Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-08

house canning strawberries, and couldn't
come out where you We're. In cohh-
pliance with the agreement between MIN
and Mary, Solomon was at the spring on
Thursday but did not. as he had stateu'
see Mary chopping bushes in front OF inc
house as Mr.. Pollard testihes that she
was not there at that work until Friday.
on Friday Mary did 90 TO the spring az
the time stated by Solomon. She gu
leave the house short time AFTER MI
Pollard did, and II is fact that from
the position he has stated he occupi7u'
n nerson can see through all or the three
doors OF Mr.. Pollard's house out tnroush
the front gate, and a long distance Oh tiie
road leading out from his house s0lo
mon stated that Mary Barnes saiu '"" nc
she would notify Mary Abernatny anu
pokev Barnes. 1t is a fact that she hau
an onnortunity to notify Mary ADerha-
thv between 8 and O'Clock, ana tndt
she went to Pokey's house on uhat uaS
AZ midday. A very strong circunstdhce
against Mary Barnes which would prove
that she did know where the Keys W.
kent. is that at 4 o'clock on the i go
Friday. lust before going 10 inc n.y.
with Mr.. Pollard, she appheu ioi "
was given a dose Of spirits OF .ui
tine and camphor by Mrs. Pollard. Inc
deceased lady got the keys ana adinhis
tared the dose. All Of this was teStiiieo
to before the jury by Mary.
SOLOMON MARABLES Th.SIlMoNi !,
rot deal has been said and written
about Solomon Marable's testiinohy'
nos heen called the chief OF hars' ahu
n,a,v other hard names; and yet the chiei
of liars can sometimes tel tne u u''
under certain circumstances anu mn I'll
~ brains ought to be able 10 sepai
truth from falsehood. solomon 'hai '.,,..5
al
IN a certain extent when gwen III
NE orn trial and he was convicted
in large part upon his own state
ments and vet how much stronger Is
tho call To be honest and truthful when
no is testifying in the case or the
commonwealth against Mary Abernathy :
Now. the Jury have solemnly deciareu
that Solomon Marable Is guilty or muir
der in the first degree, the punishment
of which Is death. No hope Is held out
10 him: but, on the contrary, ne Is as
sured by the attorneys for the common,
wealth and by the judge or the court OIL
his speedy execution. Does ne redi'~e
his situation? Look en- him, as the jury
did at that hour. Every man penn ioi
ward eager to catch every word that the
deemed man was uttering. while in low
tones. without reserve, the tears slowly
stealing down his cheekS-hardened
criminal though he be-he told the
tale OF the terrible butchery. ana say
whether or not there was anything I'M
der the heavens to induce him 10 tel
a falsehood. when he stated to the jury:
"If they were not in 1t, l would not put
them in IT; Mary Alternately and Pokey
Barnes killed her. and i held her.
THE Jury BELIEVED HIM.
Yes. the Jury did believe him, as was
plainly expressed on their races, when
each man drew long breath at the con-
clusion of these last words, saying, as
they leaned back In their seats, rake MN
.-,ay: that II enough"
~. contrast Solomon's frame OF mind
his time with that OF Friday, the
lay Of July. when he was TESTIFY
iag in behalf OF Pokey Barnes.
Despite everything to the contrary. IL
ia now positively asserted by Yfs COM
mittee as a fact, that Solomon Told TINS
white-man story under promise or safety
~ he would put II on n white man and
clear the women. Whether or not he
misconstrued the words used. III white
man did II. say So and we VIII see you
safe" is not for this committee to judge;
but we do know drowning man might
catch at a straw Solomon held TO this
story only short time, breaking down
early in the cross-examination. and can
ddly admitting that three men In sol
diers' clothes had told him while In
room In the courthouse the night before
that they knew white man was In
IL. and II he would put II on the white
man. and clear the women, they would
see him safe 1t has been said by some
OF the military that this word. safe,
only meant protection from violence at
the hands OF the people. and a safe de-
livery back In the Richmond Jail.
Let us see how Solomon construed II:
CERTIFICATE OF DEPUTY SHERIFF
CLEMENTS.
''This Is 10 certify that Solomon Mara