Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-12
MAID SAYS SHE
SAW MRS. Jones
At TYPEWRITER
Mrs. PoIIard's Servant Testifies
Compliments Sister-in-Law
Used Machine.
ALTHOUGH RELATED, THEY
WERE NOT ON GOOD TERMS
Defense Tries TO Prove She Is
Real Author of Poison
Pen Letters.
Especial to the Evening stnr.l

ELIZABETH March 12.-Called as
a witness for Mrs Anna l.. Pollard,
on trial here as the alleged author of
the poison pen" letters to Mrs,
Charles +. Jones, Minnie Sohler, for
merl" Mrs. Pollard's maid today
added another sensation to the tes-
timony she has already offered in the
case.
She said that the Remington No. 2
typewriter owned by Mrs Pollard, on
which the State is contending she
wrote the missives on which the case
is based. at one time was loaned 70
Mrs. Thomas NJ. Jones. 1t was kept
at her home two weeks. the witness
said.
While testifying yesterday she said
Mrs. Thomas NJ Jones was fire.
quent caller at the Pollards home,
to which she gained entrance through
the back door, so that her sister-in-
law, residing next door, would not
see her. On one of these occasions,
the witness declared, the visitor op-
| Grated the machine.
Sat Tapping the Keys"
Prosecutor Stein drew from the maid
on cross examination today that she
did not know whether Mrs. Thomas
NJ Jones was operating the machine
or not.
She was sitting in front of it, tap
ping the keys" the witness said, but
/ did not know whether there was any
paper In 1t at the time
Several pictures, said to be repro
ductions of the poison pen letters,
! were handed to the jurymen this
{ afternoon and precipitated row in
which Prosecutor Stein, Samuel
Schleimer, attorney for Mrs. Pollard,
/ and Judge James C. Connolly partio-
ipated.
There are several Photographic
/ plates In evidence, and when Mr..
Schleimer handed the pictures over
/ to the jury Prosecutor Stein thought
he was using these exhibits.
Says Lawyer Acted Dishonesty.
/ William j. Kinsey, the States type
writing expert, leaned over to him,
bowener. and whispered something.
The eras tutor 4tralgktened.
IN - inner, What 10 So1 mean
/ oy handing those pictures to this
are not plates that the court has
4 passed upon"
Mr.. Schleimer replied that they
| were dona-fide pictures OF the letters.
"They are not, and you are acting
dishonesty when you try to inject
them into the case" was the prose-
cutor's retort.
"Order gentlemen exclaimed
Judge Connolly.
Judge Smsshes Gayel.
The argument continued and the
| court pounded for silence. Several
/ times he pounded, each time harder
until he smashed his gavel to pieces
on the desk.
/ The prosecutor wheeled on him and
/ looked at the gavel.
why don't you throw II at me"'
1 he asked.
Il won't throw 1t at you, but want
/ you to understand that you must pre-
/ serve order" the judge replied. He
succeeded in calming the attorneys
/ August Hartkorn, a typewriting eX-
! pert for the defense, is on the stand
this afternoon and will be for the rest
/ of the day. He spent most of his
! time refuting the testimony SUBJ
mtted yesterday by Mr.. Kinsley con-
cerning the similarity In the typing
of the poison pen letters and speci-
mems taken from Mrs. Pollard's ma
/ chine.
! Mrs. Pollard will be the next wit
ness. She will probably take the
stand tomorrow morning.
Samuel Rittenhouse, a roomer at
! the Pollard home. who was supposed
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