Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1895-07-27

mill near Fort Bltchell, ana held n plS-
tol in my face threatening TO kill me
il 1 didn't stop and go with him He
asked me il / knew anybody in that
part of the county, and specially Mr..
Pollard. / told him | didn't know
hardly anybody. He then told me TO
come on with him, that he (the white
mani had grudge against Mr.. Pollard
and he was going to kill Mr.. or Mrs.
Pollard -
Mr.. Bernard Why did you go with
the white man
A WHITE MAN COMMITTED THE MURDER.
A He made me go He pointed
pistol at me, so l followed him, and
when we got 10 the spring he made me
go on with him 20 the house, and said
when he got around TO the front of
the house and made a noise Mrs Pol
lard would be coming out of the back
door. where l was hid. De white man
went on round de front of de house and
Mrs Pollard came out kinder back
wards, and ! grabbed her held her
till de white man came and took an AK
and hit her over de head with the ham
die of de axe, then hit her with the
back OF the axe killing her.
ROBBED TUE HOUSE.
Then he made me follow him into de
house. He took some keys off some
thing, unlocked something didn't
know what it was), and got money out
handed me two twenty dollar bills,
threatening me at the point OF his pis-
tol never TO say anything about killing
and robbing Mrs. Pollard He told me
TO go far away and spend the money,
and before going to mail the money
To myself, which l did.
The above testimony was broken
ly, and by continually being question
ed and implored by Mr.. Bernard to
tell the truth. After n little pause
Mr.. Bernard got close by the witness,
facing him, and asked him: Solomon,
you told this jury previously that Mary
Alternately and Pokey Barnes,
with your help, killed Mrs. Pollard
A POINTED QUESTION.
Now you tell them that white
man, you don't know who. carried you
along with him and you and he did the
killing and robbing. Now. when did
you tell the truth; just then or last
Wednesday
Marable remained mute for consid-
cradle time, and not only until he was
threatened by the Court would he
make any reply.
CHANGES MADE.
Then, slowly, and in a low speech
he said Mary Alternately got possess
sion of the money" This reply caus-
| ed quite a calm for few seconds Mr.
| Bernard asked Marable if any one
had told him since yesterday what to
say.
4. Yes, sir.
1t was impossible, however, to get
Marable to tell who told him. He
| would only say that some white folks
told him If ne would put white man
in it and vindicate the women, they
(the men) would free him. Marable
later said that what he had just told
was a lie, and that Pokey Barnes and
Mary Alternately were in it. He made
various statements as to how he
was induced To make the statement
duplicating the white man.
MARABLE PROMPTED.
While Marable was being examined
by the Court one of the jurors report
ed TO his Honor that the witness wa
being winked at and prompted by al
outsider. Upon this Information hi
| Honor had the courtroom cleared
The Court then resumed the examina
tion of the witnesses (Marable), whicl
resulted in his acknowledgement tina
Mary Alternately and Pokey we're con
nected with the murder, and not an
white man. The case was rested here
and Judge Orgain gave the same in
structions to the jury as were given j
the case of Mary Abernathy.
ARGUING AGAINST THE DEFENsELEss.
w. f, Neblett argued the case yer
forcibly, taking the testimony give
and using it very impressively befOr
the jury. Your county has bee
thrown into quite a stir by the atrC
q cious murder of Mrs Pollard, whic
| was the most outrageous crime eve
< perpetrated in the county of LuneI
burg or State of Virginia. Now, whi
!, are you going to do ? If you beliey
solomon, there is no trouble; no nee
: of .hesitancy in finding the prisont
! guilty. Gentlemen, this is a serioI
case and want you to consider we
the value of Marable's testimcn
. which has been so huctuating, but il
y terpreting as / do testimony, there hi
9 been enough to convict her. Some
y her own witnesses corroborated Mar
ble's testimony. She fails by her wi
- nesses to prove an aiibi, therefore
y ask you for a verdict of murder in I'll
= first degree, but if you deem her n
's guilty as charged, then do your dat
and fix her punishment as you 81
best
Court adjourned until O'Clock t
morrow morning.
G. LUNENBURG, @. H., VA via Nj
j. HERRIN, VA, July 20.-At the Sc
sion of the court last night, Mr.. Be
OF nard closed the case of Commonweal
Mt against POkey Barnes, with a stro
~ speech in behalf of the prosecution,
ty | which he stated: "That as deep and
ne lasting as is the interest of Pok
n Barnes interest is as nothing comps
IL ed TO the interest of the Commo
Mt wealth of Virginia. In order TO rea
a a conclusion you have to consider TIN
tn things. First, has the murder be
mt committed? Second, who did the ki
rd ing2 Third, what shall be the mes
so ure of punishment
as The corpus delicti has been unden
or bly, proven. AS to the guilty party
to think it has been clearly proven Il
TO the prisoner at the bar, POkey, is
ng accOmplice in the murder of Mrs. p
Oh lard.
ed MARABLE A LIAR.
OF course Solomon Marable is
ar like George Washington. / am will
to admit that he is a liar about mt
things, but he has never failed to as
ciate the women with this nefari'
as and atrocious crime. Solomon '
ed not as smart as he thought he was