Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-05-02
pOEEY BARNES CASE.
n, Second Day OIL Her Kew
Trial.
,o,v WITH MRS. POLLARD.
eaic on the stand-Admits
u.,ins Made n False statement Mt
Luacnburs Co"rtho"se-o'her Wiz


ncssss.
.s,ec..l from stan Correspondence
.,pvvlLLE. VA. May Court re-
...,,J at . o'clock this morning ana
.m,ortant and sensational teail-
was aiduccd by the Common
,.t. AGAINST the prisoner at the bar
... psrncs. Judge Cruto decided that
,,,secption could ask the witness,
800, Harding. the question whether she
...y Of any trouble between Mrs. Pol
Cd and Pokey Barnes prior 20 the
l.- The defence noted an exception.
.,, then said that in August before
.. sine and her cousin. Susan and Pokey
...-,.. met Mrs. Pollard. and Mrs. Pol
,.s said Amt this Pokey BarnesY
r.t,s replied yes. you, this is me-"
,, pollard said. "Mr Pollard has told
....to Keep of his premises" Pokey said
.o.r, in the he'll is old man Pollard?-
.~ 10 he paid his debts he would not
,... money enough to bury him." Mrs.
r...-l then turned away, and Pokey
...J eyes. - you" putting her hand in
,.- bosom. III / had a pistol with me
Dr.. .to.t YOUR -- heart out If l ever
...f you out. hell will surely be your
.,." Mrs Pollard then turned and
.,r 'Pokey u am going TO tell Mr.
pollard that you have threatened my Ire
l..t AS soon as he comes home tonight.
.r.r him. - you said Pokey "Ili kin
,.j Il MS the last thing do" We were
.s8 The witness, going on down 10 my
attfrs house. This statement diHered
d. several respects from tnat mace by
tgf witness last night.
rary cross-examined by Mr.. Fiourney
f1r me defence. the witness said that
,ta-a was no one else along when this
..ryareation was held between Pokey and
,rs Pollard. except her cousin, Susan
T.ompsou. Il stopped AT Pokey Barness
house 90 give my little child drink OF
,ater Pokey and / were not particular
friends She never had visited me. She
ig.t went along down to my fathers just
10 Boz walking around, l guess"
GREGORY SENT FOR HER.
"rsa first person / told anything about
This conversation" said the witness, was
rr Russell nearly a week after ] got
home. was telling Mr.. Russell how
p.t.v had served MI Pollards wife. He
asked ms how all the folks were. 1t hurt
,..aVmiIy 10 hear Pokey Barnes cursng
1.r- Pollard ] don't know that / talked
with anybody concerning this converse
uon since Mrs. Pollard was killed, until
was summoned up here, then I told
En- Grl0ry. Dir Gregory had heard Of
d. 1 reckon / was at his house, and
5ld hm what had happened down there.
didn't have any business down at Mr..
Gr.gorys house, / was partly raised with
Airs Gregory ] don't know how far /
lived from Nr. Gregory's house. 1t took
ma about % day 10 walk down there. j
inst went down there TO see them. That
vasall the business l had there. i stayed
there until nearly shutdown. This was
Friday or saturday about a week ago"
"a Wasn't you sent for to 80 down
there?
80 Mr Gregory sent me n note 10 come
down there and / asked my brother
what Dee wanted. 1 didn't know what he
wanted When I saw him he wanted
ue to come on over here in Pokey's case,
and ] Was summoned. l felt home last
Thursday Dor here. Mr.. Gregory talked
along with me. asking me what
was asked. and ] told him. Pokey was
Dot invited hy me 10 go down to the
house, ! hadn't seen Pokey afterwards
until ] camo here.
Nr Gu.eon: Didn't you tell about this
thing last night TO these lawyers and
tta Judge?
eyes"
o Why DIDN'T YOU tell what Pokey
said about Mr.. Pollard not paying his
debts while you were on the stand last
n.gaH
DID TELL THEM.
A. ldi toll YOU. You all certainly must
not have heard me I also told you that
10 started about the little garden by
the branch. My father lives on Mr..
Ahner Fore's place / could not tell
what time j got there. My brother stays
there Dis wife having left him.
Neither my brother nor father had any
tueWtce.
Dr. Wise for the cefence submitted a
motion 90 strike out all the testimony
o.. This witness. on the grounds Of re-
mo'eacss of time. and that the clrcum-
stances proved were not admissible. ac-
o'r1ing 10 the authorities. The motion
was promptly overruled An exception
Vls noted
susan Thompson (colored was called.
ana testified as follows: Il live at Fort
Mitchell about a mile and a half from
Dr. P0uaris"
g DO you know Of any fuss or diff
Guilty which occurred between Pokey
barnes and Mrs Pollard prior TO the
murder OF Mrs. Pollard?
y. Yes. sir.
O. When was II?
dorel.
objection and exception by the defence.
What about the fuss?
Ne witness here detailed the quarrel
a'efei 10 have taken place between the
accused ana Mrs. Pollard. leaving off
all he profanity testified to by Emma
Thompson
Ut Peter Winston, who testified as
oh expect physician before the court
curing fhc trial OF Mary Alternately. went
W' The stand for the Commonwealth.
ana made substantially the same state
.Nl' he had previously made regarding
W' Time 1T required for the animal heat TO
30, out of a body.
TOO most sensational witness OF the
gay however was Ellen Gale (colored.
ii testimony places POkey Barnes going
.'"@fQ the Pollard house about
i' o'clock. The supposed time of the
MURDER Ellen also stated that she had
sworn To- q ialseEood during her exami-
1-uon during the trial at LunenbuIg
T'.I'aouse. because she was afraid OF
.N'y' She had stated upon the stand
.-.N mat Pokey had been within her
.hi every minute Of the time they were
e'' that afternoon. The witness began
tN saying.
live 10 Charlotte county. about
u"e from Fort Mitchell. saw Pokey
-4'n's on the day Mrs. Pollard was
murdered I first cox., bor q. 80. ho.,.o