Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-09
NEW SENSATION /
IN POISONED PEN
CASE LAID BARE
Letter Alleged to Have Been
Sent by Mrs. Pollard Made
Public.
WOMAN'S COUNSEL SAYS
HE'LL REVEAL WRITER
Hearing Is Postponed Ten
Days = Camera Smashing
Threat Not Fulfilled.
IFrom stan correspondent.I ]


ELIZABETH. =. j., june All
though the poison pen trial vas
postponed today the court proceed
ings were followed by sensational
revelations on the part OF DR.. Charles
l. Jones. the complainant.
He made public some of the letters
alleged to have been written by his
next-door neighbor. Mrs. Nelson :.
Pollard. during the last three years.
A throng Of curious men and women
waited at the City Hall to see the
principals in the scandal and were
rewarded. Those who actually OBJ
tanned seats in the COURTROOM were
disappointed at hearing nothing more
than a heated argument between
counsel.
Mrs. Pollard entered the building
leaning on the arm of her husband.
Her face was swathed in a double
veil of white She was dressed IN q
gray walking suit Her shoes were Of
blue suede and her gray hat was
trimmed with red ribbons and black
feathers.
She had to face a battery of fifteen
newspaper photographers. Mr.. Pol
lard had threatened to smash any
camera" pointed at his wife and. If
he failed in doing that. to smash
the photographer" He did neither
after taking one look az the array
of newspaper men.
Dr. Jones, his counsel. Abraham J.
/ David. and two sister-in-laws, Mrs.
Ernest Jones, and Mrs Thomas
Jones. composed the complsinant's
party
It was the absence of Mrs. Jones
that caused the postponement Of rhs
case for ten days. Mr.. David pre-
sented a doctors certificate In which
it was set forth that Mira. Jones ex-
pected the birth of a child within q
few days and that It would be in
advisable to have her appear n
court.
Wants Case Postponed.
Samuel Schleimer counsel for Mrs.
Pollard, Immediately protested 10
Judge Mahon, who was sitting as
justice of the peace. against going on
with the case.
''It is the constitutional right of my
client" he said, ito face her accuser.
Mrs. Jones is the complainant. ask
that she be produced in court
"Oh, that is merely a subterfuge."
cried Mr.. David. springing to his feet.
There are plenty of precedents TO
show that it is unnecessary for the
} complainant TO be personally present
at a hearing of this kind. The de-
Tense is suffering from a case of cold
, feet"
Judge Mahon said that he would
adjourn the proceedings for ten days
in fairness to the defendant
Then Mr. David announced in open
court that since he had not succeeded
in having the matter taken up at
once. he would make public further
developments.
In leaving the City Hall Mrs. Pol
lard borrowed an umbrella and put
it up to prevent photographs of even
her veiled face from being taken.
DR.. Jones and Mr.. David went .
the latter's Office where more of the
''poison pen' letters that have SO
stirred up society circles were pro-
duced. 1t was DR.. Jones himself
who read them to the reporters.
The first was one addressed TO Miss
Mabel McDougall. who is now the
wife of DIR. Dubois Bunting. 1t was
dated February 10. 1911. On Febru-
ary Is of that year Mrs. Jones was
to give a reception to the Young
bride-to-be and the missive was in
regard TO that event.
The girl was known among the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton as Audrey" and this letter be-
gan:
Il Letter to Audrey
Dear Audrey am true friend
of yours, but not much of type
writer, but I am going to give you
heart-to- heart talk, which / hope
will be taken in a proper spirit.
Mrs. Charles Jones is no friend Of
} yours, any farther than for what she
can get out of you. The way she
talks about YOU and the shameful
way she talks about DR.. Bunting Is
enough to make the blood of even
a Methodist minister boil.
Mrs. Jones has been living in this
city eight years and is wild to get
into society.
''She thinks she Is going TO get in
, through you. She says Dr. Bunting
is a handsome man, but what prae-
tise has he? Only Peterstown pee-
pie (Peterstown is largely a colony
of negroes and Italian laborers). He
/ can't operate in but one hospital and
that is the Alexian Brothers Hos
, pital.
Mrs. Jones nearly falls over her
self when DR. Bailey is around. and
behind their backs that advise every
one they know who employs him to
change doctors and get we'll. He il
quack and enough to kill horse.
'Dr. Jones has two brothers liv-
ing in this city One is Ernest. a
carpenter, at 15s Sayre street. and
the other is Tom. of "a Orchard
street, cashier for a gas company
She will not let the doctor go to
nee them and WIN not let them come
there just because they are not IN
society and would be a drawback 10
her.
"The question is that the others
will not associate with Mrs. c. S. on
account of her terrible tongue.
Mrs. Charles Jones was poor but
good looking girl and trained nurse
in Kingston when Dr. Jones met heK..
she kept after him and after
him until he married her. She
had only three dresses 70 her
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