The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-01-22

all during the entire dimcultg, ny ~ Phoweyer /
ye TIA not lire pistol ut any person until wai
fred coleman andthsq o0 Of f se Sx
his hre S1iGhIrsp sssr'an that Mr.. Coleman
areI ct mo frat. This Il confirmed rritb Mr. /
iaSt n& n rst no bitterness towards hrn,my
quarrel was with Mr.. Tyler Why, wn ngass Il was
ocansc he first discharged his pistol at me y
impression is that Mr. Coleman hred AZ me amd in
i bG hft am an i susinei by the witnesses that Mr.
Coleman red 9t me n rel ibcrcfors claim that as
"a ms the pistol shots concerned was IN n i
respect The s2bited "i hS The exhibition
of tba Ueapons and the lring were all uhPTehtu'
tated on nv part, and occurred in consequence %
TIE dG,S ~ hat intended indignity to the
uouss or its meInbers have too high respect Tor
10 Iegislature and lis members personally TO have
c1 ntcmnatsd an encounter In or near the hall, or
IN have purposed any other species OF conteinp,.-
II gives inc pleasure so to state now on od'h' ana I"
rei'er"'e my h'S" 1'S''N H. RIvE8 POLLARD"
This was certified to by notary public.
The following witnesses, who were called,
gave substantially the same evidence as IN tle
cases of Messrs. Tyler and Coleman; MeSsrS;
Marshall, Ross, Dale Carter, Word, and
Kean. ,,-..,
Mr.. Walter Daniel was called to the stand.
Said that on the day of the occurrence, as ne .
was walking on the west sde OF me s1atue IN
the rotunda he saw Mr.. Pollard apparently
! struggling with Mr.. Marshall; saw Mr.. Tyler
almost beside him with pistol in his hand.
Mr. Pollard said, That's >what you want is
! it," At that moment he saw Mr.. Coleman nIu
shoot from the corner of the statue at Mr.
Pollard Mr. Pollard, rs he was passing pc
tween the south side Of the statue ana tue
Senate chamber, stopped and shot at Coleman.
Did not see Mr.. Tyler fire during the w1Qle
affair Witness stated positively that MI
/ Coleman fired first. Heard Mr.. Pollard dare
them out, after the firing was over, win an
epithet. lila, ,,,. chi,
that on TIE day of the rencontre he was
/ coming out of the Attorney GeneralS once
when he heard firing; looked over the railing
down into the rotunda ana saw WI. T0lt .I
on the eastern side of the statue, and MI.
Coleman and Mr.. Tyler on the west sac.
Could not say who fired the lirst Shot, pun
would say, from its direction, that ~ was Mt MI
/ Coleman Mr.. Tyler Stood behind the statue,
moving from one side TO the other, win
revolver in his hand. Mr.. Coleman was
behind him. and Mr.. Pollard on the opposite
both moving from one side 10 the oIhet; "S II
trying to get shot at c2ch other. AL me
shots had then been fired. Coleman had
revolver in his hand. Thinks that Mr.. Cole
/ man fired more than one shot; there were SIX
shots fired in all. Observed that both Mr..
TYLER and MI Coleman had rcYolYerS. Dld
not SOP = single barrel pistol until after the
ARRAY. Was satisfied mat WI NoIe1I'''ii H''' -
pistol. -.,,,,
Mr.. Burke. Sergeant-at- Arms, was called
M. He produced Mr.. Pollard pistol which
h5d hren fired three times. Mr.. Burke stated
that he had taken Mr.. Tyler 5 ana MI; IoIe-
mans pistols away from them lmIleoiitciS
after the affair. Mr.. Tyler haa TWO reFoiNerS'
and Mr.. Coleman had singlc-barrel pistoi.
Mr.. Coleman, when he delivered his pistol,
stated that he had no other arms; .,
Mr.. Guild here stated that rs it had been sald
that Mr.. Coleman did not know MI Pollard,
! and in order to show that he (Ar. Colemam
had met with Mr. Pollard, he would call Mr..
