Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-05-09

where the witness again laid down, as
81 G had a severe headache.
ELLEN, what time did you, Betsy
Ellis and Mary Craighesd leave Pok-
ey's house 2" askC Mr.. SOuthall.
When he got down by the fodder
stacks in MIR. Fore's field the O'Clock
train went along"
THE OLD GATE PLACE
Where is that old gate place you
and Pokey came to 2''
1T is somewhere back of Mr.. Pol
lard's house
"How far is it from the house 2''
81 don't know, but it is not very
far"
"Gid you turn back at the gate
placer"
Yes SIR"
did you see Pokey after you turned
back?''
"Once; she was walking along very
slow IL ii sle sslsie direction 0f il;T 0iiiisTsi ID
house, and had got down in the lane
leading to the stable"
MORE ABOUT THE DRESS.
What kind of dress did Pokey
have on that day2"
81 think it was some kind of an old
blue dress -
Witness said she waited for Pokey al
Mr.. Fore's and Mr.. Thompson's line
fence, in sight of Pokey's house. When
Pokey came back she did not come the
way that she went, but came round
the fence"
"How did she look when she got
back?"
No EvIDENcH or CRIME.
''She looked tolerable warm. Tn,
weather was hot"
"Did you notice anything about he
clothes 2'
"There was one snag in her coat"
why did you turn back?"
Because l knew Pokey was not al
lowed on MIR Pollard's land: and NOR
than that she had taken some nine O
ten chickens, and did not want to g
Through with person like that"
The witness said that in returning Z
Pokey's house they had gone back up
8 nix place in Mr.. Fore's field. They ha
gone that way in order TO be able
cross the branch. The witness did nc
know exactly what time il was whe
they got back to oPokey's house. Sh
Immediately laid down, and stage
there until Betsy Ellis came back frol
Thompson after cherries.
THE WAY THEY WENT.
Betsy stayed there while and the
they walked out together and wei
round the road. When they came net
where Mary Barnes was working in Il
field she called and asked Pokey
bring her some water. Pokey said 81
could mt do it, as she had nothing
bring it in. Witness got Mary buc
ct of water herself.
After the old woman drank, they (
> went away, and when they got not +
! from Pokey's spring they heard t
bell at Pollard's begin to ring.
t THE RINGING OF THE BELL.
Pokey said it was ringing for h
= | mother. Itcontinued TO oring, howev,
: and Pokey said something must be
matter with Mr.. Pollard Pokey tn
ran toward the house, followed by
the hands from Fore's field. Witn'
heard later from Oracle Knight a
Ben Knight that Mrs. Pollard h
= been killed. She then went home.
The witness said she did not think
: took more than half an hour for h
= self and the others to walk from Pt
y ey's house to the place where she a
y Pokey had parted with the others, q
~ thence to the old gate place.
RECESS TAKEN.
u At this point counsel for the defel
= asked that a recess be taken until
70 ter dinner, as Major J II. Derbyshi
who was expected on the 1926 trs
had the statement of this witness 2
O viously sworn to, and they wisl
of to have it before beginning the ere
or examination. This request was acce'
no to. and a recess taken.
p Major j. II. Derbyshire and Mr. HI
k Cardoza arrived on the noon train,
I'll when court reconvened the cross
OF animation of Ellen Gale was at o
d. begun by Captain Wise.
90 LIVING THERE ALL HER LIFE.
ID The witness testified that she
he been living in the neighborhood of
Pollard's 5 house ali of her life. In v
of this statement, Captain Wise m
the point that it was singular that a
lr. living all her life in the neighbour
,er of place she should have been C
mt pletely lost at the old "gate pla
to where she had stated that Pc
ed Barnes left her and went to Mr..
Oh laTd's.
ew
lis TESTING HER ACCURACY.
les Captain Wise then tried the accu
lie, of the witness as to time and dista
go but found that it was almost altOg
spt er guess-work with her, the sun b
dr. her thermometer.
Taking a previous statement mad
her, Captain Wise cross-examined
rigidly as to every point in her test
md ny given this morning.
re-
icy SEARCHING QUESTION.
ess
ook Didn't you tell at Lunenburg
re- house, and didn't you tell two We
before you got to Lunenburg G,
me house, that Pokey Barnes cyas not
ess of your sight one single instant dl
90 the walk that afternOOn?" asked
i'd tain Wise.
-ay. "lf ] did it was because Twas so
afraid of Pokey. She had beat on
man nearly TO death"
Didn't you tell the court and
ted women that Pokey was not out of
be- sight that afternOOn?"
Eyes, did," replied the wit
Iror "but it was because l was so afrs
not Pokey."
kev CONFESSED HERSELF A PERJURoi
use "And so you acknowledge tha