The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-03-09
WOMAN ON STAND
.TELLSHOW SHE GOT
POISONED Letter
Elizabeth Society Folk Jam
Courtroom When Case Is
Called to Trial.
TYPEWRITER WAS USED.
Fair Defendant Unmoved as
! Neighbor Tells of Receiving
Insulting Missive.
TYPEWRITER WAS USED.

After almost a year Of delay Eliza
bcths IN. J.) famous poisoned pen."
or. more properly. poisoned type
writer" case came to trial before
Judge James c. Connolly In the Union /
County Court Of Quarter Session to.
day and local society nocksd to hear |
the scandal thrashed out.
Less than fifteen minutes was con.
stunned in obtaining q jury. no qucs-
tons being put to the talesmen in ac-
cordance with the Jersey practice. and
brief were the opening remarks of
Prosecutor Alfred A. Stein. Examine
ton Of the hrst witness began within
an hour after the trial began.
The defendant In this case, an cpl
sode that has been the most engross-
Ing topic OF gossip In Elizabeth social
and church circles since her errest
last spring. 10 Mrs. Anna Pollard.
rominent in the affairs Of Christ
Episcopal Church ana the Daughters
Of the American Revolution. The
complaining witness ID Mrs. Florence
Jones. wife Of DR.. Charles II. Jones. a
we'll known dentist and secretary Of
the New jersey Dental Society.
SAYS she GENT INSULTING LET.
TER TO WOMAN.
The State contends that Mrs. Pol
lard was the author Of an insulting
typewriter letter sent to Mrs.. Jones.
one Of q flood Of derogatory missivcs
which have spread terror in . score
Of Elizabeth homes during the two
years.
Long before Judge Connolly as
cended the bench to-day the court
room was besieged by throng Of
curious women. Some arrived In
Ilimousines and electrics. When all
the seats were taken the doors were
closed.
Mrs. Pollard was perfectly self
possessed and with = pencil she made
copious notes. Mrs. Jones. . hand
some. rather buxom matron. wore a
blue walking suit. blue hat with light
blue ostrich feathers.
Mrs. Jones WAS the second witness
TO take the stand, the first being
Charles J. Dunn Of the Elisabeth
Postoffice. who identified . letter
written by Mrs. Pollard TO the Post
master regarding the postal service
The State hopes. through this letter
Ito prove the authorship Of the Insult
ling letter received by Mrs. Jones
The defense. which 10 represented by
samuel Schleimer. failed to keep THU
key letter out Of evidence.
WIrNGsS IDENTIFIED lETTGe
she SAYS NEloHooR- GENT.
Mrs. Jones took the stand smiling
and confident. Not once did she lool
in the direction Of Mrs.. Pollard. VIII
sat directly In front Of her. On tn
other hand, Mrs.. Pollard frequsntl!
gased long and intsntly at her &C
cussr. Mrs. Jones testified that Oh
lived In the house next Mrs. Pollard
, In Madison avenue. She was the
. questioned regarding the receipt Q
the lettsr upon which the State base
it, case. She Identified this missivs
but Il was not read At this point.
Nrs. Pollard was early on hand an
for the nrst time seen In public 4
! Elizabeth since her arrest without
heavy set Of wells. The defendant
: q statussqus brunette. apparently nc
. more than thirty-hve ysars old. Oh
;. was dressed to-day In . becomin
u close atting modistes green silk drsa
. trimmed with Irish point lace. 81
. wore . large blue and black hat u
. on one side Of her Jet black hair a.
V trimmed with fur and . bunch I
green feathers.
During his cross.exAmination
q Mrs. Jones Mr.. Schlsimer succeeds
. In drawing from her the admissic
l. that . typewriter like that upt
10 which the scurriious letters are .
i legged to have been written IL In Il
. homo Of her sister. the wife Of .
- Horace n. Livengood.
But the course the defense II o
. pected to take became more appare
- whom he tried to ask the witness
admit that at the time the letter "
~ received she was not on speakil
A. terms with her two sisters-in.la
~ Mrs. Thomas ana Mrs. Ernest JON
W. A sharp battle was precipitated
i" the efforts Of the state to identify
n paper upon which the lettsr v
10 written. Carrot T. Durham
ne Piainfieid recognized It a. bel
r. written on tho back Of letter u
Samuel ]. Rittenhouse. who liv
with Mrs. Pollard and her husba
x late In 1911.
PRACTICAL JANE.
fr,nrn he Cisvsl land Plain naAiwl