New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-15
MRS. POLLARD HELD
IN POISONED PEN CASE
Governments Case Full of
Broken Links" Says Court,
Fixing Bail at $1,000.
STILL WEARS HEAVY VEIL
Evidence Given to Show Note
to Physician Was Work of
Same Machine as Another
Size Admitted Writing.

Still wearing the heavy black veil 70
conceal her features from camera men.
Mrs. Anna Pollard. Of No IA Madison
avenue. Elizabeth. y. j.. was arraigned
before United States Commissioner Stock
ton. in Newark. Yesterday. in the poi
soned pen" mystery. She vas held in
100 bail for the fedora grand fury.
although Commissioner Stockton thought
the governments case was "full OF
brok links"
Or. Charles Schlichter, who received
scurrilous letters last October. was the
first witness He testified to receiving
the letter on which the charge against
Mrs Pollard is based, and identified H.
Assistant Prosecutor Lynch who con-
Quoted the case for the government. tried
10 show that the letter was written on
the same typewriting machine as letter
OF complaint sent by Mrs. Pollard 10
charles f. Dunn. Superintendent OF Mails
in Elizabeth. in March. 1909
Dunn was asked II he could Identify
Mrs. Pollard as the woman upon whom
he called In response 20 a letter complain
ing OF letter carrier. Mrs. Pollard's face
was hidden by her veil. and Mr. Dunn
said:
II don't know unless / see her
BY direction OF Commissioner Stockton
Mrs. Pollard raised her veil. but Dunn
was not able 10 Identify her as the one
who admitted writing the letter Of com
plant.
Objections TO Dunns testimony were
made by counsel for Mrs Pollard. but
they were overruled. Her lawyer pro
tested also against the admission OF testi-
mony by Frank J. Hayes. as a type
writer expert. but Hayes 1as sworn. and
gave his opinion that the letter received
by Dr. SchlchtCr was written on the
same typewriter as the letter OF com
plant to Dunn He rSmed the make Of
machine he believed II was. and an at
tempt was then mace 10 show That Mrs
Pollard owned such a machine
Thomas L. Carey. an Elizabeth detec-
tive. told how he arrested Mrs. Pollard
in May on complaint Of Mrs. Charles r.
Jones. who had received an objectionable
letter He said she admitted then that
she owned such a typewriter Carey said
she was willing ~ that time 70 let him
look al the machine. but that he did not
see II because she objected 10 his doing
so until her husband came home When
he did. he would not allow II 10 be seen.
You are the man VINO said he was
offered bride. are YOU not?' asked
counsel for Mrs. Pollard.
Yes" replied Carey, and that's. So
too" Objections by Lynch prevented the
shedding of any light upon this incident
Mrs. Pollard's counsel moved that the
complaint be dismissed on the ground
that there was no testimony 20 show she
ever used a typewriter. but Lynch IN
sisted that she he held. explaining that
the government had not submitted all It's
proof OF her guilt.
Commissioner stockton. IN ho.dlhg the
woman. compared the case 10 that oil the
three men Of Sussex County. y. j. VINO
tried 10 extort money from President WI
son He said he had dismissed the com
plant against the men. who we're suose-
ouentlv convicted. and he added
In this case the evidence Is run OF
broken links. but. notwithstanding
think the evidence such as IL IT. h""N''
20 before the federal grand jury.