Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-08
A FORGER ALSO.
Rev. l. G. Pollard Uses q Fraudu
lent Consent
70 Ills Marriage Win the Young
COlOred Girl, Eliza DillaheY.
Little Roek aarnltn. 7.

Little Rock Gazette, 7.
Rev. |. G. Pollard, who married the
colored girl, Eliza Dillahey, day before
yesterday, turns out 10 be a scamp of the
trst water. The mother of the girl, Mrs.
Francis Dillahey, q small, modest look
ing woman, called at the county clerks
office yesterday morning in great distress,
and asked TO see the letter which pur.
ported 10 be her consent TO the marriage
Of her daughter.
The letter was produced. 1t was writ
ten on half sheet of note paper, in red
ink, and the contents were as follows
LITTLE Rock. November 3, 1888.
To the Gle k. Pulaski county, Ark;
give my consent my daughter Eliza
Dillahey's marriage TO Isaac e. Pollard.
She is 10 years old. her
MRS. FRANCIS ID DILLAHEY.
mark
Witness: w. II. HIoaINs.
That's q forgery" said Mrs. Dilla-
hey. did not write or sign any such pa
per-
odd they try to obtain your consent to
the marriage9"
Eyes, they did. Pollard and Higgins
were at my house the other day, on Sat
urday, | think, and my daughter Liza
was writing a letter for me. Wien she
finished she said: Mother, come sign
this letter now, and l will seal Il up and
send it. / said go long, child, never
did sign no letters. What's the use2 I'd
like TO know when it got fasd'nable 10
sign lettersl But she persisted, and Hig-
gins and Pollard tried TO persuade me 70
sign II for about half an hour. thought
1t was just some of their devilment and
went on bout my work.
did you sign III"
mo / didn't"
who is Higgins27
HE Is a colored preacher over in Ar
genta.n
If the letter is forgery, they can be
sent 70 the penitentiary."
That's what it is. ! never signed nc
paper"
The facts 60 10 show that Pollard and
Higgins tried for a long time 10 obtain
the consent Of the mother TO the marriage
Of her sixteen year old daughter, and
tDing unable TO do so forged this letter OF
consent between them, Whether Pollard
forged the letter himself and attached
| AAAbhtho oibhNtult 10 n Wlllteht OF Mntlll-
or Higgins was one Of the guilty parties,
is not yet proved. But that the latter i
mixed up in the matter is proved BY his
attempting TO get her TO sign some paper,
on Saturday, which was probably the con-
sent in question, and also that be tried "a
persuade her to let her daughter marry
Pollard.
A gentleman who Sjust moved into
the house just vacated BY Pollard, asserts
that he found there bottle Of red ink simi-
lar TO tho ink with which the forgeryis writ.
ten, Another gentleman whosa name car
be given If necessary, says that Pollard
deceived him up 10 the hour Of marriage
by telling him that the woman he was
going 70 marry was white. The deliber.
ate deceit practiced by the Rev Mr. Pol.
lard is worthy Of the most skillful hand
\ in the business. His arrangements were
laid with cunning and he carried them
out with skill. The whole affair was over
before any parties interested knew any
thing about II, and they had crossed the
river and left for parts unknown before
any. attempt 10 check them could be
made.
There is considerable excitement among
the colored people Of Little Rock about
the affair, and the Rev Pollards charac-
ter was handled by them without gloves
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