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MARABLE DOOMED!
HE IS AGAIN CONVICT
ED OF THE MURDER
OF MRS. POLLARD.
interesting Testimony.
GRAPHIC SCENES IN 7 He
COURTROOM.
interesting Testimony.
DECLARES THE WOMEN ARE IEEO-
CENT AND THAT THOMPSON
COMMITTED THE MURDER.
VOL. XII. NO. l3.


FARMVILLE, VA, March o.
There was not as large a crowd as
was expected to see the commence
ment OF the celebrated Lunenburg
Gases. Yet the courthouse was pack
ed TO suffocation.
Sheriff Dickerson sent over for Solo
mon Marable and he was brought from
his iron cage in the Jail in the rear of
the courthouse building. he present
ed his accustomed appearance. Tall,
lank nnconcerned. he sank in his seat
at the side of his counsel, Hon w. q.
Franklin, Of Appomattox and William
Lancaster Esq , of Cumberland, Co.
The counsel for the prosecution are
Judge w. II. Mann, of Nottoway Co.,
Richmond planet., 1896-03-21

STOVALL-Miss O. r. StovaIl, of
Michaux, Va, departed this life Sun
day, March 10, at - :O5 a. m. after a
severe attack of sickness from Jan 1st
1895 to March 10Th, 1895
She expressed her Willingness to 60
The remains were inferred Mend ay.
March 18th and the funeral postponed
indefinitely.
Richmond planet., 1896-03-21
NOTICE.
samantans samaritans II samaritans IN

There will be a mass meeting of Sa-
maritans at Navy Hill Hall on the 4th
Tuesday night, March oath. All Sama
ritans of good standing are requested
to attend. Also every Lodge is request
ed to send five delegates. BUSINESS of
Importance to be transacted. We will
be glad to have a full 8 tie ndance
Meeting called to order at s O'Clock
sharp.
Jos N. MYERS, !
2 K. Baker st.
V. NJ. GwArHNEx, DePutes.
500 N. 3lst st. 1t
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PAT MORRIS.
PARENTS nURDERED
BY A MOB.
Their Flat Boat House
Burned to the Waters
Edge.
WITHOUT PARENTS tR HcME.
WITHOUT PARENTS UR HONE.
A Crime Against High Heaven.

The story Of the murder of the faith
er and mother of Pat Morris in Louis
lana so moved us that we sent to him
at the WATTS Home in New Orleans q
donasion of $500. We present his pict-
ure, and gazing upon his guileless
countenance will cause sympathy and
awaken new interest in his pathetic &C
count of his parents murder which we
append herewith.
Saturday night, January IL, 1895 wit
messed another one of those damnable
outrages that have made the parish OF
Jefferson so famous in the annals OF
criminal history. The latest and most
atrocious of all is the cold-bloode ed
murder of Pat Morris and his wife
their home being set on fire and their
bodies cremated at Westwego. a little
place opposite the upper end of the
city. They were very old and inoffen-
sive, harming no one, but trying to
make an honest living.
DEsoLATE CONDITION.
The once peaceful and beautiful Par
ish of Jefferson by unrestrained moi
violence has become a barren waste, 9
Richmond planet., 1896-03-21
PRICE, 5 CENTS.

remember when the boat was bought
but have been living with them in
the boathouse ever since / came here.
No sir, we have no relatives alive.
WHY THEY KILLED THEM.
well, mamma began to sell cakes
and coffee and lunch to the men who
worked about with papa, and as john
ME Gassener only sold whiskey and
beer, and a little other stuff, I guess
he got mad with mamma. He never
said anything to any of us, but about
three nights ago he came to point out
spot to fire on the boat. He had
some one with him.
THE LyNcHERs NAMED.
Let me see-his name was Duncan,
and he works on the railroad. John
ME Gassener made out he was drunk,
and when Duncan came on the gallery
papa meant to knock him down with a
club. When papa was about TO hit
Duncan, Johnnie Gassener yelled that
if he did, he would kilt my papa. Since
then papa had no trouble with any of
the men.
THE FIENDs' WORK.
"Well, about IL O'Clock, mamma,
papa and were sitting in the boat
house talking. Some one crawled
down the batture and set fire to the
bow of the boat, where the front door
was. As soon as we saw the flames
papa told US to get out quick as the
boat was on fire. Mamma went first,
and was next TO her, with papa right
behind me. When my poor mamma
got to the door some one of the white
men fred at her.
THE COLOR OF THE MURDERERs.
Yes, they were white, because I
could see them from the light of the
lire. l saw two men L knew; they
we're Mr.. Gassener, who keeps the
saloon, and officer Jerome. Both had
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The Oalanthe Club.

