The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-07-24
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must explain my conuuei 'h eonno'"'
Rives Pollard.
~, t,,Inwirg ordinations will be sufficient to &C
| conn, for that course. and TO remove any impress
| s;ons detrimental to my name and character whieh
| NAV have been raised by h. Hives Tohar" VII
| rarent versions of the dficulty between US
| On the evening Of the csth Of June visited the
-o,, ., Mr. Pollard, at his own invitation for the
purpose of collecting debt az the following ceri.
| dcate Of Mr.. Binford will show
| 1cartifv that 7 called on II. r. Pollard at his
rooms on Main street. between Seventh and Elshtn
on or aH"u, the iit Of MA NAY wi snus, hTs
| him III k Pollardl to pay me two hundred and
tify dollars due him (ssmuel X. James,.
that should say to Mr.. James that he (H: X. Pol
lard, would like to zee him Samuel T. James. al
. ,GST By ss sqss
livered by me to Mr.. James rs receved:
Clerk to Hodges, Mayo & Co., Of which firm Mr.
James Is u member.
Mr.. Pollard opened the door himself, and shook
me by the hand, requesting me TO be seated al.
most ut the same time remarking, "iou have
been away" YES" replied, al have been to
New York, and wonder why your brother does
not reply 10 me. He is evidently avoiding me "
mo, "dogding me-" as alleged by II. Rives Pol
lard) On making this remark, Mr.. Pollard ner-
vously rose from his chair, and asked me If In
tended to impute cowardice to his brother, and
speaking verv fast said, 81 will have my brother
here in thirty six hours replied, Every we'll
He then addressed q Mr.. Payne, in the room, and
requested him to write at once for his brother.
Before Mr.. Payne hal begun to write, he (Polard>
again remarked TO me that IL intended to tmpute
cowardice TO his brother or anything dishonorablc
TO his character, he t. X. Pollard would make 1t
a personal issue with me on the spot and rising
from his seat, he approached me, and, shaking his
Az, In nv face called me coward" This was
rather more than I could bear. l took hold OF
him and threw him on the lounge, holding him
and telling him at the same time that II he
wanted anything OF me there was time and place
! to get It," While this was In progress, in came
man by the name OF Moore. and he with Payne
succeeded in getting me Off Mr.. Pollard They
embarrassed me all they could, and Mr.. Pollard
called loudly and repeatedly for his knife and
pistol al which time negro man made his appear
/ ance Mr. Pollard then made another rush at me,
and though embarrassed by Moore and Payne,
ran him against wardrobe. choking him. He
succeedsd, with their assistance, in disengsging
himself, and Immediately ran to the replace, and
seiling q pair of tongs, struck me UiM them.
did my best to save my head from the blows, and
found II as much as ] could do. being embarrassed
by two men who were holding me as firmly as
they could, and by the negro who WAS rendering
them some assistance. ! made my way, they fol-
lowing me, to the top of the stairs, where received
very severe blow from the tongs on the head.
got into the street. holding in my hand the tongs,
which had wrested from Mr.. Pollard. Ny head
/ felt dizzy, and the blood was running down my
neck inside The collar Of coat and such was the
state OF my head that could not have recognised
my best friend In this condition passed through
Dr. Harrson's drug store into another street,
where was found by my brother, and placed i'll
buggy and driven of To my home. sbout two miles
and q half from the scene.
lcertify that on the afternoon OF the Goth June.
lsUS, between and o'clock, on my arrival al my
found Mr.. Samuel \: James sitting in chair in my
head and LEFT hand His under: shirt. which he
had on, was saturated with blood, as wss also his
sSat and linen shirt which nS me me- mao taken T on
! buggy In which no rode h. me. When first saw
Mr.: James he seemed somewhat unde, the OF, effect Of
| q wound upon his head, from which the blood was
then still running. further certify thsi from II
o'clock OF the same night TIL about A. NJ OF tns
head, Witch continued to bleed OF and on at inter
vsis during that night. And furthermore certify
s Of the b gSns my MaY
June Called al M b. c. Mayo's house, where
ton after his difficulty with Mr.. Pollard. He
showed me his head, the wound on which con-
concealed by the hair appeared to be about one
| and half inches In length and nom one-quarter
to o. an Inch IN DEPTH ninr,ss S
l
! then complained. Z. H. HODaBs.
certify that between half past II and half-past
10 on the morning of the 27th June, Mr. samuel Il
James came to my room, where police officer had
previously inquired for him. He there nrst heard
| Of The card in the Examiner, OF his having been
posted by Mr.. H. K Pollard, and Of the warrant
Tor his arrest. He said he came direct from Mr. ID.
G. Mayo's corner Of Thirteth and Clay streets, as
| two to two and half inches long. thought the
skull WAS injured. His left hand was inJured-the
little finger much swollen. and thought broken
! He complained besides Of bruises on the arm, OF
| G. T. HENSISGsRy.
! was informed that after had been seen TO
leave in one direction driven of by my brotherl
II. X. Pollard, armed with double gun and re-
volvers, professed 10 be searching for me with the
svowed termination OF shooting me on sight. 1t
Is, however, due to II. R. Pollard to state that he
was searching for me in a direction opposite 10
that which ne knew I had taken, and where he
knew that was not
His card OF denunciaton appeared in his paper
next morning. 1t was the very first article on the
third page OF the Ecaminer on the 27th Of june,
publishing me to the world, and stgmstizing me rs
liar, eo,oard, and poltroon. In accordance with
notification In that card, viz: that was to DO
posted in all the hotels OF the city between the
hours Of Q and 10, he (Pollard) stuck mp placard
on the corner Of Main and Eighth streets, In which
I was again branded as q ltor, cornrd, and pot.
troon Ibid not see that card in the Ernmindr nor
hear that he Pollard had posted me TIL quite half
past II O'Clock thnt day. at the same time that was
Informed that warrant was out for my arrest. and
| that the police were In search OF mo.
| II had known even on the preceding evening
that H. X. Pollard was in search Of me (which
did mott, and II had been able to moet him (which
wss not) then, surrounded ~ he was by police
men, collision between 10 would have been ply.
sicaly almost impossible. After the public deela-
ration the next day In his paper Of his intention TO
post mo between 0 and 10 o'clock, Il was obvious
that such . collision became quite Impossible,
and that any attempt on my part to hurt Pol.
lard, OF en- his part TO hurt ne, would only hsvs
led 70 our being pinionsd and arrested and bound
over 70 eeep The pesee, az spSdefatty he Utshed,
| and ibid not 1isA, be
iwsstherefore outraged without the possibility OF
defending myself at the time and unisss had az.
ereised great caution left without tho opportunity
| OF subsequent redress.
II II IL very evident that Mr.. Pollard has code o
bis own. In the nrst place, At the commence
ment Of the dieulty In bis ROOM he stated th NJ he
| would make 10 personal issue with me on the
spot. which . Issue was made with tho assistance
Of two Of his employees, the negro. and the tongs
and his calling for knife and pistol-whis vas
| alone and unarned. The postin1 nezt ~sor~iao
| soGs doss before fhad challenged Mr. Pollard and
sikAoSt As challenging ne.
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