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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-30
FERRY FOUNDATION.
John Duffy, Teamster for Gray Bros.
Denies the Concrete Brickdust
Story.

On Thursday last the Chronicle pub
lished an alleged interview with grand
Juror in regard TO the investigation OF the
ferry foundation. In the interview it was
stated that John Duffy, teamster in the
employ of Gray Bros, the contractors who
are furnishing the concrete, had testified
that he had hauled to the ferry barrels con-
tanning brickdust literally sprinkled with
cement. Harry Gray, one of the firm
named, said yesterday afternoon that the
statement in the Chronicle was a gross
misrepresentation of facts. 'tThere is alb
solutely not a word of truth in the story. -
said Mr.. Gray. "Duffy was before the
Grand Jury and he has made sworn state
ment that he did not testify to anything
of the kind. Here is his affidavit to that
effect:
CITY As TAG coG 9s TA Of ShS fkAsc1sco
Jonn Duffy, being first duly sworn. saws
have read the following statement which ap-
peered in the Chronicle OF Thursday, April 25,
1895, TO wit:
"a teamster named Duffy testified that he
was engaged TO take number of barrels OF
cement 10 the ferry. He was aware that some
of the barrels contained brickdust literally
sprinkled with cement. He believed that the
briekdust was subsequently taken across the
bay"
am the teamster named Duffy referred to in
the foregoing statement. / testified before the
Grand Jury on the investigation by that body
regarding the ferry foundation. The state
ment above quoted is entirely incorrect The
following are the facts:
did not testify that was engaged to take a
number OF barrels or any cement TO the ferry
within the past three years or since the con-
any cement to the ferry foundation for Gray
Brothers. know OF my own knowledge that
the cement is not furnished by Gray Brothers
but that il is furnished By the State of Cali
fornis- have done nearly all of the cement
hauling for the Gray Brothers during the past
four years. AT the time of the construction OF
the seawan, something over three years ago.
hauled all the cement, as Gray Brothers fur
nished il, ~and / can say that there was no
brickdust or any material whatever mixed
with cement, but it was taken from the sea-
wall sheds where the cement was stored
can further say that there never has been
any mixing of cement and brickdust at the
yard OF Gray Brothers at Vallejo and Sansome
streets, as have lived and slept there eontinu-
ously for the past three years, and if there was
anything OF that kind going on, 1 would know
OF it.
In reference TO the brickdust which has been
mentioned, wish 70 say that this was all taken
10 the foot OF Green street and shipped 10 Ala
media, where, in pnlveriZed state, it is used
IN coloring the exterior OF the City Hall
foundation.
Subscribed and sworn 70 before me this Goth
day OF April, A. D., 1895. JOHN DUFFY
LEE ID. CRAIG, notary public, in and for
the City and County OF San Francisco, State OF
California
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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-11
THE TIMES-RICTIMOND VA. SUNDAY AUGUST II. 1895.

occasions from Ellen's own lips. and as
an explanation OF why she did not tell
all on the witness-stand. she stated that
she was afraid OF Pokey; that Pokey
had already beaten one woman Cora
KnighD so badly that she died soon after,
and. upon inquiry. the committee mas
that there Is strong ground for this state
meat about Cora Knight Mr.. Pollard
stating that IL occurred near his house,
and that his wife took Pokey away from
Cora. and that Cora died in a very short
time thereafter"
Anyone reading this remarkable ex-
tract would in agine that Pokey Barnes
beat Cora Knight SO badly that i'm very
short time thereafter she died from the
effects OF the beating. | am informed
that this Is not so: that sometime after
the row with Pokey Barnes Cora Knight
did die, but she died from natural causes.
and the fight with POkey had nothing TO
DO with her death. And |, for one.
would like very much TO have from this
committee a statement as 10 the time
and cause Of her death and n note ex-
planning what possible connection there
can be between the death OF Cora Knight
and the murder of Mrs Pollard.
