Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1895-08-03
MURDER WILL OUT.
rIary Abernathy, Pokey
and Mary Barnes In
nOCent of the Char
geS Against Them.
SOLOMON MARABLE IN
SISTS THAT THEY DID
NOT MURDER MRS.
POLLARD.
A WHITE MAN GOT THE
MONEY.
A. SEARCHING INVESTIGA-
TION.
How Long are the InnO-
cent to Remain Incarce-
n rated?
THE MOST CELEBRATED CASE IN
THE CRIMINAL ANNALS OF
THE STATE.
HAnnnf Ratnrn To Lnnanhnrn GA
lTHB MOST CELEBRATED CASE IN
THE CRIMINAL ANNALS OF
THE STATE.
Cannot Return to Lunenburg Goa
Lawless Oondition-Oounsel Fearful
of their own Safety-White Men
To the Rescue.


The cases OF Nary Alternately, Pokey
Barnes and Mary Barnes have attract
ed widespread interest. The journals
throughout the state have called for a
fair trial of these people and have not
been at all backward in declaring that
to execute any of them would be judi
cial murder.
subscriptions to defray the expense
of employing counsel are being receiv-
ed at the offices of the Daily Times,
Richmond Dispatch, Richmond Star,
Richmond State and the Richmond
PLANET.
THE COUNSEL OBTAINED.
The counsel obtained is conceded to
be among the ablest in the state Hon.
george ID. Wise, congressman, ex-
Judge Henry w. Elournoy, ex-Secre-
larry OF the Commonwealth and Cap
lain A. b. Guigon have taken a person
al interest in che case which indicates
: that they will sift il TO the bottom
Messrs. Wise and Flournoy left ed
nesday afternoon at l2:l5 L. n. for
Lunenhurg Co., to search the court
records preparatory to securing n new
trial. Before leaving the state troops
who guarded the prisoners were inter-
viewed and much valuable informa-
Il
was obtained without any difficulty
Awhatever. Some of the jurors who
convicted Solomon Marable of murder
n the first degree served on the cases
4 one or the other of the two women.
his of course made it parody upon
Justice in as much as they could hard
ly claim that they had not previously
formed or expressed an opinion"
- THE CASE PUZZLE.
The case was at first puzzle to even
these able attorneys. Neither Mara
BILE nor the women had any counsel
mo exceptions had been noted and the
AOurt record was the only thing to be
tackled That there had been noted
evous blunders, disregard of le-
lfOrms and a violation of the
DIVISIONS of the constitution o Vir-
nia which guarantee to every man Il
r and impartial trial were clearly
bparent. t
Moreover, the presence of the mill
ia was enough to prove that the ac-
Hcused could not secure fair trial and
were accordingly entitled to a change
s. of venue, that is the securing of jurors
from another section of the state.
1t was soon ascertained that there
4 was a chance of getting directly be-
fore the Supreme Court of Appeals on
petition, if all else failed and that this
august tribunal could make a prece-
dent which would be celebrated in It's
novelty.
"A The conviction that the court-record
lone would furnish the basis for ar
s. ppeal became moral certainty wher
Nm. M. Justice, Esq, a young attor.
hey visited the scene of the murder
searched the records, and found tha-
the surmises of the counsel were cor
rect, and that the errors made wer,
fatally defective so far as the tindingi
OF the court we're concerned.
MARABLE's LAST CONFESSION.
The fact that Mary Alternately, Pok
ey Barnes, and her mother, Mar,
Barnes were innocent became plainl
manifest, when Solomon Marable con
fessed that he had made up this false
IS hood upon them at the instigation G
the white man who forced him to assis
him in committing the muIder.
The expense entailed in the thor
ough investigation of this case is some
thing enormous. Some one murdere
Mrs Pollard besides Solomon Marabl
and it is a duty encumbent upon tn
state to find out just who the othe
guilty party is.
Solomon Marable, Mary Aftermath
POkey Barnes are in the city Jail her
"a under the charge of the Well-knOW
City Sergeant, Charles H. Epps an
u his efficient corp of assistants. TIL
two women are together in the won
~ ems department upstairs while Ma
able is down. stairs in the left-han
Jail yard.
"Aunt Mary" as Mrs. Alternately
called and Pokey take their situatic
philosophically although they hay
been apprehensive for their safety.
coNvRRsING WITH THE PRISONERS.
One peculiar thing is the magnet
effect a conversation with them hi
upon the visitor. They conceal not
ing, but relate the whole affair with q
eaTnestness and volubility that is su
prising. In conversation with her r
Gently, Aunt Mary's" face lighted 4