The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-19
Marshalrs testimony when you wrote

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Judge Crump-You say he fired hal
"A dozen shots in your letter. How dc
you know he did?
Witness--I don't know that he free
half dozen shots got my informa-
ton of the affair as every one else did
and made my statement from stories
that heard about the streets. A gen.
tleman whom | do not know told me
that Pollard fired first. / took him to
be gentleman, because lie was III the
company of gentlemen.
Judge Crump-You say in your letter
that Mr.. Pollard took it upon himself
to enact the whole part of the editor OF
the Examiner, the toga of which he has
assumed since the death of John M.
Daniel, who did have the courage to
fight duels, but he (Pollard) failed-ig-
ANONYMOUSLY failed" What is your
opinion nOW? DO you still think he
won't fight? HI
Witness-I have changed my mind
on the subject of his tighting-I did not
italicize that "dido in my manuscript.
reader or cOmpositOr. | meant to say
that my impression was that he had fail
ed to make the Examiner what it was
when Mr. Daniel had it.
Judge Crump-What is your authors
ity for making in your letter this state
ment: "His courage OOzing out of his
fingers ends caused them to tremble,
and the shot sped harmlessly up into
the dome, while he made rapid and
successful det0ur to the rear of the mar
BILE statue of Washington?"
Witness-It was suggested to me by
some one, but don't know who it was.
Judge Crump-Don't you consider this
letter grossly insulting?
Witness-Yes, sir; think it would be
grossly insulting if had have told Mr..
Pollard to his face what wrote in my
letter, but it is not so, as 1t is. Some Ii
cense is allowedto newspaper correspon-
dents in their publications.
Judge Crump-How much license is
allowed them, sir; to what extent does
this license go?
Mayor Saunders-I do not think this
is a proper question. The opinion of
the witness is not testimony.
Judge Crump-I do not mean a H.
cense that a man buys and pays for, sir;
mean the liberty taken by these CORE
spondents in writing about gentlemen.
Mayor understand that, sir; don't
think the question Is a proper one.
Witnessed resumed--Mr. Pollard
never imputed any want of personal
courage to any Northern correspondent,
that know of. In regard to the state
ments in my letter. | am aware that
some of them are incorrect. l do not
think that have taken any more licence
in my letter than Mr.. Pollard did in his
Christmas article. As to his courage
oozing out of his finger ends, l described
the scene in manner to make it
more acceptable to the readers of the
paper. The paragraph stating that Mr..
Tyler listened to the command of the
Sergeant-at-A Arms, and ''obeyed, or
there might not have been piece of the
warlike Pollard left except the grave
stone which he deserves" was merely a
piece of extra writing to make the let
ter more acceptable to the proprietor of
the paper. l spoke of his mot calling
for a gin.cocktail, when brought to the
bar of the House," for the same reason.
No one ever told me that Mr. Pollard
was in the habit of drinking "gin-cock-
tails.u 1t was connection of my own
brain. called him the "EIaminer
fellow" just because it 10 the habit of
some persons to say good fellow" "old
fellow,ne The letter was written and
sent off hurriedly. Ihad not more than
three quarters of an hourbefore themail
closed to write it. What write send
What is published my people are res
ponsible for. am not responsible for
what was written by the Washington
correspondent ,ofthe Times, nor fur tho
editorial in the paper ofthe 18th ultimo.
Mr.. McCann testified was in the
bar. room of the hotel and heard the
thought some one had fall
len down stairs. l ran out to see what
it was, and found that Mr.. Pollard had
hold of Mr.. Brooks by the collar and
was whipping him with a cowhide.
They got back to the Office and broke
the glass out, and were separated near
the bar-room. There was no weapon
drawn during the fight After it was
over, and Mr.. Books had gone up stairs
to his room, crowd collected around
Mr.. Pollard, and he drew bowie-knife.
He attempted to make no use of it, and
in very short time put it up. He made
no threat towards any person.
Mr.. Cookery stated: On Friday, about
two O'Clock, one of the servants came to
the dining room and told me / was
wanted in the office. I ran down and
found Mr.. Pollard standing against the
wall with some of his friends. found
Mr.. Brooks in the Office, and got him to
20 I'D to his room. l came back and saw
Mr.. Pollard, and he told me he was sor-
v that the affair had happened in the
house. and that he regretted having
broken the glass at the office. [ told
Tim that made no difference. He then
eft and went to his room.
This closes the evidence for the Conn
The following witnesses were exam
ned for the defence, viz: Capt. Dawson
md Captain Gill.
Captain Dawson said was present
rom the time the affair commenced un-
ill it ended. After it was over, some
twenty or thirty persons crowded
around Mr.. Pollard, and l. thought that
/ collision between his friends and Mr.. |
Brooks's was imminent. He then drew |
lis knife, but put it up as soon as the
crowd gave way. He did not draw it |
Turing the fight. He could have done so |
f he had chosen, and have used it with |
The hand with which he was using the |
,owhide. 1t was not drawn until Mr.
Brooks had left the room and gone up
stairs, and was only drawn when the
crowd collected around him.
Captain Gill testified entered the
1otel whilst the fight was going on, and
an up TO them with the intention of
separating them, but could not do so
without assistance, and no one else |
,ame up. told Mr.. Pollard that | |
thought there was enough of it. In a |