The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-04-24


/ saw Pokey and this Briley man.
WHO was the arst person that you
talked with2'
Il Gid not have any talk with anybody
untn night. when the people gathered
and they quizzed me- ana Poksy.'
WHO quizzed me-
Il think It was Mr. Gregory, Mr..
Clements. and Mr. Eubank.'
"Whon were you arrested
SAT UP WITH THE CORPSE.
MIR. Pollard told Aunt Mary Barnes not
TO go away. and we sat up all night in
the yard with the corpse. In the morn
ing place was fixed I'm the little room,
and the body was kept there until or
Q O'Clock. and then Mr.. Pollard asked me
TO help shroud her. which I cid. MIR.
Buny washed her face and fixed. her
hair. l was arrested Saturday about
night"
Where were YOU all day Saturday,
AT Mr. Pollards, until they got ready
10 take us to Mr.. Gregory's."
where did you stay Saturday night?'
In vacant house on the place Of some
gentlemen. l cannot remember his name"
"Wno had charge OF you?'
"Nrr. Bigger, Mr.. Ellis, and another
gentleman"
what did you do next morning."
I'VE were taken TO Mr.. Clements. We
got there carly in the morning
"Who was arrested2'
ELLEN Gale. Poley, and myself"
did you converse with Mrs. Gle
ments2"
yes. sir: l went 10 walk out. and
asked her 10 go with me. As we were
walking she asked me did | know who
| killed Mrs. Pollard / said ! did not.
laid had never been arrested I'm my life
before. and did not know anything about
n l. h4
TO tell me that il they found the one
who got Mr.. Pollarl's money what would
they do with US. She said she did not
know"
THE MAN BEHIND THE FENCE.
"D.d you have any conversation with
PM. Watson. when he was walking with
you. while you were under arrest2'
yes. sir. Phil. said that murder was
terrible thing. and I said yes. had never
known such n thing to happen in the
county before"
what diI you tell him about seeing
a man going down the fence. when You
were coming away from Mr.. Pollard's
on tho evening OF the MURDER"
Il told him that when | first went In
Mr. Polafls porch that evening | saw
a man going on out to tho big road. but
never thought anything of It.. When |
went home did not see living thing on
| Ilo Way Ntl l Ehf 10 NY Npuef
which way did you go hOme?'
Il went back the same way l came,
| ~ the road. / never went through the
| path by the wheat lot but twice in my
| llfe."
DID you ever nave a conversation with
| Mr.. II. A. White?'
Il never said word to him in my life
! TO my knowledge
Did you have a conversation with Mrs.
| Thompson"
| yes. sir"
! What was said?'
''shs told me that anybody who had
killed Mrs. Pollard ought to be hung,
said yes. that the one who did II surely
ought 10 be hung. that it was terrible
tbins."
when Old you hear that Solomon had
| been aTrestedY
AT Mrs Clements house in the din
Ing room. Mrs. Pat,ie Clements (Nlrs.
| Clements came 10 the door and said:
you all be sun. they have caught the
| rascal who got Mr.. Pollard smo ney.' !
ciapped my hands and thanked God; and
| / DO thank Him yet. that they got MN.
when did they try you before magis-
trstey'
Monday morning they took us over TO
! Mr.. PolArds and after they got through
trying US. Mr.. Clements. said: Mary and
POkey, you are excused. and can 80
| home
"Dld you tell what you knew them"
Yes. sir"
TOOK a SIDE TRACK.
Mary then took a side track. and be-
gan 10 talk about Solomon. saying:
Il never saw solomon after Wednesday
OF that week. He came 10 my house
with my Willie. who was going TO work
on the section. and wanted his bucket.
never saw Solomon again until AFTER MS
arrest"
What did you do after they turned you
loose?" asked Judge Flournoy.
II went down To Mr.. ROach's, ana !
hadn't been there as long as | have been
sitting in this chair before Mr. Harding
came and SAID l must go back home. II
was too late TO go back that night so he
took me 10 Hal Smithson's, where !
spent the night"
why did you go 20 Mr.. Roach's2'
81 went there because / had promised
Rachel Wrenn some cabbage plants and /
wanted 10 make "a grnerQ round OF
visits up there before Wilson called me 70
the couufield"
"Who is Rachel Wrenn?"
"Sho IS Wilson's sister"
who did you see when you got
there"
Rachel and Lou Davis. Lou met us IN
the road not far from the house. when
got 10 the house, ! sat down in the door
and was sitting there when Mr.. Harding
came"
MRS. POLLARD's EGGS.
did you have any conversation with
Phil. Watson or any one else about Mrs.
Pollard's eggs?'
4 never said anything about eggs no
Ny little puppy followed me to the house,
and went 10 a coop and scared a hen.
Miss Lucy asked me II ne would suck
eggs. and I told her that 1 did not think
that he would"
/ did you tell Phil. Watson that2"
Il told him that, II told him anything
about eggs"
How many persons remained at Mr..
| Pollard's the night OF the murder2"
cant tell, there were a heap OF them"
You were discharged Monday evening
about sun down? Who discharged your
Mr.. Clements"
| WAS there an eXamlnatlon?
| YES. sir"
who was the magistrate?"
The witness did not seem clear I'm her
mind as 10 what a magistrate was. she
said that Mr.. Eubank asked questions
and some other gentlemen She thought
Mr.. Eubank was the magistrate.
How many children have YOU living
Mary asked Captain Guigon.
Nine living. and six dead. my last babv
was born New Years dav."
DID YOU KILL MRS. POLLARD?
Mary, said Judge Flournoy. impress