THE VERDICT

“An inquisition taken for the people

Of the State of Illinois here at LeRoy,

County aforesaid, on the th of August,

Anna Domini, nineteen hundred nineteen,

Before me, William Merival, coroner

For the said County, viewing here the body

Of Elenor Murray lying dead, upon

The oath of six good lawful men, the same

Of the said County, being duly sworn

To inquire for the said people into all

The circumstances of her death, the said

Elenor Murray, and by whom the same

Was brought about, and in what manner, when,

And where she came to death, do say upon

Their oaths, that Elenor Murray lying dead

In the office of the coroner at LeRoy

Came to her death on August th aforesaid

Upon the east shore of the Illinois River

A mile above Starved Rock, from syncope,

While in the company of Barrett Bays,

Who held her in his arms when she was seized,

And should have laid her down when she was seized

To give her heart a chance to resume its beat.”

The jury signed the verdict and arose

And said good-night to Merival, went their way.

Next day the coroner went to Madison

To look on Arielle, who had written him.