The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-01-30
Mrs. Edward A. Pollard Shoots Dl
Moore. OF Baltimore.

= SHOOTING. AFFRAY.-Considera ex-
citement was occasioned yesterday about
noon at the corner of Hill and Hanover
streets by the shooting of DR.. George a
Moore, of the firm Of Moore & Difenbach
druggists, by Mrs. Natalie G., Pollard
wife Of E. A. Pollard, formerly of Rich.
mond. 1t appears from the evidence and
the statements made by the parties them.
selves that Mrs. Pollard was passing the
drug store of Messrs. Moore & Diffenbach
at the corner Of the streets referred to-
and being impressed with the belief that
she saw her husband in the store (the, lat
ter having BEEN absent from this city for
some weeks, she entered and inquired OF
DR.. Moore where her husband was,. to
which the Doctor replied he did not know.
She still persisted in the inquiry, when the
Doctor ordered her to leave the premises,
which she refused to comply with. The
Doctor then made an effort to eject her, and
during scuffle which ensued he heard, as
he thought, click like that made by the
cooking of pistol, and attempted to take
the weapon from her he supposed she had
on her person. She protested that she did
not have a weapon of the kind, but when
the Doctor was about to release his hold
upon her she drew a small one-barrelled
pistol and fired. The Doctor threw up his
left arm to ward off the weapon, and in
doing so received the ball in the wrist
which passed through and came out at the
top of the hand, lodging in the window
cornice near the ceiling. .s
After the shooting had taken place, Mrs.
Pollard attempted to leave the store, but
was detained until the arrival Of policeman
Blackiston, who conducted her to the
southern station house. The wound of
DR.. Moore was dressed by DR.. Dodge, and
is not considered Of dangerous nature.
He was, however, obliged to confne him
self to bed during the afternoon from
aervous prostration and not being able to
attend an examination of the affair at the
station-house, Captain Frey, in company
with Justice Mckinley, proceeded to his
residence, where an investigation took
place. Messrs. G.. W. P. Smith, John
Wills, and George G. Maund, appeared as
counsel for Mrs. Pollard.
The witnesses examined were DR.. Moore,
A. Schultze, and E. Sinsz, the two latter
clerks in the drug store where the ARRAY
occurred. The evidence of these wit
nesses substantiated the facts narrated
above. Schultze and Sinsz further testi-
fed that the accused deliberately drew the
pistol from her pocket and fired after DR..
Moore had released his hold upon her.
Mrs. Pollard disclaimed any knowledge as
to how the pistol was fred, further than it
occurred during the struggle that ensued
after the attempt was made to eject her
from the store. She further alleged that
DR.. Moore had assaulted her while in the
drug store, and desired to prefer a charge
to that effect. This, however, Justice Nc
Kinley refused to entertain, upon the
ground that DR.. Moore had right to eject
her from his own premises. Her counsel
then stated that they did not desire to give
bail at present, their client, Mrs. Pollard,
preferring to be committed. A commit
ment was made out by the magistrate,
charging the accused with shooting DR..
Moore with intent to kill and subse-
quently she was conveyed to the city Jail
to await further developments. Dr. Moore
is said to be an intimate friend of Mr..
Pollard.
I'm her defence she alleged that Moore
had, some time back, inflicted blows upon
her, and she denied the shooting, or even
the having of the pistol. She said that she
thought she observed her husband. in
Moore's store when she passed it, and that
was the cause Of her returning to and en-
tering it. azette.l