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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1896-09-12
BRANDS OF FERTILIZERS

we are selling TODAY are the handled
wears and many of our first customers This
ton While kept up improved the quality the goods the has
gradually declined price which offering
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Terms of Sale as prescribed by the decree ::
One-third cash on the day of sale or upon the
ratification thereof; one-third in nine months
and one-third in eighteen months from the
day of sale, with interest, and to be secured
by the notes of the purchaser, with approved
security.
CHARLES E. FINK. Trustee.
John 7. Diffenbaugh, Auct'r. septic is
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Before Magis trates.
Registrars of Voters.

State Witnesses.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-05-16
w. S. SELDEN,
:. e Funeral Director
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Subscribe for the Planet

First, YOU TRY every store in town,
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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-05-16

United Mutual and Industrial Asso--
citation held regular meeting, Monday
Evening, April 9, 1898, in Washington
Hall, 1104 North st. John st. Bust
ness of Importance considered, the re-
ports from the Board of Directors con-
firmed. Captain Benjamin Scott. Gen
eral Superintendent removed. r. O.
King. elected General Superintendent
DANIEL HENDERSON, President;
CHARLES b. JACKSON, Sec'y.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-05-16
corrp Nor nr srrARArEp.

Mr. Wise said that long line Of de-
cisiOns OF the Supreme court of APP
peals Of Virginia clearly indicated that
the law did not contemplate that the
jury could be separated under any cir
cumstances.
The court officers and the atlantis re-
ferred to by the defence We're called
and put upon the stand, and il was
proved that the jurors were kept con-
stantly under the charge Of the depu-
ty and had not been afforded any OPP
portunity 20 discuss the case with any
one or TO be contaminated in any way
The Court then overruled the motion
/ for a new trial. .. f....
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-05-16

that they should be kept absolutely to-
gether. v The lawyers f0r-the proseeu-
ton cited numerous authorities tend
ing TO show that IL was only necessary
for the sheriff TO keep the jury free
from any opportunity FOR contamina-
ton. .....If
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-05-16
PETTus TALKS.


"Then how did you find out how the
smallest track made in the morning
corresponded with the small track made
i'm the afteInoon2"
"Mr. Gregory held his finger there
when he measured II.
sHe didn't hold it there all day did
he2"
mo, sir"
"Then, how did you know that the
small track made i'm the morning and
the small one made in the afternoon
were identical2'
PECULIAR MEASUREMENT.
81 kept it in my eye; my eyesight is
good"
$50 you kept it in your eye from ear
ly in the morning until late in the az
ternoon did your" asked Captain Cur
gon.
The witness said subsequently that
he knew il was the same track because
il was little narI over than the other
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-05-16
A. D. PRICE,
UNDERTAKING ROOMS 4 LIVERY
STABLES.
ala s. 4I4 ~. Third Sc.

Residence ae same number.
Orders promptly filed - shcrt No.
tiee. Telephone orders promptly 80
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Of room with all necessary ooavoaien-
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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-05-16
AvrrAL MISTAKE.

These affidavits were to the effect
that some of the jurors went into Mr..
Porter's store to buy some shirts, and
were seen upon the streets, while the
9tner members of the panel were not
only not with them, but were not in
sight of them. They were accompa-
MED by a deputy sheriff, however.
Che counsel for the defence argued
that the law was plain that in case OF
this gravity the jury should not only
be kept apart from everybody else, and
under the charge of the sheriff, but
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Year Old Rye Whiskey per gal-..$l 30
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SCORED APoNT-

He explained his statements i'm a
somewhat rambling fashion, and with
an evident desire to tell the truth hon
estly, but Captain Guigon had scored
a point in getting him to admit that a
part of the measurement was eye-work
MIR. II. q Fore was next examined.
He testified that he was present when
Ellen and Pokey made the tracks in the
sand and saw Mr.. ID. J Gregory tit a
stick in them which correspondent
perfectly.
Judge Flournoy objected TO this ques
ton, saying that Mr.. Fore had no means
of knowing that it was the same stick
used in the morning.
Mr.. d. J. Gregory was recalled and
identified the stick.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-05-16
Federal Street Market
ANDREW AARONSON, ACT.
Corner 1st & Federal SITS.
Richmond, Va.

