The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1868-12-02
SHOOTING AFFRAY~ IN .->RIcHMoED---DEATH
CT II. RTyEs POLLARD.


CT H. RIvEs POLLARD.
On Tuesday of last week, II. RIvEs POLLARD,
editor of the Southern Opinion, was Instantly killed
under the following circumstances: The cause OF
the shooting was the publication of an article in
the Opinion few days preVious5 relative to an
elopment Of the daughter of WM II. GRANT, to
bucconist Of that city. The following is an e1-
tract from the article:
The CAV Young man who has wisked away the
angel is Lotharo named Horace Ford, OF dooch-
land county, which county ought to be PROUD OF
him, as it doubtless is Horase is mn orphan just
plunging into his teens and has lost both el ms
pnrents by death. Much property has accrued 20
Horace. in the shape of money, chattels, goods
&C.. and having converted the whole into "ready
chino Horace ventured for n swim in the sea OF
CAV life and-loy He met Miss Mary drant,, q
:. Met. perchnnce the usuaf way
ta,ked delicious nonsense, won her heart, then,
half inclined to earnestness, threw 1t away. AM
me! ,-sr
About ten o'clock, as II. RIvEs POLLARD, the
editor of the paper, was near his ofice door, cor
ner of Main and Fourteenth streets, going in, q
shot was fred from an upper window of building
opposite. and Mr. POLLARD fell dead, eleven buck
shot having entered his body, one Of which passed.
through his heart
On searching the building. the police found IN
the room from which the shot was fired. JAMHs
GnASr brother ofthc lady named in the Opinion
He surrendered and was taken to the station
house. A double barrclled gun, with one barrel
discharged, wns found in the room.
The affair caused great excitement in Richmond,
and the facts of The case prove that the alleged
elopemdnt was not true, and that there was no
gentleman in the affair. The young lady left
homo Without permission. but the family kne'T she
had gone to Philadelphia, and made no attempt to
bring her back until telegraphed that the young
lady Was there, and had been taken suddenly i'll.
The mother and brother went Immediately after
her, and when she was we'll enough TO come home,
the whole party returned te Richmond.
The Jury of inquest returned n verdict that
POLLARD came to his death at the hands of some
person unknown, but GRANT was retnined III
custody.
Ou-Thursday following the murder, EDWARD A
POLAND, brother of the deceased, arrived il
Richmond, and published a.eard relative to the
affair. Alluding TO the cheering of GRANT by
the crowd and the verdict of the coroner's jury
s;atinp that the death was caused by an unknown
person. he says:
tsLe, these things stand to the shame of thell
perpetrators, and write their own commentary OF
| The chivalry of Richmond They shame not me
they shame not the dead; my heart is suficien
10 hold him no man can insult my tears; COM
to claim but one thing-jusice. After dencun
cling the cowardce OF the deed, The card concludes
Let justice be done. let all true people reconsider
L am far from defending the article which ha
been referred to in my brothers paper;tl deePi,
regre. it. The murderer never inquired for TIT
real author; he never asked any word OF expla
natiou he never applied TO have the article cor
rected he took no one single measure which th
brave man. no matter how uronged, always takes
before lie comes 10 the last resource, andrhe wen
where no one but the coward treads- on the patl
/ of the assassin"
(Signed) EDWARD A. POLLARD.
The Na.iinal Intelhgenccr gives the following
brief sketch of the deceased:
H. Rires Pollard was born in Nelson county
Virginia. about the year 1928. lie was nepher
OF the Hon. Vim. G. Rives and Judge Alexandel
RiYes, of the Virginia Supreme Court. Some
| year, previous to the late war Mr.. Pollard cam'
to this city, and received an appointment as clerl
in the Post Office Department. He also married
here Miss Barry, since deceased During Mr.
Buchanar's administrator he received the ap
| poinlmenr Of Consular General TO Bankok India
but the death Of his mother caused him to resigT
! the position. At the commencement of the lat,
| war lie was the news editor Of the Baltimore Snn
which position he then resigned and went South
and assumed the same position upon the Richmond
Examiner which he held until the evacuation o.
Richmond HI then, in connection with Charlie!
II. wynne, started the Richmond Tms. 0Sinl
TO . disagreement with MIR. Wynno, he soon lef
the Times, and revived the Examiner. which hi
soon after sold to other parties. Mr.. Pollard
about year and half since, established th'
Southern Opinion, a weekly paper. OF which be ua'
the editor and proprietor at The time Of his death