The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-08

I ,,,.s,on .s the deed was found near ,ne ,ne
m ms. ssion Mn blood on the axe ana on the
on the day Of the murder May p"r,ids MD
di5 go 10 Pokey Barnes ho"9yh - affer
~ ~ eo,d about 4 o'clock IN we @ nooa
daE, an. i, comnanv OF Mary Cragneau'
noVn ,,o. .ifts and Ellen Gayle. Iohey
vent from her house nor1n, snS Mr.
llne fences between MT. fofc "'W -
pnilards in the dirccuon Oh - d,r,,'sc,,,,s
-, . yiis' yii'.,,,,,,s "A hen near Mt lhOhlpsoi =,
49, and Ellen Gayle parteu WIN WY" tao t
other women. In the nero a'Vn, p,d naeeed
of which these four women III, noU ,.er"iant
e,,r or tive men were at "oIh l'Hiar.
i -, The four women were syn
ne ne hands as they passed aiohs tlc
..,tro fenath Of the ncld, Whnr eo.,o
,a,fe Mir Thompson s, ana tht W.
l,. lo"air' retsv Ellis and Mary Crashea1'
w .,ccn on their return from .Nl
Tbnmneon's from the time lhey cn.vi.n cnn.',
M Gold Mr. Fore ala not see ny
ana Ellen return at an; H. pd"ay Rarnes'
,,'.iee1 mat he saw POkey ana hlth
when they were near 10 ON on - 80
on their return. and that tht$ ia" 49,
,,,rc ahout three-Quarters OF an hVui.
80 .~o-e-exaninatiOn Ben stated thdt
fhov ffhc hands, had 1eplah'eu Ioul vi vi
live rows OF corn each, Nldt ~ -
,oae about twO-thirds MISSING tnat tic i
land was hard. and they were VhotPnMo
a. i,r and replantiug as they went along
thof the rows were long tsince astei taiii,
va ~ ho 9et vards). and that IL WOuid
t.l,o some time 20 repiant one, perhaps
nearly half an hour. nos' ,o ancomnnt ~ m for
htrecif during the entire time IN Nihch
n was possible for the murneI 10 nay
been committed, except py Eneii 49,, 49,,
t-tie, testified that she went TO sleep
- lst NOT know whore bOkcy went.
she has since stated that she went WIN
pokev until they reached thc oiu eatc
riape at the end OF the lahc ledulHS uP "
mo stable lot. and becoming susplclsous s.s
tbst pokev was going 10 lead nor INTO
.,,tie or I'm other words, going 10
pick up something she ought not, she
iEUon) told her that she was gong DdcA,
ard pokev said: II will come after
~rrbile - After getting OF short dis
fance Ellen looked back ana saw fohey
about half way from the ola gate 10
the corner Of the yard IN tne lane, MaiH- MlIHse
iro slowly up towards Mr.. Pollards
house she waited for Pokey about han
an hour before she came back.
FROM KLLENs OWN LIPS.
Tho committee here states that this last
account bv Ellen was not given to the
iurv. but that one OF our number mas
heard this statement ON TWO separate
occasions from Ellens own lips, ana as
am exclamation of why she did not tell
9u an Tho Vitucss-stand. she stated that
eho vae afraid Of POkey; that fokvy
had already beaten one woman cora
KNIGHT So badly that she died soon aftor,
and uuOn inquiry. the committee nnds
"@h.3 mr. Is strong ground for this state
mont about Cora Knight. Mr.. Pollard
stating that 1t occurred near ms mousse
and that his wife took Pokey away from
Cora. and that Cora died in very snort
time thereafter -,
soon after reaching her house in the
evening of the murder Pokey, IN com
pany WITH Ellen Gayle. Mary Cragneap'
and Betsy Ellis went around the ZEN
ID the gate near where Mary barnes
was at work. aad had a conference Win
her ON NJ. pollard's land, notWlthstahn-
ing she had orders not 20 come on IT,
and POkev was there, near hcr mOthef
Nssrv Barnes after the other women
had left when the alarm was gwen ID.
