The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-12-09
The Assassination of n. Rives
Pollard.
FULL PARTICULARS

Examiner of the 25th:
Fourteenth street, nenr Maine was In,
scene yesterday morning, of deed oil blood
which caused deeper and more widel,
spread excitement in the city than anv
thing has occurred here for years. 1t was
me shooting and killing of MIR. II. Rive.
Pollard, editor of the Southern Opi's on.
About halfpast 9 o'clock, Mr.. Pollard
and MIR. Hama, his associate in the paper
came into the city from Mr.. Pollard 3 resi-
eence on the Grove road, and alghted
from the vehicle in which they came into
the city at the corner of Main and -Four
teenth streets. Mr.. p. started Immediate
y to his office door, on Fourteenth street
but short distance from Main. When
about half way between the corner and the
door the report Of gun was heard, and
Mr.. p. fell iorword on his face, to all in.
tents and purposes dead. He spoke NO
word and gave no sign after receiving the
charge from the gun, save to utter O groan
as he fell.
Mr.. Hanna was Immediately behind him
almost touching him, and was so over.
| whelmed with astonishment that he was
utterly unable to form an idea of the direc.
| ton from which the shot proceeded. His
first impulse was to draw his postol, think
ing that in all probability another shot
might be fred, and that he might be the
victim. He saw no one, and no one an
peared on the street, until tho detective Of.
ficers Knox and Craddock, whose office
was near at hand, ran out and arrested him
on suspicion OF having fired the shot that
killed Mr.. Pollard. His pistol was exam
ined and found to be loaded. This. OF
course exonerated him, and the next i'm
preston was that one of Mr.. Pollard's pis-
tolls had exploded accidentally and killed
him. He had two Deringers in his pock-
cts and a revolver in his belt, all of which
were examined and found loaded.
Without making further investigation
at that moment as to where the shot came
from, Mr.. Pollard's body was taken up and
carried upstairs to his Office. 1t was de-
posted on matrass and it then occurred
to the officers to examine the building op-
posite the lower story of which is occupied
by Messrs. w. B. I$sacs & Co.. as bank
ing house. The second story is occupied
by the American Improved Gas Light Com
pany and the third by Major Fl. p. Clinton
and Mr.. Ed. Patrick as bedroom. De-
tectives Craddock and Knox went imme-
diately to the third story and found the
first door they came to locked They
knocked at it but got no response. They.
went to another door and knocked, and a
voice, which was recognized as that of Mr..
James P. Grant. asked us that you, Bob?"
Mr.. Craddock responded in the affirmative
when MIR. Grant told him the door was
locked, and he had no key, and that if be
wanted to get in; he must break the door
open. Craddock broke ont the ppper pan
mel and entered. 51F GA lGt ,t'af
Or entering the room he found Mr.. Grant
and no one else, in the room. He had a
Deringer pistol in his hand which he han
ded to Mr.. Craddock and gave himself up.
Before going down stairs an examination
was made of the room, and a double-barrel-
ed shotgun, enc barrel of which had re-
Gently been discharged, was found in the
corner Of the room near window, which
was partially raised. A desk which So,
against this window had been partially
moved out into the floor, and the frame
and sill Of the window were blackened With
burnt powder. This window was in the
corner of the room next to, Main street,
and fronting on Fourteenth street. q..
MIR. Grant was taken into custody by
the officers and they brought him down into
street on their way to the station-house.
The news Of the murder had spread over
the city apparently by electricity, and
large crowd had assembled on Fourteenth
street before the officers came down with
their PRISONER. When they reached. the
street with him he was received with cheers
He was taken immediately to the first
market station-house. In very short
time after his arrival at the station house
his father went down to see him, and had
private conversation with him. He was
visited during the day by large lumber OF
young gentlemen, his friends and acquain.
tan0es. s rg8 E'is t,5iff,tif7 SlTrsr5
AN EXPLANATION. = ,9 13'ps
The explanation given by Miss. Grants
family of her absence from the city is, that
she had made a wish to visit Miss Duncan
the daughter Of her fathers correspondent
in Philadelphia and that the family With
held their consent. She determined to 20
and left last Saturday night week, on the
Richmond, fredericksburg and Potomac
railroad train. Her father received dis
patch on Monday stating that she was at
Mr.. Dunoan's sick. Mrs Grant and broth
er James went to Philadelphia and as soon
as she was able to travel brought her home
Her family knew where she started to go.
SKETCH OF THE DECEASED.
The Richmond Dispatch of the, 25th fur
nishes the following:
Henry Rives Pollard was still q young
man not more than thirty-fve years Of
age. He was the son of Major Richard
Pollard, an officer in the old United States
navy. Hewas born in Alta Vista, Nelson
county, Va, and was named after Hon. w.
g. Rives Of Albermarle. He passed a
year or two at the Virginia Military Insti-
tute and thence went to the University Of
Virginia but as We are informed, did not
graduate at either institution. He COM
menced life as clerk in the Postofice De-
partment at Washington, but in few
months resigned in order to join party
going out West. These were surveyors,
who were employed by the Government on
mission to Kansas at about the time of
the Border War-excitement. He remained
with this party but short time. but did
not leave Kansas. He settled at Leaven-
worth, and here he became editor of Leayen
worth Herald. About this time he was ap-
pointed as American Consul at Bangkok,
Siam, but declined.
We next hear of him in Baltimore, Md,
where he was employed by Dr.. G. A.
Moore on the Southern Family journal,
brilliant but short-lived literary weekly
He then went on the Baltimore Sun ms