The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-03-02

edition Of the paper OF tnat date (2lst OF NO
VEN her).
Judge Ould: Was there any article in one
number of the paper of that date that was not
in all
Objected to, and objection sustained by the
Conrt.
Gross examination Mr. Pollard was armed,
as usual, on that day with = revolver and two
Derringers. He had a revolver IA six-shooterl
In his belt and n Derringer on either side. l
presume they were loaded, but don't know.
Don't know whether he sent out on Monday
for a new flre-arm or to have an old one re-
paired.
Colonel Johnson Mr.. Hanna, what did you
mean when Won said yon had conversation
with Mr.. Pollard aboutthe matter.
Witness: 7 mean about publication in the
paper Of the preceding Saturday.
Colonel Johnson What publicati ton?
Question objected to by the Commonwealth,
and Withdrawn By the defence.
Colonel Johnson then asked, what did ne
say in that conversation concerning the pup
lication Of the article alluded to?
Objected to, and objection sustained oy the
Conrt Exception taken by the defence.
Witness to Judge Ould: Mr.. Pollard was In
town from to O'Clock on Monday He was
at the office, except between the hours of II
and .. when he was down town.
To Mr. Bundy: Mr.. Pollard had been in the
habit of going armed ever since knew him (.
TO Colonel Johnson He didn't generally
carry three pistols with him, but always had
one.
To Mr.. Bundy: never before knew him to
carry three pistols. We came to. town in a
.coronnon canvass covered wagon, similar to an
ex press wagon. Mr.. Pollard sat on the front
seat with the driver, and behind. be coul'
readily be seen by persons on the street
To Colonel Johnson: don't know where ne
was when be went out on Monday, but he said
he had been down town. Mr.. Pollard used
TO ride horseback to town before ne SOLD ms
horse, which he did about five months previ-
Gus to the murder.
DEFECTIVE cRADDocK's TESTIMONY.
Robert Il. Craddock was next sworn: he
deposed am 4 detective; reside in hicn-
mond On the morning Of the 24th OF mo-
vember / was sitting in my office, on -Four
teenth street nearly opposite Where Inns
affair occurred. Heard the report OF 1re-
arm. Ran out, and saw Mr.. Pollard lying on
Hanna was standing near him. said "Wh9
did this? Certainly, Hanna, you con!dn't
have done it." Officers Moore and Chalkley
then came up, and we carried MI. Pollard up
stairs At first he showed some signs OF llte
hut I think he died rs we lifted him from the
pavement. Laid the body in his office and
examined the wounds. A bnckshot had en-
tered the Jaw, another the neck, others the
shoulders, and ! afterwards saw one cut out
of the breast by DR.. Little. Went down stairs
and suggested to my partner, MIR. Knox, that
we search the house on the opposite side OF
the street occupied by w. j. Isaacs Co.
We went mp stairs and tried the first door, but
found it locked on the inside. Then ran
around the passage to the other. 1t was
locked, too. Somebody exclaimed, ais that
piled "An right. You'll have TO break the
door open. It's locked and I haven't the
KEY" I then broke the door in and en-
tered the room. Saw Mr.. Grant there. He
said he would surrender, and asked me to see
him protected told him "Certainly,'' and
Il He had niStnl in his
hand, which took from him, and there was
q pistol on the table. | found Z double bar
relied gun in the corner of the room by 4 Win
dow. One barrel had been discharged, but
don't know that it had been recently dls-
charged. My partner (Knox) found another
pis tol in the room. ! didn't examine the gun
with Il view 10 finding out whether it had just
been fired. blew through the barrels to see
whether they were loaded. There was an ex-
ploded cap on the nipple: The entrance TO the
house in which we found Grant is nearly ops
posite where the body was lying
Witness here described minutely the loca-
ton of the room and the doors referred 10
above He also described the furniture in the
room. There was q bed in one corner; the Ia.
BILE with the pistols on it was in The centre of
the room. The gun was resting against n large
straw chair by a window looking out on Four
teenth street. This window was hoisted about
six or eight inches, and l think there was L
shoe brush under it. There was only one Win
n vacant room, the door of which was the first
one we found locked after going up stairs.
Don't know whether there was any curtain to
the window nearest where the gun was found.
didn't know Grant was in the room when l
came up He must have recognized my voice
as | spoke to my partner at the door. I WAS
led to examine the building over Isaacs Co.
by the directi on from which the shot appeared
to have entered the body.
Cross examined: Was witness At the coro-
l,n,t tI,n Ia, NF t1,n
murder, also at the Mayors court when the
case was investigated.
Judge Ould here read from the stimony OF
Mr.. Craddock given IL The inquest to show
that he had not mentioned then Mr.. Grant S
using the words 81 surrender The wit
ness said, however, that he was satisfied the
accused did make use of these words, although
he had not mentioned the fact when previ-
ously examined.
The hour for recess Is o'clock) having ar
rived, the examination was here suspended
NIGHT SESSION.
After recess, Detective Craddock was re-
called by Mr.. Bundy. He was asked whether
he noticed the sill of the window on Four
teenth street, but the defence objected to the
question, and it was Withdrawn.
TESTIMONY OF Mr.. HANDY.
Mr. Moses p. Handy was next called He
said: live in Richmond, and am reporter for
i
the homicide the body had been removed. A
large crowd had assembled. saw Detective
Craddock going over toward 1saacs' S building,
and followed him up stairs. l went with him
to the first door he tried, and failing to get in,
then went with him to the other door He
knocked at the door, and q voice inside asked
" Is that You, Bob" Mr.. Craddock replied
eyes" Ithen heard the person on the inside
of the door say " The door is locked you will
have to break it open.'' Craddock broke it
in bo
room before l went in. He leaned on the table
with one hand and had pistol in the other.
When we went in, Grant said ~ want you
to Gee me protected" Craddock replied that
he would, and took him into custody. l then
looked about the room, and saw u large straw
chair near the window 1T the Main street cor
ner of the room, and Il double barrelled gun
near the chair. There was also Il desk near
the window. The window was raised eight
or ten inches, and kept up by Il brush. There
was stain on the sill of the window as If
it had been burnt. 1t was @ long stain, and
pointed obliquely outward. Isaw on the wall
of the building in which the Southern Opinion
office was some dents, which unders TODD were
made by shot.
Counsel for defence objected to such ques-
tons and answers from hearsay.
My impression is that the dents on the wall
were not on line with the stain in the Win
doW-slll, although my attention was not par
tcularly directed to this point. My recolec-
tion OF the position Of the desk is very inds-
tinct When I went into the room Mr.. Grant
had a pistol in his hand there were two
more on the table, and 4 double barrelled gun
did not examine the gun To zee whether it
WAS loaded or not Mr.. Craddock was the
first man who entered the broken door, and
was either the second or third person who
went in. There was no one el0e but Mr.,
Grant in either OF the two rooms on that floor,
that ! saw.
Gross examined: To Judge Ould-I do not
know whether the desk had been moved after
l went in the room or not. ! saw no one
move 1t. don't know what its usual posi-
tion was. | am sure it did not cover the win
dow so az 10 obstruct the view, saw no cur
could not have seen the pavement ON the op-
posite side Of the street without ,stoouiig
down or standing back from the window. /
think The stain was Gil the wood work There
were Waathar sLnins ON the wood work ]