Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-04-26
GIVEN TO THE JURY.
u. Argument Closed 10 Mary AOsfna'
thy'S Case.
-, , SPEECHES or ROTH SIDES
.sueut Reached Last Night
uan, Think THAT the Verdict w"
Not Re Murder in the '''

49,. az Oc4och No =, -
ps .,s, larger than at any OF the pre-
SON. ..ss,ons. The day was entirely oe-
N''s o-s,,ment. Those who spoke Tor
''''' ..o.,,t,on were Mr.. II. a. Sou'haii
10, ,,- william II. Mann, WINE MI
hh' ,,,o,,rnov and Mr. George ID. wise
j. w, -. the defence. AS stated In
.-,,v's Dispatch, the opening
go for the Commonwealth ana the
f.- we're made by Mr.. A. ID. wat
l,..,,oonwealth's Attorney OF Frince
A.1 -, county. and Mr. a. b: Guigon'
..,,.,v The discussions were able
,,.,,6e4. MIR. Guigon made fine
+-.ss,,n upon the jury, who aceorued
.'.. Che closest attention.
49,. watkins opened for the prosecution
wing that on the 18th day OF June
MS committed a crime. the dis
80 circumstances Of which words
..ls not portray. as compared TO the
~ caused 20 the hearts Of those
-. Interested lie told in graphic ana
.,.i,rr language the story of the muir
-, Mrs. Pollard. He said there was
=, 6,rbt OF the fact that Mrs. Pollard
80. murdered. and therefore, the next
...s,ion was. who committed that MUIR
80, The testimony showed that Mary
,t,--stbv. AZ the last account OF Mrs.
,,.,,-i while in life. was in company with
a.. pollard. She must explain why she
-. there and what her conduct was.
gs. evidence Of II. c. Gregory was point
,o In his Mary Abernathy had said
.,. had seen no one on TIE Pollard
,,,sse good. bad, nor Indifferent, yet
sunday morning she was found
t-r- different statement 10 Phil
y-s+s10. The statement of DR.. winston
- T., the cooling Of the body was alluded
:, IN order 10 show that Mrs. Pollard
yas murdered about o'clock. or
',fe after. When Mrs. Pollard was
tIusd she was only five feet from the
t-,ss. and the box Of eggs was not more
man thirteen feet from that house
MUST HAVE BEEN BLIND.
The Jury he'd 1t through witnesses that
g. Aberuathy had said that Mrs. Pol
l.rl vas fixing the eggs to go and set
tte hens before she left the house, and.
,-iass Mary Abernathy was blind. she
ves bound 70 have seen Mrs. Pollard
tua4 before she left that yard. Seeing
1frs pollard fxing those eggs, preparing
,o r3 out OF the house. she went TO as
eert,in II her accomplice was near by
s,il ,r~ Watkins. YES" she went to the
frd Of that porch to see If solomon was
tlcre She said she saw him there. and
lafiave that is true. Does not that con-
6.,t demand such en- explanation as
wound. ln case Of it's failure, fix this
crime beyond a doubt upon her? There
are other exceedingly significant facts in
connection" The speaker then told OF
Nnry's alleged statement few days
nftar the rme was committed, wherein
ffe ssld t,at sire knew Solomon was the
man who committed the crime. Mr..
Watkins araued that Mr. Gregory's state
meut 10 alr. p0llard that he should offer
reward OF Uue-half Of the stolen money
was but ratWai thlng for Mr. Gregory
30 have sal5. and was not an evidence
oi bad motive. He said that there was
nothing IN the conduct OF H. G. Gregory
that would justify the pointing OF a
finger Of suspicion at him. Mr.. Watkins's
closing was very eloquent and mpas-
uonei.
1iR. GuGONS ARGUMENT.
Ho was followed by Mr.. A. y. Gulgon
for the defence. who congratulated the
C0ur. and DE jury on the nearness Of
the end Of this tedious and almost ex-
h8ust.ya trial He referred TO his recent
f.rku SIS. saying that even considering
this be felt constrained 10 do what he
could 100 behalf Of the prisoner at the bar.
He called the attention OF the jury to
some of the Instructions of the Court,
AID went over some OF the important
testimony and Characterized the evidence
Of several witnesses concerning what
"a xrrIn no
afternoon Of the murder as the state
ments OF "prefu1iced" witnesses. Mr.
CIig0n said that IL was but natural that
Mary was excited when those surround
ing her were clamoring for her blood.
u Was not 20 be wondered at that in
that anguish Of mind that Mary Aberna-
taF deliberately lied. He, in referring TO
Nr GrgCry's veracity. said that he did
oct question his veracity-that was none
@, bis blsnefs-but he did question his
corr-ctues5 Mr. Guigon then slfted Mr.
GreerD's evidence and pointed out what
ie considered TO be salient defects in IT,
~r Grg0ry was not sustained in re-
ference 90 the interviews at the Jail. Mr.
Nitt'y's memory was 50 inaccurate and
DIS parrsanry so intense that his testi-
m'Hy Was not TO be relied on in this
case. Where were all the men in Lunen-
aim In hts INVESTIGATION. and go with him
10 Nr Pollard and ask him TO raise that
reward from 20 TO 20 per cent, 80 with
ma twice % Richmond fail to get an in
le'NeW with those prisoners? All these
2ns months that poor, Ignorant woman
lai been subjected 20 searching inter-
views here. IN 10 hmond. m Lunenburg
ana not one single syllable had ever es-
capped her lips which was Indicative of
a'r guilt; II so. the Commonwealth had
t.en Tecreant IN the discharge Of It's
,lry.
MR.. soUTHALL
The first speech OF the morning was
made fer the Commonwealth by Mr..
s94.aal. IL was very clear and force
ill discussion OF the law and evidence
% iha case. Ike began By saying that
a'ioly had seen the murder committed
save those who pcrpetrated it there
ife the prosecution was not able 20
prove that Mary Abernathy had COM
niiied The crime. or had hand in IL.
gave by circumstances. The testimony
Mo-d be taken link by link and put into
cialn. The motive for that atrocious
uat+er was robbery. The speaker read
over the instructons OF the Court; ex
l'@.nins their meaning, and then reviewed
some OF the testimony. He said the
prisoner had said she left the Pollard
pace on the afternoon OF the murder by
iAe 'front.' gate. and kept her eyes fixed
oH Mr. Pollard, that he might see that
me cid not 20 through his wheat. &Fhis
"Nelt was fenced IN, and the wheat was
nearly ripe. and no one would have
W2lgAi % going through H."
ihe only witness who had testified
ss 70 one extenuating circumstance in
IeFof OF tho prisoner at the bar was the
Scessed herself, and her evidence should
Only be believed wherein Il agreed with
te testlmony OF others. Mr. Gulrnn