All OF the members of this club are
requested to meet Wednesday evening
at o'clock sharp, at 728 N. Bird ST
Business of importance.
Mrs I w. MITCHELL, Pres.
MRS. NELSON WILLIAMS. Seot'v
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1ARY ABERNATHY AND HER BABY.

great many citizens who have always
acted with the democracy have never
condoned the action of the legislature
in counting out H. Clay Evans, whom
they honestly believe was fairly elect
ed Governor in 1S94.'
Richmond planet., 1896-03-21
Lunenburg Case Postponed.
FARMvILLE, Va. March l9. '00

FARMvILLE, VA, March 70, 90.
The second trial of Mary Abernatny,
charged with the brutal murder of Mrs.
Pollard. was called to-day before
Judge Crute Judge Mann, Judge
Watkins, w. +. Neblett and Captain
luthall were present for the prosecu-
tion, while Messrs Wise, Guigon and
Flournoy appeared for the defence
Owing to the absence of important
witnesses, the case was continued un.
til the first day of the April term o.
the next County Court.
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BIoKENs-GRAHAM-The marriage of
ems will tase place at the brides re-
sidence, Accommodation Street, Mattox
Hif}5on Thursday night, March Goth,
1895, at p. m Friends and acquai Mt
fances are invited to attend. No cards
Richmond planet., 1896-03-21

Richmond Steam Laundry, 3ls
n. 9TH St. Motto: Fine Work. G. W.
Bragg, proprietor. Phone 1906.
Richmond planet., 1896-03-21

r. G Southall, Esq, Of Amelia Co,
and Commemorative Attorney a. ID.
Watkins.
Mr.. E, A, Pollard, husband of the
murdered lady drove across the couI-
try forty-miles.
MarabIe conversed with his counsel
IN low tones
Mr.. Franklin on an account OF what
he declared to be a defect in it hled
a general demurrer to the Indictment.
Judge Crute called the court to or
der promptly at o'clock, and Mr..
Franklin presented the genera demur
rer TO the Indictment, which was
promptly overruled by the Court The
work of empannelling the jury then be
gan. A special venire of sixteen had
been summoned, and all of them an
swered satisfactorily the questions
propounded Co them by the Court. The
Venire answering to their names were
Messrs +. II. Burford, r 7. Rice, K
N, Wilkinson, w. d. Warmer, G. ID.
Warmer, h. L. Price, g. A. Morton,
]. y, Harris, T p Singleton, is Rey-
nolds, Benjamin Abbitt, w. w. Swami,
H A Glenn. K. l.. Womack, q W..
Redd, q. M Redd, and N. S. Norton.
These four were stricken off Messrs
Z L. Womack, q. w. Redd, @. M
Redd, and n. ). Morton.
The jury is composed entirely OF
white farmers from the Darlington
Heights neighborhood, in the upper
part of Prince Edward.
Mr.. w. s. Neblett, Commonwealth {
Attorney of Lunenburg county, was or
hand during the afternoon session o.
the tribunal, and qualified to practice
law in the County court Of Prince Ed
ward.
The Jury was then sworn in and thu
Indictment against William Henr.
Marable, sometimes cal ed Solomon
MarabIe, was read by Clerk William t
ghackston The plea of not guilty wa
Entered and the witnesses for the Con
honwealth were called.
OLD Mr.. POLLARD.
The first one to step forward wa
Mr. Pollard, the husband of the mul
dered woman. Mr.. Pollard is still
spriphtly old gentleman, with heav
gray side whiskers and then beard,
clean shaven lip, piercing gray eyes, al
A very pronounced expression abot
the mouth. He wore gray jeans. +
was first to take the witness stan.
and being directed so to do by M
Southall, told in his own way crap
&c story of the killing OF his wife in l.
nenburg He began by saying that
the afternoon of June l4th, about 3:
o'clock, leaving Mary Abernathy 81
ii ~ on the porch and his wife IN {
ho1se, he went to work in the hei
and half an hour later he saw old Ma
Barnes coming from the house.
showed her how TO weed the potato
Richmond planet., 1896-03-21