WE DO NOT PRETEND ANYTHING,
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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-05-16
THE PANEL BROKEN .

A Juror was then withdrawn from
the panel, breaking it, and all the 9TH
er we're discharged. as soon as this
had been done one of the jurors turn
ed to Judge Crute and said that Mr.
Watkins had sized up the case pretty
much to thinking of the minds of the
majority of the jury. One by one ten
other members of the panel walked up
to Commonwealth Watkins
and told him that thew were in hearty
sympathy with his action, and that
they felt about the case just as he
did.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-05-16
NOTICE,
70 the Public :.

10 the fuDtlc =
hTrqIrI have removed my law
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Broad St., between Sth and 9th SITS.
under the Planet Office where shall
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70 Correspondence strictly conf
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Marable's counsel that a stay Of execu-
ton could no doubt be secured from
the Governor long enough 10 get the
case properly before the Supreme
Court.
AN UHPLEAsANT DUTY.
In passing sent nee upon Marable,
Judge Crute declared that il Was the
most unpleasant duty he had been
compelled 70 perform in an experience
of fifteen years. He told the prisoner
in all candor that he was assured there
was no earthly help for Linn, and that
on the day fixed he would stand be-
/ fore his God. he urged him 60 use the
few days intervening between now and
I the fatal day i'm preparing for another
world, and told him he would cheer.
fully admit any minister or Christian
man whom he wanted to see TO his eel
to help him prepare his soul for ct mi
ty
] dye Crute's voice showed the
emotion that he felt at condemnini
a human being 90 death
Marable's long confinement ha
agreed with him. He has gained flesh
his eye is bright, and his genera
health seems excellent.
After passing sentence upon Mara
bic, court Adjourned until o'cloc
p. M
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-05-16
A SENSATION IN BR0OKLYN-A MINIS.
TER'S STATEN NT

wish 10 state that one of my Pensioners
was sick and in trouble for a long time, Mrs.
Brown, 81. Gay Street. No one seemed to I'M
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those in sickness or distress of any kind, Rev
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Brooklyn.
Or. Shea can show thousands such as the a
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Mrs. Amanda Reeves

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SERVED THE DzFENsE's PURPOSE.

MIR. Fore was examined infinitely he
testified that the tracks were so much
alike that he could detect no difference
He further stated that Ellen Gale had
testified on oath before the coroner :
Jury that Pokey and herself were to-
gether the whole of the afternoon of the
murder, and admitted that the matter
had impressed hmm so deeply that he
had commented upon 1t, and wondered
why Ellen had not been tried as an ac-
complete in the murder.
At the close of Mr.. Fore's eXamina-
ton court adjourned until tomorrow
morning at O'Clock
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-05-16
DIR. SHEA

has been carefully educated in the Homoepat hic
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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-05-16
SENTENCED rHE INNooENT.

Mary Alternately was then told to
stand up. Judge Irute asked her il
she had anything to say as to why the
sentence Of death should not be pro-
nounced upon her. reI psf f
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-05-16
ONE LONE JUROR.

Juror Fuqua, however, was to all APP
pearances, single and alone in another
view. He said that he thought that
the testimony~was too strong for Pok-
ey to De turned loose.
The news of Pokey's liberation
spread through the little town like
wildfire, and for an hour afterwards
there was considerable excited talk.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-05-16
AN IMPORTANT FAoT.


In order to ascertain exactly how
long it would require to do this. coun-
sci for tho defence went into thinner
mans tailoring establishments, in
Farmville, yesterday, and got that
gentlemen TO sew five buttons on a
pair of pants. This consumed twelve
minutes. They then had man to
marx thirty eggs in the manner the
eggs were marked by Mrs. Pollard. Ii
took seventeen minutes to do this,
making total of twenty-nine min
utes, the buttons being sewed on by
an expert. 1t was therefore conclud-
ed that the murder must have been
committed after 4 80 O'Clock, at least
According to the testimony in the
Pokey Barnes case she returned to hel
(Pok ey's) house, and was seen to en-
ter it by several persons. just abou
| that hour. . ..t iast tils.i.t.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-05-16
SAT BY THE WINDOW.

