The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-04
Three Important Factors in the KySls-
rlous Pollard Kurder.
THE STATEMEN S OF YOUNG CLEMENS
lie Did Not Hear Mr.. Pollard Call His
wife. Nor Did lie Hear the Bell Ring.
Mr.. Pollard Has Not DivuIged the
Name of the White Man lie sus-
pects--Confiicting Statements.

IN thc nope oi oD-alnlns from MN sumo
information upon some Of the vexed ques-
tions arising in the Pollard case, but
much to my disappointment j learned
before leaving there that he was MT at
home. and would probably be absent all
day i went down there again this even
ing. and found him still absent. I saw,
however. his kson. Willie Clemens, who
went with hin 10 Mr.. Pollard's for the
corn oD the Wning of the murder. and
learned from 3ih the following facts,
which doub ynot are essentially a true
description OF Inc trip.
YOUNG tLrMlNs' STATEMENT.
He said tn 4 on the evening OF June
IA. 1896. he an = his father went down 10
Mr.. Rolla-ds lin two-horse wagon TO
get a load Of torn. Before they reached
Mr.. Pclari's r. saw them coming. and
unhitching ~ horse started on TO the
house iu fronf OF them. Just before he
reached the ghte Mr.. Pollard turned his
horse loose afH opened the gate. Father
and drove through the gate, ana turn
inC 20 the left went over 10 the corn
house which lis in the upper left-hand
corner of thef house lot, while Mr.. Pol
! lard walked over TO the front porch and
\ washed his hands lie then came over to
wife twice bIt | did not hear this. We
1hen began 70 measure out the corn, Mr..
pollard standing i'm the door of the corn
house When We had finished measuring
the corn father and Mr.. Pollard went
over TO the house. and were there on the
porch three or four minutes. | think they
were fixing a paper. Then father came
DOT. and We started to so home. | think
Mr.. Pollard went back into the house.
drove the wagon, and father walked
on about forty or fifty feet behind, TO see
y that the corn did rot spill. Some time
after we got home messenger came for
father saying that Mrs. Pollard had
been killed. Father then said that just
as we got to the big gate he heard bell
ringing. but hs thought IL was Mr. Pol
lard calling ~ get up the COWS. 1 did not
hear the bet ring. nor did | hear any
one shouting| / reckon IL took US ten
minutes TO gft TO the big gate.
"les, sir, when we went in the gate
we could see all the left side of the yard,
but we were not noticing that way
MARY ABERSAIHYs QUESTION.
Mrs. Clemens was sitting with us on
the porch while this conversation oc-
Cured. and 4 asked her to tell me just
what Mary Nbernathy said TO her about
The money. aic., stolen from Mr. Pol
lard She said that Mary Alternately
asked her thei following questions, which
] wrote down. as she dictated it:
IF the peOile who have Mrs. Pollard's
things and tile money bring them back
.s<ef <pAs<-tfPrii OF the porch, where he could
get uhnfh. If II thought that he would let
the matter drpp." She says that Mary
voluntarily asked this question, and that
as she did nof want to go 10 court ana
testify in thi5 matter. that she made no
answer. She also said that she believed
that had she answered this question In
would have then told of the whereabouts
Of the money! I asked her If she knew
anything as 10 the killing and the blood
on the clothing of any of the prisoners.
ha e4i "A knew
there was only one small spot of blood on
any OF Marable's clothing, and none on
that OF either of the two women. She
also told me that when the little child of
Mary Abernathy. who said, Ma looks
Ike she has been fighting" was asked
why she said this, that she replied that
MA had her sleeves rolled up, her dress
l unbuttOned at the throat. and was per-
\ spring freely" and not because she was
lbathcd in blood. as has been reported.
NO GRASS OR WEEDS.
! II is absurd to talk OF Mrs. Pollard's
(bCdy being concealed by the grass or
1.-THE weeds. Where are no weeds any
Iwhere near the spot where her body was
sats. 4 gentleman who is famiilr with
the place where the body was found, and
kshe knows the situation there. was 10
day shown a proof OF the sketch whlch
APP Ears In this issue of The Times, ana
SAYS that n y "a striking reproduction OF
the scene Of the murder.
j Inele are nut Two ways 10 test lH'
ACCURACY of this sketch. ana they arc
,he eamsra and se ,5se sgpsey9rs Or sa,b CHAIN Of
fhVse Will demonstrate the truthfulness
of the sketch and diagram, am conii-
IDENTIFY ask that they may be brought into
requistiOn.
SO Tar Mr. Pollard has not divulged the
maine, of the white man whom he sus-
Ietts. or n he has | have not heard Of
II. 1t ia difficult TO see how any practi-
cal ana searching intelligent invcstiga-
tioh can be made until this is done.
THE COMMITTEE AT WORK.
II is said that the committee on the
stxvsmcnt from this district are actively
enldlged IN gathering the necessia;y itta-
duckd In support Of this staten INT III II
safet 10 say, however, that none or IT VIII
com( from Solomon Marable. The disap-
nnsoAvci aui insolybls 1t is the fact OF
this disappearance OF the mo lcy INA,
gives (rse 10 many of the absurd rumors
sps 'he IS %Sd Sd 9ST lSSt Sflns r sposTd cFsT
hut thk hardly taYies with his theory. as
70. thcIwh.te maN TINS case Is excit-
hafore. taud every fhing relating TO 1t is
quickly t,ead and eagerly discussed
sk,rc OF 1HrsczNr or THE MURDER.
The ri h. or diagrams of the Pollard
house an houoe-lots hitherto published,
DIV. ! hsAeVe an accurate conception OF
The IDEAS xwhicn they were intended 10 IL
lustrate III Ban plats, however accurate
they maH be. are at best. but little sug-
gestive, 4nd 90 not produce upon the
mind th4 fOrvible 3nd lucid impressions
which piJtures always create.
Realizi1g thls TO be so, The Times, IN
addition u tho diagrams previously pub
lished. hts procured, and to-day publishes
sketch lof az much Of the Pollard house
IA q
,d@ ,lllgtra'eI the in"rra'ive which is 10 i0'-
There is ore mistake in this sketch, 20
which We call attention in the start, that
IL. the feet and head have been reversed,
the body. Yhen found. lying with us
feet 10 1.-The mouse instead OF its head.
This mistake, however, detracts moth
ing from the general correctness of ms
sketch which was made while standing at
the \r0nt gate a moment or two after
Nr Pollard aad shown how his wife's
body lay AZ tle time that he discovered
ThI sketch after It was made. was
sholyn 10 the people at the house. VINO
adJdltted that IL was correct. the young
w3 Imam calling attention TO the fact that
~ dos,hov1 (Which CONSISTED ,S so,s o' ane ,ns
chimney was so plainly shown There
\ dan b. no doubt, therefore. that this pie
Iure IS a correct exposition OF the locale
of the murder. and II Is this picture
that II 10 be the central point or TINS
article.
THEaE STRIKING OBJECTS.
Tn looking Nat tffs picture there are