Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-09
NEW SENSATION IN
POISONED PEN CASE
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name when she came to Jersey City
and stopped with the above Mrs.
Ernest Jones.
DIR. C. S. and Mrs. Ernest Jones
had to go with Mrs. c. s. to New
York and buy her some clothes before
she came on here to Elizabeth to
live.
"She treats the doctors patients
fearfully and the maids who used to
work there say that she made life
perfect hell on earth for the poor
doctor.
Is Story-telier.
"She is such a story teller She
says they couldn't live as they do
If it were not or her money, and the
poor doctor works day and night and
up to 2 o'clock on Sunday, according
to the office girls report.
"She is not your equal, Audrey.
This will give you ample time to get
the grippe or any other kind of ILL
ness before the fifteenth and have
the invitations recalled
The letter was unsigned and type
written. Parts of it were said by
DR.. Jones to be unprintable and con-
tanned sayings about other people
which he would not give out.
Another letter, unsigned, dated
August g. 1911, was addressed to DR..
Jones. 1t ran:
"Only warning to notify you that
your two brothers wives are as thick
as Jersey skeeters. They are in a
very fashionable resort and are
having great sport writing anonymous
letters to your wife's Elizabeth
friends. I am sure you have no idea
OF the extent this is carried to. My
daughter is very intimate with the
above women and told me about It,"
That letter was written on the
back of one from G.. T. Durham to
Nelson Pollard, reminding him that
he had neglected to submit his dues
to the Royal Craftsmen.
While reading the letters, DR..
Jones interpolated numerous denials.
He said that his wife had not been
poor girl, that she had never been
trained nurse, and that she was a
college graduate.
The attorney for Mrs. Jones later
produced the letter which had been
sent to George Taylor, of this city,
containing q number of statements
| concerning the secrets of the Ma
sonic order. This letter, with an
other too obscene to be printed, will
only be shown to the judge in the
case, Mr.. David declared. The OBJ
scene letter was sent to DR.. Charles
H. Schlichter, of East Jersey street
and, like the others, was typewrit.
ten and unsigned. Several other per-
sons who had received these anony.
nous letters We're mentioned, but the
contents of the letters were not giver
out by Attorney David.
The counsel for the plaintiff alsc
read the correspondence which passed
between him and Mr.. Pollard las
May, after he notified Mr.. Pollard
that he had been retained in tn
case. The defendants husband wen
to the lawyers Office and demanded
to be shown what proof was helC
against his wife. This was refused
and Pollard then insinuated the de
Tense wanted to settle the affair TO
money consideration. Attorne.
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money was sought, but an apolog,
was demanded from Mrs. Pollard
and her promise that she would dis
continue writing the letters. Pollard
answered that his wife would no
apologize and asserted his belief tina
Mrs. Pollard would never write sucl
letters.
Among the witnesses produced b.
the defense was Frank j. Hayes,
typewriter expert, who was prepare,
to go on the stand AMI swear the let
tiers in question were written on
typewriter in Mr.. Pollard's home H
visited the Pollard house on the pre-
text of selling Mrs. Pollard ma
chine and obtained this evidence, /
is claimed.
1t was also stated that the defens
has much more startling and damag
ing evidence than has been givei
out to date. While the hearing wa
adjourned for ten DAYS. il il KNOW