Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-04-24

| came on back from Mr.. Robertsons' anu
s,har che qot To me she said. Was that
vou Mary, | saw coming In the gaIes
and I said, Yes marm.' Then we wen,
| and sat on Mr.. Pollard's porch anu
talked awhile. and Mr.. Pollard sent May
| Barnes TO the spring for bucket 0,
water She brought 1t back ana hanaeu
some around. "a
"Mr. Pollard then told Mary Barnes "
bring in some stove wood, and wniie shs
was doing IL he got his shower from uiiue.
the porch and got his horse. ~, her
went off he told Mary Barnes to get her
hoe and follow him when she got throusn
bringing in wood She left short while
! after he did" ..,.
"How long did you stay after sne ieit'
Not minute, hardly. 80,
"What was Mrs. Pollard doingF
"sewIng buttons on Mr.. Polards pants
The last talk had with Miss Lucy was
my saying I was thinking OF going over
| TO Mrs. Thompson's, and she toid me 70
| give her love TO Cousin Martina ana th'
children" -.
"Who was at the house when you got
| homer"
| my children" 49,,
'What did you do when you got there!
~ made the children bring me the Dig
chair that l always used and my neeule
and thread, and j fixed Wilson's pants
and patched some dresses"
when did you hear of the murder?'
HEARD THE BELL H..
81 heard Mr.. Pollard ringing the bell
and hollering, and Wilson said: You all
! keep still: / think that Is the boss he
listened, and said, That's him; I'm
going up there 10 see what's the matter
| He went on and followed him. When /
| got half way TO the house l met Wilson
coming back. He said. Some one has
| killed ole Miss / said: Lord; that
amt so surely
"Who was the first person that you
talked WITH"
Il did not have any talk with anybody
until night, when the people gathered
and they quizzed me and Pokey."
who quizzed you?"
81 think IL was Mr.. Gregory, Mr..
| Clements and Mr. Eubank."
when were you arrested"
mir. Pollard told me and Aunt Mary
| Barnes not to go away. and we sat up all
night in the yard with the corpse. In
the morning a place was fixed In the lit
tie room and the body was Kept there
until 8 or 9 o'clock"
Where were you all day Saturday."
AT Mr.. Pollard's, until they got ready
TO take us TO Mr.. Gregory's."
did you converse with Mrs. ClementsY
"Yes, sir; wanted to walk out. and l
asked her to go with me. AS we were
walking she asked me did / know who
killed Mrs. Pollard. 1 said did not"
TALK WITH MRS. CLEMENTS.
Mary here said that she asked Mrs.
| Clements II she and Pokey would not be
turned loose II they caught the man who
got Mr.. Pollard's money Mrs. Clements
said she did not know. Mary stated that
| she told Phil. Watson that when she left
| Mrs. Pollard's porch she saw man
| going out to the big road, but thought no.
thing of It, She said nothing else. She
went home by the road. Witness did not
| remember ever TO have had a conversation
with II. A. White. She did recollect
! having had a talk with Mrs. Thompson.
! She said Mrs Thompson said TO her that
whoever killed Mrs. Pollard ought TO be
| hanged, to which she (witness) assented.
She admitted clapping her hands and
| thanking God when she heard, while at
Mrs. Clements's, Of the arrest Of the
rascal who got Mr.. Pollard's money. She
asserted that she told all she knew upon
the occasion OF the magistrates examina-
ton. She admitted going down to the
Reaches after she had been discharged
/
promised Rachael Wrenn some cabbage
plants. and wished to make a general
round of visits before Wilson called heI
to the corn-field. Rachael Wrenn is Will
sons sister.
s'Did YOU have any conversation with
Phil. Watson, or any one else, about
Mrs. Pollard's eggsY
II never said anything about eggs. nc
more than what ] saiG to Mrs. Pollard
| Ny little puppy followed me TO the house
| and went TO a GOOD and scared hen
Miss Lucy then asked me IL he would
suck eggs. 1 told Der l did not think
he would"
'Did you tel Phil. Watson that?"
II told him that. If 1 told him any.
thing about eggs"
Did you fail of the sill at Mr.. Pol
lard's corn-house?'
mo sir 1 did not fall off anywhere
I had been lying down fat all day."
'Mr. Gregory said he searched your
house and you were with him. Whai
day was that?"
Late Saturday evening"
what did they search?'
"a large box that l kept my bed
clothes In. l took out everything and
told them TO look, that they were wei
come TO search
Mary" said Mr. Flournoy, impressive
~. II want you to say plainly TO tbs
Jury whether you had anything to dc
with the murder OF Mrs. Pollard"
AN EMPHATIC DENIAL.
mo, sir: no, SIR" replied Mary. vehe-
mently; IT don't know nothing abou
1t. and l did not have anything to do
with Il, and" she continued, II nevei
saw a cent Of money In Solomon's hand!
except / cent in Petersburg and h
gave that to a gentleman TO buy him G
stick of candy. 1 never had my hand
on Miss Lucy CMrs. Pollard since Chris
redeemed me before 1 helped to shrouc
her"
Mr.. Southall then took the witness n
hand and endeavored to find out the dis
lance from her house to Jesse Wrenns
She could give him no satisfaction, how
ever, beyond saying 1t was a "loni
ways"
How long since you had been there?'
asked Mr.. Southall.
About twelve months"
"What made you go there Just at tn
time when the neighborhood you left wa
stirred up over a MURDER
'They told me / was free and could g
where wished to, and wanted to vis
up there"
vour little child when you got home tn
evening of the murder?"
81 did not"
"What did the child say when you &c
there?'
Mr. Wise: ] object.
} The matter was referred to the Judg'
who allowed the question. The defenc
excepted. and Mary Alternately then II
piled:
II don't know. l did not pay any al
tention 10 the child. II she said any