It IL hardly possible that the commit
tee can expect us 10 accept as true the
statement that Ellen Gayle was afraid of
POkey Barnes. for POkey Barnes was at
that time herself under strong military
guard and being tried for her life, with
every indication pointing TO her conyic-
ton. That she could. under such sur
roundngs as this. have inspired terror
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whole side of the yard upon which her
bodv was found, and that thcre are no
weeds or grass 10 opsuuct iht Nls".
When | was first shown the spot Wrefe
trat hodv was found. / turned 10 look Al
HAT gate AMI like the flash OF thf hthl-
ming il struck me that no living n'inS
could have passed through ma, 80
vithout seeing that corpse, had II bttit
there I walked back 10 the gate. anu
examined closely the ground between
me gate and the tree. and assert u as
a fact beyond tho power ol itlIlduon'
ttat there was not the slightest ohrtiut-
ION ~ a full view Of that body. Incre
we're no weeds at all. and the low, tnln
grass which does not az any point ,t
or the earth. but which grows I'D H.Io
INNS and clumps through which ine
s,rst-ish white soil is plainly visible.
Sn5Si,t have relieved. but could not nave
ohect.red the body which rested upon ~.
on my lond trip, ! scanned VIZ.
even more anxious eye the sul .i.,,.,,o,,
instead of shaking my first cohNlclon'
confirmed II. If a conviction can pc CON
nrmod This is 40 mere lnli's7'"t''
sulting from cursofy view OF tle
e~rrund hut IL is "a conviction growing
out of deliberate and pains laklhe ~.
vestiqation for I felt that TINS Iaci' II
fact il was would prove 20 bee OK the Ut
most Importance ana ! was ln mere.
anxious 10 bee certain before sIon.'
Whether or not / am right Jet the pho-
tooranh which appeared IN wednesday
Dispatch and those which accompany
mis- article. answer And II my pre-
misses are true. is not my Deduction inal
II is possible Mrs. Pollard was not Killed
until after this time. true or necessity
No living person save solomon MIRA
HE has over testified that Mrs. roll
lard was dead at o'clock. ana not one
fact is adduced 10 support the truth OF
his statement. while against the tesu-
monv OF this self-confessed perJurer, the
fgcts which / have stated stand out IN az
hold relief and denounCe him again as
In view Of this fact is il unfair 10 say
that the statement OF the committee
on Facts" u at lit Is absolutely true
that this murder was committed ne
~ cen The hours Of 40 and on the az
ternoon of that day. claiming too much,
and that ~ Is probably Mistake No. 2
And If / am right in my deductions
am I not justified IN saying that, as this
murder was possibly not committed until
after 6 o'clock. that solomon Marahlcs
statement. duplicating these women may
he a lie out of tie whole cloth, and that
any conviction founded upon his testl-
m6nv. must leave behind not only a
Doubt as TO its Justice, but the almost
rcsitive conviction Of its injustice? Take
nom the evidence in the case his tesil-
many. and what remains Is but a rope OF
safd. which crumDles in the hands that
wove it, but add TO the rest the tesl-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-11

on 10 the gate. and with his team stand
ing there. began TO smoothe down the
corn. Upon returning TO the house, Mr.
Pollard went into the big room. and
after procuring the necessary material,
reiolned Mr. Clements In the porch. ana
thcrc prepared the bond for the corn.
During an Of the time that they were
there In the perch. this boy, bright. In
fcllic,nt youth. was on the wagon there
at the gate. smoothing down the corn.
