The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-10
The Alleged Connellsvillc
Wife Of Barber Here to
"Vindicate Herself"
| DRAMATIC SCENES
IN POLICE COURT
Pollock Tries to Prove rersceu-
ton, Denounces Uncle Of eli
cnt's Wife and Attacks the
Neracity Of R. L. Barnes.
The Case to Be
Pushed.

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After ono of the hardest fights eSs
witnessed in Richmond. II. r. Barber,
defended by Mi. Gilbert K. Pollock
and prosecuted By Commemorative At
torney Minetree Folkes. was convicted
of petit larceny In the Police Court
last night. and was sentenced by JUS
tice Crutchtield to four months In tho
sty jail. The excitement incident to
the heated arguments and the verdict
that followed was greatly Increased
when II was learned afterward that the
alleged Mrs. II. R Barber. OF Connells-
vile. Pa, who charges the. prisoner with
bigamy, had been secreted In nearby
room, to be brought In as witness.
should her presence have been deemed
NECESSARY to complete the chain OF evil
bfence woven by Detective Sergeant Me-
Nfahon. who has been the mainstay OF
the prosecution.
Dramatic Scenes.
Sensational testimony. Interruptions
by both the court and the two attor-
Hneys, lopG arguments by the two sides,
assaults on the yeracity OF prominent
Witnesses. charges and counter charges
as tCfthe cause OF the prosecution, all
had operated to rpfse excitement to a
high pitch, when the case was rested.
Justice Crutchtield was the coolest and
most; collected of those interested In
the proceedings. Without moments
.hesitatlon he gave his verdict, and the
iprisoner was sentenced. Mrs. Barber.
tot Richmond. who had been seated by
!. ner husband all through the. trial.
| when she Was not occupied as wit
| ness. tried to smile, but the tears soon
eame, and she gave way to her emo
Itiuns. s.,sisa--Sss ss'ss. 's-.s4 n
IRENE. Mrs. Barber had displaysd- shs
! utmost loyalty to her husband, firmly
I refusing, 70 believe the many charges
at ,Gonsolation and encoura cement
| could NOT fail to move the hardest
heart. She had gone through the trial
expressing. the flrmest faith in thu
| Husband who Is under suspicion of
llEay,is two ot.ler wives.
When asked as to what Barber had
told her before her marriage to hin.
he had .onfessad his relations with
had replied to him that she would risk
all for his sake. When put on tho
witness stand. she was calm and con.
else !, a. Il. all times, never bell flurried
the emotion against which she was
constantly struggling. Indeed, She and
examined during the trial.
The proceedings We're dramatic at
every turn. While one wife wept be-
SIDE Barber In the Roce eoar
she learned that the man who. she
says, had once sworn loyalty to her
stated that she was merely a pick
@ aa woman hat X sneW nsd as
presence nearby. nor was tho prisoner
ever aware that he might at any mo- =.
men' be eonffGeses Rer storn. M,th both
Mrs. Barber OF Conn nellsville, arrived
coming being kept secret She was
dence OF Mr.. 6. II. Goehler, No. 252a
| Floyd Avenue where she stayed when
In Richmond before. She was seen last
night Ii5a and 1t was strange story shs
T did not come here" she said. "ta
She is welcome to him. came hero
onE 4Se to yonnH Noan nay ohssossr Msoss
name was Emily Augusta Smith i
ang pretty xSod %s 4aeaa ssssza
feet equanimity though at first hest.
tant about saying anything at all. al
last she was prevailed upon to give
her her story a pT sfs ias sss thhs Rss9eT as
in Rutland. VI. and by August had
wooed and won her. Owing to parent.
al objections. It was decided.that they
and from there teIegraphed back
enough money to a girl friend OF Mrs..
Barber's to pay the latters expense
ter @sf her anG 1od tha ali
arranged. He took her to a friends
house. as he claimed, and there the
friend Roblns Or RS6insen she corda
ceremony. the alleged minister's. wifs
being the only witness The certihcat to Il
was given TO her. with INSURANCE pa-
told her er.were very valuabl le, and which
never looked at them; they We're locked
n saea asrlv hsx saa
How @ they W vent ven to live in, Gonnells-
VILE. how he came to RICHMOND and
married again and how she tolloWsd
led at Murphy's, stayed at Mrs. i(iary.a
on Grace Street and at Mr.. Goehlei's
on Floyd Avenue. has been told. Bar
that he was a member OF the West,
moreland and Lakeside Clubs. and that
hemoved only in the best circles 70
finally prs,yailed on her to go back 70
employed by firm Of Eclothters N
their cloak department. findlns It of-
ten a hard struggle to make both endH
meet, She had to sell an,inenhator y b g Z
on tho first trip. She did mot explain
how she managed this time to pay
her way, Bntshe is here only e. Yln-
dicate her character, she Save. and shs
will be kent here until sufrsetent eyt- V
derce Is procured AGAINST Barber On
the h'eany' charge or IL Is dropped ~
together.
Persecution, Pollock Said.
The trial yesterday lasted through
the greater part Of the morning and
iron, 5 o'clock in the Afternoon 70 nea<.
Ily s o'clock at night, Many witnesssa
were put on by the defense, Mr.8 Pol
lock tiled to prove that The prosecution
was really persecution, because Hsf- "
il, 4 ~, .. "A ftA ysoufhern rtailroaA