Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1868-12-05
THE pnIia I'd Ira gedy.

In the case oil Gran, chargeu WV" '"0
murder Of H. Rives Pollard, Mr. t. A
Pollard appeared again before the mayor
of Richmond, on Saturday. and Whore"
his notion for reconsideration oil DALLAS
he had been advised by the common
wesIlh's attorney and other lawyers OF the
LEGAL doctrine OF bail, and had altered MS
determination. In regard 10 the witness
IS alluded to By Nj L. A. Pollard as
..designed to prove that an intermediate
party had applied TO his brother to sup
p,ess the article relating 10 Miss 1rah''
and hat he had replied that ne had no an
imosily against the Grant family, 0u' HE
difficulties Of The Pollard family, when ie'
males had been invoked, had been thor
ooobIy ventilated by The press, and that
he had determined whenever he came IN
possession Of facts of lie characters oil HE
article in question 10 publish item The
Richmond Dispatch says:
Mr.. Slower, tbs witness who, II ls al
legged, represented Mr.. Grant IN an inter
view with Mr.. Pollard previous 10 tue
publication OF The article in 'he Southern
Opinion, was recognized to appear before
the grand jury. Miss Alexander the
other witness whom Mr.. Pollard vas TO
introduce, vas 100 unweIl 10 come 10
town.
J. Marshall Hanna, the associate editor
Of the Southern Opinion. in card just
written, makes The following statementIn
reference 10 his connection with The arI
Gle uhich is generally believed to have
been the cause Of Mr.. POllsrd's death
Mr.. HANNA's STATEMENT.
II was the associate editor of the Sou
lhern Opinion as such wrote the mos
of the original articles that have appeared
10 its columns. Much | wrote OF my
own voli,lon, and more wrote by special
direction Of The edltOr-in-chIei. | pre-
pared that article which cost the editor
his lie. 1t r0s prepared by his diTec'
ton. Afterwards, convinced th,I lis
publlcstion would be impoilic if not IN
safe, | asked that the article might be
modified, expuneed altogether, or The
names Ien blank, or filled with initials
that would have left The case without
local hsblslion.
The article had passed from The con-
troll of the associate; II was then HE prop
erly Of ihe edilor-to print or withhold.
He was responsible, not |; and no matter
how much had desired the assumption,
II. Rives Pollard always assumed, and
never evaded, the responsibility of every
line and parseI sph prlr'ed IN tie opln-
ion. I am responsible! ~as his lnvasl-
able response to applicants for redress.
mo; the blood Of II. Rives Pollard.
our late associate. is not upon our hands.
We are innocent in he sight Of God, and
shall prove oursell innocent in the opIn-
ion OF men. . never consented to the de-
scent of the Southern Opinion from the
lofty pinnacle il once held ; never will
ingy proslIiuied liz columns though have
at umes prepared paragraphs for insertion
that know caused ne keener pain than
they did those for whom they were in
tended"
One more number OF The Sou thern
Opinion is to bp issued. with which J.
NJ. Hanna oill have no connection, and
the paper will then be discontinued, as
will be seen from the following:
"Rlchmoni, December !. 1868 Will
the editors Of Richmond please give
notice that the brother Of II Il. Pollard
will prepare an edition of the Southern
Opinion exclusively ss mark Of respect
TO his memory. without general news
containing full and detailed statement of
the assassination. an obituary notice OF
the deceased and the incidents between
the dates Of his murder and burial. Also,
that J. NJ. Hanna has no connection with
the preparation of this special edition of
ths Southern Opinion. The publication
will be next Saturday. The Southern
Opinion will not be continued thereafter.
"EDwABD A. POLLARD"