The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-01

no-,h. every step Of which WAS in full
Wow OF the place where the body OF his
wife was afterwards found. each step
bringing him nearer and nearer to that
placc and went into the front porch and
tterc washed his hands.
Now. II f. n remarkable thing that
neither Of these parties at that time
saw the body Of Mrs Pollard, or dis
covered anything unusual IN the appear
ance of tho house or the yard. and 1t is
ohsoiutelv certain that had Mrs. Pol
is,6's hodv BEEN lying there they could
not have failed 10 see It,
WHAT Mr.. POLLARD s,ys.
This Is A brief review Of that portion of
sundays article. but upon my return this
,,,orrinc from another trip TO his house, |
have other circumstances TO relate, which
mi a, rest forever any doubt as TO
snv mistake In what ! wrote on sunday
Yesterday | reached Mr.. Pollards house
about i230 o'clock. and hnd,ng Mr.. Pol
ARA AZ home. told him that / had come
over 10 make some further Investigations
I'm this matter. and that ] was very anx-
inus TO have the exact spot where the
hodv Of his wife was found pointed out
In order that | might not be ms.led by
any information given me by the young
man previously mentioned. Mr. Pollard
then went to the place whore the body
~ his wife was found. and designating
tho spot which had been previously shown
me said that that was the place whera
tho head Of his wife was lying. | then
eaid 10 him that ! had been told that
no hodv was resting at right angles 10
The house with the feet nearest the house
He told me that this was correct, and.
upon my asking HIM 10 snow me exactly
the position I'm which his wife lay, he
laid down himself with his head in the
misty Tttle hollow which he had shown
mo AMI stretching his feet out towards
the house. said that she was lying lust
So" Lying In the position which he had
assumed Mr. Pollards feet were about
seven feet from the side Of the house.
and his head perhaps twelve feet The
tree TO which I have before referred was
then about eight feet behind him. his
bo1v living i'm front Of II and extending
rio,n across the body OF the tree. /
then walked carefully back to the house
and whilc Mr. Pollard vas sitting there
cAiversing with a gentleman who had
come over with me- | looked to gee If
there was any possible way in which
person could have failed to see an OBJ
icct as large as human body lying
i'm that spot. II the body had Ian with
IFS feet touching the side Of the house.
ana The head standing at right angl g
person could not have failed TO sec I.
and lying as it ala. IL IS beyond the
possibility of question that they you'd
have been compelled TO see II whether
they wanted to or not
HAD NOT BEEN KILLED.
After that / came back. and sitting
there IN the same spot. / looked at the
gate 70 see If the whole Of 4 was per
fectly visible. and found that / could see
not only the gate. but a considerable
norton Of the fence which extended to the
right ~ the gate. To as;ue. then. the
question that they did not see the body
is absurd unless we argue from the
premises that the body was not there.
and that at the time they came 10 the
house that Mrs Pollard was not muir
dared
on the evening Of the lith Of June the
sun set al thirty-siX minutes after
O'Clock. and IL was therefore broad day
light when they came through that gate,
and did rot sec the body Of Mrs. Pollard
From the gate 20 the body is 80 steps.
about 20 feet. and 10 i@y that three per
sons passing through that gate at that
hour Of the day did not sec the body OF
Mrs Pollard. lying there 30 feet away
and brought into lCld relief fy the back
ground OF that massive tree. is but TO say
I'm another way that Mrs. Pollard hal
not been killed. / had quite an extended
conversation with Mr.. Pollard relative 10
the murder ana there are some things OF
which we talked about which the public
might like 10 hear
ANOTHER OVERSIGHT
asked him. IN the first place. Il he had
any objections 10 my examining the big
room Of the house. ana upon being tod
that he had none. ! went with him inside
OF the ROOM and asked him 10 show me
the chest i'm which his money and val
ulbies were kept. the robbery Of which
is supposed 10 have been the motive for
this crime. lie showed me the chest, Whlch