The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-07-15
A SCENE IN COURT.
Trial of Hrs. L. A. Pollard for Assault
upon DR.. Moore, of BaltimOre-Her
ClnYiffinn and Sentence.

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Conviction and Sentence.
From the Baltimore Sun, june 20
1t will be remembered that on the 2Sth
of January, 1868, Mrs Maria n Polla ID,
wife of Il. A Pollard, was arrested in
this city on a charge of shooting with
intent to kill Dr. Geo A. Moore, a drug
gist, doing business on the corner of
| Hanover and Hill streets After remain
ing in Jail for some days. she was discharg-
ed on her own recoenizance to appear
when wanted. In the meantime the
| Grand Jury found an Indictment against
the lady for common assault. The case
has been postponed from term to term,
and the community seemed to have lost
sight of it entirely, but it having been set
for trial yesterday, Mrs Pollard, who has
been sojourning in Washington, was mott
fed of the fact, and on the opening of
the Criminal Court yesterday morning
she made her appearance, accompanied
/ by male friend
The lady was richly habited in thin
dress Of dark material. cut very low at
the neck, so as to exhibit to the best ad-
vantage an unusually well developed
bust, but her face was so thickly vailed
that very few knew her in the densely
crowded court room even after she had
| taken seat in the witness box, although
many curious eyes were turned toward
the spot in which she sat. When, how
ever, the case of Moore rs. Pollard was
called, Mrs. Pollard, accompanied by
| John Wills, Esq, left the witness box
and took seat among the lawyers. and
| she at once became the great object of
attention, as much on account of the
previous notoriety of her case as for the
present style of dress assumed By her on
this occasion. As the lady was without
| counsel, Mr.. Wills so informed the Court,
| and Judge Gilmore directed him to con-
| duct the defence.
The case was put upon trial before the
Court, a jury being waived. DR.. Geo.
! A. Moore and his two assistants then
gave their evidence. The physicians who
attended Dr. Moore followed, and testi-
| fed as to the extent of the wound inflict-
ed by the pistol ball. which passed
through DR.. Moore's wrist, doing injury
to the muscles that will last through life.
Mr.. Wills cross-questioned the witness
ses, and then, by permission of the Court,
took the stand and detailed his profes
slonai connection with Mrs. Pollard,
giving it as his deliberate judgment
that at the time Of the commission of the
alleged assault the accused was not of
sound mind.
The counsel for the prisoner then asked
Judge Gilmore if he would listen to
statement from the accused, which re-
quest the Judge said he would grant only
provided Mr.. Knott, the state attorney,
and Mr.. Milton Whitney, counsel for
DR.. Moore. did not object These gen
tlemen having signIfied their willingness,
Mrs. Pollard was led to the witness
stand by Mr.. Wills, and after removing
the thick green vail that enveloped her
face, she proceeded to detail to the court
the history Of the wrongs she claimed to
have received at the hands Of E. \. Pol
lard, led on and encouraged, as she al
legged. by DIR. Moore. She concluded
rather lengthy story by stating that inch
by inch she had been deprived by these
men Of all she possessed except her honor
and that could only be taken with her life.
She also stated that she bore no relation
ship whatever to Mr. Pollard, his treat
ment of her having been of such char
acter as to compel her to apply for a
divorce, which was new pending. She
did not deny the assault charged, but
claimed that D.. Moore had denied hav
ing had any knowledge of the where
dDOlJS u L OIietu THAT ilc IIdu IOIu IGI
he had not seen him for months, although
she had seen him enter and depart from
Moore house only the night previously,
and his constant interference between
her husband and herself had driven her
to frenzy Judge Gilmore then reviewed
the case. and finally concluded by declar
ing The witness guilty of common assault
AZ charged in the Indictment, and sen
fenced her to be confined in jail for thirty
days.
| Upon this announcement a scene fol-
| lowed not often witnessed in a court of
Justice. Mrs. Pollard rose with out
stretched hands, and il. u frenzied man
ner cried out, "Oh, Judge, do not send
me to prison - she thenfeil on her knees
ard again appealed to the Judge. saying,
For the sake of my more than orphaned
children, do not deprive them of the pro
lection OF a mother" She then sank
with her head on the knees Of Mr., Wills,
| her counsel, uttering hysterical sobS, until
Messrs. Irwin and Carter, Deputy War
dens Of the jail, appeared, and, as deli
cately as possible, removed her to the OF:
fee of the Clerk Of the Court. Judge
Gilmore was evidently much moved, but
preserved his eqan;mity, and the business
| of the Court roceeded. La the mean
time Mrs. Pollard went on with her ex
cited outcries in the Clerk office, and
succeeded in attracting considerable
crowd. When the courtadj ourned, Deputy
| Warden Irwin removed the prisoner,
amid her continued excitement, to hack
standing on Lexington street, and accom-
panied by the gentleman who came with
her from Washington, she ives conveyed
| tO i1Il u here she now romans
A "Deaf and Dumb Female" Loses Her
Heart and Finds her Voice.
from the Schenectady Star.l
Two weeks ago letuaIc, VINO has been
for the last few years engaged IN selling
her photographs On the cars, and who
has for that length Of time been consider
ed deaf and dumb, came to this city and
stopped at the Drullard House She
made known all her wants by writing, and
no doubts were entertained by those con-
nected with the hotel but that she was
really minus the powers of speaking and
hearing. On the Sunday following her
arrival at that hotel, one Frank Shatfer,
{ who has been acting porter to the Drul-
lard House, accompanied her to the Vale
Cemetery. 1t was very kind in Shaffei
to take a poor deaf and dumb female
under his protecting wing, and endeavo'
, 10 make her tine pass agreeably Sub
sequent facts go to prove, however, that
while the couple fingered meath the shades
of that beautiful locality, they were not
as silent as the silent tomb Thursday
last she went down street, in company
with little girl, TO purchase some goods
On her way she either Intentionally OF
otherwise spoke to the little girl, who
was much alarmed to hear her do so