Frcm that gate to the body was about
ninety feet. and yet neither Mr. Pollard,
MIR Clements or his son. saw the body.
or rad the slightest idea that II was
there. Take the cuts that accompany
this articls and ask yourself II II Is rea-
So nablc that three persons entering thdt
ward al different times one OF them on
foot. stopping 10 open the gate ana Two
Others riding I'm farm wagon, could
1--we failed to see that body. and you
are compelled 20 answer No 1t IL a
self evident .proDositiOn that that body.
tile body cf a full grown woman, lylng
there upon the tfin. low grass, ana eN-
tending on both sides OF that massive
tree. which II held out into hold rellei,
could not have escaped detection mat
body, mute I'm death. told more louily
than 70 could In life. OF the horrible muir
oer which had been committed, ana 10
say that ~ could have remained unno-
tlced Is but % say that the pdsstis-bF
were blind. ! have visited that mouse
twice, and / know from experience Una.
wher you CT ter that gate. mat You nave
fun and unObsructed view OF the
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-11

inc corn. The four women were seen
la, these hands as they passed along the
entire length OF the field. while going to-
wards MIR. Thompsons and the two w0-
men Retsv Ellis and Mary Cragh.ad.
were seen on their return from MIR
Thomnson's from the time they entered
the field. Mr.. Fore did not see Policy
and Ellen return at all. Ben Knight,
the husband pro tenn Of Pokey Barnes.
testified that he saw Pokey and Ellen
when they were near to POkey's house
ON their return, and that they had been
gone about three-quafters OF an hour.
ON cross-examination. Ben stated that
thov fthe hands, had replented four or
fivc rows OF corn each: that the corn
was about two-thlrds missing; that the
land was hard and they were chOpp.nS
II mn and replantlng as II went along:
that the rows wee Tong since ascer-
tanned To be 2Gi YARDS. and that IL would
take some time to replant one, perhaps
nearly half an hour Thus. IL Is clear.
HAT Pokcy was unable 10 account tor
herself during the entire time I'm which
II was possibe for the murder 10 have
beeu committed. except by Ellen Gayle.
ANY one reading this statement woIld
supposo that Ellen Gayle ami Pen krgnt
we're the only witnesses who testlh
fcr pokey Barnes. Well not only rs TINS
utrue. but the testimony OF the most
imrortant witness for POkey Barnes mas
leen entirely omitted a will not say sup
rrogsedl. i'm the statement Of Facts
refer 10 the testimony Of Ora lie
Knight, whose name IS not even men-
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IN the breast Of anyone is a thought too
absurd 70 be entertained even lor an
instant.
OF facts" and 10 solomon Marable, the
star witness for the Commonwealth.
The Committee on Facts" In speaking
OF Solomon Marbles testimony, says
this.
"A great deal has been said and written
about Solomon Marable's testimony. lie
has been called the chief Of liars, ana
many other hard names. and yet the chief
OF liars can sometimes tell the truth
under certain circumstances, ana men OF
brains ought TO be able to separate truth
from fasehOOd."
This is the whole point in the case, TO
separate the true from the false. But
when We attempt 70 do this. we are con-
fronted hy two difficulties. The first is TO
determine whether Solomon Mayable has
told the truth az all. and the second, II
he has ever told the truth. In which OF
his many statements the truth. Is conceal
Ell. For II seems 10 be just 70 say that
the rroverbial grain OF wheat In hushel
Of chan. which can be found only by
thresning the oil straw Of this case.
Now. solomon Marable has proven two
| things which / admit TO be true, one
that he got some of Mr.. Pollard's money,
! but ! decline to accept his statement
as 20 the amount. and the other, that ne
! knows the truth about the murder or
/ MfS. IOlldfl. but decline 10 accept MS
statement as 10 the circumstances Of this
murder
assert IL as a fact that this is all that
Solomon Marable did prove the rest OF
his testimony being so contradictory, so
utterly irrecOncilable that / do not be-
lieye even the wisest man who reads II
will DE able TO determine which is the
! truth and which is the falsehood.
| propose, first, TO give the two state
ments made by Marable. and afterwards
!, 10 give the testimony and other facts
tending 20 prove or dispr0ve them. Ihis
IS his first story.
"Mary Parnes told me to meet her
down at the spring Thursday and she
would give me something. | met her a 4
o'clock on Thursday. She said she
couldn't make II then. but told me 10
come back Friday and she would fix IL.
/ agreed 10 return, and went TO the ap-
pointed place al the appointed time. and
while | was kneeling. drinking from the
spring / thought heard kind Of hum
ming. and some one call me. | raised up
and cooked towards Mrs POllard's hOLs e.
