Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-08
OFFICERS
ARREST WOMAN IN
POISON PEN CASE
Government Starts Prosecution
and Mrs. Anna Pollard Is
Held in ST, 900 Bail.
FACES CHARGE HERE OF
SENDING OBSCENE LETTER
Wells Her Face Against Photog-
rapher and Demands a
Speedy Hearing.
Government prosecution in the fa-

Government prosecution ir the ia
nous poisoned pen" letters was
started today. when Mrs. Anna J.
Pollard, of 110 Madison avenue, Eliz-
abeth, was arrested by Fedora. Off
GERS and brought to this city for ar
raignment. Before United States
Commissioner Richard Stockton, Mrs
Nelson was charged with sending
through the mail IAN obscene and
filthy" letter to DR.. Charles S.
Schlicter. of East Jersey street, Eliz-
abeth.
The sudden action by the Federal
authorities today came as surprise
after the famous case was believed
10 be officially dead. The olher COM
plant against Mrs. Pollard. made by
Mrs Charles S. Jones. of Elizabeth,
has not yet been disposed of. The
Jones complaint is scheduled for a
hearing in Elizabeth next Tuesday.
On the Federal complaint Mrs. Pol
lard was held in $1,000 bail for a
hearing before the commissioner. Her
husband. Nelson l.. Pollard, furnished
the bail bond, giving his residence as
security. Samuel Schleimer repre-
sented the defendant.
She Barricaded Doors.
United States Deputy Marshal
Louis G Beekman and Postoffice In
spector Frank ]. Butler arrested
Mrs. Pollard at her home this morn
ing. but not without some difficulty.
The officers had been to the office
of her attorney, and. failing to find
him there proceeded to the home of
Mrs. Pollard. There they rang the
front doorbell repeatedly, but there
was no answer to the summons.
The officers tried the doors, front
and rear and found them both
locked Peering through a window,
Marshal Beekman saw that the wom-
an had barricaded the doors. He saw
telephone in the hall and by a ruse
succeeded in bringing Mrs. Pollard to
the instrument Beekman instructed
young lady to call up Mrs Pollard
and when the latter appeared at the
telephone Beekman called out:
"werl Break the Doori"
IF you don't open the door for us,
Mrs. Pollard, We'll break 1t down.
You might as well come quietly,
because you will have to come any
way"
For a few minutes Mrs. Pollard
appeared not to hear the warnings,
and then consented to admit the Of
ficers. Beekman and Butler. thor
oughly angry, informed Mrs Pollard
who they were and that they held a
warrant for her arrest Asked why
she had made such preparations TO
resist arrest, Mrs. Pollard answered:
Il thought you men were reporters.
and for that reason refused to admit
you"
Accompanied by a Mrs. Dunn, a
relative, and Mr.. Schleimer, her coun-
sci, Mrs. Pollard proceeded to this
city in an automobile with the Fed
oral officers. When the machine
stopped in front of the Prudential
building, where the commissioner has
! his office, Mrs. Pollard Immediately
| pulled two heavy white wells in front
of her face and then shielded the up
per part of her body from view with
an umbrella.
So anxious was Mrs. Pollard to es-
| cape being photographed by the wait
ing camera men that she centred her
attentions on shielding her face and
| nearly fell from the automobile while
alighting. AS 1t was. she stumbled
and would have fallen to the pave
spector, who grasped her as she
stumbled.
The party hurried into the elevator
and up to the offices of Commissioner
Stockton. There the proceedings
were explained to the defendant by
the commissioner, who then read the
complaint to her, charging her with
sending. or causing to be sent through
the mails, a filthy and obscene letter
on October %, 1912 Mrs. Pollard re-
manned standing all the time and re-
fused several invitations to be seated
Not once did she remove the heavy
wells from her face.
Wants Hearing Soon.
When the matter of fixing a date
for the hearing was discussed Mrs.
Pollard said
II wish the hearing would be as
soon as possible. I want to have 1t
over with. There is nothing to this
charge as far as l am concerned,
and the sooner it is heard the bet
ter
"Of course. my client is perfectly
innocent, but we will not argue that
until the hearing" said Attorney
Schleimer. Next Tuesday the Jones
complaint is scheduled to be heard in
Elizabeth. That has been postponed
moi e than half dozen times at their
request, and ! hope they will meet us
this time. On Thursday next / i'm
agine we'll be ready to meet this other
complaint"
The letter to DR.. Schlicter, on which
the federal prosecution is based, con-
Germs his 10-year- daughter, Anna.
IT is typewriter. like The other
anonymous poison pen" letters. and
is unprintable.