Mr. Pollard: Ihat fokey i'a ' ne va ro,.ei "i
onmity with Mrs. Pollard was proved
bv p0key's own with ass tSusdh lhoHp-
SOM. who stated on the stahi liat sne
was pres cut some time during tnv pa.
wear. when Mrs. Pollard asked Iokey
while passing her house II she had h9t
been ordered not TO come ON that lann'
adding that she could not nave any ,se
tables for hcr and her children. toheN
replied in very abusive language saying
tnat Mrs Pollard had no land. ana she
would 20 whore she pleased, ana ehutu
nv saving. D. You, II ! had you IN the
road I would shoot you
Now. as 10 Mary Barnes. solomon
stated that she first nroached the sub
ie.t To- him on Friday. a week before the
murder was committed, tnat on Ihurs-
cay she told him TO be al the spring,
30 come again on Friday. mat ne saw
her on Thursday chopping bushes near
the fence south Of the house, tnat she
came 10 the spring Friday. and told him
thov would De ready for him presently;
that hc came mp 10 the back yard ana
saw Mary Barnes give a key 10 Mary
Abernathy. and then 20 through the
house and out at the front gate.
MARY's DENIAL.
Mary Barnes first denied being with
Solomon at Mrs Martha InOmpsOn's on
the Friday before the murder tesiiIying
that she was at Chase city, and had
for witnesses summon n TO prove that
she was there by none Of these, how
ever could she DO So and finally, in con-
Vcrsational style with solomon on the
stand. when be stated that she was there
and ho could 20 and put his finger right
down where both Of them We're sitting
on the well. when she told him about II,
she said. II wasnt there, / was IN the
house canning Strawberries, ana couldn
come out where you were. IN cOmpll-
ance with the agreement between MN
and Mary solomon was al the spring
ON Thursday. but did not, as he had
stated. see Mary chOpping bushes IN 'front.'
OF the house. as Mr.. Pollard testihes thai
she was not there at that WORK until
Friday. ON Friday Mary did 20 TO the
spring at the time stated by Solomon,
She did leave the house "a short time al
ter Mr.. Pollard did. and it Is fact that
pied. person can see through all Of the
three doors of Mr.. pollard's house out
through the front gate. and long DIS
tance ON the road leading out from ms
house. solomon stated that Mary Barnes
said that she would notify Mary Abcr-
nathy and Pokcy Rarnes. II is fact
that she had an opportunity 10 notify
Mary Alternately between 3 and CLOCK,
and that she went TO POkey's house On
that day at midday. \ very strong cir
cumstance against Mary Barnes when
would prove that she did know where
the keys We're kept. is that at 4 o'clock
on the fatal Friday. just before going TO
the field with Mr. Pollard, she applied for
and was given a dose Of spirits of tur-
rentine and camph0r by Mrs Pollard.
The deceased lady got the keys and ad-
ministercd the dose. All of this was tes-
titled 20 before the jury by Mary.
MAEABLE's TESTIMONY
A great deal has been said and written
about Solomon Marablc's testimony. lie
has been called the chief Of liars and
many other hard names. and yet the chief
of lcrs can sometimes tell the truth
under certain circumstances, and men of
brains ought tc De- able 60 separate
truth from falsehOod. Solomon Marable's
testimony yeas undoubtedly credited
% certain extent when given in his
own trial. and he was convicted in
large part upon his own statmeents,
and yet how much stronger is the call
TO he honest and trIthiul when ne is
testifNing in the cese Of the Common
wealth against Mary Alternately? Now,
the Jury have sOlemnly declared that Sol
omon Marable Is guilty OF murder in the
first degree. the punishment of which
but. on the contrary. ho is assured by
the attorneys for the commonwealth and