Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-06-27

la Watson. the O'Clock tram came a
nd tho detective and that bright skin y y
,oiOred man got OF the train.
THAT TROUBLESOME DETECTIVE. n
The detective said "He'aw, Pokey IS n
YOU got off7' 1 said, yes they have :
turned me loose, and he said. that L
ought to be down TO Mr.. Pollard's now
and told him l was going down there
Then that cOlOred gentleman said he
wanted TO 90 down to Mr.. Pollard
and was asking the way down there.
told him we were going down there
and he could GO with us. He said ne
would be obliged to us
He went of towards Mrs. Fores
house for something, / don't know
what We went on and just as we got
TO Mr.. Peter Hudson's cOrn-crib
ANOTHER WARRANT FOB BRR.
Mr.. Judy Duffy rode up TO me and
said he bad warrant for me. told
him all right. We went down the road
and Ophelia Watson, Susan Thompson,
and Mary Harris went on through by /
my house. / went with Mr.. Duffy |
down the road and went on To Mr.. Pol
lard house.
Three men overlook us before we
reached MIR. Pollard's. We went on
to Mr.. Pollard's and sat down in the
yard.
They brought Solomon there just
before dark and he raised up there
telling his stories.
SOLOMON BEGINS LYING.
Then they called us in the dining
room at Mr.. Pollard 's-Ellen Gale, my
mother and Solomon Marable. We
stayed in there and they carried Solo
mon out in the porch and we heard
him telling that we killed Mrs. Pollard.
After keeping him as long as they
wanted / think they carried mamma
out there. After keeping mamma out
there awhile, they carried me out
there, and Solomon told the white peo-
pie that we killed Mrs. Pollard and he
, didn't know anything about it more
7 than we and aunt Mary came down TO
, the spring and had our dresses up with
something in our laps and had blood
on our skirts; and then he said Aunt
, Mary had a white bundle in her hand
) he didn't know what it was and gave
him two pieces of paper money, and he
r didn't know how much it was. lie
! asked her where she got it from and
: she cursed aud said it was none OF his
= business where she got it from.
WOULD HAVE TO TELL ALL ABOUT 1T.
. He said if anything should come up
about that money, he would have 10
4 tell all about it Then he said, he went
. towards my house, and myself and
. Aunt Mary Alternately went towards
4 her MARY Abernathy's) house.
o I started TO say something and Mr.
Neblett told me to hush, that / should
4 MT say nothing-he knew did it.
o Then we went back into the dining
, room, and Mr.. Clements and MIR. Neb-
lett asked Mr. Pollard, did he want t'
p save us.
e MR. PoLLARD's ANXIETY.
It Mr. Pollard said "Gadfound it saw,
n them and maybe I'll get my money.
-e Then Mr.. Clements came ton anS
said, "Pokey, when we come for you
d get up and follow :" l told him, yes sir
he Then Mr.. Peter Hudson came after us
and told us to come on and go witt
e. him.
d, was CRYING. didn't want to 60
4? was afraid. I thought they wer
" going TO carry us some where anu XII
4 us.
After was crying and wouldn't e
re he said, Come on, Aunt Mary let
I'd leave Pokey here and they will xii
her" Then l went on with them.
ue EACH AFRAID OF THE OTHER.
Then they carried us on by Mr.. Pol
Dd lard's spring up the hill and then wen
st on down in the bottom and heard som
be people down there and we ran on /
the bushes. They were STOPPING dow
u. and when they heard us, they ra
to away from us and we ran away froT
IS. them. But do not know who the
ut were down there.
n We kept going on all right in tn
bushes and falling in the branches an
IN we crossed the swamp. We kept heal
ut ing people there somewhere, as "
y, crossed road and had gotten over til
" fence.
mt We could see the people ridin
a horses and on bicycles, who were lool
at ing fer us and thought we would CON
xt down that road to the jail, but we di
not go that way but went throught tt
RI woods.
all FELL IN THE WATER.
ri At one place, while crossing a 10
ur we were so scared that all were tryir
ng to cross the log at once, ths log 0rol
and fell into. the water, wetting N
to all over. i got out. / wasn't going
we come out, when mamma begged me
he come out and they pulled me and
came out.
ed was afraid they were going
Ter kill me, and / would rather drov
ri. than for them TO cut me up.
We went on to Lunenburg Jail. This
,rv got close to us two or three tins
ds. They told Mr.. Clements and Mr.. +
to bank if they could not get US, thu
of were going to take them. Mr.. EubaI
EAR said he didn't know where We we
and Mr. Clements said he didn't knC
les where we were that we hadn't been
ay, his charge 1t was dark and we we
~ about twenty yards from them.
on We remained until they got far aw
from US, we were sitting down in t
of bushes. Then we continued our Wi
ng. to Lunenburg @. ii.
TRAMP OF TWENTY-FIVE MILES.
'he We were walking all night, and h
oS gone I believe twenty-five miles. Y
A'u stopped at mars house and th
tried to get some men to go with
liiS but they said they had something
&C. do and couldn't go.
We continued on our way until J
. reached Lunenburg c. III. We sat
the woods until day and the lyncht
- we're sitting out in the road watt
- for us, If we had gone to the jail
fore day, they would have taken
Hce out and lynched u.s.
.N Iheard Mr.. Lucius Pettus say befC
ei1e we left Mr. Pollard's that they wt
ele going to take us out and cat'h us
My the ears and burst our heads agar
the tree, and hang us up over in
tree where Miss Lucy was laying.
was looking right in my face when
o said it
They carried us in Lunenburg j,
ecu and we stayed in jail until about
,o ON O'Clock when they brolght Aunt Nj
, 20 Alternately there2
IN JAIL AT The COURTHOUSE.
D. We stayed in Jail until 4 O'Clock t.
evening. when they hitched up h'