Pokey went in and took chair By
the window, and Ellen laid on the
floor then Pokey, Ellen Gale and 10
sa Barnes talked about the Baptist As
ISOLATION soon to meet,
They then got to talking apout sweet
hearts. and other things until Betsy
Ellis and Mary Craighead came Dack-
CARRIED HER MOTHER WATER.
They stayed little while, and then
Pokey and Ellen walked out with them
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-05-16
THEY FIGHT FOR AUNT MARY

At noon she was brought into court,
and her counsel offered still another
motion for new trial for her, on the
ground that the jury in her case had
not been kept together. They offered
the affidavits of Mr.. A, II, Porter, a
merchant in Farmville; John W.
White a colored minister d. P. Bragg
and II. P Bland Cloth colored,) that
they had seen parts of the jury apart
from the other jurors, but in company
with a sworn deputy,
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-05-16
PoKEY's PREDIcAMENr.

Up to this point, however, Pokey
seemed TO have been oblivious to what
was going around her, and, in fact. she
did not know that she was discharged
until Mr.. Wise turned TO her and whis-
pered: ''Pokey, you are free" Even
then she manifested no great emotion,
her demeanor being composed She
expressed herself as being very glad
and was just little overcome when
her father came up and clasped her by
the hands.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-05-16
SOME DID NOT AGREE.

Some f W persons did not agree with
the Commemorative Attorney, but
the masses endorsed his course.
While all this was going on in refer
ence to Pokey Barnes, Mary Aber-
nathy, the woman convicted of the
murder on Monday, April 9th, was in
jail, awaiting sentence OF death.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-05-16
IN HER OWN BEHALF.

She promptly. and without a tremor
in her voice, replied: Nothing; no
more than, am not guilty ofthe sill
ing of Mrs Pollard, aud don't. tnow
here that money is, either.Hr Judge
Crute then sentenced her to be hang
ed on Juiy Sth, five days after the date
for the execution OF Solomon Marable
The Judge explained that he had Civ
en- her all the time the law allowed
This closed a number of very inter
esting scenes in The old courthouse
and. SO far as is known. may end the
celebrated Lunenburg cases. ~.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-05-16
AT PoKEY's HOUSE.

The women then went to Pokey' :
house, where Pokey baked bread and
fried meat and ate dinner, after which
they laid down on the floor. While ly
ing there Betsy Ellis, Mary Cra'gheau
and Rosa Barnes came and after 81 ttinp
awhile proposed to Ellen and Pokey to
90 after cherries with them, and when
they got near ThOmpson's Ellen Gale
stopped and said she did not want t.
90 to the house
Then Pokey and Ellen turned bact
and went towards home, through the
pines, the same way they went; cross
the branch at the same place they nae
crossed going and went back to Pokey'
house
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-05-16

FARMvnLE, VA, May 4.-Judge
Crute this morning sentenced solomon
Marable to be hanged on the Bird OF
July next, in the jail yard yard, be-
tween the hours of A. M. and 3 z. Nj.
for completely in the murder of Mrs
Lucy J Pollard on the l4lh day Of
June, 1895.
Solemn and impressive as such a
scene necessarily was, and awful az
we're the words that fell frOm the lips
of the Judge, had the murderer been
deaf and blind he could have shown no
more insensibility.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-05-16
wENr no FoRr MIroHELL.

