The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-07-13
4 TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.
"Ikc" Pollard shoots C0lOred Woman
and Kills Himsclf-DOne
at Lynchburg.

: "lkc" Pollard shoots C0lOred WOma
and Kills Himself-DOne
at Lynchburg.
News was received here Tuesday al
ternoon Of a terrible tragedy enacte,
that day in Lynchburg, in which Isaa
ii. Pollard, of this county, shot anC
fatally wounded Ella Owens, "A mulat
to, and then killed himself. In its ac
count of the affair, the Lynchburl
Adrance of Tuesday, says:
"The shooting occurred in the base
ment in the rear part of n. r. Bow
mans tobacco factory on Main street
on the steps which lead from the base
ment to the stemping-room. Isaac
Pollard who was al iss ant foreman in
Cunningham d dos factory on
Twelfth street, had teeJ around once
yesterday and bnce TIL ( morning, ask
ing to see the q wens woman, but had
been unsuccessful l i'm his efforts. A few
minutes before One o'clock this after
noon he entered the basement from
the alley and then went up the steps,
upon one of which the woman was
seated. There a short conversation is
SAID to have taken place, but its exact
nature is not known because the noise
Of the machinery drowned their voices,
but it is surmised that there was a
quarrel caused by jealousy. A few
minutes later there was pistol shot
and the sound of the fall of a body.
Those who went TO the spot and saw
what had happened, sent after an Off
Ger, and in response Policeman Carter
came As he entered the basement the
officer says he could see in the dim
light that prevails in that part of the
building a man sitting at the foot of
the steps leading TO the stemming-
room. When the man saw the officer
he raised the pistol in his hand to his
own temple ana fired, falling forward
Immediately and dying about a minute
later. The policeman then discovered
the body of the woman lying by the
side of the man. Her head was on the
floor, while her feet were eleyated on
one Of the steps. She was bleeding
from wound in the head back of the
left ear, where she had been shot, but
was not dead. The officer then had
both bodies taken out on the floor of
the basement where there was more
air. DR.. Young, who had been sum-
moned, arrived in few minutes and,
after examining the woman, ordered
her to be taken in the city ambulance
to her home on Sixteenth street, be
tween Taylor and Wise streets, but be-
fore this could be done she breathed !
her last at about l4j.
"Dr. Walker, the coroner, then had |
both bodies taken to Diuguid's under
taking establishment, where an inquest
is being held, having commenced at 3 |
o'clock.
Isaac Pollard, who did the shooting,
was about forty-fve years Of age and
a native Of Farmville. He had been
but his wife was dead. He
came to Lynchburg last December and
has been employed as assistant fore
man at Cunningham d Co.'s factory |
On Twelfth street.
"The woman, Ella Owens, was a
nulatto about twenty-three years Of
age, employed in the stemming depart
nent of the y. r. Bowman factory.
She was married, but her husband was
n the West. She leaves two small
Pollard was very well known in
Farmville, being lifelong resident Of
his county and for some time lived
lere. His remains were brought to
pamplin on Wednesday morning
where they were taken to. the family
,urying ground and inferred in the
afternoon.