-RememDer. we DO the finest Of
laundry work at the Richmond Steam
Laundry, 3lS..N 7'h St., Phone 1905.
Richmond planet., 1896-03-21
THOSE TERRIBLE WOUNDS.

The witness described the wounds
his wife had received He said that
he could not tell how many blows Nrs.
Pollard had been dealt, but when he
saw her she had three gashes across
the top of her head, one across one Of
her eyes, which almost entirely de-
prived her of that orb. and one ear was
almost cut of. The body was found
six or seven feet from the house
against which the meat-axe-the weap
on with which the murder is supposed
TO have been committed was leaning,
Richmond planet., 1896-03-21
A WORKING COUPLE.

in Houston papa worked in cotton.
and four years ago we came here and
papa got work on the levee at West
wego at trucking cotton. Now / don't
Richmond planet., 1896-03-21

scourge, a place to be Stunned by all
law abiding people. How long will the
good people permit these outrages, at
the very doors of their boasted civili-
cation, to continue unchecked?
Below is the narrative of the son,
who escaped and lives to tell the tale
of the bloody deed.
The only survivor of the unfortunate
couple is an eleven year old boy, who
for one reared in such circumstances,
is exceedingly intelligent.
PIrFUL OBJECT.
Pat Morris, for that is the name of
the lad. is of small size, and his CHINA
mon features already shows the marks
OF ms great grief. While his look is
sufflclent to tell that he suffers, one
must talk TO the unkempt and CURLY
headed boy before a thorough under.
standing OF his deep sorrow is obtain
ed.
WHERE HE HAS WANDERED.
As he sat in the office of DR.. CIav of
the Waits Home on Clio street. his
thin Grown fingers playing with the
loose threads of his old trousers. not a
tear sprang to his small eyes. which
sat deep in the sockets. His mining
voice, which gradually softened as be
told the tale, gave evidence that he
was more than cognizant of his aflic-
ton.
KINDNESS AT LAST.
Mrs. Reames. the kind matron. ush.
cred the boy into the office, and in !
| gentle way bade him relate the detail,
of the horrible crime to those present
At first Pat hesitated, but he was as
sured that he would not be harmed. /
was then that he broke the silence
and in plaintve tones said:
HOUSE ON FIRE.
"They set the house on fire at I
O'Clock last night-Saturday nigh
Our house was boat, and it had bee
raised on four posts. Yes, it was nes
the levee, and papa raised it, so tn,
f, the water would not get to it. Par
}. said he was married to my mama
e eighteen years ago in Houston, Texa
Q Mamma, you know, was a black wor
n an and about fifty years old Just Il
: same age as my papa.
A WORKING COUPLE.
1t I'm Houston papa worked in cottc
l. and four years ago we came here a
Of papa got work on the levee at We
wego at trucking cotton. Now do
Richmond planet., 1896-03-21

~ Terms In advance ST.
per year. Sent to any part of
the United States or Canada
without additional charge.
Richmond planet., 1896-03-21
EYERYCOLOREDM NAN

Should Have this Jour-
nal In His FiSme. Every
White rIan Should be full
ly Posted as to the Wishes
of this Large LabOring
Class of the South.
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THE ONLY MEDIUM

