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liz anything out OF the store. / washed
and irOned sor seven in family, milked
three COWS and COOK ed for Mr.. Fore one
month for $3.50 per month and board
i stopped and w. mt home, but did the
washing, being allowed Isl .00) one dol
lar per month and board.
On Friday, June l4th, 1895, the day
OF the murder l got up at day-break
and got breakfast for Ben Knight. /
then went back to bed and got up
again when the sun was | think about
an hour high.
CARRYING CLOTHES To FORT MITCHELL.
had finished ironing Thursday even
ing packed the clothes and carried
them on TO Fort Mitchell. AS / was
going OF across the railroad at Fort
Mitchell, / heard Mr.. Schoiield talking
Thought / saw Solomon Marable.
think Uncle Nelson Bruce was loading
the car at the back of the depot. i
went into MIR. Fore's house. Mr.. and
Mrs. Fore were there. / sat the
clothes down He asked me what the
hands were doing down on the field. !
told him they were cutting bushes and
were putting it over the tobacco.
THOSE MISSING BRREcnEs.
Then Mrs Fore commenced count
| ing the clothes, while / stood there at
the side of the bed / told her that
| there was a pair of Mr.. Fore's pants
which hadn't brought.
She told me that she had two more
pair that she anted me to carry down
for her and have a crease on the knee.
told her / would She gave them to
me, and / rolled tn IN up in buggy
robe. i laid them in the hall on the
machine. She said "Poley, l want you
l to scrub some for me. You can scrub
today or tomorrow, either you want"
/ told her / would scrub for her Satur-
day. ! was tired. / did not feel like
scrubbing that day. told her To let
the pants lay there until l came back
l was going up TO Ellen's while.
GATHERING CHERRIES.
/ went to Mrs. Bradbury's (white)
She asked me TO go up the cherry tree
and gather some cherries. ] climbed the
tree and ate what cherries 1 wanted
and threw her down some cherries.
/ went on to Ellen Gales house a
l reckon about little after ten O'Clock
When / got to her home, she wa.
working in the garden and told Tooney
to bring some chairs. She came out o
the garden and she sat in the yarC
talking.
THE BARGAIN FOR THE CHICKEN.
Just before came away, told he
to let me have a chicken and / would
give her some meal and u dress for hel
little girl
She said at first that she didn't wan
to sell the chicken, she wanted to senC
the chickens she had To Richmond
She caught the chicken and gave it t.
me. She said she would send afte
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had better go and see what was the
matter She dropped the hoe and ran
up there. / had to go by my house to
go up there. / kept straight up to Mr.
Pollard's. When got to my house, l
saw Clyde Fore, Charley Bailey. Dave
Williams and Ben Knight and kept
on up there with them.
OVER THE DEAD BODY.
When got there at the gate and
looked where he was standing we saw
her laying down there, and he said !:
"Gsd found it, just look there, some
body has killed my wife "
After Clyde got up there he kept on
looking to see il he could see anybody
In that time Uncle Wilson come up
a little while after 1 got there. And
then Aunt Mary came on mp AS she
came up, Mr.. Pollard rolled his eyes
and said, "Gad found it, some nigger
has killed my wife, and they killed her
for my money and they had better give
it up"
PEOPLE GATHER.
stayed there. People kept coming
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Caroline
did intend to stay at Mrs. Hud-
sons all night, but as Mr.. and Mrs.
Reps Rutherford were there and know
ing that there was no where there for
us to sleep, / asked Mr.. Hudson to
come and go with me to Mr.. TaylOr's
house. MIR. Hudson said he had pulled
of his shoes. Mrs. Hudson told him to
put on his shoes. Mr.. Hudson said, "I
done pull off my shoes.
HAD PULLED OFF HIS SHOES.
Oh, POkey you amt afraid I'll stand
in the door and talk to you until you
get to Mrs. TaylOr's." He didtsO and
went on to Mrs. Taylor's. I stayed
there until IL or II O'Clock the next
Tuesday morning and then went t0
Aunt Susan's house.
l stayed there until the hands ate
dinner. She said she believed she
would go up to Mr.. Pollard's. We
heard that they were going to bring
Solomon on the l O'Clock train to Fort
Mitchell, but they did not bring him.
They said they would bring him
through the country.
WOULD NOT WASH FOR HER AGAIN.
Then Mrs. Fore called me just as I
was going down to the depot She
called me and asked me why / did not
come after the clothes. I told her /
did not believe i would wash any more
for her, Mr.. Howard cher SOM quizzed
me so close at Mr.. POllard's the other
day.
She said Mr.. Howard didn't mean
anything, come and get the clothes
and wash them for her. told her
might come after them, and then /
went down to the depot and sat on the
platform and while was there wait
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bread ss was hungry, not having eat
en- any breakfast before left home
She told me they had eaten all the
bread for dinner or else she would
have given me piece.
In that time we came out, the
O'Clock train had come going TO Keys
vile and l sat down in the door until
the train left the depot. Then Ellen
Gale, Charley Bailey, Dave Williams
and myself went on down towards my
house.
BEN AND RLLEN.
When we got to Mr.. Fore's farm
gate. Ben was sitting on the fence. he
commenced laughing at Ellen, went
on down home and Oracle and my
daughter, Martha Ann came out and |
told her If she did not have any bread
done 20 make up the fire by the time
got 10 the house as | was hungry.
She made fire, went upstairs sifted
the meal and brought it down and
baked the bread and fried the meat.
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er been To Mr.. Thompson's and didn't
know how far il was she said it was
halfway
Ellen said she did not want 90 90 anv
further l turned around and came
back To my house with her. In going
back To the house, / went on through n
piece OF pine, where they had grubbed
IL and planted corn, and / said, Humph
Eilen, won't get any sumac here this
year. And as | said this / saw three
lunches of sumac and stopped down
and broke them off.
PoKEY's RETURN.
When / got home, took the chair
and sat down at the window. Rosa
was either pouring the meat in the
plate or washing the ashes from the
bread Then she went to eating very
soon after got there.
Ellen laid down on the floor again
and told her TO lay on the bed, but
she would not. / sat at the window
with Martha Ann laying across my lap.
She had fallen down the steps while /
had gone.
We were talking about The Associa-
tiOn, and Ellen said she was going 60
brakes Branch 10 buy set of furni-
ture.
MORE ABOUT THE CHERRIES
We talked until Aunt Betsy Ellis
came back. She gave Rosa a plate of
cherries. Mary Craghead was 50
with Aunt Betsey Ellis. Mary gave
Ellen plate OF cherries. She said she
did not have time to sit down as she
wanted to get home by night.
Aunt Betsey told us to come and
walk with her again. We were coins
on when she said, ttPokey, / have got
to work for Mr.. Fore next week. Gar
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stay at your house all night?" told
her, yes.
In thattim mamma heard us talk
ing. l don't know whether mamma
followed to Aunt Betsy first, or Aunt
Betsy followed TO mamma.
THAT DRINK OF WATER.
Aunt Betsy said to mamma, "You
don't know who you are following at,
do your" She said Yes, know who it
is. 1t is Sister Betsy" Then she call
ed to me aud said 60 me, Bring me
some water" and said / didn't have
anything to bring it in, and she said
"Oh bring me some water" We had
then gone to the other side of the
spring. Then Aunt Betsy told Mary
Craghead to pour the cherries togeth-
er 30 / could carry mamma some wa
ter in the bucket.
So she poured the cherries together
and handed me the bucket, and Ellen
Gayle being nearer the spring than
was l handed her the bucket and she
dipped up the water and brought it
back and handed it to me and ali four
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and she said, II expect this is some of
Mr.. Pollard's money now"

