The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-12
MAID AIDS MISTRESS
IN POISON PEN CASE
Says Sister-in-law of Mrs. Pol
lard's Accuser Used
Typewriter.
TELLS OF FAMILY FEUD
Deputy Sheriff Asserts Attempt
Was Made to Bride Him at
Time Of Arrest.

ELIZABETH. ~ j.. March minnie
Sohl,r. the last witness for the State
against Mrs. Nelson l.. Pollard, the al
legged author OF scurr lous letters to her
mex. door neighbor Mrs. Charles r. Jones,
swore to-day that Mrs. Thomas @. Jon<s.
ssterln-iaw of the comp.ai ming witness.
had "sneaked in by the back door Of the
Pollard house and used Mrs. Pollard's
typewriter several times.
Miss Sohler was Mrs. Pollards maid at
the time the letters are supposed to have
been written. Her testimony. with the
statement to the jury OF Mrs. Pollards
attorney at the opening OF the defence
this aft srnoon that he would prove there
was a conspiracy against the defendant,
the result OF a criminal. wilful. diseased
or Jealous mind, furnished two of the
three sensations OF the day for listening
Elizabeth notabies, who filled the court
room.
Tells of O6er Of Brtbe.
The other sensation came when Deputy
Sheriff Thomas l.. Carey asserted that
DIR. Harrison X. Dunn, Mrs. Pollords
brother. had offered him bride not 70
take her to police headquarters when ne
arrested her on May 81 last year. This
was denied later by DIR. Dunn.
Miss Sohler was called by Prosecutor
Stein apparently Just to prove that Mrs
Pollard owned a typewriter. he went
no further with her. but Samuel SchieimeI.
Mrs Pollard's counsel. got her 10 ADMIT
on cross-examination that she had seen
many people use II. The maid said every
one seemed to have the right to use ".
ct saw Mr.. Rittenhouse use It.. sne saio'
and added. in answer TO other questions
"Mrs Tom Jones was In the room where
the typewriter was very oiten. saw ne.
sittinc at IL and working II once or twice.
Mrs Tom Jones was asked to STAND up
IN the court room and Miss Sohler identi-
ned her as the woman who had useo ME-
PoIiard's machine.
The prosecution was stunned TOT an IN.
slant Then Mr. Stein questioned the mao
a. to how Mrs. Jones got into Mrs'
Pollard's house.
"She always sneaked in by the back
door as long as worked there" answered
the maid. and I worked there four years.
] don't mean that she broke In. put she
aid not want DR.. Jones or Mrs. Charies
Jones to see her coming In the front door.
Or and Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Tom 1ohes
were never friendly
The prose cutIon rested at once. As MRS.
Tom Jones passed out OF the courtroom
for the recess she said to reporters
.E.very word that girl said Is a lie Alb
soluteiy false. l never wrote on the
Sheriff Carey testified that when he
went to arrest Mrs. Pollard DR.. Dunn
offered him "a money consiSeration 70
induce him not to take ME- foharu "
Mr. Schleimer brought out the fact that
the officer had made no report OF the
alleged bride to his superiors
Carey added that he had granted Mr..
Po,'ard's request not to take Mrs foiia1o
past tie Jones house next door.
Denies OFFER Of Money.
w Dunn. who was called for the
defence in the afternoon. denied onerin6
Carey any money except cash Dali TOT
Mrs. Pollard.
~ am net going to give you supposi.
lions as Mr.. Kinsl.y did" said MI
Schieirner In an address to the jury when
he began the defence after recess. THE
evid, nee shows TT Mrs Pollard did not
know Mrs. Charles Jones and that Mrs
Charles Jones did not know her. There
fore there could have been no reason fof
writing an offensive letter
81 will show you the enmity existing
or that did exist between Mrs. Ernest
Jones. Mrs. Tom Jones and Mrs. Charlie.
Jones and that Carey's testimony Is fais'
In every particular
The lawyer limited that Mrs. Pollard!
social position had stirred tealousies. bu
was Interrupted by Judge Connolly befor'
ne could outline the conspiracy he pro
poses to prove. But II Is understood tina
he will put william Rayneld. a negrt
convict. and Miss Sohler on the stant
tomorrow to prove the conspiracy.
One story to-day was that Rayhelt
saw the alleged slanderous letter In Al
ash barrel in Mrs. Tom Jones's back yars
and later cav Mira. Charles Jones take
out again after she had thrown II there.
Another sto-s was that Rayfeld wa
hired to take Mrs. Poliard's machine owe
10 Mrs Tom Jones's house about the tim
the letter u said to have been written
Rayneld was a 'jack OF all trades
about Elizabeth. He Ia serving sen
tence OF seven years In the State prisol
ct Trenton.
Joseph c. Mallonee Of Mount Vernon
the defence's typewriting expert, falle
10 shake the testimony Of William
Klnsley. the prosecutors expert VIII
swore that the alleged scurriious lette
and letters Mrs. Pollard admitted sh
sent were written on the same machine
After Mallonee had testified this after
noon Judge Connolly ruled that all hi
Testimony agreed with Mr.. Kinsleys.