Observation-Disclosures
COlored Peoples Trade.
Special Quotations upon
Large Advertisements.
Our Circulation Guaran-
teed
Richmond planet., 1896-03-21

~It Is the Favorite Means
OF Communication between the
BUSINESS MAN and the Con-
sumner. Phone 935.
G0@NGNOO@@@NN
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and vegetables. Witness had no words
with Mary Barnes.
MIR. Clemmons had been by Pollard's s
house and he had arranged to let him
have three barrels of corn. Mr.. Pol
lard heard lemmon's wagon coming,
and he went to the house to get the
corn
CALLING G HIS WIFE.
Witness went to the house and call
ed Lou" Lou" but got no response.
Being in a hurry. he washed his hands
hurriedly, but did not wipe them,
The corn was measured out and Glenn
mons drove of. getting down by the
time the witness started around the
house to see what had become of his
wife AS he got around the corner OF
the house he saw Mrs Pollard's body
lying upon the ground, and saw
great quantity of blood. and upon
close inspection he ascertained that
his wife's head was split open. Mr..
Pollard said that he then ran to his
bell to set up the alarm, and found
that the wire had been taken of the
nail, and that he spent a minute or so
1 in fixing it. He then thought that
probably he had been robbed, and go
ing into the house be found this to be
the case He then ran out again and
rang the bell and hollered again, end
soon old Mary Barnes came up. 9th
ers followed her, and soon a large
crowd was present
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MORE VALUABLE THAN GOLD

The first steel pen was made in 1880.
Beryllium, which resembles lead, is
worth $50 per ounce.
Chromium comes in fiat, thin, gray
ism blue crystals and is worth $40 per
ounce.
Rubidium is of a greenish gray ap-
pearance and comes as powder. Its
value is $S8 per ounce.
Ruthenium is black powder in APP
pearance, and exceedingly difficult to
melt. It is worth $44 per ounce.
Thurium closely resembles. PABLO
dunn, but while the latter is worth
only eight dollars per ounce, its twin,
thurium, is sold at $160 per ounce.
Didymium, when collected, is light
gray or dove color. When melted it is
one of the whitish gray metals. 1t
is worth S72 per ounce.
Cerium is brownish green mass in
appearance, but in reality it is white
metal belonging to the aluminium fam
lily. Its value is $40 per ounce.
Calcium is, of course, well known.
1t comes in a white powder, and is more
readily melted than any of the others.
1t belongs to the aluminium family,
and is worth $50 per ounce.
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LITERARY eLEANINes.

Mrs. Humphrey Ward lives, when in
the country, at Aldbury. sleepy Eng
fish village of 500 people, under the
Chiltern Hills. Mrs. Wards residence
is called Stacks House."
The Paris press has lost one of its
brightest humorists by the death of M.
Jules AIoinaux, who for many years
made the seamy side of life in the
capital source of fun for Charivari
readers.
Ruskin once wrote to Dante Gabriel
Rossettf: eff you wanted to oblige me
you would keep your room in order and
go to bed at night All your fine
speeches go for nothing with me till
you do that"
A firm of publishers has offered
Sarah Bernhardt 100000 for her auto
biography. This beats by $4,000 the
check which Messers. Longmans paid
Nacaulay "for one edition of a book, as
Macaulay himself expressed it, the book
being his history.
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PERSONALS FROM ABROAD.

