Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-05-09

ness in hand and succeeded in making
her contradict herself in number of
particulars.
MOVED TO STRIKE IT our.
A the close OF her examination Cap
tain Wise moved To strike out her tes-
timony. This motion was overruled,
and counsel for defence entered an ex-
ceptioD.
susan Thompson, repeatedly referred
TO by the previous witness as the
"Cousin SuslnH who had accompanied
her on her visit to her fathers house
on the day that the alleged difficulty
took place between Pokey and Mrs.
Pollard, was next placed on the stand.
She testified that she bad been pres
ent at the difficulty which. occurred
bet geen Mrs. Pollard aud Pokey, and
that it had happened during August
previous to the murdeT.
THE QUARREL ABOUT v6<i v6<iS7,TaBESs. 7
Susan said that Mrs. Pollard had
asked Pokey whether she,ha not been
told to stay off the place, and accused
her of stealing vegetables from the
garden. Pokey replied that this was
lie; that she had never been TO the gar
den and taken her vegetables. She
said she would give Mrs. Pollard some
vegetables if she came 70 her house.
The witness said that the two quar-
relied for some time, and sPokey began
TO foam at the mouth.
WALKED OFF.
''Den," said Susan, Il walked off,
cause | was sick and Quarling sturbs
me. Now, dat,s de trEfe, and nothing
but de trufe."
But few new facts were elected from
this witness under cross ss-eXamination.
| She contradicted the statement of the
previous witness, however. who stated
that there had been no conversation
Iconcerning he difficulty with Mrs. Pol
lard as they walked along the road just
after it occurred. Susan said that she
had upbraided Pokey for being sc
rough TO Mrs. Pollard, and that Pokey
had admitted having been too severe
saying that she knew her temper was
too high and she often said things thai
she ought not to say.
LAUGHED IT OFF.
The witness said that Pokey laughed
the matter off, and no more was sale
about it.
Old Susan gave her testimony in
calm, deliberate fashion. 1t CORE
sponded in many respects with that o
Emma Harding, with the exception
that Susan had not heard Pokey maxi
any specific threat against Mrs Pol
lard life.
> Susan Thompson gave way to Ell
IGayle, who has often been mentione
as being poss sessed OF some informatio
hitherto not brought to light.
THAT MEDICAL EXPERT.
' Before her examination, however
DR. Peter Winston, of Farmville, ws
/, put or the stand, and asked how lon
= it would take for all animal heat to gt
out of human body, weighing abou
r 100 pounds, in temperature, such 1
n usually prevails during the month
,. June. He replied that it would tai
n not less than three hours, and that IL
extremities would cool first.
TRYING TO EQUIvooATE.
: DR.. Winston was asked subs tantal
the same questions as those propoun'
ed TO him in the Alternately case, al
his replies were identically the sam
y He stated, however. that if the lari
J. arteries that supplied the head h;
r been severed and the loss of blood hi
been great, the cheeks of the corp
.s might become cold in less than thr
1t hours.
DR.. Winston then left the stand, al
} the examination of Ellen Gale was /
1t gun She said she lived In Chariot
le county, near Fort Mitchell.
THE STAR WITNESS.
y She saw Pokey Barnes at her houl
y she said, on the day of the murder
as Mrs. Pollard, wnen Pokey came to
house, about IL O'Clock, saying s
had been to. Mr. Clyde Fore's to deli
er some clothes she had washed. PC
,o ey, she said, stayed at her house u1
an after II o'clock, and begged her to
her have chicken, saying, il she d
- she'd give her some meal and Or,
- for her child. She gave her the Chic
~ len, and then POkey said she wol
m have to go home with her to get
Of meal.
THE TRIP ON THAT FATAL DAY.
Ilu On the way they stopped at ]
Fore's and Mr.. Weatherford's AT
which, accompanied by Ben. Kni
and Charlie Bailey, they went on
POkey's house, where the latter cool
mr9 something and they ate; after VIII
- they laid down in the floor for a
minutes. About that time Betsy e
me Mary Craighead and Rosa Bar
W walked up, and, after staying a VIII
iP- Betsy Ellis asked Pokey to come
~, with her. Then all of them, exc
Rosa Barnes, went on towards
= Thompson's
THE PRISONERS MOVEMENTS.
After going part of the way she
POkey turned back, and started to
.ay turn home, and came to a place t
ing did not exactly know. The witt
lge said she remarked "This don't
as like the way we came," and Pokey
Ihe piled: "NO, it don't"
They kept going on until they CT
20 an old gate place, where wit
ac stopped, and said she would not
'els through that way. POkey then s
es. Il am going through here alittle '
soc THAT IMPORTANT HALF HOUR.
ted You wait until / come back"
'eg- Ellen said SIZE supposed she wa
had for about half an hour at that gar
rel fore Pokey came back.
In answer to a question from J
Fuqua, the witness said she had
I'M asked Pokey where she was going
had the latter told her. After p,
Wit came back they went to Pokey's he