Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-12
POISON PEN CASE
GIVEN HEARING IN
ELIZABETH COURT
Mrs. Nelson L. Pollard Faces
Judge After Numerous
POstpOnements.
ROOM THRONGED AS
TESTIMONY is GIVEN
Justice Owen P. Mahon, After
Hearing Testimony, Re-
serves His Decision.
rFrom n stan Correspondence

ELIZA BETH, n. j., Aug. 12,-After
sensational hearing today Justice
owen p. Mahon reserved decision in
the "poisoned-pen" case.
His action was undoubtedly due to
the fact that a federal case is pend
ing against the defendant, Mrs. Anna
I ]. Pollard. of ia Madison avenue. the
wife of Nelson l.. Pollard, an cleo
trical engineer.
Both Mrs. Pollard and her accuser,
Mrs. Florence Jones, the strikingly
pretty wife of DR.. Charles +. Jones,
of 40 Madison avenue, were in court.
The room was crowded with women
eager to hear every detail OF the
testimony.
Mrs. Pollard. dressed in white, wore
very heavy veil, which made 1t en-
harrasslng for her at one point In the
procedure,
Typewriter Expert Called.
Frank j. Hayes. of 3o9 Hamilton
street, Paterson, a typewriter expert
called by the complainants lawyer,
| Abe ]. David, was on the stand. lie
had testified that he had called at
! Mrs. Pollard's house on April ~ last
with the intention of obtaining spec
| linen of the work done by her type
writer.
Are you sure that is the woman
YOU saw" demanded David, pointing
| to Mrs. Pollard.
| well. / can't tell through that
heavy veil" he replied.
| David asked the justice to order
/ Mrs. Pollard to remove her veil.
And expose her face to all those
! sketch artists?" shouted Samuel
| Schleimer, her lawyer, springing to
his feet. IT object and protest.
See If you can't make sure with
out having that done" Justice Ma
hon directed the witness.
Hayes promptly proceeded to do
| so. He deliberately left the box,
! walked right up to Mrs. Pollard and
pushed his face within a foot of hers.
He stared at her for two minutes,
/ while. through the veil, a scarlet
! flush could be seen creeping over her
/ face.
Eyes, that is the woman" he an
nounced grilnly, when he had re-
! turned to the witness box.
He testified that he had called on
/ her in the guise of typewriter
! salesman. When he had asked to see
her machine he said she told him 1t
| been lent to a church society. How
ever he asserted that she admitted
the machine was a No. Remington.
Upon such a machine, he declared,
the defamatory letters received w..
Mrs. Jones had been written.
Mrs. Jones Called.
Mrs. Jones was the first witness
| called 1t was the first time she had
been in court since the first hearing,
in the early part of June. She was
IFngcaA antirplN in white "a nd
"a white hat with blue feathers. All
she testified to was the fact that she
! had received the letters and sworn
to the complaint.
Her husband when he took the
stand was the center of stormy
battle between the opposing counsel.
WHO wrote that note?" demanded
! Schleimer in cross examining him.
Il don't know" snapped the doctor.
Ask Mrs Pollard"
Now, don't get fresh retorted
the lawyer.
DR.. Jones sprang to his feet, leaned
over at Schleimer and shouted:
I'm not getting fresh, but you can't
! bulldoze me-"
"Oh. don't mind his slurs," put in
| David, soothingly. He's only trying
| tc get you ratified"
While Mrs. Thomas Jones, a sister
in-law of the complainant, was being
examined. Schleimer intimated that
the defense would endeavor to show
that some member of the Jones fam
! ily had really written the scurrilous
letters attributed to Mrs. Pollard.
Both Mrs. Thomas Jones and Mrs.
Emma Jones admitted that they had
been unfriendly to Mrs. Florence
Jones for several years, but they said
they had all become reconciled after
the arrest of Mrs. Pollard.
Denies Owning Typewriter.
Isn't 1t a fact that you own "A
typewriter?" Schleimer asked Mrs.
! Thomas Jones, who had given her
address as 242 Orchard street.
! The witness dramatically raised her
right hand and swore that she did
not.
/ Nov, Mrs Jones, isn't it a fact
| that you do use a typewriter and
want to keep it from your husband?
She redoubled her efforts to make
her denial seem convincing.
Garrett r Durham, of Plainfield.
testified that, as agent for the Royal
Craftsmiths, he had sent Nathaniel
| D. Rittenhouse, who lived in the Pol
lard home, the letter upon the back
of which one of the "poisoned-pen''
notes to Mrs. Jones had been type
written.
1t had peen expected that Judge
Mahon who sat as n justice of the
peace, would hold Mrs. Pollard for
| the grand jury. A federal action has
been started against her. and this will
now supersede the case Instituted by