Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-03-18
TUEPOLLARD MURDER
Ths Second Day Of the Trial Of
Karable.
MANY WITNESSES EXAMINED
sr9unsDt on AdmiSsibility Of Tesll-
mtny.
THE PRISONERS CoNthss'oN'


,-.puvIIIE. VA. March r.-(speciai'
..,,oe1lngs OF the second day OF the
,rtsl OF Solomon Marable. Tor the
- Mrs. Lucy Jane Pollard. did
.,,.,, any greater amount OF interest
' r,,.e OF the first day. Judge Crnte
- rr,mpt in assembling the court
-,r,bsr Of prominent gentlemen were
..,.,dance to-day. among them eX-
l.,,.ovnor Mckinney and Judge ii. W.
t.,...-,o,. the latter Of counsel for the
80 women also accused Of the murder
Tho first witness Of the day was MI
~ r clark. Of Chase City, who, being
..,.mlned by Mr.. southail for the prose
,,,,on said that he was merchant "'
chose CITY. and that on Saturday june
.-.h Solomon Marable came into his store
a,5 ,6,,rht several articles, including d
,,,,, of clothes, the whole bill amounting
=, about Sll or sl2. While the W.'i'esS
,yaa waiting on the accused young man
NAMED Crawley Jones came In ana asNeu
n be had heard of the murder al OH
Mitchell. Witness replied yes Soio-
mon then asked what man was 'ha'' WI
lark told him. Solomon then tried on d
hat and while looking in glass a' nm
,olf he observed another man enter '"e
,tore and asked who that was Nl'Hts'
answered Marabls by saying thaV 'ile '
newcomer was a Mr. Noou. n.ei, Iai
rom Five Forks. Solomon lhen y, =
Mr. Clark 70 write letter loI I nm W si3
trother. in FinneywoOd. Va. witness olu
ne ana he directed the epistle, by SOLO
,,or,s instructions. 10 William Henry
Tf.rehie and signed Il Osborne MaraDie'
Tro man wanted 10 put some money Hlol
i ,bo envelope but Mr. Clark ADVISED
.tr, 20 mt the money in the letter IN the
rrrsence of Mr.. Frank Roberts, the post
master. Marable then. according TO the
testimony Of Mr.. Clark, LETT MS pace VI
"What was Marables manner whiIe
BE- was in your store?' asked MI S0u'"-
awsu he was not all interested in the
,,,,,rsr Everybody else was talking
ot,uf the killing, but solomon never
9,,,t. ~ A.. he only wanted to know VINO
iba men were who entered the store
Mr. Southan: DO you remember any
thing of the contents Of that letter
Yes. sir. 1t said: Dear Brother: l nave
been intending to write TO you lor soI,'e ,ril.
time telling YOU ABOUT AeAAii'A @NN-N''.
money ne owed you he LETT win uilCle'
Ucre Mr.. Lancaster objected TO the IN
troJuction Of the contents Of the missiVe
Cornnon wealth s-A AttOrney Nebhtt was
bare sworn and questioned regarding this
letter He said that the letter had peei
ulaced In his hands by the oihcers "nu
arrested Solomon Marable' ana lhat ~
oad been lost by him when ne HoVeu
frorn me country up TO she courthouse
tf,sr there had been considerable discus
e,on as TO the admissbility Of the con
tonts OF the epistle. the Court finally hello
tbot under the circumstances 1t could be
Wr clark resumed his statement as 10
the contents OF the letter: Uncle says
ne spent some Of the money, but l en-
close YOU S15." Mr. Clark said he saw no
more OF Solomon Marable until July al
Tunenburg Courthouse.
RY THE DEFENCE.
Mr.. Franklin: What time of the day
was Il when Solomon went INTO your
place? ,-s.-. ,,o,,, ..
"Had you ever seen him before!
81 don't know that / had
"Dd YOU see anything more Of him that
day.
j ala not, SIR"
DO Won know where Mr. Pollard livesT'
81 know about where he lives
"pii Won see any other money thah tha'
with vhich ne paid YOU for the articles he
boughtw
So. he paid me in dollar bills. Solo
mons coat was very dilapidated. ana
Dis shirt was dirty ] was waiting on
MaraMe when Jones came 10 the door
solomon old not remain in the store very
long He attended right straight aiong
nd fhaO went QWaN.
"What was II that made this letter inn
press itself so upon your mindY'
1T Is just this. sir: That after Solomon
had paid no attention TO the conversation
about the murder. and only asked about
the men who came into the store, natu-
rally was impressed with the letter.
Did Solomon talk 10 you about what
Crawley Jones has said about the mur-
der9"
NO. sir. lie only asked for the goods
be wanted"
Mr. Lancaster: "You think IT strange
that solomon did not talk TO you about
The killing: don't you think IL equally
strange that you didn't say something to
Solomon about the MURDER"
NO sir: DO not. am merchant, and
u was my business TO walt upon my GUS
toners"
Wasn't It equally Marable's business
as customer to ask YOU for what he
wanted 20 buy"
"Yes. sir; but thought it strange that
n should have asked as TO those gen.
ueinen who had spoken OF the murder"
Judge Mann: what is the population
of Chase Cityg'
About COO or zoo"
This witness stood aside, and Mr. Pol
lari was recalled by Mr.. Franklin. for
tne defence. He repeated what he had
faI about MS custom TO keep the meat
sNe hy the white-oak tree at the back
~ his house.
What Is your age. Mr. Polard?" asked
Judge Mann
avn l3. sir"
htn Daniel (colored). OF Chase City,
Ns called. and said that he had known
N'Nnon Marable since list June. whea,
vn a Tuesday morning. after the murder
. Nrs Pollard he came TO his house.
@sfalle said ne was William Henry Ma
.a.e. son OF Jeff Marable Witness knew
zen Nauble. and his son. William Henry
"ii,atie. was a dark-compected boy"
Then said: Why, Henry, you don't
i''F Yourself, you've grown SO bright, .
lAt witness went on 70 say: "Marable said
'Nat be had been staying I'm "A restaurant
WIN Roger Jones I'm oxford. ~ c., and
, tst being housed up made him so bright.
!" nen my wife came in she said Henry
,."Hcd Ike somebody she had seen in
Virginia. Henry al once asked. where
was his hatY | told him that we were
gong to have breakfast In q few minutes
20 walt and eat breakfast with US"
MARABLE's STORY.
The witness then told OF the converse.
uon between himself and Solomon. lie
sa'd that Marable first brought up the
question OF the killing. and said that
ne had heard that heavy-set. black
man. with long beard. had held Mrs