The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-11-25
POLLARD.
HIS Assassination i'm Richmond - The
Cause of the Murder.

His Assassination in Richmond - The
Cause Of the Murder.
The New York Tribune's Richmond corre..
p9ndent OF yesterday telegrapns follows;-
report that H. Rives Pollard SdItor ang 10
pstof tinsed Oh m me S9"the'" Cn,on had ben sssaS
Two or ;nri IN last sturdays O,to, sppeared
vste =, 900 %, % articles rehscting upon the prl-
city, one OF which pointed to the daughter Of
one OF our wealthlest and most respected eiti-
This morning, as usual, Mr.. Pollard left his
residence on me Grove road, with a companion,
j. Nj. Hanna, In q carriage, add arrived in front
of his office, Main and Fourteenth streets
about o'clock: After both had alighted, -
Hanna remaining behind to fasten the re e@ts
the horse, Pollard advanced towards I1s Oh
door, and had not reached It, wnen ~ onhSsS
poste, out of double barrel'edt dado" OPP
Tered MS body He fell on mis- fac" mo .nSSgan, en-
upon the forehead. His be- :es we're 10 ntcted
and borne to The second ST. Sy was So Sea SSiana np
toIial-room. II was = mattress In MS edl-
e who decided hod EleWea Sn ipSues ny an
that tie shot had leemen having sscertalned
door of n room d Vp the steps aud forced the
of the Uuior occupied by Major Clinton, lete
TOOK him then secured him. ana wnen they
multituf % the street he was cheered by the
Pollp revocation TOR the murder OF III. Rlves
Gle I'D IL the publication OF the following art'
esndaliEing the family of Mr.. Grant, psrCicu-
Isrly the sister of young James Grant, who. itis
[ alleged Is the murderer
| AN ELoPEMENT sU-CALLED ON CLAY STREET
IAN UPPER TEN FAMILY CoNoERNED-
DREADFUL DENogEMENr.="o, No, we Never
passed a fair and radiant daughter Of one Of
tIeman, w6osufiice it 70 say. holds the very hrst
position in the wealthy and fashionable circles
Of the family, is beautiful beyond desert ption;
but her beauty did not prevent her from falling
young gentleman OF semtmiiItaire conne cotton,
| who, IL appears some months ago plghted
it within his own-"never to be parted. never
for aye" Nobody suspected mesallisnce.
when the daughter who was the light OF his
household fed to paris unknown, or at least
line, who should ere then have been proclaimed
his son-inla law. The runaway parties have
proclaims herself wife of some six months.
and that her atiisnced is the choice Of her after
man put asunder." The gay young man who
has whisked away the angel Is gay Lothario
which county ought to be proud OF him. as
1t doubtless is. Horace is an orphan, just plung-
ing into his teens. and has lost both his parents
by death. Much property accrued to Horace In
the shape OF money, chattels goods. etc. and;
Horaee SU ventured for for % swim In in the tea OF gay
, | life and love. He met Miss Mary Grant, q
tsiSed delicious % nonsense; won ON her heart tnen
3 half inclined TO earnestness; threw It away
| An, me! Ile0 ne S9lI6u. On! DE Bhlieu,I tOnl
Z He sailed the same as Captain Kidd did
!, Horace went TO New Orleans, ana not having
wrote to bis beloved Thus it Went on through
: thesssultry month of August, the Grim
. | son period of October, VII an the forests change
{ their garments down to dull. chill Novem-
d ber. Alas that love should never run smooth
q | in an even current-but love never did, aud
e never will. She responded all unknown To the
healthy dad. and he replied. Thus affairs pro.
v that he was off for Texas right away, and
!. couldn't stop for trifes ike an athanced. Then
d mind and bundle that she would follow MIN;
. yes, she would follow him to the uttermost
the Slave tD Of parental control Miss Mary, on
/. Saturday night last, having ha6ilimented
s mansSH on t.y sTss sns sns
hs5 ,5e Sos Of society,"
e to buy her a ticket to New York. This gentle
Miss Mary sought SOU % elseRhere Is and found the
i. ready means-at all events, she procured pas
!. O'Clock train, which carried her north ward al
q the rate OF twenty or thirty miles an hour, II
train, between Richmond and Aquis creek. she
= was observed to weep bitterly by the con;
t distress. Her departure created, of course. Q
1, hubbub in the mansion on Clay street, and
sops one OF Ssress & eIssrsph aSs
l. parties sent in hot pursuit. It was surmised
as he p
b there to meet his Mary, and thither the detec
l. tiveB directed thelr steps The upSnOt or tne
> matter is to make a long story short, that Miss
% Mary had been heard from; that she is now in
n Philadelphia, snd upon the whole there Is O
n very sorry family history connected with the
l. case, which Is not within our province to re
It veal.
% Mr.. Pollard was a man OF good appearance. oi
r. | very decided character, and about thirty nve
"a | years OF age. He was the son OF Major Richard
"A Pollard, formerly officer In the United
q States Navy. and the brother Of Edwin A. Pol
lard, The Southern historian. He was born In
st Nelson county, Va, where he passed his early
r life. He finished his education at the Virginia
a Military Institute, whence he went To Wash
"a ington. There he was employed for a time in
70 the Post Ofiice Department. When the wal
le broke out he was news editor OF the
of | Baltimore Sun, but he Immediately gave W.
O. that position, came to this city, and became
10 associated with John NJ. Daniel, OF the Erdn1i
ii | neT. Soon after the close OF the war, Mr. Pol
- | lard, in connection with Mr. Charles II. Wynne
a established the Richmond Times newspaper
, | and remained with IL un til the summer OF tna
A. | year ana then retired. IN 1865 he revived the
M Examiner, and controlled its editorial columns
AZ | until some time In 1867 when he disposed OF II
to Thomas IL. Wynne, Esq. He next esta
bIished d the Southern Opinion and was until to
r day its editor and proprietor.
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