The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-13
SURE! MRS. POLLARD KNEW
ALL ABOUT FAMILY FEUD
She Admits She Learned Lot From Mrs. Tom
Jones in Gossip by the
Back Door

ELfsABsfH, N. j.. March l2-Mra Mel.
son l.. Pollard, testifylng In her own dc.
fence. denied absolutely to-day that she
had written the alleged scurrilous letters
or any letter. to Mrs. Charles r. Jones.
She revealed . great part Of the family
enrnity existing between Mrs. Charles r.
Jones and her two sisters.in-iaw. one
OF whom, Mrs. Tom Jones. she swore.
borrowed her typewriter for two weeks
In May. 1911. after she had been In.
structed how to work II.
The defendants testimony tended to
throw the whole blame for the poisoned
pen" letters on Mrs. Tom Jones. Mrs.
Pollard Admitted that she knew most Of
the information contained In the letter
on which the indictment was found. but
added that she learned is from Mrs.. Tom
Jones. who went to Mrs. Poliards house
by the back door with Mrs ERNEST Jones
to spy on the doings In Mrs Charles
Jones's house next door, The defendants
counsel tried to prove that Mrs. Pollard
herself had been a victim ~ me ano D.,
nous writer. but Judge Connolly would
not allow her TO answer the questions.
Calm o. stand.
Two clashes between counsel for both
sides and several Of the states witnesses
In which perjury and dishonest methods
were charged, enlivcned the morning
session. Mrs Pollard was calm and self
poss. ssed.
Mrs. Pollard acknowledged the letters
to Postmaster Dunn and Mrs. Steelman'
which were used as the standards In the
case but denied typewriting anything TO
Mrs. Jones on the back of the letter 10
Samuel Rittenhouse. one of her boarders.
She said she never wrote anything TO
Mrs. Charles r. Jones. that she had only "a
bowling acquaintance with her ana Dr.
Jones. She told the court that she did not
write or mail the letter to DIR. ChNTles
Schlicter in Jersey City on May 20. 1918.
or the one which was mailed b~tws~i
80 and 3 80 p. NJ. on October ~. 1919.
on which. Federal proceedings were started
against her.
did you ever receive any anonymous
letterey' asked Samuel Schleimer. her
counsel. Prosecutor Stein objected and
when the court ruled II out Mr. Schleimer
added:
1--WE are the victims Of the same In
famous hand that did that tpointtng TO
the Jones letterl. On August 2s. 1911.
Mrs Pollard was a victim OF that hand
Coming down to May 81 last year Mr..
Schleiiner tried to contradict Deputy
Sheriff Carey's bribery charge. but the
court did not consider this testimony i'm
portant. Then Mrs. Pollard described the
incident Of her arrest on that day. She
insisted that she did not sing when she
read the warrant AZ Carey stated. She
said her brother. Or. Harrison X Dunn.
had not offered Carey bride.
Tells Of Typewriter.
Mrs Pollard also swore that Carey
never asked her II she had Remington
TYPEWRITER No 2. She told him she had
a machine. She admitted to-day that the
only one she ever owned was smith
Premier No. l. which she bought In Feb
rusry. 1898. II had been supposed In the
trial thus far that she had a Remington
and that the letters were written on that
kind OF machine which had few Smith
Premier characters.
Mr. Schieimer then read the Indictment
letter, asking Mrs. Pollard about each
sentence. She swore she did not know