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VOL. XII. NO. %.
GIVE CREDIT TO WHOM IT'S DUE

Dedicated to John Mitchell, Jr., in his
efforts Tor the "Lunenburg Pris-
oners."
One struggles oft within this life
To 40. what he thinks is best.
Though oppositions great and strong
His pathway have possessed.
'Tis well to say go on my boy,
A crown in the end awaits YOU.
But in this life, one likes to get
The credit he knows is due.
Some toll along from morn till night
With naugLt in mind but pay:
Others work with no incentive, save
That Right may have fair play.
The hrst but gets his hard earned
mite,
And little pleasure too;
While he that tolls with motives
higher,
Gets seldom e'er his due.
Many there be, that will not strive
For aught but selfish end;
Where one will place at stake his all,
His fellowman to defend,
Their every effort is TO down
This one, that has in view
The right and justice which are ours ::
And keep from him his due.
They will not see intended good
Though plain, as the stars above ::
They cannot count for human acts
By the rule of measurement-Lov
But look for sinister purposes,
And examine through and through
'JO pick flaw or defect;
And rob one OF his Que.
When rejoicing is given people
AS we are having TO day;
To see that Justice made demands.
And Virginia is on the way
To heights, where first she placed
her foot,
And held the lead so true;
We are proud to note who's in the
van,
And give him the credit that's due
All praise TO him, who has thus stood
Inspite of all that's said;
Has neither time nor talent spared
And saved ONE from the dead -
Upon his brow let's place the wreath
Inscribed with Tried and TRUE
Thus let him feel people gives
To him, the credit that is due
]. ANDREW BOWLER.
May 9, 1895.
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To the Public.

The place for the rich and the poor,
Federal Street Market, is where I pur-
chase my groceries. You can take
small amount of money and spend it
in such a way as to have a big dinner,
and then have cake and cream. Why
don't you know he has opened an Ice
,ream Saloon, and dispensed with the
wines and liquors. You can take your
wife or best girl there and sit and chat
with ease and comfort. 1t is so quiet
and nice in there now, and he is so po-
lite and courteous. Come. will show
you the place,
ANDREW AARoNsoN, Ag't,
lst and Federal SITS.
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Only two weekly papers in
Virginia have credit for so
large a regular issue as is ac-
corded to the RICHMOND PLAN
ET and the publishers of the
American Newspaper Direc-
tory will guarantee the accu-
racy of the circulation rating
accorded to this paper by a re-
ward of One Hundred Dollars
payable to the first person who
successfully assails it.
Geo. P. Rowell's Newspaper Direc-
tory.
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Baccalaureate Sermon.

Rev. Harvey Johnson, D. D., of Bal
timore. Md, preached the baccalau-
reate sermon at the Virgins Nor nal
and Collegiate Institute, Petersburg,
Va, Sunday, May 10th at 4 o'clock.
The chapel was crowded with very
appreciative audience. At night, Rev.
j. @. Harris addressed the Y. NJ. @. A.
Much practical advice was given the
young men.
The final exercises of the school took
place on the 18th inst.
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strong plea in behalf of the men of the
city. Blue is ahead, yet the Orange
says that the blue must eat the crack
ers and cheese.
Rev. r o Johnson, pastor of Moore
st. Bapt. Church will explain the SOn-
day School Lesson to-day 5 80 p M
Meeting in the Jail Sunday IL A. M.
Boys meeting Sunday p M.
True Reformers' Hall. Special ad-
dress by Mr. Thomas Hewin. Solos by
Mr.. w. B. Richardson of Duluth
Mimi, and Mr. Thomas Crump. Free
to all men, Come
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Mary Alternately, Mary Barnes and
Pokey Barnes did it, and if he did not
that he would shoot your petitioner as
soon as he could catch him. The two
then separated The next morning
which was Saturday, your petitioner
went to Chase City, which was about
five miles away. He bought break
fast from colored woman, who sent
her daughter out with one of the pieces
of money given petitioner by Thomp-
son 10 get it changed, the same being
a twenty dollar note.
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NOTICE

