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Vol. IV.-‘lVlIOle No. 820.
MISS POLlllll’S STORY
She Nan-ates the Incidents Leading
Up to Her Downfall.
SOME or EEE LETTERS READ
One She Declared a Forgery, the Others
She Acknowledged—Relations \Vith
Breckinridge Continued After
'11.. Married Mrs. Wing.
WASHINGTON, March 20.—Pressure for
admission to the circuit court, where the
Pollard-Breckinridgc case is in progress,
was greater today than it has been at any
fime before, because of the expectation
that Miss Pollard would return to the wit-
ness stand for the continuation of the
cross examination which was started last
Friday. Crowds pressed against the bail-
iffs at- the doors, trying to pass them by
main force and being repelled with the
greatest difficulty. _
First among the important arrivals was
the defendant, Colonel Breckinridge, and
soon afterward came Miss Pollard with-
out the black cloak which she has worn be-
fore. She was dressed in a black cloth
gown.
Several questions were asked by Mr. Car-
lisle in direct examination as soon as the
plaintiff had taken the stand, the first one
whether she had ever been married, to
which the answer was, “No, Mr. Carlisle.”
“Who was the father of your first child?”
was the next question, to which she re-
plied, “Mr. Breckinridge.”
‘ Then, in continuation, thenplaintiE-re
lated in greater detail than she had before
the attempts of the congressman to seduce
her, averring that he had told her that he
would take her to the house of a dear
friend whom he had known in Louisville
before he took her to the house of Mrs.
Rose in Cincinnati. He had told her that
she had a wonderful intellect, that a bril-
liant future was before her, “and I seemed
to be completely under the influence of his
wonderful powers of persuasion,” she said.
‘ The first night they had been together
they had walked the streets of Cincinnati,
as they had done the next day after meet
ing in the public library. Colonel Breck-
inridge had told her that he would oversea
her education; that he would return the
money advanced for her schooling by Mr.
Rhodes.
“He did not accomplish his purpose the
first day in spiteof —h-is violentattempts,”
she continued, “and it .was only late the
second day, when we were in the house of
assignation in Cincinnati.”
Before taking her to the house of Sarah
Guest at Lexington Colonel Breckinridge
had arranged that he should send to the
school atelegram purporting to come from
her mother, which he did. '
“Did the sexual relations which you have
testified to with Colonel Breckinridge con-
tinue after the 29th of April, 1893 ?” in-
quired Mr. Carlisle, that being the date of
the secret marriage to Mrs. \Ving.
“They did up to and including the 17th
day of May, 1893, which was the last time
I saw Colonel Breckinridge,” she said and
was about to make further explanations
when the defendant’s lawyers interposed
objections. ,
After these passages the sparring be-
tween Mr. Butterworth and the young
woman was resumed where it had been
dropped Friday. Many detailed questions
concerning her early life, her studies,
amusements, friends and ambitions were
asked, to all of which she returned replies
which could have given no comfort to her
opponents. .
When it was asked whether she was a
member of the church, she explained that
she had been confirmed in the Episcopal
church.
“Are you a member now?” was asked.
“Once a member of the EpiscOpal church,
always a member,” came the epigrammatic
reply.
She \Vanted to \Vrite.
Her early ambition had been to write,
Miss Pollard declared, and Colonel Breck-
inridge had told her that she had wonder-
ful talent in that line. She had also de-
sired to teach. _
- “Do you know the value of character for
a teacher?” Mr. Butterworthasked.
“Most assuredly I do. Never so much as
today,” came the prompt reply. “But all
this was swept away by one act.”
Further on she explained that she un-
derstood the requirements for good char-
acter in a woman were the same as in a
man.
Several times Miss Pollard’s lawyers re-
monstrated with her that she must confine
herself to answering the questions put to
her, as she manifested a disposition to
overstep the limits in her eagerness to
make her statements count. against the
other'side. Her voice was somewhat low-
er than it had been when she Was last be-
fore the court, the pallor of her face had
increased, except when it flushed at times,
but her language was still as polished and
her words as carefully chosen as ever.
