The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-03-17

was trying 10 make out tht he I'D seen
the body. -,,
II didn't see it," he said; Il was in such
a hurry TO wash my hands and get 70
the corn-nouse TO open the door for MI
Clements that ! didn't look. might
have seen here. if 1 had looked, but 1
tell you | didn't look
He COULDN'T SEE THE BODY
Mr.. Williams kept Mr. Pollard In a state
of considerable cxcitemnt for seNeral mini
utes by cross-QuestiOning him IN iesaIu
TO whether he could have seen the BODY
from the front gate.
Now Mr.. Pollard he said' you nave
accused The Times of spot king falsely
in saying that you could have seen 'ne
body from the gate. Have you ever stooh
i'm that gate since 10 see Whethtr lhe p'u4
would ha e been visible
a. No; ] never have
Several plots were submitted to Mr. Pol
lard. published m both The Times ana
Dispatch. but he pronounced them an
deiectte. A man standing back OF inc
house he said. could look through Tie
house and mp the road.
Mr. Pollard was then told 10 stand aside
and Captain Frank vs.. Cunningham took
the stand.
M. southnu. Captain Cunningham
did Marable ever make a confession %
you tfat he I'D killed Ais. EQilard,
4. He did,
Q. Did you offer him any induccment
TO make this confession?
A. None IN the world. except 10 ten
him that he would be better off in the
sight Of Go if he told the whole truth.
! told him thought ne had been lying
from the jump. and that it would be bet
Ter for him TO make a clean breast Of
II.
Mr.. franklin here said that he did not
think confession wrung from the pris-
Oner by threats should be admitted as
evidence.
Captain Cunningham: II the Judge will
permit, ] will tel the whole circum-
stances of the case.
JUDGE CRUTE ASKS 4 QUESTION.
Judge Crute here asked Captain cum
ningham If he had made any threats or
held out any offer OF reward 10 Marablc.
To this Captain Cunningham replied that
he had not. and Judge Crute decided that
the confession was voluntary.
Captain Cunningham narrated the cir
cumstances Of the case. and said that me
had only told Marable that ii confession
would rebound 20 his spiritual welfare,
and not TO his temporal good.
Captain Cunningham said that while
taking Marable 10 the grand jury room,
by order of Judge Orgain, TO make his
confession. Marable had whispered i'm his
ear:
Il didn't kill Mrs. Pollard, but holt
her while the women killed her with the
axe"
Captain Cunningham then took him into
the grand jury room and said. Gentle
men. this man held Mrs. Pollard while
she was killed with an axe. i leave him
with YOU"
CAPTAIN Cunningham said he had held
several conversations with Marable while
at Lunenburg Courthouse. and that he
had impressed him as being man of
cunning and a very big liar. lie had
heard him make five or six different
statements to the jury. In regard to these
statements Captain Cunningham said
that he had on various occasions charged
the murder to each one separately OF the
three women-Mary Abcrnaihy, Mary
Barnes. and Pokey Barnes. lie also made
another statement charging the murder
TO some man named Thompson, whose
first name he could not remember or did
not know.
II. c. GREGORY.
This concluded Captain Cunninghams
testimony. and Mr.. III. c. Gregory, of
Lunenburg, was pat on the stand lie
gave a description OF the wounds thal
had caused Mrs. Pollard's death thai
corresporded with that given by Mr.. Pol
lard Her throat, he said, was badly
bruised. evidently by the grasp OF "a
mans right hand. He did not examine
her wrists.
Mr.. Gregory is the surveyor who made
q plot of the Pollard lot, and he testified
in reply 10 questions from Mr.. Southal
that the left gate-post and left door-post
of the front door Were exactly on line.
The body could have been seen from the
gate. he testified, and would have been
visible until person coming In the gate
and going up the walk got halt way 70
the house. The grass, he supposed. was
about eight inches high, and somewhat
hid the body
lie had had q few conversations with
Marable. but from these he was satisfied
that he was person Of very little mind.
Mr.. GREGORY said he knew nothing about
the money-had never seen IT.
JENNIE WOOTEN on THE STAND.
Jennie Wootcn (colorod). OF Chase City.
was the next witness. She said she saw
Solomon Marable at her mothers resi-
dcnce on the morning following the muir
der. when he got his breakfast al her
mothers restaurant.
Mr. southall: Did he pay for It?
a. Yes. sir
Q what Kind of money did he pay
for II with?
A. Twenty-dollar bill.
The witness said she got the note
changed at the Chase City Bank. and
gave Solomon three fives, three ones.
two ffty-cent pieces. and two quarters.
o. Did he have any more money?
A. Yes, sir: VIXEN / gave him change
he took another twenty-dolIar bill out OF