Hanna, OF the EE0t"iHfT, as q witness.
Mr. Hanna stated that some time during the
lff,f 'I,lg Al BlI
at the Office of the EuimiE.r TO see Mr.. Pollard
twice. He had srcn hIr. Pollard both times:
Mr. LEE moved that Mr.. Pollard be dis
charged. ~
was entitled to n hearing through his counsel
Mr.. Ould said that he had nothing further to
. The vote was taken on Mr.. LEE motion,
and resulted ms folows-1ycs, 81 !: NOES, II.
Mr. Oull here reminded the House of Mr..
Slaughter's testimony in regard TO the first
shot fired
Mr.. Slaughter had stated that>he would
have thought that Mr.. Coleman had fired the
first shot, and that the only evidence he had 10
the contrary was the fact OF MI. Coleman
having only stngle-barel piStol, when ne
saw him fire after Mr. Pollard had fired. II
had been shown from the evidence OF MI.
Buttz that Mr. Coleman had revolver.
Mr. JONES moved that Mr.. Pollard's state
ment be put on the Journal OF the House
Agreed to.
Mr.. LEE moved that Mr.. Pollard be repri~
manded and discharged.
Mr.. SCoTT hoped that the House would re-
consider the vote by which Mr.. LEE motion
was lost. Had he known that the House
would have voted it down, he would have said
something about ii before. Mr.. Pollard had
/ made a disclaimer of any indignity toward the
House, and it would be unjust TO punish him
for what n had sworn he was innocent OF. lie
moved that the rules be suspended and the
vote recausidcred. The House refused to sus-
! pend the rules.
Mr.. LEE said that he had moved Mr.. Pol
/ lards discharge because he did not believe that
I Mr.. Pollard had fired the first shot. One wit
ness was certain that Mr.. Coleman had hTeo
the first shot. All the rest were in doubt.
Mr. BAYLOR thought that the evidence went
to show that Mr.. Pollard had sought an inter
view with Mr.. Tyler with the intention OF
making an assault upon him. Mr.. Pollard had
made disclaimer OF any intention OF assault
ing him here; but the intention of itself was
not sufficient 10 clear him Of the charge. He
should have guarded against the occurrence
here.
Mr.. WOoDsoN offered the following as sub
stitute to Mr.. Lee motion:
/ "ReSoIred, That in the opinion Of the House,
Mr.. Pollard has been guilty of breach al ITS prl-
vileges, and that he be deprived OF its privileges
during the remainder Of It's present session.
Mr.. GRATrAN agreed with BAYLOR that Mr..
Pollard was guilty of breach OF the PRIV
leges of the House, but he thought that the
breach extended farther than the parties
directly concerned. Thought that all the
10 take place, and had taken no steps TO pre-
vent it, were guilty of n breach OF the priv.
leres He believed that Mr. Pollard deserved
punishment, and he would vote for 1t had not
! Mr.. Coleman been discharged. None OF the
| witnesses called up in the cases of MessrS.
TYLER and Coleman had undertaken to say
who had fired the first shot. The proof be-
fore the House now was much stronger that
Mr.. Coleman had fired the first shot. Mr..
ICllard's pistol had ouly been fired three
tines, and five or six shots had been fired. He
pelieyed that Mr.. Coleman fired the first shot,
! and that had caused the controversy. The
House had not punished Mr.. Coleman, and
they could not justly punish Mr.. Pollard
! severely.
Mr.. GIBBoNEY hoped that the House would
vote down Mr.. WoODsoN'5 substitute, and
argued in favor of it. -
Mr. WORD said that in consequence OF Mr..
| GRATTAN's remarks he felt il necessary TO
| define his position. On the morning OF the
occurrence he had interfered, and was the
chief cause of stopping the affair. Thought
| that the House were not acting deliberately in
not discharging Mr.. Pollard when they had
discharged Mr., Coleman.
| Mr.. ENGLISH thought that because Mr.. Cole
man was discharged was not a sufficient cause
for the discharge of Mr.. Pollard. If the House