The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-11-28
THE RICHMOND TRAGEDY
killing of HI. Rives Pollard,
Editor of the Southern
Opinion.
Intense Excitement Oh the
Street.
Cause of the Deadly Assault
Arrest Of the Party Charged
With the Crime.
Coroner's Inquest, &c.

Coroner's Inquest, &c.
From the Richmond Enquirer, Nov. 25th.I
Fourteenth street, near Main, wa.
the scene yesterday morning of deed
Of blood which caused deeper and
more widely spread excitement in the
city than anything which has occurred
here for years. 1t was the shooting
and killing of Mr.. II. Rives Pollard, ed
itor of the Southern Opinion.
About half-past nine o'clock, Mr.. Pol
lord and Mr.. Hanna, his associate in the
paper, came into the city from Mr.. Pol
lard's residence, on'the Grove road, and
alighted from the vehicle in which they
came into the city at the corner of Main
and Fourteenth streets. Mr.. P. started
immedistely to his offiee-door, on Four
teenth street, but short distance from
Main. When about halfway between
the corner and the door the report ef q
gun was heard, and Mr.. P. fell forward
on his face, to all intents and purposes,
dead. He spoke no word and gave no
sign Of life after receiving the charge
from the gun, save to utter groan as he
fell.
Mr.. Hanna was Immediately behind
him, almost touching him, and was 80
overwhelmed with astonishment that
he was utterly unable to form an idea
of the direction from which the shot
proceeded. His first impulse was to
draw his pistol, thinking that in all
probability another shot might be fired,
and that he might be the victim. He
saw no one, and no one appeared on the
street until the detective officers Knox
and CraddOck, whose Office was near at
hand, ran cut and arrested him on sus-
picion of having fired the shot that
killed Mr.. Pollard. His pistol was ex-
amined and found to be loaded. This,
Of course, exonerated him, and the
next impression was that one of Mr..
Pollard's pistols had exploded accident
ally and killed him. He had two Der
ringers in his pockets and a revolver in
his belt, all of which were examined and
found loaded.
Without making further investigation
at that moment as to where the shot
came from, Mr.. Pollard's body was taken
up and carried up stairs to his office.
1t was deposited on a mattress, and it
then occurred to the officers to examine
the building opposite, the lower story
of which is occupied by Messrs. w. B.
Isaacs g. Co. as a clearinghouse. The
second story is occupied by the Ameri-
can Improved Gas Light Company, and
the third by Major H. P. Clinton and
and Mr.. F. d. Patrick as a bed room.
Detectives Craddock and Knox went
Immediately to the third story and
found the first door they came to
locked. They knocked at it, but got no
response. They went to another door
and knocked, and a voice, which was
Feeognzsfd a%t asfsd as that Att Of 1o Mr. Bob9W"s
Craddock responded in the affirmative,
when Mr.. Grant told him the door was
locked, and he had no key, and that if
he wanted to getin, he must break the
deor open. Craddock broke out the up
per panels and went in.
On entering the room he found Mr..
Grant, and no one else, in the room. He
had a Derringer pistol in his hand,
which he handed to Mr.. Craddock, and
gave himself up. Before going down
stairs an examination was made of the
room, and double -barrelled shotgun,
one barrel of which had recently been
discharged, was found in the corner of
the room near a window, which was
partially raised. A desk which sat
against this window had been partially
moved out into the floor, and the frame
and sill of the window were blackened
with burnt powder. This window was
in the corner of the room next to Main
street, and fronting on Fourteenth
street.
Mr.. Grant was taken into custody by
the officers, and they brought him
down into the street on their way to
the station house.
The news of the murder had spread
over the city apparently by electricity,
and large crowd had assembled on
Fourteenth street before the officers
came down with their prisoner. When
they reached the street with him he
was received with cheers. He was
taken Immediately to the first market
station house. In very short time af-
ter his arrival at the station house his
father went down to see him and had a
private conversation with him. he
was visited during the day by a large
number of young gentlemen, his
friends and acquaintances.
The cause which led to this sad
tragedy is said to have been the publ
cation of the following article in the
Southern Opinion of Saturday last, the
2lst instant:
AN ELoPEMENT, sO-CALLED, on CLAY
sTREET-AN UPPER-TES FAMILY CON
| CERNED-DREADFUL DESOUEMENT.
.'Oh, no. we never mention 'em." Old air
The Indian summer has passed away
and with it has passed a fair and radi'
ant daughter of one of our first citizens
"a nabob of Clay street-a gentleman
who, suffice it to say, holds the very
first position in the wealthy and fash
ionable circles of the city. The daugh
ter, the rebellant Helene of the family
is beautiful beyond description, but heI
beauty did not prevent her from falling
desperately and irretrievably in love
with a young gentleman of semi-mih
tdire connections, who, it appears, some
months ago, plighted his troth, and ac
cepted the tiny hand, grasping it with
in his own
Never to lie parted; never for aye
Nobody suspected mesdllidnoe. mucl
less the father, until last Saturda!
night, when the daughter, who was The
light of his household, fed to parts un
known, or at least only guessed, in com
pany with one "a masculine) who shoul'
ere then have been proclaimed his son
in-law.
The runaway parties have been hear'
from, and it is now said that the lad.
proclaims herself wife of some 81:
months, and that her atfianced is th
choice of her after life.
What God hath Joined together let no man pu
asunder.'
The gay young man, who has wiskee
away the angel, is Lothario. nameC
Horace Ford, of Goochland county
which county ought to be proud of him
as it doubtless is. Horaceis an orphan
just plunging into his teens, and ha
lost both of his parents by death. Muc
property accrued to Horace in the shsp
of money, chattels, goods, &c, and hay
ing converted the whole into "read
rb;po - Horaca vantnrad for n erir, /