There was some interesting’ sparring
when Mr. Butterworth produced the high
floWn schoolgirl letter to “\Vessie” Brown,
daughter of the principal of the \Vésleyan
seminary, and used it as a basis of cross
eXamination. The plaintiff admitted that
it had been overdrawn and was exagger-
ated in her pride at that time. It con-
tained reference to a blind lover for whbm
she had entertained the greatest affection,
according to the allusions, and also to R0-
sell. ‘ "
“Were you engaged to him?” inquired
Mr. Butterworth, referring to the latter.
individual. _
“Not at that time,” replied Miss Pollard.
There were other references to the latter
person and to her idea that it was her duty
to break him of his habit of “swilling fire-
water.”
“Have you correcied all the errors in this
letter?” Mr. Butterworth asked as he fin-
ished its reading in his best elocutionary
style, which, being somewhat ponderous,
hardly accorded with the sentimental
terms of the. Gristle.
' schoolgirls,
' “N 0t all or ghem,“ she replied,'and then
lifting her veil began to wipe her eyes with
her handkerchief.
were delivered in a tearbroken voice, and
she seemed on the point of breaking down.
As he went. on to press her, for her reasons
for leaving her aunt in Pittsburg when a
girl the crying increased. She told Mr.
Butterworth that she wanted to answer
him satisfactorily, but he seemed “so ex-
asperating.” . .
\Vliy SheLeft Her Aunt. ‘
It seemed that she had left this aunt for
family reasons, because another aunt was
anxious to,.,take her. and the purpose of
the questions Was not mane apparent at
this stage. . 1n the course of the inquiry
about her early aspirations and her read-.-
ing she said that. the day she had, met
Colonel Breckinridgc at theiseminary she
had been reading “The Gates Ajar,” by
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. j ~ .
“I understand inI to say that you had
read no literature which could not be put
in the hands of a modest girl?”-the cross
examiner asked. ; ,
“One moment,” interposcd‘Mr. Wilson,
proceeding to argue that this peculiar line
of questioning had been pursued so far, so.
continuously and so repeatedly that it was
becOming oppressive. ’ _‘ ' '
In his reply Mr. Butterworth said; “The
plaintiff has put’ in her characterhere as
the main point of issue. She has surr
rounded herself so far with an-atmosphere
of (perfect purity.” -. . .
There are three partiesto this suit,” he
concluded, “the plaintiff, the defendant,
the public.” _ ~ ' '.
It was not the line of questioning,but
the repetitions of it to which he objected,
Mr. \Vilson here urged, and the court sus-
tained him. ’ -
“Were you old enough to take care of
yourself at the Wesleyan seminary?” was
the next question. . . '
“Yes, sir,” was the answer, but-rafter it
had been made Mr. Wilson proceeded to
object that it was not age or reading upon
which stress was made, but that it depend.
ed upon "who approached with silvery
tongue.” ' -
This allusion to the well known sobri-
quet of the l-‘chtucky orator provoked an
audible laugh, which caused Judge Brad-
ley to rap on his desk with :1 sharp repri-
mand. . , '
“I want. the public to understand that
this is not a show,” he said. "I am sorry
that so many think it their duty to come
here, and if there is any demonstration of
approval or snickering i will order the
room tobe cleared." The admonition had
its efiect. , .
There was much questioning us to whetlr
or she knew certain persons in l’lI-idgcport,
Ky., Where she had stopped in 1882 and
1883. Some of the names she. did not re.
member; others she recalled, among them
Alex Julian, the blind man, .with whom
the defense will endeavor to" prove Miss
Pollard went to bed at a country house
after a mock marriage. . ’
Then Miss Pollard proceeded to explain
the circumstances of the visit to Squire
Kinsey’s house, on which the story of the
mock marriage with, Julian was based, de-
claring that to the best of her knowledge
nothing like a mock marriage had taken
place. Her Uncle George, who is still liv-
ing, and with whom her mother lives, was
with her that day.
Miss Pollard \V as Emplmtic.
“Did Mr. Julian ever conduct himself
toward you as a lover? Did he ever at-
tempt to caress you?” was asked.
“No, indeed; he would not have dared
to,”came the emphatic reply, supplement-
ed by the explanation that her Uncle
George had been very strict with the girls
and would not have permitted anything
of the sort.
“How long did your friendship with Mr.
Julian continue?”
