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: MONDAY ............. ...."..........JUNE " %, 1858.
From the New York World 18th.
THE POLLARD CASE.
THE EXAMINATION At THE BROOKLYN
z POLICE COURT CONTINUED -ExTRAoR-
BINARY SCENES. 'sla 80 1e.
The case of Mrs. Madelaine E. A. Pol
lard against Mrs. and Miss Crotty for as
sault was appointed to be heard before JUS
tice Cornwell, in the. Brooklyn City Hall
Police Court, at II o'clock yesterday morn
ing. Previous to that hour Mr.. Pollard ap-
peared in the court and asked the magis-
trate to receive complaint Ehich he had
to make against his wife. He said he had
been about to do 30 on the previous day, !,
when he was arrested for an assautupon his
wife, alleged TO have been committed some
weeks ago. The Justice received MIR. Pol
lard's complaint, to the effect that his wife
had threatened, on the 18th. June, or there
about, to shoot or kill him and he asked
that she should be put under bonds to keep
the peace. y a2's'.s -
All IL O'Clock the case against Mrs. and
Miss Crotty was taken up Judge Dunno
appeared for the defendants. Mrs. Pollard
was without counsel. Mrs. Pollard was di-
rected to take the stand. o. zEs8 Z. ri :
=. The oath was then administered to her,
and as she kissed the book she said, melo-
dramatically, $50 help me, Almighty God !;
and may the curse of God rosts upon me if
what am about to say is not the truth, the
whole truth, and nothing but the truth"
;Shethen gave the following evidence: My
spresert residence is 247 East Thirteenth
street. / saw the defendants for the first
time in my life ut their residence on the
day Of the assault (June l6th) between IL
and 2 o'clock. -. ,.,,,ar-s.,.,.. .45.:s.7 "
The Justice Well, what occurred -
Mrs. Pollard: Shall ISteA it in my own
way If you would elbow me togo back
into nay past life - 49,. go. =
% The Justice informed her she must con-
fne herself to the charge. 9zss. ~, :.
Mrs. Pollard (resuming): ] met my hus-
band by accident that day at his publish
ing house, and asked him where, he was
stopping. He,s said, 81 will not tell you." l
said that was D. queer answer if it was o
respectable place. He still refused to tell
me. Isaid will follow you and find out.
I went there with my husband, and we
went up stairs into small hall bedroom, !,
and from the appearance of that room |
would not imagine ethatadecentpersonW would
live in ii. / was quite sure that that was
not where my husband slept; ! knocked at
the door of the adjoining room, and saw
lady and gentlemen there {; Inquired for
the lady Of the house, and was told she
was in the parlor ;, ] went down to the par
lor with my husband sitting by the piano
was lady, not, think, one OF those pre-
sent (the defendants); i asked for the lady
of the house, and this lady (Miss Crotty)
was sent in; said to her, Madam, will
you please tell me how long my husband
has been boarding in this house T" She
threw herself into q chair, and ssaid - " You
d. b., ask me in polite manner and
will tell you." said it was very strange
that wife must ask o woman in respect
full manner who had kept her husband
three weeks concealed from her. She re-
piled, !" This is respectable house,; and
answered, "Madam, your manner evi-
IDENTIFY denotes it, She said, " Get out OF
this house; get out Of this as quick aas you
can: what do you mean z" Ny husband,
who was walking up and down the floor in
on excited manner, then put his hand on
the lady,s shoulder, and said to her,
"Go and get police officer, l am
tired of this trouble ~; said to my husband ,
"Come, let us go, p andhe started out ahead
of me; as was about going out OF the door
this lady miss Crotty) raised her foot and
kicked me in the side, and attempted with
that TO shut the door in my face; my hus-
band was then standing on the stoop; i
pushed back the door; she jerked me back,
/ and / fell upon, the floor in the hall while
in that position she beat me, kicked me,
caught hold Of my hair, and jerked my ear
rings off, and pulled my hat off my head
I screamed to my husband to come to me,
but he would not my screams brought an
other person into the room, an old lady;
do not recognize whether this lady Mrs.
Crotty) is that person or not II was told by
nv husband that the women were Mrs. and
5 Miss Crotty they both took hold OF me,
and this lady Miss Crotty) said, Get out OF
my house, you D.; Iscreamed murder
at the top Of my voice, and ran down the
street; my husband, at my first outcry, had
run down to the corner of the street; when
he was shot by young Mr.. Wise Ithrew
myself between them to protect him; x ran
down the street and overlook my husband,
and insisted that he should come with me
he said, "I told you that was bad woman
before took you there, and it serves you
right for going to such Q place. !"
The Justice Did you give any other pro-
vocation than what you have stated here
Was there any undue excitement on your
part, or did you use any violent express
sions that would justify this conducts :
: Mrs. p. No, sir, beyond the slur that l
doubtless cast upon the lady's fair fame in
saving that it was strange ] should be
asked to speak in a polite manner to o
woman who had kept my husband three
weeks; that proyocation believe any pure
wife that loves her husband would give.
2 The witness, being cross examined by Mr..
Dunno, recognized parcel shown her as
being hers. Being closely questioned as 70
the circumstances Of the assault, she adj
shePed in the main to her first statement.
Being asked if she had any Witnesses, she
said She had not that it was not necessary.
She would like, she said, to employ q law
YER if there was one in court. &
s, The Justice asked William G. De Witt,
who happened to be in court, to undertake
Mrs. Pollard 's csse, and he retired With her
for consultation, On their return 20 court
she was questioned about Mrs, Crafty, She
said she could not isWear to hnr identity
with the old lady who assaulted her but 70