The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-05-02
TIE POEEY BARNES TRIAL.
Thres Sessions Held and sny NumbaT Of
WITNESSES Testify.
THE DEFENCE HAYE The BEST OF IT.
The star witness for tho Prosecution
Admits herself Peri Footsteps
ina the Roadway aud IA Piece oil
Dress Play an Important Fart.

To-day has been most lively and inter-
osting one ga the trial Of Pokey Barnes.
Three sessions were held aud number
OF witnesses examined. The defence so
flr may De said 20 have the best Of the
vr.unont. To-day they forced Alen
Gale. who is star witness Tor the prose-
cltion. 20 confess herself "a pcrjurcr sec
oud only n proficiency to solomon Mar
able.
The main hght Of tho day, however,
was over tho admission of the testimony
of ID. j.. Gregory. VINO stated that he
had measured tracks found in the lane
i.auus 60 Alr. Pollard house, ana thdt
tIr. curlDsI I1udCd 10 tho foot prints OF
IoE.F Barnes ANA Lllcn Gale. Ihc
question llnlcl prot ohei this answer was
temporarily Withdrawn by the prosecu-
t.L Major d. u. perbyshire. and Mr..
Iutl Carloza. Who arrived from Rich
Moul To-day. viii 60 on the stand to-
morsu.r wb.u testimony important TO the
defence Will be brought out. They VIII
return home tomorrow night.
lOhtl THREATENS MRS. POLLARD
Whom court opened the jury were taken
10 tne.rr room. and Judge Crute announced
e1.l0IuIue authorities ho had come To the
conclusion that 10 Was his duty 10 ADMIT
Tie testimony OF Emma Harding, in re-
rlrI to tna Iimcmy between Pokey
Barnes and Mrs. Pollard In the month of
August preceding The murder. Defence
excepted 90 this decision
1.r,mn Harding was then placed upon
tne stand again. ana, IN reply 10 the
iuterropltory as to whether she knew
az anv limculty between Mrs. Pollard
and Pokoy Barnes PRIOR TO the murder
gave the answer reported IN yesterday
lrm.s with "a few variations. ana ei"-
l.ushcd with a. number OF oaths. Ihe
witness said that when Mrs. Pollard re-
rri,.f,d pokey that Mr.. Pollard had for
hicaeu her 20 come on his place, she
replied:
~Vho is oh man Pollard? If he were
4, do rI.at and pay his debts, he wouldn't
nave land enough 10 be buried on
gIe witness also testified that Pokey
said that A. she could catch Mrs. FOL
l,rI out anywhere hcll would be her home.
Nrs Pollard then said'
"Vefv Welt when MIR. Pollard comes
Tonight anu going TO tell him that you
threatened my life.'
TO this the witness said. Pokey replied
that She might tell him, but that she was
poine 10 KIN her. If it was the last thing
She did.
The witness gave I'm her testimony
with croat Notuhhty. 'accentImted by
fhe fact that she stammered badly. and
veucatel each word about three times ON
I'm average. she s. a small woman,
with "a midnight complexion, aud aihict-
el with large Eoitrc. All the time she
was ON the stand the witness was regard
fI bv posey with an air Of extreme dis
Gain.
Examined by JUDGE FLOURNOY.
judge FIounoy took the witness I'm
1and and cr0ss-cXamined her severely,
but she stuck TO her original story with
q good deal of accuracy, although
somewhat d.smayed by the shower of
questions.
Emma said that she had never told any
body about tine quarrel except Mr.. Rus
sci at the tan ward. Tho only time she
mentioned the matter afterwards was 10
-ir. H. G.. Gregory after she was sum-
m0nei 10 bee a witness in the case. She
lad gone 90 AIR. Gregory's house, She
said. and bad told him all about 1t. This
happened. she said. about a week ago.
"Why did you go 20 Mr. Gregory's?'
asked Judge Flournoy.
con this point the witness was hard 10
handle. She fought in every possible
way against ansW ring the question. say
iue that alc went there ON a visit. Judge
llouu0y ph-r her with questions as 10
why she went. and finally asked her the
direct que non.
"Uid Mr. Gregory send for you?'
The witness after a slight pause, ac-
kuoWlcdeel that her brother Albert had
brought her a note from Mr.. Gregory
She gathered from the note. she said,
that Mr. Gregory wanted to see her
but lil NOS know what he wanted with
her. After she got to Mr.. Gregoy's,
she said. ho asked her what had passed
on the occasion of the quarrel. She told
him. and ne had her summoned as
witness
Captain Cuicon then took the witness
in hand and succeeded In making her
contradict herself in q number OF particu-
Jars. st the close of her examination
Captain Wise moved to strike out her tes-
timo1y. This motion was oyerruled and
counsel for defence entered an exception.
COUSIN SUSAN.
Susan Thompson, repeatedly referred 90
by the previous WitnesA as The Cousin
Susan" Who had accompanied her on her
vl.lt 10 her fathers house on the day that
The aIleecd difficulty took place between
Pokey aud Airs. Pollard. was next placed
on The stand. She testified that she had
been present at the dimculty which oc-
CURED between Mrs. Pollard and Pokey.
aud that 1t had happened during August
previous To- the murder.
Susan said that Mrs Pollard had asked
pokey whether .ho had not been told TO
stay on the place. ana accused her OF
stealing vegetables from the garden.
Pokey replied that this was a lie; that she
had newer been 10 the garden and taken
her vegetables She said she would give
Mrs Pollard some vegetables II she came
90 her house. The witness said that the
two Quaweled for some time, and Tokey
began 20 foam az the mouth
'Den." said Susan. Il walked of, cause
= was Sick and Quarl'ng 'sturhs me. Now.
date do trpfc. and nothing but de trufc.
nut few new facts We're elected from
this witness under cross examination. she
contrldictcd the statement Of the previous
witness however. who stated that there
had been no conversation concerning the
difficulty with Mrs Pollard as they walk
90 along thc road just after Il occurred.
Susan said that sao had upbraidcd Pokey
for being so rough 90 NrL Pollard, and
that pokov had admitted having been too
severe saving that she knew hct temper
was too hlgh apd she often said things
sho onght NOT 10 say. Tho witness said
that Fokey laughed the matter OF, and
no more was said about b..
oid Susan gave hcr testimony in calm.
deliberate fashion. 10 correspondcd in
many respects with NAT OF Emma Hard
ins. With the exception that Susan had
rct heard iokoy make any fpeclhc threat
against AIRS. Pollard's life.
ELLEN GALE.