Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-07-04
STIRRING SCENE In BALTIMORE
Trial Of Mrs, Il. A. Pollard for A temps /
Ing TO shoot DR.. asoore-fhe Indy /
Sentenced TO Thirty Days Iniprison-
uueut-ExcttiuE Scenes I'm Court.

| Trial OF Mrs. Il. A. Pollard for ATTEMPTS.
Ing TO shoot DIR. Hsoore-The Indy
Sentenced to Thirty Days Innprison-
ment-ExcttIug Scenes I'm Court.
! BAlr1noRE, June 29. 1.-The end Of the
/ famous Pollard Moore case was reached
yesterday. Mrs. Maria M Pollard, wife
Of E. A. Pollard, was brought up, for trial
for an alleged attempt to shoot DIR. Geo.
A. Moore ON the 18th Of January last, in
lthis city.o5T The lady appeared in court,
heavily yelled and without counsel. The
| testimony of Moore and others was first
| taken, and the criminal assault proven.
Judge Gilmor, before whom the trial was
held, assigned Q special counsel to Mrs.
Pollard, and this counsel took the 'deNi
tense that the lady, at the time of the as
ssult, was out Of her mind, and therefore
not responsible for, her conduct. The
lady herself asked, through her counsel,
for the privileged of making statement,
which was granted, and she P;oeeeded
I to detail to the court the history Of wrongs
she claimed to- have received at the
hands of E. A. Pollard, led on and ens
icouraged, as she alleged, by DR.. Moore.
She concluded rather lengthy story by
stating that inch by inch she had been
deprived by these men Of all she possess
I. ed, except her honor, and that could only
be taken with her hfe.1 She also stated
that she bore no relationship whatever
to Mr.. Pollard, his treatment of her haV-
ing been of such character as to compel
her to apply for divorce, which was now
pending. She did not deny the assault
charged, but claimed that DR.. Moore had
denied having had any knowledge of the
whereabouts Of Pollard; that he had told
her he had not seen. him for months,
although she hal seen him enter and
depart from Moore's house only the night |
previous, and, his constant interference
between her husband and herself, had
driven her to frenzy. -
Judge Gilmer then reviewed the case,
and finally concluded by declaring the
witness guilty of common assault as
charged in the Indictment, and sentenced
her to be confined in Jail for thirty days.
Upon this announcement scene follow
ed not often witnessed in court ofjus-
tice. Mrs. Pollard rose with outstretchr
ed hands, and in frenzied manner cried
out, "Oh, Judge, do not send me to
priSon!o She then fell on her knees and
again appealed to the Judge, saying, |
g 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.. |
Mills, her counsel, utteriDg hysterical
scbs, until Messrs. Irwin and Carter,
deputy wardens of the Jail, appeared,
md as delicately as possible removed her
% the office of the clerk Of. the court.
Judge Gilmer was evidently much
moved, but preserved his equanimity,
ind the business of the court proceeded.
In the meantime Mrs Pollard went on
With her excited outcries in the clerks
,fice, and succeeded in attracting a con.
'iderable crowd u 1850.
When the court adjourned, deputy
Warden Irwin removed the prisoner,
amid her continued excitement, to a hack
standing on Lexington street, and ac>
by the gentleman who came
With her from Washington, she was con-
Keyed to jail, where she now remains.