Memorial Exercises at our cemeter-
les near Barton's Heights on Whit
Monday, May 25th at O'Clock P. NJ.
Rev. ]. II. Brice, orator. Singing un-
der the direction of Prof. conway
Reid. The military and civic societies
and the public generally are invited to
attend.
Committee Robert McNaughton,
VIM. Mundin, s. K. Travers, Rev.
Thomas Hewlett.
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When Mary Alternately was put upon
her trial your petitioner was put on
the stand as a witness, and, still under
the domination of the terror with
which he had been inspired, your Pc
titioner told the same story and she was
also convicted.
On a succeeding day, Pokey Barnes
was put on trial. Your petitioner be-
ing then convicted, and feeling that
there was no hope for him determined
that he would tell the truth about it.
Being put upon the stand as a wit
ness in said Pok6y Barnes case, your
petitioner narrated the facts as he has
stated them in this petition.
THREATENED BY LuCIUs PETTUs.
Whilst testifying to these facts, the
aforesaid Lucius Pettus, who was
squatting on the floor within three or
four feet of your petitioner, winked at
your petitioner in a threatening way
" " ;ss;.s SC ;f;;::s .
it on Mary Alternately ana Pokey
Barnes" Your petitioner was aOain
terrorized 10y this mans threatening
demonstrations, and he took the state
ment back as he had made it, and
made the statement anew that impli-
Gated the three Negro women, and
Pokey Barnes, also was convicted and
sentence to be hanged. Your petition
er had told Capt. Frank Cunningham
and Mr.. Nehlett, the Commonwealth
Attorney, the true story of the crime
as herein set forth, before he went "a
the court room to testify in Posey
Barnes case.
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A New Addition.

The establishment OF Mr.. A. Hayes,
Funeral Director, has been reinforced
by the addition of new carriage. 1t
is the latest in the city, an article of
beauty. 1t is open to engagements for
ball, parties, funerals etc. Give him a
call -524t-
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THAT THREATENED LYNoHINa.

Later he heard they were going to
"white cap" all the colored people
around until they made some confess
who had murdered Mrs Pollard. Bis
wife said she was going to her uncle's
not far away. and your petitioner went
part of the way there with her Next
morning Sunday your pc itioner and
his wife determined that they would
go to their former home, in North Car
olina, and they started off by way of
Chase City Going through that place
your petitioner stopped to buy some
thing to eat, while his wife walked on
down the railroad. When ne started
to overtake her, he heard shouting be-
hind him, and looking back he saw
several white men coming iowa, d S
him and calling out, ''stop that man %
They frightene your petitioner very
much aud he commenced to run. The
men pursuing him fired several shots
and thereby greatly increased his
alarm. Your petitioner ran to the
woods and thereby escaped his pursu
afS
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NOTIOEI

am an agent of the New York and
New Jersey Pilot, New York Age.
Kicnmond PLANET, Petersburg Re
corder, indianapolis Freeman and also
the Colored American, aud all other
southern papers can be gotten at 244
West 47th St., New York City.
E. BAaLRY,
Porter and Agent.
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A Gard of Gratitude.

Many, many thanks to my members
and warm friends of the Third Str. ct
Baptist Church for their great kind
ness to me. May God b'ess you all ,
through life, and at last give you a
seat with Abraham. Isaac and Jacob.
Respectfully your pastor,
w. E. NASH.
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THAT TELL TALE LETTER.

Your petitioner then got Mr.. Clark
to write a letter to William Henry
4darable at Finneywood, in which your
petitioner inclosed five-dollar note
and he asked MIR. CLARK TO sign the
letter Oliver Marable, and he got Mr.
Clarke TO register the same, and it was
received through the mail at Finney-
wood and was in evidence. On Satur-
day evening your petitioner returned
to his home and was told by has wife
that she had been badly scared, that
a number of white smen with pistols,
had been there during the day and had
said they wanted your petitioner for n
witness ab Out Mrs. Pollard's murder.
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Notice.

l desire the voters Of Jackson Ward
to know that have withdrawn my
name as candidate for the council, and
more over 1 am with the regular Re-
publican Organization.
PETER A. MARTIN.
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Do You want to Borrow MOney9

