The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-19
MR.. POLLARD BEFORE THE,
MAYOR.

| IL RiNCo oiioioi iIod.t VI IlC NiCIl'
mond Examiner, was brought before
Mayor Saunders on Wednesday, tC
answer the charge of assault and bat
terry on the person of Mr.. 4. p. Brooks
correspondent in Richmond of the New
York Times. We copy the report from
tho Riehnnnnd Republic
! This action was brought on account OF
the attack made on Friday last by Mr..
| Pollard on Mr.. Brooks. which attack
| was provoked by letter which ap
peared in the Times of the 9Th instant.
Mr.. Brooks, Mr.. Cookery, one of the
proprietors ofthe Spotswood Hotel, and
Mr.. Mccain, were sworn.
Mr.. Brooks said-On Friday last was
sitting in the billiard room of the Spots
wood Hotel about o'clock, when gen.
tleman came into the room and looked
at me and went out. In few minutes
/ went up stairs to the office, and the
gentleman whom had seen in the bill
liard-room said to Mr.. Pollard, who was
in the public room, "this Is the man,
Mr.. Pollard then approached me and
asked, "are you the correspondent of the
New York Times" l said, 81 am.u
He then caught me by the collar and
said, "you id rascal you have written
an insulting letter about me-" He then
put his hand into his breast and drew a
cowskin. He struck me many times
with it, and pushed me back towards the
counter at the cashiers desk. He bent
my back over the counter. | struggled
with him, and he thrust my head
through pane of glass in front of the
cashiers desk. ] then said to the by-
ISLANDERS, 81 protest againstthis you see
that ] am acting solely on the defen-
sive." then caught the cowhide and
wrenched it from Mr.. Pollard, who
struck me several times with his fist. |
returned the blows. ! said, II can't
stand this much longer, my strength is
failing me-" / got hold of Mr.. Pollard's
beard and broke the other pane of glass
in front of the cashiers desk with his
head. We then got near the doorDf the
saloon, and were separated. In the
course of the ARRAY Mr.. Pollard said,
"you id Yankee s--n of q b-h, hi
teach you toinsult southern gentlemen.n
The witness was crosse examined by
Judge Crump.
wrote the letter in the New York
Times of the 9th instant, concerning the
difficulty between Mr.. Pollard and the
editors of the Enquirer. wrote in the
vein l did, because he has always sneer-
ed at Northern correspondents. He did
so in the article which appeared in his
paper of the 18th of December last. He
has never affronted me personally. The
article / have mentioned was not per-
sonal affront to me, but it was directed
at the class of which am member. |
know don't that Mr.. Pollard has ever
personally affronted or insulted anu
Northern correspondent. ! can't point
to any particular instance in which he
has done SO.
Judge Crump-What did you mean by
this paragraph: "From the fact that the
Examiner has always sneered at North
ern correspondents in its own peculiar,
cynical manner, this occurrence will not
set well on its stomach, because it opens
the door you know" What did you
mean by opening the door, you
know?n
Witness-I meant that it opened the
door to Northern correspondents, and
gave them chance to reply to Mr.. Pol.
lard in the same sneering and cynical
manner in which he had written of
them.
Judge Crump-Where did you get
your information as to the occurrences
that transpired in the Capitol on the day
of the shooting. Did you witness them
yourself?
Witness--I did not. They were de-
scribed to me by gentleman did not
know.
Judge Crump-How do you know he
was a gentleman Were you acquaint-
ed with him?
Witness-I was not. l judged he was
a genteel man because he was in COM
pany with gentlemen. He told me that
Mr.. Pollard fired first. Mr.. Marshall
said in his testimony before the House
that Pollard fired first. ---.s.
Judge Crump-Had you heard Mr..