, 1866-08-22
WOMAN BEATING IN RICHMOND
4 Sample of Southern Chivalry In.
ilIcteds


The following interesting tale Is from the
Richmond Dispatch the 18th Of August:
For some days past the talk of the town
has been difficulty in which q. Riyes Pol
lard. editor of the Richmond Examiner, has
become involved We have heretofore re-
Trained from publishing anything in regard
to IT, but as the matter has now been brought
before the court, We feel at liberty to give
what NC believe to be = true statement Of
the case. .
lowing ptesentment against Mr.. Pollard:
=" A rresentmeut for f,rciblc entry into
the house Of Edwin n. Hewitt, and tzespass,
assault and battery therein:
"'The jurors Of the Commonwealth for the
body of the city Of Richmond, on their
oaths, present that Fl. Riyes Pollard did, on
the eth day Of August, in the year 1864,
within the Jurisdiction Of the said Court Of
Hastings, in the city Of Richmond, and at
enter the dwelling house Of Edwin NJ lfew-
itt, be, the said H. Riyes Pollard. being
armed with firearms, and did then and there,
In the house of the said Edwin II. Hewitt,
aforesaid, assault md threaten to shoot Jessie
Hewitt, the wife Of the ssid Edwin II. 1fcw-
lit, then and there being; and did then and
there assault and beat one Of the female In
mates Of the said house then and there be-
ing and violently. and Tith force Of arms,
drug her out Of the said house. and other
wrongs then and there did. to the damage
and great alarm and terror Of MI the inmates
Of The. said house then and there being,
against the pence and dignity Of the Cum-
nlonweath.'
The witnesses examined were Edwin II.
Hewitt. Mrs. Jessie Hewitt, Virginia Fitch
and Kate Saunders.
"From parties concerned, and from police
men to whom the business was entrusted, We
| learn the following particulars, which will
explain the above presentmcut and the
causes which led thereto:
ION The night Of the 7ih Of July Pollard
went to Hcwiit's house, looked in at the
window, then knocked and demanded ad-
! mittance. Mrs Hewitt approached the door
and asked who was there. Pollard. in reply,
repeated Ills demand, and Mrs. Hrwitt told
| him he coul1 not come in. Pollard then
| said he would enter, Immediately hurst
through the door. presented pistol, at'i in
q,tired for q female fsiena' Of his, who, liz
| that che WAS not there. He replied that lie
knew she was, and that he ,yoHld 20 ur
| stairs and see. lie was informed that lie
| could not do this, when he rushed past Mrs.
Hewitt and up stairs, where he burst open
the door ofa room occupied Dy the female ir
! question, whom he at once sciZcd. dragged
down the steps, placed in his carriage, ant
drove OFT to his Office.
''Thc rext day warrant was gotten ou'
by Hewitt for the arrest Of Pollard, but f0l
somc reason or other it was not Immediately
executed. On the 9Th Of August, Pollard .ol
all the white Inhabitants Of the house arrest
cd in the night and taken to tile police sta
ti0n. Circumstances Justify lis in saying thu
this was done with view Of inducing ths
llcwitts to withdraw their warrant. Re
corder Rcgnault was aroused aftcr midnight
went to the station, and admitted the wit1l
party to hail fur their appearance before til
Mayer the next morning. The case came III
for hearing. and there being no evidence 4
-Mplicate Hewitt and his family in any Grim
inal act, the warrant was dismissed.
"On the 10th The police were on the husa
searched his office and private apartment
while he was there, but failed to find him
Tie female friend declared size had M
seen him since the night of the fuss at fcN
itt's, and she believed she won1d 60 out an
look for him. The policeman, bein: tn.
Pollard made his escape through the pres
room, mounted his horse. and rode or t
ashland. on the Fredericksburg Railroad
The sanlc night the f'nlate. whose name "
lave beer, unuble to learn, though VIC har
! reason to believe it hegins with IIetty, too
lie cars at the Fredericksburg depot and a1s
started for Ashland; hut OIL the same tr:li
were two Richmnnd policemen, bound in I'll
same direction and III pursuit Of tile same o'
jcct. Arrived at Ashland. the Iolice'ne
were tn!CFINcu DE Inc nlTkceEeF tItAt ~
; Pollard was there and hail drank hottie
claret This was convincing enough. IN
as the train was about leaving for the Mort
the ears were all searched except the ls,cg1s
car. AMI the search proved unsuccessful. II
J Train moved oil, and the discomiittcd pole
men returned to Richmond.
: 'tThis is all VIC know about tho affair. "
!. | may add. In conclusion, the Interesting fl
! that the Hastings Court yesterday ileclar'
; roliard's tail bond Of thousand dollars
1 keep the peace, given III the Janes at1:,
: fortified"
: This Pollard is anthor Of a book call
: "Thc Lost Cause" i'll which the Nortlc
: people arc abused and tho Superiority
c tho Southern people, greatly insisted 4
Here is passage which makes tit tail-ric
:, to the narrative of the Richmond Di.pateh
n at would he in,ncasureably the wol
a consequence of defeat In this war that t
r South should lose its moral aud intcllccsu
). distinctiycncss us people, and cease to
# sert its we'll known superiority in civil
t tion,. In political scholarship, and in all I
= standards Of individual character over t
| ncnnlc Of Tho Nnrfhr