Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-05-09

Mise.
Continuing, he asked the witness what
two women they wer6 whom she told
that Pokey was with the whole even
ing.
Il didn't know nothing about who
who they were," replied the witness.
Didn't you tell Betsy Ellis and Mary
Craighead about it ?'
Il never told Aunt Betsy or Mary
nothing"
Didn't you tell that gentleman
there" asked Captain Wise, rising TO
his feet and pointing to Mr.. Hugh Car
doza, that you never left Pokey that
afternoon? He was in soldier clothes
when you last saw him, but he is the
same man. Didn't you tell him that?'
IF l did it was because 1 was afraid
of Pokey. If 1 told himit was in the
courthouse"
"You say you were afraid of Pokey
when there was a whole regiment of sol
diers to protect you?"
" Soldiers or no soldiers" said the
witness, ALI that Pokey wanted was to
get loose and get TO me-"
The witness then began to tell of
some of POkey's pugilistic exploits, but
was stopped by counsel for the defence,
and Judge Cr1te said he would see that
she did not offend again.
MORE INACCURACIES
/ The cross-examination of the witness
was spun out to considerable length,
and few other inaccuracies discovered.
After Captain Wise got through with
her Captain Guigon took the witness in
hand, and examined her particularly as
to her parting with Pokey at the old
"gate place" She said that when Po-
key went through there she did not ask
i l.. IL. 4 -
iher, "Why wont you go ?" She also
testified that. when Pokey came back,
after an absence of half an hour, she
mad a bunch of sumac in her hand.
JUDGE FLoURNoY ASKS QUESTIONS TOO.
Judge Flournoy then took turn al
the witness, who occasionally showed
some slight symptoms of temper, but
was not able to extract anything new
form her She did not seem to be viii
ling witness as far as the defense was
concerned.
After a few more questions she was dis
missed sud David Williams was put oI
the stand:
WAS n poRF's FIELD.
He said on the dav OF the murder n,
was working for p +. Fore, in IA fielC
adjoining Mr. Pollard's, aud in sight o
Pokey Barnes house
He had seen Pokey, Betsy Ellis, Ellel
Gale, Rosa Barnes, and Mary Graz ghea'
leave Pokey's house just before E&Socl
! in the afternoon going toward T1i44s..
! sons and some time later he saw Poke.
Barnes and Ellen Gale come back TO
lgether.
DID NOT KNOW HOW LONG.
He did not knew how long they -wer
absent from Pokey's house, but eac
2 man was carryi ng two rows.
They had completed two sets and wer
r on a third when the women came bacl
He did not know how long the row
were, but the the corn was badly miss
ing Judge Mann requested that tn
4 Jury be sent from the room, in orde
e that the court might pass on questIu
T TO which he thought objection would
o raised.
Judge Mann asked the witness whe
o er he had heard Pokey say anything aft'
a the murder.
81 SHE HAD SAID NOTHING TO HIM.
,tl He said that Pokey had not said an
n thing to him, but he had heard her tel
eI ing her cousin before her arrest IL
d second time that she wanted to see So
N onon and she wanted to see him. 81
said also, witness stated that SOlomC
was keen, and If he knew anythil
about the murder or money they won
~ never find it out.
!. The jury was brought back and I'll
~ testimony submitted to them
ne CAPT. GUIGoN EXERCISES HIS GIFTS.
ssoI Defence began to examine the w
az ness who stated after great exertio
/. on the part of Captain Guigon, to drs
him out that he was pretty eOnfide
III that Pokey and Ellen Gale we're Il
~ gone from Pokey's house on the eve
,aa a., ing of the murder more than thin
nc minutes. Mr. Clyde Fore was the ne
witness. He stated that he was wol
ing with the hands in the field the
or Mrs Pollard was murdered
% This completed Mr. Fore's examiI
- tion, the defence stating that they h
" no questions to ask him, and Mr. A
III Clements was put on the stand.
c. again gave in the evidence, alrea
"a twice submitted by him, in regard
IN his visit to Mr. Pollard's house on
"O evening of the murder.
, it THE DISTANCE FROM THE HOUSE.
e e Mr.. Clement" said Mr. South
, nd "it has been testified to here as to
IA IA old gate place down in the lane fr
y
from the house?"
"Oh, it is seventy-four yards fl
nee the stable-yard.
af- "How far is the sunk place?"
ire about forty yards, think .
lin By the help of the chart of Mr.
re, larRs place, Mr.. Clements Showed
ned jury the different fences and places
1ss- luded to in the testimony of witnes
fed The witness testified that Polla
house could be seen from the old s
ngh place, but after person got down
and the sink it was not visible.
.ev Mr.. Clements said that the lengt
nee the corn rows in Fore's field was
yards according to measurement
surveyors chain. He did not X
whether there were any tracks in
lane leading from the old gate place
had to the house or not. Mr. Clements
Mr.. that he thought it would take a
Jew about % minutes to replant two rov
lade corn 264 yards long, when the gre
tier was hard, and the corn One-third n
lood ing.
ON KNEW BETTER THAN he
&c, Mr. Glenn ents thought, however,
Ihey Mr.. Fore, who had the work in chs
VI and had put the time at Is mint
ought to know better than himself
THE OTHER GREGORY.
LAY" n"c Mr.. D. J. Gregory was next pJ
eth Sne sOauu' anu anu Ies'.ueu snao 10
eing uo~n Sne tt tAne 20 10 Tue o5o s"se
10 NV found three tracks. There were
~ left-footed tracks of bare-footed
;n,o- sons coming in the aw-bars tow
the house, and one going out.
"Did you measure those tracks?'
ed Mr. Southall.
81 did"
,ourt "Did you afterwards measure
,men foot of any person that correspo
Ourt- with themr
out
lring OArTAiN WISE OAAhS a HAIL.
Cap "Wait one minute" cried Ca
Wise. where is that measure?'
much II took no care of it after tn