Do you want to borrow moneyY If
SO call on WEST-END REAL ESTATE
COMPANY, No. 221 w. Broad St.
Money loaned on real and personal
property, rents collected, houses built
on easy monthly payments. Money
advanced on rents.
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Mrs. Pollard saw his shadow and
backed out oI the door and towards
your petitioner, wSo caught her by her
haIIds from behind. Thompson then
came up TO Der and asked her. DO you
know me ?" She said. "You are a
white man." Then he asked her how
long Mr.. Pollard had been back He
then said, Il cam here TO kill him but
can't get a chance at him, and i will
kill YOU" and he struck her on the
head with an axe helve. holding the
blade of the axe in his hand. As he
was about to strike her, petitioner let
her so and started of Thompson
said, Where in the hell are you 60
ing" and l said, Nowhere Thomp-
son struck Mrs. Pollard three times
with the helve, and she fell to the
ground, and Thompson then struck
her with the axe and killed her.
ROBBED THE HOUSE.
He then made your petitioner go
with him into the house, and he OPEN
ed some thugs and took money out of
one of the places which ne put into his
pocket. He then made your petition
er go away with him, and when they
had reached the forks of the road he
gave the petitioner two pieces of paper
money, telling him not to spend any of
it about there. but to go to Chase City,
and write letter to himself, your pc
titioner, and register it, signing il by
the name of your petitioners brother,
Oliver Marable, in which some of the
money was to be put, and. direct it to
the local post-otfice Finneywood, near
where they then were, at which place
he was the postmaster.
TO CHARGE THE WOMEN WITH THE CRIME.
He then told your petitioner If he
was asked about the murder, to say
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PROCLAIMED HER INNooENT.
Never Such A Scene in virginia's History.

[Richmond, Va, DAILY TIMFs
Probably never was the dignity of
conscience innocence more strikingly
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3RD ST. BAPTIST CHURCH.
A Double Anniversary And Annual Re,
port.

Last Lords day will long be
remembered by the pastor and
members and friends Of the Third st.
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Richmond Steam Laundry, 318
n. 7th st. Motto: Fine Work. G. W.
Bragg, proprietor. Phone 1908.
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The following letter from Aunt Mary
explains itself:
Mary Abernathy's Letter

LYNoHBuRo, Va, May 10, 1896
Nr John Mitchell.
Dear Friend Your kind let er
came to hand and it afforded me much
pleasure co hear from you.
L know you will do the best you can
for me l am getting along nicely,
treated alright. The baby is improv-
ing little
Give my love to Pokey and tell her
to write to me. Give my best love to
Rll of my friends / am living in hopes
of a better future, knowing that am
innocent l trust the Lord to bring
me out safely Hoping to hear from
you again soon.
j am as ever,
Your loving friend,
MARY ABERNATHY
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WHERE HE WAS ARRESTED.

Your petitioner being now fright
ened almost to death, remained in the
woods, and at the houses of different
Negroes between Chase City and Five
Forks until Tuesday morning, when a
party of white men. armed with guns
and pistols, came up with him and ar
rested him. Soon after they arrested
him, they were Joined by Mr. Lucius
Pettus. half brother of Dave Thomp-
son. The men who had arrested your
petitioner told him that he had better
make a confession or he would be hung
before they got to Mr.. Pollard's house
and your petitioner, thinking that Lu-
cius Pettus knew about it and would
have your petitioner killed if he did
not say what Dave Thompson had told
him to say, told them that Mary
Alternately and Pokey Barnes killed
Mrs. Pollard, while he held her and
that Mary Barnes had been a party to
the conspiracy to kin her.
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For Fine Laundry Work, call on tn,
the Richmond Steam Laundry, 3l8 n
7th st Richmond, Va.
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noys' MEErtN

4P.M., last sunday. Master Eddie
Ellis conducted the meeting. A good
was present and much interest
manifest d.
The captains OF the contest stepped
to the front last Sunday and made a
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MEETING IN ThE JAIL.

Chairman V. l.. Hawkins was fou nd
at his post of duty last Sunday Is.ern-
ing in the city jail. lie reports that
the meeting was very Impressive.
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THE WOMEN ARRESTED.

Your petitioner was carried to Mrs.
POllard's fouse and the three Negro
women were arrested and brought
there when the coroner was holding
an inquest. Quite a number of per-
sons collected there, perhaps four or
five hundred, and your petitioner
heard that all of the prisoners were
going to be lyrched. Late in the even
ing, Mr.. Clenients, the constable, who
had the prisoners in charge, smuggled
them out of the back door in charge of
four or five boys and they we're got to
the woods and marched by by-ways
and through the woods all night to the
jail at the courthouse. Mr.. Clements
to put the crowd of with
one excuse and another until the pris-
oners could be lodged in the Jail.
When your pc titioner was put upon
his trial, the confession he lad made
was proved, and be was convicted
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The facts in this case have been pub
lished and another presentation of
Solomon Marable's remarkable con-
fession made two days before he was
to be led to the gallows will be especi-
ally interesting to our readers.
The case of Mary Abernathy will be
taken to the Supreme Court, where all
of the legal ability of the able attor-
news will be exercised
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Y. M. GA.
Visit to the Penitentiary-M in the
Jail.

