Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-03-21

Clemmons who bought the corn OF Mr..
Pollard on the day Of the murderf
Il am the man. sir"
(which got 10 the house firs'-you
or Mr.. Pollard7"
"Nr. Pollard was in the field plough
ing as l approached, and as soon as he
saw me coming he unhitched his mare
and went To the house 20 meet me-"
How long were you at The house
getting the corn2"
about an hour and a quarter, or an
hour and q half"
Ibid YOU sse The body OF Mrs Pol
lard ct that timer"
81 did not. sir
Did you GO hack TO Mr.. Pollard s |
house that night2"
Yes, sir; Mr.. Pollard sent for me-"
the wouDds?"
Yes. sir
SIS there any elevation OF wr Pol
lard'r yard. from the gate?" asked ,
Mr.. Franklin.
mo, sir"
lis there any decsnt7''
III anything there is a very slight
defcent toward the house
Mr.. Lancaster: Did you see the boz
dy of Mrs Pollard while you were
getting the corn7"
"No."
Gould you have seen it from where
you were?"
81 don't know"
"Did you ever see Marable or any
! OF the prisoners at the house of Mr..
Pollard2"
81 nave seen Mary Barnes there, but
none OF the others"
THAT body could have been seen
j from the gate could it not, Mr.. Glenn
q mons2"
o Yes, sir. 1t could have been seen
v by person standing i'm the gate or in
" the wagon, il he had been looking that
% way. 1 turned to the left and drove
n around to the courthouse.
l. There was enough grass or weeds
y between the gate and the body tt
Y have obscurediit, was there"
IF there had been, one could no
r have seen it, sir"
att MIR. Southall: Mr.. Clements, Mr.
Or Pollard has testified that as soon as h.
3. found the body. he rang the bell dit
IN you hear the bell7"
I'd Yes, SIR"
o "How far had you gotten from tn
T. house when you heard the bell?'
ev -Four hundred and seventy yards
" Mr.. Franklin: How many times di
IN you hear the bell ring7"
~ II only heard it once; it rang sever
N al times.'
60 Mr.. Gregory was then recalled an
az in answer to questions prOpounded b
Mr.. Southall he said that it was nine
ty-seven yards from the south gate {
the Pollard place to the place wheI
the body was found. The witness ws
IN then asked IL he was present at III
Lunenburg court when Solomon Mars
ok BILE was tried. and replied in the affi
native.
m How was Solomon Marable place
I'D ON the stand?"
HE was not placed on the stan
but went on voluntarily. The Judl
NJ especially told him that it was m
compulsory upon him to testify in
own behalf 1 think the Commo
,e- wealth's Attorney advised him TO tn
lid effect Also"
Now, Mr. Gregory, repeat to tn
jury as. nearly as you can just tn
ut Solomon Marable testified TO upon b
iid own trial, not what he said while ;
the stand during the investigation
to the cases of either of the women
nv. eve object" interposed Mr.. Fran
inn lin for the defendant The objecti'
made was argued briefly. Counsel Z
nee the Commonwealth claimed thst TIT
bv had laid the foundation for this test
for mony, and the court admitted it, al
md lit was regarded as big victory (
,es- the prosecution.
the Wilson Alternately. husband of Ma
Alternately, was then called. and N
Southall asked him when he saw Sol
mon before the murder. wilson /
gan his testimony on this point by 50
en- ing that it " as on the day before {
TO killing, when he was lying down up
Ible the ground within sight of Mr.. p
hat lard s spring, with his feet to de mol
on an head to the south"
TO This expression caused consideral
lay laughter, which was checked by {
the Judges gavel.
hat