and she said, ''I expect this is some of
Mr.. Pollard's money now"
WANTED SOME OF THE POLLARD MONEY.
Mr.. Johnny Bigger said to me, "Pok-
eY, give me some OF the money Won
got" | told him didn't have no mon
ey, and he said, "No am Just plavine
with you / know you didn't have it."
After they had got through eating,
they fixed the table for us and Mary
Abernathy, Ellen Gale, Phil Watson
and myself sat down and ate.
While they were eating, Mrs. Glenn
ents came in and said. "Y on all be aasv
we've caught the devil at last"
Mr.. and Mrs. Collins came in. He
was shaking like some one with the
palsy.
asked Mrs. Clements was he the
man. She said, "No, it WI Solomon
Marable. They have caught him at
Chase City"
We remained at Mrs. Clements all
day and people kept coming.
MARY BARNES ARRESTED TOO.
About o'clock, we were fixing To 90
TO bed Mr.. Durell Gregory came aud
brought mamma with him. He said
that there was such a crowd at Mr..
Pollard's and they were so angry that
they might come and take us away
from there-rhey wouldn't wait 20 hear
sense or reason.
Then they carried us -~ms~.h,mAEu
Gregory's house that niglS, and 49,
they were going on there; they kept
stopping and listening for something.
They went on until they got to the lot
where the house set. They got over
the fence, and then they blew the Ian
tern out and went or up to the house
in the dark. Then when he got in the
house he lit the lantern again and car
ried us upstairs and placed my moth
er and me in one room and Ellen Gale
and Mary Abernathy in the other.
IN DANGER OF LYNcHrNG.
Then he told us il he came there in
the night and touched us we must get
up and follow him We told him. YES.
sir. He didn't come upstairs, but we
heard him or some one walking about
the house and yard all night. He said
| afterwards il was himself
About or 10 o'clock, we, left for Mr..
Pollard's 5 house. We stayed there un-
til Monday night. Monday evening,
the coroner's jury met. We testified
before it.
DISCHARGED FROM CUSTODY.
After this three or four men went in
to the corner of the yard-Mr Glenn
ents and think Mr.. Eubanks, and then
they called us and said, "Pokey Barnes,
Mary Alternately and Ellen Gale can go
home"
We went home. went on to Fort
! Mitchell to Mr.. HudsOn's house /
think that Ellen Gale stayed with Aunt
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money and thought l heard Aunt
Mary say she did not have any money.
He told me he was a detective and
told me to tell Aunt Mary that / knew
where she could get good lawyer,
providing she could tell me where to
get the money from to pay him.
/ went on back to the house He
didn't want to talk to Aunt Mary, but
she would stop him and talk to him a
little while. Then ! went back into the
house and commenced to get dinner
and caught some chickens and kill
ed the chickens and got dinner.
shy OF CHICKENS BLOOD.
1 started To pick the chickens but
Aunt Betsy Ellis made me let the
chickens alone because if l got any OF
that chickens blood on me they would
say it was Mrs. Pollard's blood,
went on and set the table, after
turning about the cook-room awhile.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clements, the detec-
tive, Mr.. Robinson and others sat down
at the table. / waited on them. Mrs.
Clements did not eat.
THE WARRANT FOR MARABLE.
Just before they sat at the table
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COME AND GET 1T.

