The New York herald., 1868-06-18
Gard from MIR. Pollard.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
In your police report Of the complaint of Mrs. Pola
lard OF an assault and battery In Brooklyn you
admit this remarkable statement:-"Mrs. p. in3
formed the magistrate that she had been married to
her husband about three years. but soon after dis-
covered that he had another wife, upon which she
left him." similar report has appeared in every
newspaper in this city and in Brooklyn. Now II thid
statement was made it was made after had withs
drawn from the court room, on the assurance that
the proceeding for that day was ended; It was made
out of my presence and out Of my hearing it was
made without the obligation OF any oath or withouN
the addition OF any circumstance to entte toto bea
lief. This morning protested to the Judge that q
statement should nave meen entertained when I
had no opportunity to contradict or to challenge it
and then took occasion to denounce IL as toally5
darngly, atrociouay libellously false IL Is mn
determination TO try the question In court O.
law, at least with reference TO those newspaper
which do not allow me the benefit Of this protese
whether the publication OF q naked assertion, mad1
the definition Of libel; else 1t does appear that nd
mans reputation Is safe-that he may be accused ID
newspapers OF any crime 10 the decaiogae @ ey mere
ing, without an oath or without even grain Of natus
raj probability to entice credulity did not choosol
petition OF assertons-the mere chan OF ''state1
ments;' but 1t appears that have suffered FROM
my abstention in this regard BY having multitude
OF Mrs P.'s statements industriously placed to my
dscredit while continued properly and dec0rouslN
silent in immediate expectation Of legal investigM
tion IL is poor excuse and but little satisfaction
to the party injured to say that these odous repor
given only assertions; the very fact that the
were assertions should have prevented their publh
cation and r. as Is often pleaded In defence Of tho
newspaper doing this wrong they really do not an
feet reputaton-ifthey harmless, null and vOid4
then we have st another reason why they shouIQ
have been omitted.
meet, demand, court and invite Investigations.
But have been willing to await the due course o5
the law, and ask the newspapers and the public "a
show On equal willingness. For more than a year ]
have been black mailed, bated, bled, tortured; !
have been weak In the policy Of wardine on and
compromising, finding that scandal by such weak
policy only becomes bolder and more imaglnatives
and have at last resolved-ustng an express tnd
peculiar significance OF which makes amends ior ltS
coarseness-to stake the bull by the horns" ana
acqun myself at once and forever Of matter that
has too long governed and oppressed me.
II is particularly hard to be accused OF "ahandon-
ing" my wife when have spent on her peculiar an4
heartless extravagances more than nfteen tnousan0
dollars In two years tal the fruits of my literary
labor and was recently compelled to deed absolutely
TO her the last vestigc Of property bave-lande6
estate In washington city, worth SIX or seven thou~
sand dollars. which is now being extricated from 4
decree Of connscaton, but from which, through an
engagement with lawyer, she draws, pending the
litigation $25 q week-while am absolutely without
means and without employment.
EDWARD A. POLLARD. |