They went on to Fort Mitchell, and
at Mr.. Ines gate met Charles Berley
coming out, and all three. with David
Williams, went down to Forces stable
where the men left them. and they
GVent on to Mr. Weatherford's
While they we're at Mrs Weather
ford's the O'Clock train to keysvile
passed. Then Pokey, Ellen, Ben Knight
Charles Berley, and David WIlllams
went on TO within sight of Pokey's
honse. where the men left them and
went to replanting tobacco.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-05-16

He stood before the bar in his ragged
clothes, with his bead like eyes wander
ing hither and thither about the room
and when the sentence was finished sat
quietly down. while from the large
crowd of Negroes that filled one side OF
the courthouse arose a murmer OF
wonder at his impassive demeanor.
Judge Crute opened court about 10
O'Clock, and stated that by agreement
between counsel on either side the cast
against PokeY Barnes would not be
taken up until the afternoon.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-05-16

Pokey told how she had risen early
and after breakfast had carried some
clothes home TO Mrs Fores's; from
thence she went to Mrs BrodbHry's
and thence to Ellen Gales. She de-
scribed how she had asked Ellen for .
chicken, and offered to give her mea
and a dress for her little girl IN ex-
change. Ellen finally gave her the
chicken, and as she had no one to send
for the meal. went with Pokey herself
TO get the meal.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-05-16

and, 50 lar as Is kuOWis my 6Hu. Viit
celebrated Lunenburg cases. ias
WILL APPEAL TO THE SUPREME COURT.
Nary's counsel will go before the
bills of exceptions. r ,ii- ~ q"
1t will be remembered that in the
trial of Mary Alternately MIR. Pollard
testified that he left his house on the
afternoon of the murder about O'Clock
and that, after he discovered that his
wife had been murdered, he went in
the house and found that, before the
crime was committed and after he left
her, she had sewed five buttons on his
trousers and had marked 80 eggs. ie'
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-05-16
FIanrINa rm LYING wITNEss.

The prisoner denied having felt in
ner bosom for a pistol in her quarrel
with Mrs. Pollard, saying she never
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-05-16

He also read the statement of Mrs.
Pattie T.. Brodbury, who was too sick
60 be at court. The statement was 60
the effect that Pokey Barnes had been
on her place at o'clock the morning
of the day of the murder, and at one
O'Clock in the afternoon she saw her
her going by with Ellen Gale.
The defence the put Pokey Barnes,
the prisoner, on the stand in her own
behalf, and told her to narrate all her
movements on the day of the murder.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-05-16
THE MOTION FOR A NEW TRIAL.


He then announced that he was read
to dispose of the motion made some
since for new trial for Solomon Ma
rable. Messrs. w. g Franklin and
William Lancaster, who defended Ma
rable, were both present. The former
rose and said that as he knew Judge
Crute to be thoroughly conversant with
all the evidence in the case he would
simply submit motion for a new trial
without argument. The Judge said
that he had carefully examined thu
/ testimony in the case and the law beal
/ ing on the same. and felt constrained
to overrule the motion.
DECLINED TO GRANT THE REQUEST.
According to the law, he said, it be
ing the fifteenth day of the term, ii
case of Marable would have to be con
pleted at once by passing sentence NJ
on him, but he would fix the day g.
distant as the law would allow in on
der to give time for an appeal to TIN
Supreme Court, which meets JUNE
10th at Wytheville. in case the rec
ords in the case could not be gotteI
ready in time, Judge Crute said Z
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-05-16
nER rNsrINoNY REsUMED.

1t was after 8 o'clock when court
convened and Pokey Barnes was again
put upon the stand for cross-examina-
tion by the prosecution. Che was ask
ed by Mr.. Southall whether in her
Quarrel with Mrs. Pollard in August
preceding the murder, she had cursed
Mrs Pollard To this the prisoner re-
piled that if she had cursed Mrs. Pol
Ia .I.a Il ~ ..o.,, ON o. Il
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-05-16

This, said the witness. was her first
and last quarrel with Mrs. Pollard
The last time she saw Mrs. Pollard was
about three weeks before her death,
when Mrs. Pollard came down to her
house to bring her to get her keys. and
at that time Pokey and Mrs. Pollard
had friendly talk about eggs.
Posey swore that she was not on the
Pollard land from the time OF the
quarrel, in August, until the day of the
murder.