of us went around the fence to where
mamma was.
MUST COME AND GET 1T
When got there mamma said Bring
me the water" and l said, No, if you
want the water, you'll have to come
out here and get it.
She came on out there then, / hand
ed her the water and she drank, and
she started to set the bucket down.
And Mary said, Don't set the bucket
down." Because it was her hucG eft and
she was waiting for it.
She gave the bucket to Mary. Mann
ma asked Aunt Betsy 60 give her some
cherries, and told her about her being
sick and Miss Lucy had given her
some medicine. Aunt Betsy said she
should not eat those cherries then
She said she should eat those few she
did not reckon they would hurt her.
LEFT FOR home.
Aunt Betsy and Mary Craghead told
mamma good evening and told me good
evening and started towards their
home and l started back to the house
with Ellen and mamma said Don't 90
yet. ! want TO see you
She asked her I'd let her have two
chickens don't know whether Ellen
said, she could get twenty-five or thir-
ty cents in Richmond. It was some
thing of the sort. And mamma told
her she would not give that for them.
Ellen said, al tell you what you do,
You buy me two pounds of beef from
Mrs. Pollard, and don't let her give
you bony beef, but good beef 4"
Mr.. PoLLARD's REEF.
i said Mrs. Pollard don't give NAM
ma bony beef, because she likes mann
ma and mamma likes her and she give
her good beef.
Then we went on towards home.
heard the bell ring three times, and ]
said to Ellen. mamma did not have
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some one brought note. Mrs Glenn
ents told me that that was a note to go
and get a warrant for Solomon Mara
BILE. They sent Phil Watson after the
warrant.
They got up from the table. Mr.. Glenn
ents went away on horseback and the
other two got in buggy.
After they left, Mr.. Johnny Bigger
and Mrs Clements and her motheT-in-
law, and the children sat down to the
table and ate their dinner.
One of them came in and handed Mrs.
Clements some Sunday School money,
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dinner, and told me to give Rosa some
meal so she IRosal could cook herself
some bread. Rosa put the bread in the
fire and then Aunt Betsy, Mary and
went on towards Mr.. ThOmpson's.
HALFWAY TO THE rHoMPsoN's.
When we got halfway, as / had new
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Gale and myself were walking behind.
We went over to Mr.. Clements and
when we got there, they were
eating breakfast. After they were
through, we sat down and ate break
fast.
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While we we're eating, Mr.. Clements
called me, and told me to come on and
walk with him. AsI was going on
down to the stable, he said. ''Pokey
don't want to keep you all so close
confined, you all aint going to run
away anywhere"
1 said, no sir, we aint done nothing
TO run away anywhere for and we don't
know anywhere to run to.
A DETEcTIvE's ANXIETY.
In that time, a detective walked up
and told Mr.. Clements, good morning
He said to Mr.. Clements, GLOW many
of these prisoners have you got here?"
He said he had three of them there
He SAID, you ought to have them at the
Jail Mr.. Clements said. ''I'll see that
they won't get away" Then Mr.. Glenn
ents kept on walking with me.
Mr. Clements said, "Do you want to
talk with this woman? If you don't
want to talk to her, you go back and let
me talk to her. And if you want to talk
TO her, Pil go back and let you talk to
her" And he said, yes he wanted TO
talk to me.
ALONE WITH THE OFFICER.
Mr.. Clements went back to the
house, and the detective and / went on
down to the stable, and he leaned up
against it.
He asked me where were the other
women2 told him they were at the
house. He said, Have you got any
children2 ] told him had one little
girl. He said, "Are you married?" /
told him had been married. but ]
wasn't married then. He asked me
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by the time he said white hope him kill Mrs Pol
lard Mr. Lucius Pettus whte who STOPPING down in
front OF him, winked at Solomon He had his pistol in his
pocket.
He was saying something in whisper Solomon From
Pokeys Own Story.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-06-27
A NARROW ESCAPE FROM DROWNING.

