Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-03

the house. Mary Barnes was about ten
or fifteen minutes behind me when | got
10 the corn-held. Marablc said ne saw
me and the white horse in the nold
through the house from the back ~ !,
1 was about 200 yards In front OF the
/ house" | took a position at the hack Of
the house, whose front and hack dooys
/ were open. and could see through clear
up 10 the field very plainly. He said che
I keys 60 the place where / kept my money
were either in an unlocked drawer Of
the sideboard or In the work-basket OF
my wife on the table I'm the porch. Mary
/ could have taken them without my wife's
! knowing it,
MARABLE'S STORY.
Marable stated that he came up from
! the spring and got behind an old housp
The spring is 225 feet distant from the
old house, and the latter 81 feet from the
back door OF the dwelling house. The
Pollard house cannot De seen from tho
spring. Marablc said that from behir<
TINS. house he could see MARY BE =
hand the keys to the Alternately 49,,
and he was near enough TO see VI t,1ey
were keys Your corresponds IT,, he
nina the corner OF the house <Snd looked
around the corner. and saZNr Pollard
hand Mr. Saunders a bunc< ~ kevs while
the latter was standI% near the back
door, and they could, Se distinctly seen.
WHERE TXb MONEY WAS.
me money was in an upright chest,
open'nS ~ top. This was unlocked. as
were az 70 three trunks. Forty s@l-notes
am tnther two or three 80 and one 80
"sifd one s5-gold coins were taken. a
pair Of bracelets and a watch-chain.
[ which cost him $l5, were also taken. Mr..
/ Pollard had s20.32 In a pOcket-book in
| The chest, which was not taken, pre-
/ sumably overlooked in tho haste a
/ bond for 500 of the Blackstone Institute
/ GO 22). was also stolen.
/ THE FINDING OF THE BODY.
When Mr. Pollard returned. home
that day, about 6 O'Clock, with lie
uents for the corn the sun was over
one hour high lie came in at thef ffoM
gate. walked TO the front porch. washed
his hands, and then went TO the corn
crib. TO the left Of the gate, and Gle
ments drove in with his wagon and boy
into the crib. After delivering the corn,
| Clements went With him TO the house
signed note for the corn, ana left.
About ten minutes after Clements left,
Pollard walked around the house on the
east side, and saw his murdered wife.
her head thirteen and half feet from
the house and fifteen feet south OF an
cak tree. which was eight feet in circnm-
ference four feet from the ground ana
ten and a half feet around at the base
and several feet up.
4 person entering the front gate, II
looking I'm that direction for an OBJECT
could no doubt have seen 1t. Inc spot
where Mrs. Pollard was lying was nine
weight feet from the front gate: but, as
she had on "a dark calico dress the shad-
ovs of the evening darkening the
I tha int
weeds obstructing the view, it is scarcely
probable that any one could have as
| covered the Hfeless body, unless attention
was called to it.
WHERE THE DEAD BODY LAY.
Mr.. Pollard lay down on the identi-
| cal spot. and | went out and returned
through the gate. and unless | had been
told 10 direct my view in that line he
| could have escaped my Observation
After passing through the gate ana go
ing twenty-five feet towards the mouse
the corner Of the porch completely shuts
from sight the place she way lying:
The theory that Mr.. Pollard ana cie-
ments could not have escaped seeing the
body in passing through the gate is hpso-
| iutely untrue.
SUPPOSED ORIGIN OF THE WHILE
MAN STORY.
"Now." / said. "Mr. Pollard, tell me
how you think the white-man story OH
| glnated with Marable.
"yveu" he replied, Il believe Captain
| Cunningham put it into his head ana
corcocted the whole story. He tried to
oct me TO say that ] believed 1t, ana he
told me In doing so that l would get my
money"
This Mr. Pollard says he refused to 90;
then he added: "My first wife vas Ihi
Thompson's mother. but l have no idea
tbat ne did the killing" Since the muir
der he said: Il came upon White man
In close conversation with wilson Aber-
nathy: he turned pale when he saw me-
but 1 will not tell you his name.
4 STRONG CIRCUMSTANCES.
II has never been published, nor was
II brought out at the trial that Marab'e
was at the house Of Ben. Daniel. negro
living near Chase city. on the morning
of his arrest and got breakfast there.
puring that day Mr.. James i. VIM.
truthful citizen as any i'm this or any cther
county. told me that, while in his wheat
field he saw Daniel and Daniel sad 10
him that Marable asked him while al
his house this questions: suppose
man was TO hold a woman while TWO
other women killed her, would the law
hang the man if he was caught? Daniei
said that ne gave MS 'P'ii'oii ',"'
would not. Marable then said this Is
what / have done. and / am going to let
them take me up
This was The morning OF the day or the
arrest. and before Maraole had any com
munication with any one else atter ne
was run out of chase Ci.y on sunday
about midday. Mr.. VIM was sum
moned TO the trial, AMI was there three
days but he was not called upon 10 les
tify.
Tho theory OF n white man being con-
nected with the murder has no support
ers in this section, and he who fo'iows
il is deIuded by will-O'-the-w Tsp fancy.
THE universal sentiment here is that
the guilty persons were arrested, tr!ed,
convicted, and sentenced.
THE MILITARY.
The IMPRESSION here is that the military
companies were sent 10 see that the
prisoners were not mOlested by unlawful
hands during the trial. and not to judge
Of the guilt or innocence OF the accused
after IL was over. and obstruct the admin
ietration Of Justice by the daily consti-
tuted courts IL is amazing 10 our peo-
nle TO see the sympathy manifested for
these felons. and the appeals for new
trial. as exhibited by the Richmond pa
pers. All the people with whom have
conversed In this county and in Lunen-
burg think the right persons were fairly
and legally tried nv the County Court OF
Iuuenburg. and that in their cases
righteous verdict was rendered.
I'd j.
Ran Into thc Veteran.