Then Mary Alternately beckoned me 10
come there. which l did. and found Mary
Alternately and POkey Barnes on Mrs
Pollard and Mary told me to catch hold
and help them. In my excitement Ia
smile was seen on the Commonwealth
Attorneys face | didn't know what to
do but 10 catch hold o, Mrs. Pollard by
the throat and arm, and hold while the
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-11

toned I'm the statement. Here II IS:
Oracle knight. a twelye-y ear-old col
Ofed girl was put on the stand LOT tne
def.rre and testified that Pokey Barnes
ala NOT leave the house after she came
back with Ellen GAYLE until AFTER Nlt.
Pollard gave the alarm OF murder 1rh-
Gle Was put through riga civss-en.aili,-
irauon by the Commonwealth bu' stu,h
10 her first statement Dispatch July
49, 1894.
Here also is the statement Of Ben
knight. taken from the same paper.
"Ben Knight testified that he was
working in a field near POkeys mouse.
He did not see her leave the house alt+i
she entered IL with Ellen GAYLE. she
could have left without his seeing heI'
but 10 is not probable
Now. this statement OF Oracle knights.
il would seem. IS a very important piece
OF evidence. for " II is true. IL demon
strates beyond doubt the fact that Pokey
Barnes was not az Mrs POllards AZ the
time OF the murder. Whether or not
this statement r. true. is question
which / do not attempt 20 decide. but one
thing is certain. anu that Is n this child.
an ignorant little COlOred girl or twelve
years had been lying. ~ is hardly proDa-
BILE that she could have suceessi uily
withstOod tho rigid cross-eNamnation or
two lawyers who were thoroughly iaiiN-
lar with the facts.
But az an events. If IT was the Intention
Of the committee 20 report all the facts
I'm this case. II should have reported the
testimony OF GracS Knight. which. more
than anything else. tended to demon
strate the truth Of the defence set up
hy POkey Barnes.
And while 7 am discussing tho case OF
pokey Barnes / desire 20 call atten-
tion 20 one fact IN this case which has
never yet been mentioned. but which
seems to Of the highest Importance. and
that is this:
Solomon Marable testified IN every in
stance in which he connected POkey
Barnes and Mary Alternately with this
crime that when Mrs. Pollard came out
and Mary Alternately grabbed her. that
Pokey Barnes hit her three times with
q hickory stick. / watched the accounts
OF the testimony carefully. ana have
since carefully re-read ali that I could
find upon that subject IN the endeavOr to
ascertain what had become OF that stick.
Like tho money and the clothing. and
the Blackstone Institute bond. IL has van
ished into thin air. and has not been
seen or mentioned from that time until
this And the question that ] want 10
ask il this. what became of that stick? ?"
The axe, the weapon with which those
deadly wounds were made and which
told but too plainly OF the murder0us
deed which had been committed. was
lying there close beside its victim while
the stick was gone. Certainly Mary
Alternately or Pokey Barnes did not
take ii away, for II they had Marable,
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CONTINUED on sixth Passl
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-11

two women beat her over the head with
an axe. Then | let loose my hold. and
went away. In a little while Mary
Alternately came running down TO where
| was standing. holding the skirts OF her
dress folded In her hand. and handed
me two pieces of paper money. telling me
To run on away; Don't let anybody see
You around here. and don't say any
thing about whar you got it. took
tho money and went off. but didn't know
what she wanted me 10 run for, because
| hadn't done anything"
The other statement. which was made
during the trial OF Pokey Barnes, but
does not fully appear In the printed re-
ports Of the trial. and so | give IT as IL
appeared I'm The Times OF Sunday. July
2S 1895. That statement is as follows:
on Friday morning. the morning OF the
murder, n man 1.-THE name Is withheld for
the present. stopped me on the road
about two hundred yards from Fort
Mitchell and asked me where l was going
| told him that was going Up 10 the
saw-mill to go to work. He drew . pistol
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who lies with a circumstantiality of detail
which would do credit 10 a Poe. says
nothing about Il, and so We must con-
clude that they left 1t there. But when
the ncighhors came in and began to
search around. they found the axe, but
no stick. n a stick. such as Marable
had described had been u ed. and it had
been found there az the scene or the
crime. how powerfully this would have
cOrroborated Marbles story OF the kill
irg But IL was not found. ana so we
put IL down az another question yet TO
be answered. what became OF the hick
DRY stick?'