"At place, while crossing log scared that
all trying the log once the log broke and
fell into the wetting all over got out"-From
Pokeys Own Story
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GAZING AT HER OWN GRAVE.

asked the colored take around there and let
them and there and the newly dug graves
Two of them together and the other little ways
off Prom Pokey's Own Story
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Just before they sac at the tabl
UNDER ARREST THE FIRST TIME.

Owe with Mr. Dave Bigger; Mr. George Ellis and
Mr.. Clements son III front.
Old Phil Watson and Aunt Mary were walking next
them and Ellen Gale and myself walking behind "
Prom Pokey's Own Story.
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'Whe they eating, Mrs. Clements in and said
You all be easy we've caught the devil last prom Po
eY's Own Story
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Then Charley, Ellen Gale, David
Williams and myself went on down to
Mr.. Fore's stable and they went into
the stable-lot and we went into Mrs.
Weatherford' house
| went in there and asked Mrs.
Weatherford To give me a piece of
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wHERE THEY ALL WENT.

ing to WORK and / asked him to step
back and bring me the bundle of the
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the meal if there were any of the larg-
er children there; but as there were
none there, she had to go herself.
Then she told Tooney to pull some
grass for the pigs and give it to them
before she came away. He went and
pulled the grass.
TIE PIGS AND THE GRASS.
grass, and / did not see her give it to
them, but reckon she gave it to them.
She came back and got an old hat
think and put it on her head and said
she was ready.
We went on down to Fort Mitchell
and when we got there to Mr.. Fore's
Charley Bailey, one of Mr.. Fore's
hands was coming out of the house go
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BETWEEN FILES OF SOLDIERS.

They carried in the courthouse by the soldiers there
being each side walking front and behind
Prom Pokey's Own Story.
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how many children Aunt Mary had.
told him didn't know.
HAD NO MONEY

He asked how many children Ellen
had. / told him / didn't know. He
asked me il had any money, and
told him | didn't have any money, and
I heard Ellen say she didn't have any
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-06-27
THE ALARM GIVEN.

long to stay by herself. thought the
bell was ringing for mamma to come
to the house
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OTHERS VISIT HER.

I set the table and Ellen and sat
down and ate. Ellen drank tea and
drank milk. Then we laid down on
the floor. After little while, Oracle
went to the door and said Yonder
comes Aunt Betsy, and Aunt Mary and
Aunt Rosa"
In that time Aunt Betsy and Aunt
Mary walked up to the front of the
door and said, where is Rosa They
said, there she is. / asked them to
come in and they did so. They sat
down.
HUNTING CHERRIES.
Aunt Betsy said, ''I am hunting cher
ries, come on POkey and go with me.
She said my sister had not had any
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Then the bell commenced ringing
and Mr.. Pollard commenced following
/ followed and asked mamma what he
was following for.
She said he was calling the COWS she
reckoned. He kept ringing the bell,
and kept following, and told her she
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of us went around the fence to wher
mamma was.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-04
NATIONS PLAY EUCHRE.

