Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-08-18
m. Rives Pollard Iadieted by the Grand
Jury.


foT some days past he iais Of the - "a as
been 8 cif;icuity Ia which Mr.. VI Riyes y -
lard. editor OF the Richmond Examiner. g.
become involved. We have err-b'iJf- E'-
o. aaned from pGSlshin anything iG r-gSE,. 80
ii; not As Ihe mater hSs hcU been trJugh
before the court We feel A. liberty % give
vha; we bclese 10 be 4 trGe statenleR: ol rhe
case. The grand jury Yesterday made t. br-
lowing presentment against VI. PouS-d
A pressntment iOr forclbie anr try ntO .hs
house OF Edwin NJ. Hewitt, and trespA,s. -
sault and battery therein.
The Jurors Of the Commonwealth "a TO- sae
bcdv of the CITY of Richmond on their ca.nS
present that IA. Rives Pollard did on the N
DAY of August. an the year teco, within the
jurisdiction Of the said Court Of Hustings for
the city of Richmond and at said city. with
force and arms. break and enter The dwelling
house Of EdwiB M- Hewitt, he. the said a.
hiyes Pollard, being armed with nre-arUs,
and dad then and there. On the house of the
said Edwin Nj. lie Will AFORESAID. assault and
Threaten 10 shoot Jessie Hewitt. the wife of
The said Edwin NJ Hewitt, rhen and there
being: and did then and there assault and oea;
one OF the female in mates OF the said house,
and other wrongs then and there did. TO tue
damage and great alarm and terror OF an the
inmates of said house then and there bein-,
against the peace and dignity OF the Common
wealth.
The witnesses examined were Edwiu Al
Hewitt, formerly OF Alexandra, Mrs. Jessie
Hewitt, Virginia Fitch, aud Kate saunders
From parties concerned, and from policemen
10 whom the business was entrusted. We learn
The following particulars. which Will explain
the above presentment and the causes which
led thereto On the night OF the I'm of Jply
Pollard went 10 Hewitt's house, hooked IN A.
the window, then knocked and demanded ad
mittance. Mrs. Hewitt approached the door
ard asked who was there. Pollard, in reply,
repeated has demand. and MRS. Hewitt toId
him he could not come IN. Pollard then sad
he would enter. Immediately burst through the
door presented pistol, and quired Tor a
"femaie friend" of his, who he said was in the
house. mrs. Hewitt declared that she was MOI
there. He replied that he knew that she was.
and that he would 60 mp stairs and see. He
he rushed past Mrs. Hewitt and M stairs
where he burst open the door OF n room oceu
pied by the female in question, whom he at
once seized, dragged down the steps, placed
IN his carriage, and drove on To has Office
The next day warrant was gotten out by
Hewitt for the arrest OF Pollard, but for some
cuted. On toe 9Th OF August Pollard rot ou,
counter warrant, and had Hewitt and an the
white inmates Of his house arrested in he
night. and AIKEN 10 the police station. Grcum-
stances Justify us in saying that thie was done
with a view OF inducing the Hewitts 10 with
draw their warrant. Recorder Regnault was
aroused after midnight went 10 the station
and admitted she whole party to bail for their
appearance before the may or the next morning
The case came up Tor a bearing. and there being
no evidence 10 implicat Hewitt and his family
IN any criminal act. the warrant was dis
missed. On the 10th the police were ON th,,
hunt for Pollard, and one actually went in
and searched his ONCE and private apart
ments while he was there, but failed 10 md
him. The "female friend" declared she had
not seen him since the night OF the fuss a.
Hewitt's, and she believed she would 70 out
and look for him. The policeman beng
thus thrown OF his guard, lef, the premi ses.
and Pollard made his escape through the
press-roem. mounted his horse and rode OF
20 Ashland, on the Fredericksburg railroad
The same night the female Whose name we
have been unable to learn, though we have
reason to believe IL begins with Herty) took
the cars al the Fredericksburg depot, and aiso
started for Ashland; but on the same train
were two Richmond policemen, bound in the
same direction, and in pursuit of the same
object Arrived al Ashland, the police were
informed by the bar keeper that Mr. Pollard
was there and had drank q bottle of claret
This was convincing enough, and as the train
was about leaving for the north, the cars
all searched except The baggage car, and he
search proved unsuccessful. The train moved
of. and the discomforted policemen returned
to Richmond.
This is all we know about the AFFAIR. We
may add. in conclusion, the Interesting fact
that the Hastings Court Yesterday declared
Pellard's bail bond CT a thousand dollars 10
keep the peace, given in the James affair,
forfelieq.-RiehmORd DispdtcA.
Nr. Pollard is now in W Washington, we be-
lieye.