Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-04-25


REORGANIZATION boy Captain Wise.
Judge Mann then asfed him;
MIR Pollard, do you know whether
dr Gregory knows anything OF the q
whereabouts Of your money! I
To this the witness replied that he
had no knowledge on the subject, /
whether Mr. Gregory did or not. I
Captain Wise aud Judge Flournoy
again took the witness in hand, and
made him explain 20 the jury, with
the help of the chart Of his house and
yard, the position of the pools of blood
and the box of broken eggs.
This completed Nr POliard's exam
ination He left the stand, and MIR. II
.. Gregory's examination was begun.
He was requested by Mr. SOuthall o
tell all that ne knew about the muir.
der OF Mrs Pollard
MR. GREooRY or THE STAND.
MIR. Gregory told how he was ON a
visit Co his son near Fort Mitchell ~ /
the time OF the murder, his home then i
being in North Carolina. How he had /
left his sons house on that evening /
and gone TO mail letter. After his
return home young man. neighbOr
of his, came over and said that Mrs.
Pollard had been murdered. He at
ents and several others there. Mrs
Pollard's body lay in the back yard,
and Mr. Pollard lay beside it convuls-
ed with grief.
After describing the position of the
\ body and the wounds, MIR. Gregory said
/ that he and r. Clements, who was
/ the constable. began TO try and get
clues They asked, he said, Mary Alb
ernathy whether she had seen any one
on the place that day, aud her answer
! had been. "No one-goOd, bad, or in
different. F."
The witness said she had repeated
this several times over, Shaping her
hands together Historically
Mr.. Gregory was going on to state
what he and MIR Clements had learned
from Lula Knight, a little girl who had
been staying at Mary Aberuathy's, and
Wilson Alternately. but objection was
made, and he was not allowed to pro-
coed on that line.
Judge Mann-"Mr. Gregory, please
state what occurred between you and
Mr.. Pollard in regard TO the reward
offered by the latter for the recovery
of the money"
The witness said that the converse
tion occurred on the Monday after the
, Sunday that Marable had eluded his
pursuers. He had gone to Mr.. Pollard
and advised him TO offer a re ward for
the recovery OF his money and the
capture of the murderers Mr. Pol
lard replied that he had already offer
ed twenty cents on the dollar lie
:; asked him would he noLgive half, C
} which he replied that he would not in.
4 crease the reward.
r. Judge Mann" What motive did you
= have to suggest that half of the money
- be given for its recovery"
l. A-"No motive in the world except
2 that Marable had eluded his pursueri
! and wished the reward made large
= enough GO induce some one TO pick hin
q up. This was the only time that any
= thing passed between us on the sub
D iect at all"
MIR. Gregory being asked to give. a
n far as he could. Mary Abernathy's ties
G timony when she was placed upOn tn
: stand at Bunenburg Courthouse, wen
o into it at length. and according to hi
T testimony Mary Abernathy's story q
= her movements on the day of the muir
: der was precisely similar to the testi
mopy on that point given by Mr.. Pol
> lard.
, The only new point brought out wa
j. that Mary Alternately had said tina
&C. while she was seated in Mr.. Pollard
l. she had seen a man down in the roa
n east from the house.
. The witness was here turned over {
the counsel for the defence, and CaI
tain Wise got him Co thoroughly ex
p plain 20 the jury the chart of the hous
IS aud yard.
II RIGID ExAMINATTON.
IT Captain Wise then began to rigidl
eross-examine the witness. who test
Il fed that on the morning of the muI
der. he was at his sons, near Fort Nit
IL chell. About 4 80 in the afternoon h
went TO Fort Mitchell 20 post n letter
captain Wise "Did you see Solomo
81 Marable at Fort Mitchell that after
le noon?"
II A. 81 never saw Marable in my lil
er TO know him before his arrest"
I'd O. What stores did you go TO
:, Fort Mitch Up"
nj A II went to Forces store, wheI
the post-ofice is kept"
to Q. What time did you hear of I'll
murder?"
rs A "a little after Z, l think"
at @ Did you so Immediately to NJ
e Pollard's2"
a 4 did, after going by after m
ID son."
&c @ "Who was at Mr.. Pollard's whe
ry you got thereF
n A. MIR Clements, Sheriff J. W Eli
It. Clyde Tree, and several cOlOred peop
n. among them Wilson and Mary Abe
sc na.hy"
IL Captain Wise then went on askin
ed questions as to who was there at I'll
n time Mr. Gregory got there, in ordt
e TO test the memory of the witness. II
he then began TO ques ton him as to whe
he he went that night Witness testifit
by that he in company with AIR. Aust
Clements and Mir John knight, wi
ID, acted as pilot, went TO Lula Knight
il ard stayed some time. They the
went to Mr.. William q. Thompson
who lived near by.
THE THOMPsoNs.
&c Mr.. William 6. Thompson, Mr. CIR
n CORY testified, was, he thought, a $,
TO of Mr.. Pollard's first wife, and Dav
en- Jennings Thompson was her grandso
ne Going on to describe his movement
he that night, Mr.. Gregory described no
a he and Messrs. John Knight and Au
us tin Clements had examined an oil
unused house by the light of a dim Ii
10 tern, thinking that the money mig
TO be there
v .. After Solomon's arrest. did VI
an help to search any other place?''
ey A Yes, ! searched Mary Abern
an thy's house
he @ "What day was that?"
ne A. Saturday, the 10Th "
Captain Wise: "Why, that was b
er fore SolomOn's arrest"
To this half question Mr.. Gregol
ng made no reply
us Q. "Who was at Mary Alternately
OF when the search was nader"
lie A Mary Alternately and her childri
b t l don't think Wilson was there"
N. Q "Where did you search?''
re A 81 did not make any close scare
On I looked through trunk or two al
some chests and boxes"
he @. Mary Alternately opened them f
lie you, did she not?"
lie A "She did"
Q. "She opened them willingly al