The third progressive euchre party of
the matrons of Greenville was given
Yesterday by Mrs. Thomas Carey. at her
residence, No. l Pearsall avenue. A full
attendance of the members of this society
was present and ordered it up or turned
1t down and passed or made the trump
with great gusto.
Mrs. A. P. Bennett was the most for
tunate of the party. She received the
first prize, a decorated Flemish flower
glass. Mrs. Frank Bartelmann was sec
ond and received a blue and gold cracker
Jar. me consolation prize fell to the lot
OF Mrs. Charles Caldwell. II was a
beautifully decorated bonbonniere.
Refreshments were served in the din
ing room. The mex party is to be given
70 the club by Mrs. George T. Witt. of
Winfield avenue: Among those present
yesterday were Mrs. John Williams Mrs.
Mitchell, Mrs. Saybolt, Mrs. Adam Reid.
MRS. e. M. Lockwood, Mrs. Detwfler'
Mrs. Watson, Mrs. C. al. Limeburner
FRS. Burt Caldwell. Mrs. Charles caid..
vel. MRS. Scroll. Mrs. Enerle. Mrs.
Prltchard, Mrs. BartelInAnn, Mrs. Al. p.
Bennett. Mrs. r. r. Morse, Mrs. Witt
MRS. -Hudspeth-Benson,g Mrs. Jlldson'
MIS-. McAneny. Mrs. Hudspeth. Mrs
Needham, Mrs. Carey, Mrs. Outwafer
Mrs. Hayes, Mrs. Hasseil, Mrs. Edward
Schultz and Mrs. Michael Schultz Jr
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-04
WHO ROBBED THE MlEKS2
M en- Endeavoring to Catch the
Thief who Stole the RooIEalls

At the meeting of the Minkakwa Club
last night Second Vice President w. H
Armstrong presided. The committee on
the club dinner made its final report.
The date set for the dinner is March. 4,
and the committee submitted two offers
for the members choice. That Of Messrs.
Pflung and Huebner Of Belvedsre Hall
was accepted, and Mrs. Zeuaner will
supply one of her well known dinners.
There was elected to membership
George Swart, George D.. Broueranchor,
Herman Ziegler, Archie Clark; Harry
Williams, Charles G. Rode and Louis
Keller, Jr. Two propositions were re-
ceived and referred to the proper com
mittees.
Resolutions were passed condoling with
Assemblyman James S.. Irwin on the
death of his child. The meeting then ad-
journed.
No clue has been discovered which
might lead to the apprehension. OF the
person or persons who stole the pool
balls from the club house on Wednesday
of last week. Ingress to the club house
could have been obtained only by some
one provided with a key of the door.
About $2.75 in cash was removed from the
box in the same room. This box is the
one containing the payment for use of the
table by the members. Several amateur
sleuths among the club members are
working on the case.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-04
WIDE AWAKE M'KBNNA.
Saw a Pickpocket at Work on
Trafn-A Lady,s Luck. Ft

Train-A Lady,s Luck.
AS Chief Detective MeKenna of the
D. L & w. Railway was walking through
a. train en- route to Montclair,: yesterday
afternoon. he noticed a: slick looking
gentleman fumbling in the pocket: of a
lady's dress. He did nothing until New
ark was reached. and the: lady got up to
go out.
"Parodn me, Madame" said McKenna,
"but have you lost anything?"
Not that I.know off, she replied.
Look and see if your purse is all
right" he went on.
She delved into her pocket and imme-
diately brought it out. at the same time
exclalming. "Oh, Heavens, my purse; yes,
my purse, have You found it,"
wered. and then turning to the young
man he addressed hat gentleman with,
"Come, l want YOU"
What for?" the ~pickpoeket exclaimed
For picking this lady's. pocket a mere
trife. that's ALL" replied the. pleasant
fellows coat collar and hustled him off
the train.
At the First precinct police station in
Newark where McKenna took thief,
the fellow said he was Arthur. Smith of
No. S12 Greenwich avenue, New York.
THE lady said she was Mrs. Amelia
Kanouse of No. $50 Central avenue, New
ark. The pocket book was not found
upon Smith, but the contents, consisting
of. some thirty odd dollars, were.
Mckenna telegraphed to- the conductor
purse 1t was found wedged in between
the cushion and the back of the seat
where the pickpocket was sitting.