And here is a very curious matter 10
be mentioned I'm this report, for IL GER
ta.nly cannot be matter in any way
affecting the trial. and was evidently
inserted more as dig at Pokey than
as throwing any light upon the facts OF
the trial. | quote IL as follows:
The committee here states that this
last account BY Ellen was not given TO
the Jury, but that one OF our number has
heard this statement on two separate
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ncnv q this perjurer. and II becomes
strong enough 10 hang two women and
10 bind another, for lie, 10 the moor
OF a felon's cell.
Ii would seem that any further reply 10
this statement was unnecessary, GER
tainlv until IL is established that Mrs
Pollard was Killed before O'Clock. hut
there are some other errors so glering,
that IL would be unjust TO the public not
TO correct them.
In regard TO the case OF Pokey Barnes.
the statement says;
ION the day Of the murder Mary
Earnes did 90 10 POkey Barnes house
a, midday. and about I o'clock in the
afternoon in the company II Mary crag-
head Betsy Ellis. and Ellen Gayle. fo-
kew went from her house north, along the
line fences between Mr.. Fore's and MIR.
pollard's, In the direction OF Mr.. w g..
J,hompson's When near Mr.. Thompson ;
poley and Ellen Gayle parted with the
other women. In the field along the side
OF which these four women had passed
four or five men were at work repiant-
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Nh. rnII.nn nIN.rlr.
Review of Their statement of the Pollard
Murder.

Murder.
"The Statement OF Facts" with regard
20 the Pollard murder. which the Lunen-
hnrr committee issued and when app
poarsd Boo "The Times OF Thursday is
ono which. whom carefully read leaves
D. cch 10 be- desired. and sim more to be
6f H. however this much may Doe just
lv said. that 10 contains much tnal D.
.ure matter OF argument IMAM OF lac,
and with a caudOr that rs refreshing IL
knocks down itself the theories when
30 has just sought 90 establish. Now me
object of this paper 10 must DE apparent
90 nI. is to tahhsh the JHsuce OF '"f
words. ts which have condemned Mary
Ahernathy and Pokey Barnes 10 me s~i-
lows. ana Mary Barnes 20 the cell o. we
le'ou. and keeping this point always DID
Vow. they have discarded all which tend
Cd to Qiscroait This theory. or 70 point
So some one as yct unknown as the per
son guilty of flIs decd.
ln reading over mis- statement, which
JAS more ihe appearance ~ an argument
for me prosecution than that calm. lpsi-
''A Aslis' ntte exposition OF iacta
flrn source. one is struck with the
fact That much bias been omitted which
might have been stated. and which ~
stated. would throw much Hight upon
this case. which. despite This Statement
~ Facts stan reWains mysterious and
Lusoigel
And there as one curious feature OF
fhis case which strikes one most forci-
lly that is that while the people of Luz
nDrnurg or rather those who attended
tfis convention. deuOuncc the statement
that these women were convicted upon
tse testimony Of Solomon Marable as
false. yet the statement OF facts. not only
'oncedss this 20 boz true. but argues that
as testimony WAS sufficient.
Here ls the extract upon which this
uafrment o. based.
a great deal has been said and writ
e. about solomon Msrable's testimony
BE has been called the chief OF liars. ana
many other hard names. and yet the
chltf o. liars can sometimes tell the truth
under certain circumstances. and men OF
brains ought 20 be able TO separate truth
rom falschoOd. Solomon Marable's tcsti-
mony was undoubtedly credited 70 a GER