The present car of Russia is one of
the few reigning monarchs who has not
insured his life.
Prof. Archibald Geikie, the distin-
guished British geologist, is coming to
the United States soon on lecturing
tour
Alfred Rothschild keeps seven chefs,
one of whom has nothing to do beyond
making curries Rothschild rarely
dimes away from home, frankly declar-
ing that he prefers his own table to
any other.
Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, the British
colonial secretary, has just received a
complimentary name from three Be-
chuana chiefs, who have been visiting
England. he is called Moatlhodi,
which means: "IIe puts things right"
Prince Ferdinand and Charles Of
Bourbon, the two eldest sons Of the
count of Caserta, who is now the head
Of the Naples Bourbons, have applied
for permission to serve in the SFa1ish
army that is trying to subject Cuba.
The name Olga, which has been given
to the infant daughter Of the car and
czarina, is an ancient Russian name. II
is also a favorite in the Russian imperial
family. Ii is likely that nearly all the
female children born in Russia during
the next few months viii be named
Olga.
Lord Dunraven in speaking drops
into the faint and by no means tnpleas-
ant twapg of the educated YANKEE, and
this, added to certain bFiskncss in
manner and an easy way Of accostin9
people, gives him the leading eharac
teristics Of our transatlantic cousins.
saYs a London exchange.
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SAYINGS OF THE EAST.


Mans nature to good is like the ten
dency of water to flow downwards.
There are none but have this tendency
to good Just as all water flows down
wards-Mencius, Kaou Tsze opt. i. eh.
fi).
There is nothing more visible than
what is secret, and nothing more nan
ifest than what is minute; therefore,
the superior man is watchful over him
self when he is alone.-Doctrine Of the
Mean (ch. j.
The master said: ''When walk along
with two others they serve me as my
teacher. 1 win select their good quaii-
ties and follow them, their bad quali-
ties and avoid them" -Confucia An,
Shuh Urh (ch. xxi).
A bad year cannot prove the cause
of death to him whose store Of grain
is large. An age of corruption cannot
confound him whose equipment of viz
tue is complete. = Mencius, Tsin Sin
(ch. X.
Where there is musk there will, of
course, be perfume; it viii not be neces-
sary to stand in the wind. Talent and
worth will manifest themselves with
out resorting to NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Proverb of Foo Chow.
In archery we have something like
the way of superior man. When the
archer misses the center of the target
he turns round and seeks for the cause
of his failure in himself. doctrine of
+I,a ATao,, (nI, x-iu)
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Beware of Counterfeits.

Who infeet the market and are the means OF
robhing sick people oftheir money, and what
- OF sun greater consequence of not unfre-
quently aggravafing the complaints under
which they labor IL is an act of duty we
owe to society to warn the people against
these dangerous frauds. A little care on the
part Of the purchaser will protect Them from
1mpos1 ion by bearing in mind these facts ::
Never buy when 1t is offered in bulk lin kegs
orJugs) as the genuine Hoste'ter's Stomach
Bitters are sold only in bottles having the
handsome steel plate label displaying the
combat between st. George and the Dragon,
and having at the bottom miniature note of
signature of the president Of the company
Oyer the cork Is "A metallic cap, on which is
Impressed the name of the article, together
with medallion head in the centre. Any
Siomach Bitters we shall not hesitate to
bring to justice, as we never fail to convict.
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]. L. HAYNES.
JOHN PAULDING
NOTICE OF FoRFEITURE.

Carson Mining District, Owyhee County,
State of Idaho, January IL, 1896.
To James H. Hawley, James Bennett and
Charles Moore:
You are hereby notified that 1 have ex-
pended One Hundred Dollars, in labor and
ipi,, niSir,s ~ ire f3eIief a ~, <
American Flag. situate in Carson mining
district, Owyhee county, Idaho. as viii APP
pear by certificates filed in the Office Of the
recorder OF said county, in order TO hold the
said premises under the provisions of sec
ton 1924, of the Revised Statutes Of the Uni
ted States. for the year ending December 81,
1895. And, il within ninety days from the
receipt oil this notice or after its first publica-
ton you fail TO contribute your proportion
of such expenditures, as co-owners, your in
terests in said claims VIII become the prop
ert OF the subscriber under said section 1924.
JAMES DoHERTY.
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HIS REroRT COURTEOUS.
Would Change the story So as to Give
Due Credit.

