Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-03-04
LOOKS AS IF MRS. POLLARD RUNS 1T.
Many Students About TO secede from an
Evening New York Law School.
New YORK Herald.

MANY students About to Secede from an
Evening New York Law School.
New YORK Herald.
The Evening Law School was started last
January at No. 147 west Twenty-third
street for the purpose of giving ambitious
and industrious young men who have TO
earn their living during the day q chance
TO become lawyers by studying hard ana
attending lectures in the evening.
The school has 40 students on ITS books:
About 100 of them are members OF
of the Evening Law School Society, which
was organized month ago for the purpose
of investigating the affairs of the school
and ascertaining how far the pledges made
in the prospectus are likely to be fulblled.
A committee of ten were appointed TO
conduct the inquiry, Their report was
not favorable to the school as at present
conducted, and in consequence Thereon q
majority Of the students, so was told by
several of them last night, had decided 10
ION new school, which is to be opened
by Abner c. Thomas, the real estate law
yer, at No. Ill west Thirty eighth street.
PETT1CoAr GOVERNMENT.
There is O woman-and a very clever wo-
man-in the case, and her name Is Mrs.
Antoinette Nathalie Pollard. She. leases
the premises, the first floor of which is oc-
cupted by the school, and most of the stu
dents have come to the conclusion that
she really runs the school, although those
functions are assumed by Abner II. Bowen,
young man of thirty-two or thirty-three.
He has been a lawyer himself only few
years, and in that capacity has never done
ANYTHING to attract the attention of the
community until he started the evening
law school.
The other members Of the faculty CON-
prlsed Delano Calvin, Abner @. Thomas.
n. ID. Maitland, Lyman l.. Settle, and
Henry L. Terry. Most OF these agreed TO
give their services gratuitously until the
school became an assured success. Messrs.
Terry and Thomas were the only two who
lectured regularly. This and the diseov-
cry that the school, being without
therefore could not make full-hedged law
yers out of its pupils, anyhow, caused
much dissatisfaction.
On February 10th Mr.. Bowen, apparently
much dissatisfied with the turn affairs were
taking, announced to MIR. Thomas his IN.
tention of disseminating the school, and
executed O deed turning 1t over to him:
When Mr.. Thomas called on Mrs. Pollard
she assured him that she had deed ante
dating his deed, by which Mr.. Bowen turn
ed the school over 10 her. Then MIR.
Thomas decided to start another school.
BOWEN ON DECK AGAIN.
Mr.. Bowen subsequently turned up, re-
nounced his intention Of disseminating
the school, and calmly stated that when he
executed the deed to Mr.. Thomas he was
suffering from Temporary alteration"
due TO the influence of drug which be
had taken to relieve him Of high fever
and severe headache. He wouldn't tell
me the name Of the drug last night.
The students had each paid $40 for ma
circulation fee and three months instruc-
tion. They were rather anxious to learn
what had become Of the money. After
much probing they were told by MIR. Bowen
that what remained of it--a trihe over
81 ,0O0-was lodged in bank in Mrs. Pol
lard's name.
Mrs. Pollard told me last night that she
entertained for MIR. Bowen the feelings of
a mother, aud that he was full Of flial de-
votion for her and called her mamma"
He expected soon TO marry q near relative
Of hers. He had given her the money to
take care Of" and although no trust
deed had been executed she regarded the
money as trust fund which sho held for
the benefit of the school. And she was
very certain that nothing could ever in
duce her to use II for any other purpose.
Meanwhile the students have been una
BILE TO get any satisfactory statement,
either concerning what disposition has
been made of the other $4,000. which GER
talnly has not been expended on the
school