The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-07-18
MARY ALTERNATELY GUILTY.
The Jury Holds Another Responsible for
The Murder Of Mrs.. Pollard.
TRIAL LOP POKEY BARNES UNDER WAY.
In Cross-Ouestioning Marable She Devel-
ops the shrewdness Of n Lawyer-Ihe
Times' Diagram stili Used In the
Trial-Doings of the Soldiers.
One of the Jurors Very Ill.


One of the Jurors Very Ill.
LUNENBURG COURTHOUSE, VA,
| VIA MEHERRIN, VA, July II.-Special.
| Pckey Barnes was arraigntd before court
last night. charged with the murder cf
Mrs. T.. s. Pollard. Mr. Pollard, the
first witness, reiterated his testimony As
given IN the trial Of Mary Abernathy and
solomon Marable. with the exception Of
an aiiusion to a difficulty between Pokey
Barnes and his wife
At the opening OF court this morning
an air Of impaticncc could be seen on
tho faces OF the spectators, and the
Court expressed Itself az being anxious
10 hasten the proceedings OF this case.
On motion Of MIR. Bernard attorney for
the prosecution, Judge Orgain ordered
Pokcy Barnes To be brought into court ana
appr.scd her Of her right Of having wit
nesses summoned and the privilege Of
employing lawyer to defend her. His
Honor also notified her that she was 10
be arraigned before court tomorrow
iact IN the murder OF Mis-. Pollard.
This was done TO expedite matters and
hasten the conclusion Of this case.
NAM ADfhfhAn ibAND 0tAitA
At 10 o'clock Deprty-Shern Eagloy re-
ported that T.. a. 6audig, one OF the
jurors In the case of Mary Abernathy.
was too i'll to appear before court. On
motion Of the COmmOlwcalth's attorney.
Or Teuslcr. of the Military Hospital
Corps, and Dr. Couch We're sworn ana
sent TO examine the sick juror, and re-
ported that Mr.. Gduldig had Il con-
gestlve chill about Z o'clock this morn
ing, and we consider him real sick man,
but ne can be brought into court this
morning with possibly less danger than
IN the next twc1ty-fOur hours"
ON the strength Of this report, and the
Kind offer of Dr. Teusier TO furnish
strctcher and his hospital corps his
Honor ordered that the Jury be brought
from the hotel, where they had been
quartered for the night. When brought
INTO court they retired TO the Iury-r0om
10 prepare a verdict, and returned, with
r. a. Jones foreman, and rendered a
1--WE, the jury. ind the prisoner Mary
degree"
The prisoner showed no signs Of emo
tion, tut stood up braNcly and made
motion Tor a new trial. His Honor said
ne would take the matter under cousid-
erapOn.
PokEY BARNES TRIAL RTsuMFD.
The case Of Pokey Barnes was then
t"Nhl4A'Nt snJihlllUH -JlIAUlN was placed
on the stand, and stated that Mary
Barnes. Mary Abefnathy. P0kcy Barnes.
and himself assembled in the haCk-yar
Of Mrs. POlard's house. Then be receded
10 "a secluded spot. ana waited until Mrs.
Pollard came out OF the house AS
soon as she came Oui' be said. Il grab
bed her and held her while Mary Abcr-
nathy and P0key Barnes went I'm the
house to get the money. The latter
went OH out OF the front door 10 the
field where Mr.. Pollard was al work.
and the two former came out with
money. ] then got OFF Of Mrs. Pollard,
whom / had been holding down by the
throat, and walked of. Mrs. Pollard
made an effort 10 rise, but pOkcy Barnes
hit her with a stick three times, and
Mary Abernathy struck her on the head
with an axe. Then they came on 90
where I was. as / told you before"
While on the stand previously Marahle
made statement different somewhat
from that just given. saying. Il was
near dc house. and heard desc women
holding. IN a very low tone. "a converse
ton, which was cut short by some short
answer from Pokey Barnes
PoEEY sHEYwD QursuoNTR.
Judge organ informed the prisoner
that she had the right TO question Mara
hle. which she aid. and with the skill
of a lawyer as follows.
q solomon did YOU see me at Mr.. Pol
iard's tat Friday
4. 7 g.
e. DID you see me at aIr. Pollard's
that day?
A. Yes. / saw you dar
q. Where was | when you saw meE
O. O. 1Rcn. Nh M : solomon why ala you ten
the grand jury and the jailor that You
never saw me until came running down
70 the spring.
tion. but Pokcy was very persistent. ana
repeatedly asked Solomon;
"Did YOU. or did you NOT tell the Jallor
at Petersburg that yOu saw me on Fri
day on the road near Fort Mitchcll'
A. / don't rcc0llcet
O Then you tell this jury whether you
when you kissed that Bible 10 tei the
truth. told the grand jury and jalior "a
lie. or are you telling the ne now '..,.o
A. What ] said the first time was false
Ise telling the truth now.
Pokcy said she had nothing else TO ask
Sol)mOn.
II has been clearly shown that great
deal Of discrepancy exists IN the ttSu-
mony Of Marahle at different times. put
be- has never failed TO associate the three
women with the murder Of Mrs. l,ollaIu.
Solomon Marable was questioned t'ly
closely by the Court and jury. but they
could adduce nothing more than ne hai
already stated
1Hr aIafs' DIAGRAM AGAIN.
Mr.. II. c. Gregory was placed on the
u.
I'm his hand. and he explained 10 the Juiy
the situation of the grounds, house cts-'
connected with the Pollard murder. lie
also testified that there were footprints or
two peoples tracks along the path from
the spring TO within aroGt seNeHS nv
yards OF the spot where the murder was
committed. ...,. .,,
Mr. bernard, who Is familiar win the
name OF Polk Miller. caused quite
smile TO come over the faces or the
nirhmond boys, when in an argument
On n question OF the adm. m.ssibihly OF
evidence he referred TO the prisoner
pokev Barnes as 'POlkey Miller.
Wcssrs Dufie and WeatnffIcfd, me
srrciai constables who made the arrest,
testifnd that when they arrested fokey
Haroes she had only a bundle contain
no one ladies' gauze and q pistol
Wftnesses for the defence were then
sworn. -. ..po,,,,. p,rr,s .a,,,,
over 10 my house about II O'Clock, ana
about 1 o'clock went Win fckty nome.
a'enf ia sleep about O'Clock; got up about
7. saw Pokey coming on around the
- and Oolering that something had
t"i..S, ti..,,,,aa oxcr at Mr.. POlldrd's because
,be he'll was ringing and Mr. Pollard call
ing: but | didn't SO over there' Dul went
Oh netsnv it Ellis stated that she and her
d.,,,qhter went 10 POkey Barnes house
sT,ot 3 o'clock, stopped about hilech
minutcs. ami went on over 10 MI Inohlp-
sen's. about one nile from foAey ,.
"l,llen GAYLE and Pokey went Win US
about talf way. and We went IN after
cherries Went straight home iiolh Mi
MI. ..,,,,..r,,c h,tf never heard OF MIS-