not ensue until 4 o’clock.
It was the opinion of the doctor that the symptoms of the case resembled 
carbolic acid poisoning or the effects of concentrated lye, which the supposed 
suicide must have taken while Gracie Crawford slept.
Gracie claims there was no carbolic acid, concentrated lye or any other poison 
in the house. Except that Mrs. Dillard had been on a spree, she knew no reason 
why she should take her life.
Dr. Holladay gathered up the remains of Mrs. Dillard’s lunch and this will 
probably be subjected to analysis.
The dead woman separated from her husband, Charles Dillard, about six months 
ago. She was about 28 years of age and leaves a number of children whom she 
succeeded some time ago in having placed in respectable homes. Mrs. Dillard’s 
family lived at Virginia Beach. Her name before her marriage to Dillard was 
Jennie Kite.


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