Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-05-03
DRAGSAL0NG SLOWLY
Tsiri Day Of The Trial Of POA'y
Barnes.
RICHMOND WiTNEssEs'
,.,or ncrbyshire and Sergeant CAR
,., on ire stand-ElIcn Gales
rirst Story-The Prisoner resumes
a., ucr own Bchalf

~ ANff
e,oo,al from a stan Correspondent
-,pvvu.LE. VA. May 2-The trial
80 potcy Barnes charged with the muir
~, Mrs Lucy Jane Pollard IS drag
,r.vlv along 10 was thought M
,.,t the case would certainly be
-..t.i by tonight. but the Common
,.t concluded It's testimony only this
..rr and 10 viii be. II IS now he
81. least two days longer before
,.-l.ct is reached.
.-t convened this morning at $50
....ek and Mrs. Il. a. Clements wife
,to constable who first arrested
... women. and at whose house the
-s-s were kept on the Sunday after
...-ro was committed. was called TO
-.4eee-.taud Being examined by
o.. e.shau. she said: 81 saw Pokey
r..-,s while she was under arrest for
..4rfer OF Alrs. Pollard, and healf
say that she hoped solomon Mara
....1 hc shot before he was
.t+ tark there. as she didn't know
t.rl of 81 tale he would ton or who
...I rut il 90. This conversation
-,.l m my dinirg-rOOm; no one
vas present. 30 was Sunday after
... murder. and we had heard OF the
...t Of solomon Mrs Collins. my
tr.r..r-l8w. told ms she had heard
.. solomon Marable was arrested
-.1 wore then I'm the dining-roOm-
,.- arI P8key and the others. was
.,- i1 mv door. and heard only what
..f yol ] did not hear Mrs. Col
r.s .ar 1--WE got good news for you
.... was so much excitement, crying
and carrying ON
,r- N A. White testified that he lived
.r. and "a half from Mr. Pollard s.
..r.a knew that it was generally known
u.. Vr. Pollard had money. II was
..f about ln the neighborhood that
. .rre. ~ the murder was that Mr.
r.r.r. kept money az his house.
r., commonwealth here rested its
... except 20 reserve the right 10 put
.. o.. or two witnesses 10 TESTIFY con
..-.rq .re tracks discovered in Mr.. Pol
limits Jane.
evidence for the defence was then
i.-n.
FOR THE Defence.
,,-.r T. n. Derbvshire, Of Richmond.
-. fe first witness called by the de-
a u1 you have a statement OF Ellen
c..ts taken down at Lunenburg Court
nous. before she was examined In the
Pt.y Barnes case?
Why dl YOU have that statement
ft.7 l.wU2
r,s prosecution objected TO the an
...- o This question. and the jury was
t.l.. ort THE answer was as follows;
.r wont into Mr. T. @. Fowlkes's store
OIL. morning for o. cigar While I'm there
Of. nI to me: ellen Gale is here,
rrf n She fee allowed 10 make the same
statement ON the witress-stand that ]
understood She VIII make. she VIII prove
ODD afb rr Tokey Barnes, and she ought
fl D.. fzad' l asked him where Ellen
Gale WAS Tie came 10 the door with
r-a and pointed TO a woman sitting on
tI. rorch and said that was Ellen Gale.
won't to the woman and asked her
81 She was Ellen Gale She said
She was. asked her If she
WAS witness ln the case Of
p..oy Barnes She replied. Yes I
chem aek her r. she had any objection
.9 stating t1 mo- exactly what she Foew
tfrt the cHse. She said she had = O.
fI.r took her 20 q building adioi..ng
ST. Fow'kas's store and asked her 20
make che statement to Mr. Cardoza. who
WAS % sergeant On the Hospital Corps,
frI l.N them together. Some little
Um. after that CardoZa came 10 me;
fI Dee Dad taken the statement. and
r.I ~ 90 mo- ] then suggested that he
geo p.kav Barnes and get her state
r.rt without letting her know that
a.. Dad seen Ellen Gale, to see how
pear thor statements would tally. He
,H thIt THE two statements were so
similar that 1 didn't see that there was
arv material difference between them.
There WIS nothing 20 attract my atten-
Son or o. make me think that either
v.s not telling the truth. don't think
'ol any 0f the officials of Lunenburg
county about this statement. 1 thought
90 was my duty to take IT,"
Th. answer allowed by the Court was
o. follows.
T1E INTERESTS OF JUSTICE.
"I Dad the statement taken down In
consequence OF Information received,
which leD upon my mind the impression
f.t fle interests of justice demanded
f.at th statement be taken down then
tl.rc'
o. What was the information re
ca and from whom?
Objection was raised by the prosecu-
fn ' ta.s question, and was sustained
'-. Crute. The defence noted an
u u rou have a statement made by
IE BARNES taken down at the same
f. h.' not in Ellen's presence. and
rt.H. th- knowledge OF either. that the
satel4eut was taken?
t0~
~Ia question was objected TO by the
Conn rWeath. and the objection was
sustained by the Court The defence
H excepted
Being cross examined the witness said
h'. while he did not inform the off
Gals OF Luuonburg county he talked
very freely with Judge organ and Mr..
N...L lie was certain he did not
mention the matter 10 Mr.. Neblett, and
N.. under the impression that ne old
i'. say anything about Il 10 Judge Or
sam.
SERGEANT CARDOZA.
SEesut Hugh J.. Cardoza, OF Rich
rnnI was the next witness called 10y
.. defence. lie testified that he was on
--'F at Luuenburg Courthouse during
'. lrt trial of the prisoners. and by
.. direction OF Major Derbyshire. took
statement OF Ellen Gales. in which
t declared that she and Pokcy Barnes
'H together from "a o'clock on the
Booming OF The day OF the murder until
O'Clock on the afternoon Of that DAY
il. repeated that statement as nearly as
could remember.
lnt Cardoza was absolutely GER
TAN ihat Ellen Gale told him that she
iokey Barnes went straight 10
l'k'y Barnes house after that walk
".Fy Ellis and Mary Craghead both
STATED That Pokey and Ellen went ont
Nom Pokey's house with them, their
l..i being TO go a part OF the way TO
iH. house OF MIR William G.. ThOmpsOns