The National tribune., 1899-08-10

Many who heard the invocation of the
woman the writer for one. cannot doubt but
that she struck sharper blow at the Con-
federate Government than did Grant at
Petersburg and AppomattoX, or the Fed
eral army at Gettysburg. so mote it be.
Amen" To quote Byron, that Invocation
! was whispered in Heaven and mutterGd IN
He'll" As sure as | write these lines, an
I attempted assault was made upon tire
writer of this article, within 10 feet of the
scene described, and just previous thereto
was standing i'll front of Louis J. Bos-
Sieu'S confectionery store, when ConfeG-
crate Regiment passed, marching on the
sidewalk. l made some deriSive remark,
when Swede. keeper of a lar near as he
walked of, said: -Oh, you are Il Union man;
that is all there is about it." This in Il
| loud voice, which was heard by the soldiers,
two or three of whom broke ranks, halted
in front of me, and crying out, where is the
onon mani" Wien | replied, Here, right
mere. The next second an officer called
out sharply, Get in ranks, men," and that
| incident was closed in a second. Proceed
ing homewards. and. when Just opposite
NeIsegars hat store, man in the street,
walking towards NE. cried out in the most
1 fmpudent manner: I can, whip ;lny Union
man IN ttichmond." / halted, looking
straight at him, and replied You are in
! error, Sir; here Is ore -you cannot whip.
II II was an lElprudent remark, but it went,
Inc fellow threw himself in an awkward
| attitude for attack. When | put up my
props in a scientific attitude, he halted. and
just then his friends seized him. My blood
was up, aad | asked his friends to turn him
loose; just at this moment a hand was
laid lightly on my shoulder. which indi-
Gated a friendly one. Turning, was face to
| face with two strangers, tall graceful, and
well attired: one of whom pat his hand to
| his face and whispered: Come with us
| Immediately; you have no show here"
had no feeling of fear whatever, but it
seemed that was actually moved as by an
invisible hand, and moved with the strau-
gers, with one on each side of me, to the St
Charles Hotel. turning the corner towards
Franklin street. Not word was spoken
until We reached Franklin street, when
each of them pressed my hand and said:
"Good-by; be more prudent: we may meet
AGAIN. Nothing more. Who they were,
L have never known, though / frequently
scanned the faces of persons on the street
and about the hotels Not 100 yards from
this alley, Pollard, editor of the Examiner,
was shot dead near the entrance to Ex-
change Alley, which turns into Lombard
Alley from the west.
Young James Grant was arrested and
tried IN Richmond, charged with the murder.
Henry A. Wise and others defended him
Grant was mot guilty" so found, and dis
charged from custody. Young Grants
sister had been traduoed by Pollard in his
s1sis VIsliit WIS IDIf1l III MS fOciQ.
opposite the ETG1iaer Office with az
empty doGb ble- barreled gun still in his hand,
JllSt af.er Pollard was shot. Nevertheless, |
probably On account of the general ull- 4
popularity q Pollard and the high stand |
ing OF the Grant family, young Grant was 4
acquitted, as stated above. |
Jimmy Grant, so known to his friends /
was superior vocalist, basso. and after |
wards Travelled for a time with an opera |
company He was fine, spirited Young
mani knew him Well-and his friends |
applied 10 me to procure some brother |
musicians and serenade him al the jail, |
where he was confined, while awaiting for |
trial; but i advised against it, assuming |
that 1T would prejudice his case TO some eE-
tent, al least, and the project therefore, was
abandoned
THE STATE HOUSE TRAGEDY.
just above Lombard Alley / heard the |
shot fired that killed Pollard. and. hasten
ing around the corner OF Pearl street found
Pollard lying On tie sidewalk near his
Office door, Gead, with many blickshof in
his body Ali Of this affair of Grant and
Pollard occurred Some three wears after the !
war closed; and few months after these
events was standing or Eighth street, on
Jae west side of the Rev. Euge's church.
which fronts on Franklin street. and WiIile
converslng with Prof. Gebhardt, Re were
suddenly startled by a fearful shock and
fall, seemingly as of some great edifiee
tumbling 10 pieces.
Hastily stepping TO the east side of the
church, l there saw great white cloud OF
dust on the spot where the State Capitol
ought to be. The State Capitol, or large
portion thereof, had fallen in. As | ap-
preached the building l met an acauaint-
ance named Anderson, who had miracu-
lously emerged from the fallen building un-
injured. Going with him to Davis's music
store, / returned to the Capitol and assisted
many, among whom was Gov. Wells. and
remained with him until his friends came
with carriage and carried him home.
He was badly hunt, and bleeding from his
chest and throat. yet he finally entirely
recovered, am glad to say.
Nearly hundred persons were killed,
some burned to death, in this catastrophe.
and 200 or 300 injured in many WAYS
There was a large crowd in the building.
where Judge Meredith was hearing a con
tested election case. There had been an
election for Mayor, and the defeated candi-
date had refused to vacate, and at the time
of the accident there were two Mayors and
two sets of policemen governing the city;
and Gen. Candy, having declined to inter
fere. Judge Meredith was hearing the case
(To be continued)
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