Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1868-11-28
Tragedy in Acknowledging oil II
RiYes Pollard

Rives Pollard
RICHMOND, Va, Nov. 24.-H. kives
Pollard, editor of ,he Southern Opinion
was shot and killed this morning. al 10
o'clock. while passing near bis Office by
James Grant. The cause of The shoonog
was publication in the Opinion TearciIng
on tie character OF member of Grants
family. The following are the pafiIcu
lars of the tragedy:
On Saturday areporl was published IN
the Southern Opinion relative t" he
eopemen, of daughter OF ". II. Grant,
a wealthy ,obacconis, Of this city. Tins
morning about 10 o'clock, a. Il. kves
Polisrd. editor Of The paper, was near his
office door, al the corner Of Main ard
Fourteenth streets, gong in, shot "s'
fired from the upper window OF building
opposite. Mr.. Pollard fell dead. eleven
buckshol having entered his body. one
passing through the hearI. Tie poIIre
searched the building and found James
Grant, brOlh'r of The lady named. IN the
room. He surrendered and was taken TO
The s.aiior-house. A double barrtled Gun,
one barrel discharged, was found IN the
room.
The affair caused great excitement and
a large crowd has been gathered around
tie Opinion office since t occurrence.
The sympathy ef The public seems 10
be with Grant.
Pollard never spoke after he was soot,
bu, fell on bis face and died instantly. J.
Marshall Hanna, associate editor Of the
Opinion, was with him a, lis side al the
tine Of shooting. Both had arms on
their persons.
The coroner held an inquest. hut with
out deciding on verdict, adjourned al
lO.mOrow.
James Grant is about twenty-five years
of age. The Grant family is one of the
mos, respectable in the city, and the
daughter Is a very beautiful and amiobIe
girl.
The article in the Opinion, supposed
to have provoked tie homicide. contained
The following:
In Elopement, sO,calied, on clay Street
fin Upper. Tn Family Concrned-
Dreadful Deno"ement.
The gay young man who bad "isked
away the angel is a l.olhario named Ho-
race Ford, Of Goochland county, which
county ought 10 be proud OF him, as 1t
doubtless is. Horace is an orphan, nst
pungng into his teens, and has lost both
of his parents by death. Much properly
accrued 10 Horace in lhe shape Of money,
chat'els, goods, &C., and having convert
ed the whole into ready rhino," Horace
ventu7ed for swim in the sea OF cay life
and love. lie met Miss Mary Crsnt--a
beatty
MET perchancc the usual way
Talked delicious nonsense, won her heart,
then, hall inclined 10 eatneslntss, t0rcw
it away. All, me
II. Rives Pollard, was born in Nelson
county, Virginia, about the year 1928.
lie was nephew Of the Hon. WIN. {.
Rves and Judge Alexander Rlves, OF The
Virginia Supreme Court. Some years
previous 10 the late war Mr.. Pollard re.
ceived an appointment as clerk in The Post
Office Department, and while IN wash
ng,on, married Miss Barry, since de-
ceased. During Mr.. Buchsnan's admin
isiration he received the appointment OF
Consular General to Bankok, India. but
the death OF his mother caused him 10 re-
sign the position. At the commencement
of The late war he was the news editor OF
the Baltimore Sun, which position be
then resigned aad wen, South, and as>nm-
ed The same position upon the Richmond
Examiner, which he held until the cvacu.
alton Of Richmond. lie then, in connec-
ton with Charles II Wynne, started the
Richmond Times. Owing 10 disagree.
men, with Mr.. Wynne. he soon leII the
Times, and revived The Examiner, which
he soon after sold to other parties. Mr..
Pollard about year and a half since, es-
tsbished the Southern Opinion, weekly
paper, Of which he was editor and pro9H-
etor al The time OF his death.
James Grant, the accused, is The eldest
son OF William II. Grant, tobscconlsl, re-
siding on Clay street, between Tenth and
Eleventh, is about twenty-five years OF
age, of low stature, blue eyes and light
hair, and is well.known in musical circles
as an amateur singer. When the war
commenced he was a csde, a, Lexington,
and became a member Of CaskIe Rangers
of ;hls city, and during the war acted a.
courier for General JED. Stuart. lie is at
presen, engaged with his father in tie
tobacco business.
RlcnMoND, VA, November 25.-The
Jury of inquest on the death OF Pollard
gave verde, this morning that tie come
to his death al the hands Of some person
unknown. Grant is still in custody, and
will be examined on Friday.
Mr.. PolIard's brother in Lynchburg'
and Mr.. f. A. Pollard, in New York,
were ,elegraphed to of the killing Of their
brother, bu, unfortunately neither OF item
received the message. Mr. Pollard, Of
Luxembourg, was absent on q hunting ex-
cursion, and Edward A. Pollard could not
be found II is not known yet whether
the body will be buried here or sent TO The
emily burying ground in AIhymarle. 1t
was pu. into metallic coffin and carried
out to his home on the Grove road.
The Southern Opinion Will be issued
on Saturday as usual by Mr.. } Marshall
Hanna. Iii moi known Wheeler aOolh.
er number after that will be published or