Would Change the story So as to Give
Due Credit.
DR.. Chalmers, the eminent divine,
was fond of telling the following story:
Lady Eetty Cunningham, having had
ONE difference of opinion with the
)arish minister, instead of putting her
usual contribution in the collection
olate, merely gave a stately bow. This
having occurred several Sundays in
succession, the elder in charge of the
5late at last lost patience, and blurted
)ut: eve cud dae wi less o. yer man
Iers, an mair O. yer siller, ma Teddy"
Dining on one occasion at the house
If a nobleman he happened to repeat
he anecdote, whereupon the host, in
a not over-well pleased tone, said:
"Are you aware, DIR. Chalmers, that
Lady Betty is a relative of mine?"
81 was not aware, my lord" replied
he doctor; "but, with your permission,
shall mention the fact the next time
/ tell the story" ..-,... -
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ODD BILLIARD FACTS.

Making Table in a Day-The Balls Sea-
soned in MISUNDERSTANDING Red Balls.
A Billiard table can be built in "a
hours if carte blanche is given to the
manufacturer, but he prefers to have
time to get the right effects, from one
month to six. The wood needs to be
seasoned for a period OF nearly seven
years. Rich, deep Spanish mahogany
is used, pollard oak, ebony and satin
wood.
Tables are not always covered in
green. Blue is sometimes used and a
pure olive green. The late Prince Leo
pold was the first to make use of the
latter color, and olive green is Known
to-day IN the billiard world as Prince
Leopold's color"
The balls must be well seasoned be-
fore they are used for play. Manufac-
turers have incubators in which to store
them that they may undergo the drying
process. Some incubators viii hold
fully 5000 balls. When they are first
made they are green" Solid ivory is
the only satisfactory material of which
to make them; artificial balls (those
made of composition) are much heavier
and do not wear well. English makers,
to give the red balls a}perfect color,
steep them in decoction that is some
times described as the 'guardsnan's
bath" This is extracted from the old
coats Of Tommy Atkins" and for bill
lard balls it is the finest scarlet dye
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eAPTIZEp IN a WIG.
LaughabIe Result Due to Converts Great
Personal Pride.


Personal Pride.
It was proved at baptizing few
DAYS ago that it is well to go well pre-
pared if you are to be baptized. A cit
izen who was immersed at the last oc-
currence of this kind can testify to this
effect. This gentleman, says the Louis
Vile Commercial, had intended to be
baptized, but it took him long time to
make up his mind. Atlast, however, he
came to a decision, and the minister led
him to pool. So far all was well.
The trouble commenced as soon as
the minister tried to put the citizens
head under the water The citizen APP
parently did not object to standing in
the water up to his ears, but further, or
rather deeper, he did not wish to go.
Finally, as a last resort, the minister
placed his hand on his head and began
to bear down. AS he did so the citizens
mass of hair slipped from his head, and
the minister found himself standing
with wig in his hand, while the bald
head of the citizen doomed up conspic-
uously.
After this there was no trouble in get
ting this head under the water. The
citizen had always carefully concealed
the fact that he was bald, and when he
was found out he went under the water
so willing and stayed so long that the
spectators became frightened. He was
taken out very much ashamed of him
Golf
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search of water in New Haven, and not
finding any, the job was given up.
Coal of excellent quality, and in APP
parently enormous quantities, has
Just been discovered in Arizona, in the
Dos Cabezas district, only six miles
from the railroad.
The official figures of the gold prod
uct of Alaska in 1894 are placed at
S1,2S2, 623.13, and silver $5,716.55. The
figures for the preceding year were
s1,O38, 824 and s1O,9s3.92, respectively.
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Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given that the DeLamar
Mining Company, Limited, are the owners
OF the Chicago, Wilson and Cash Millsites,
on which Whistles most of the buildings in
the lower town of DeBamar are situated. All
persons contemplating the purchase of any
building located on said Millsites should
satisfy themselves that the vendor or grant
or has q lease TO the soil. Any person pur-
chasing or entering uEspn said Whistles with
out lease or licenoe frfsfn said DeLamar Min
ing Company, Limited, will be considered a
trespasser, and promptly prosecuted.
JOHN w. PLUATMER,
Manager.