A committee of ladies from the La
dies Auxiliary in company with our
General Secretary visited the peniten-
tiary last Sunday morning. As usual
the officers OF the prison made US well
come. We found Mary Barnes and
Kemp well aud still trusting in the
Lord who will always care for them
who love him. Mary Barnes was very
grateful to the ladies for their visit al
so to them for the plums and flowers
She said that she had just been look
ing out in the yard at the flowers from
behind the bars and wished that she
had some. he flowers are so sweet
she said and / am so glad 20 see you
all. Pray for me Come again.
ko.sese ..l.S - - ~s>l ..
few wild honey-suckeDs we're placed in
his hand with their beauty and fra
GRANGE, which carried his mind back 20
the days which he Had spent in the
woods looking for wild flowers. How
are the boys" said he; are they still
praying for me2"
l am now assigned p regular task
After some kind words of advice we
parted.
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Under which Solomon slept the
his overalls.
by EDITOR ALitehen from photographl
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A HISTORY OF TIE CRIME.

On Friday, the I4th day of June, 1895
Mrs, Lucy Jane Pollard, wife of e. S.
Pollard, a citizen Of Lunenburg county
Va, was murdered at her home. in
said county. Your petitioner witness
ed the said murder, and was an unwill-
ing and partial actor in it in the fol-
lowing way:
At the time of said murder, your pc
titioner was employed as a laborer at
Sne saw-mill of Herbert Thompson,
near by the residence of the said e s.
Pollard. On the said 14th day of June,
while going from place called Fort
Mitchell, near by there to said saw
mill, your petitioner came upon one
David Thompson, a brother of said
Herbert Thompson, white man, who
lives in the same neighborhood, in the
public road. Thompson said good
morning, to which your petitioner re-
piled Good morning." He said +,
Where are you going?" said, to the
sawmill."
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SHE HORRIBLE MuRDER.

house as it is approached from the
spring.
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DREW A PISTOL ON HIM.

He said, No you amt, you got to GO
with me" and he drew pistol and
said, come up beside me-" He said !,
DO you know anybody around Mr..
Pollard So" 1 said. Yes; Aunt Mary
Barnes has been working there" He
said, '1s that all2" ! said, Aunt Ma
ry Alternately has bean working on the
place and Pokey Barnes lives on the
line fence" He said, That's all I
want to know. Come and go with me
now" (The three persons named are
Negro wOmen)
The two went near to Pollard's house
and stopped behind an old broken down
house on the spring branch little dis
tance below the spring where Thomp-
son said he had quarrel with old
Pollard and was going to kill him
After remaining there a short time
Thompson ordered your petitioner to
look ont and see what he could. Your
petitioner did so and saw the Negro
woman.
SHE CANE TO THE SPRING.
Mary Barnes, coming down the hill
from the house with bucket, and he
re ported this to Thompson Shortly
after Mary Barnes returned to the
house. your petitioner reported this to
Thompson; that he heard some one up
about the house halloOing at a horse.
After remaining some twenty or thirty
minutes where they were, Thompson
said, Come on now with me-" and he
went up the hill toward the house. He
said he was going to make a noise at
the back door, and if any one came out
petitioner was to catch him or her and
hold him or her. We went to the back
door, and Thompson knocked on it.
Mrs. Pollard came to the door. and
as she did so, Thompson moved
towards the right hand side Of the
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CHANCELLOR MITCHELL
REELECTED.
The Order in Prosperous Condition.

PYTHIAN CASTLE, RICHMOND LODGE, No,
/, K. of p. ALP & Ala North THIRD
st. TUESDAY MAY 12, '96.
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Condensed Teatimoux.

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Mrs. Hemming, 222 E. 25th St. Chi
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a. q. U. W.
nIAMOND LODGE No. 1, meets nrst and
- thfrd Tuesday evenings each month IN
,Wyman Block, Douglas avenue. WISHING
brethren are cordially invited.
y. ThoRNHILL, N. W..
GEO. W. NoyEe. Recorder
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The Darlington, Wis, Journal says
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Are you baldp Is your clothing co

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X. of r.
EvL DORADO LODGE NO. l, meets at their
1IUastle Hall in the clement block. corner
81 sixth street and Grand avenue, over the
san Miguel National Bank, every Thursday
evening. Visiting members Of the order are
R. Q. LARIMoRn. O. O..
1EAGLE TEMPLE, No. /, Rathbone Sis
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4 NJ. r. WILLIAMS, ME-. n.
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Beautiful Places Of Retreat for
the Health and Pleasure
Seeker.
Aqua Clara Resort.

The Aqua Clara resort 10 situated about
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