“I thought Mr. Julian was still my
friend. I did not know that he was not.”
“Did you know Owen Robinson?”
“Yes.”
"Did you ever correspond with him?”
“I may have written to him. I do, not
remember.” . '
Several letters were handed to Miss Pol-
lard with an inquiry whether she had
written them. ‘
She said she could best tell by reading
them to see whether she recognized any ex-
pressions as those she was accustomed to
use. After a long pause she handed back
the first one, saying, with a smile, ”Idid
write that.” Of others, she said she might
have written them.
ed a lock of hair.
Attorneys Carlisle and \Vilson occupied
a quarter of an hour in reading these
schoolgirl letters, after which Mr. Butter-
worth I'ead them to the jury. The first
one, dated in March, 1883, was begun
“Dear Owen,” said that she had put his
last letter under her pillow and cried her-
self to sleep, expressing regret for a lettei
written on St. Valentine’s day as having
been unmaidenly, said that. he was the
most honorable boy she had ever known,
and that he must consider her “the love-
sick maiden all forlorn,’ ’ assured. him that
he must not think her broken hearted be-
cause Roche had married the girl of his
choice. as she had only talked with him
that one evening. It also inquired “who
that George Reddish is that mamma eulo‘
gizes to the skies” and expressed sorrow
that he‘ had not sent his picture, as she
would rather have it than anything else.
She also invited him to come up and stay
over Sunday: said she understood that
when the gentle zephyrs came he and some
one else were to tie the knot with theii
tongues they could not untie with their
teeth, with the poetical quotation, “It is.
best for me to know love, best for you and
best for me.”
Another letter to Owen Robinson began
“Friend Owen,” was flowery, with poetical
quotations of the character affected by
and closed, “Your dearest
friend, Madeline Vivian Pollard.” The
lock of hair was inclosed in this letter, but
'Mr. Butterworth commented that it was
of a rather light shade, inquiring whether-
rher hair had grown darker.
Miss Pollard
said that it might have been hers; that she
probably wrote the letter, although she
did not remember it.
Regarding the middle'name, she saic
that she did not like her own name oi
“Valeria," and so she often signed “Viv-
ianL” Owen Robinson and another young
man alluded to as “Henry," had been stu-
dents in the Kentucky Military institute
and ,hadfoften visited her house. '
“Was Owen Robins on a suitor of yours?”
Mn'RIifterworth asked. '
The next few replies
One of them contain
,. Norwalk, 001111., Tuesday Evening, March .20, 1894.
“l 5132.: do you mean by a-‘suitorrm-Mtss
' Pollard’inquired in return, explaining: “i
liked him‘extr'emely well. There was nc
love affair between us; no talk of marriage
or anything of that sort. \Ve were very
good friends. .Owen was the son of 'a pom
woman, but very ambitious, and his tuition
was paid by a- rich friend.” ,
Mr. Butteerrth again referred to the
letter which Miss Pollard had averred on
Friday was .not written by herself. She
asked him to show it to her again, saying
thatwhile the expressions of some of them.
seemed familiar the handwriting did, not,
but she did not wish to disclaim any let-
ters she had ever written.
There was a silence while the plaintifl
read the letter. “I didnot write that let-
ter. I never did. I pronounce it a forged
iletter!”.she exclaimed, with emphasis.
“Then you are sure you did not write it.”
‘_‘I never wrote such things as arein that,
and 'no one knows it better than the man
who sits beside you. An expert might
have done it and did.”
Mr. VS’ilson reproved his client for her
excitement, telling her that she must not
forget herself.
“I know, but they must not begin that,”
she replied excitedly. Then she asked to
as shown the envelope it came in, but
there was none in court.
_. " That First Visit. ‘
Returning to the circumstances of Colo~
'uel Bre'ckinridge’s first visit to her at the
seminary, Mr. Butterworth asked if he
had told her that he was in town on some
railroad business, which the plaintiff dc-
uied, asserting, “He said that he had come
to see me, and he overshadowed me with a
glance.”
She had known of Colonel Breckinridge,
having often heard her uncle, who had
fought in Breckinridge’s brigade, speak of
him. -
Describing their first drive together, she
continued: “\Vhen we got down into the
city, he told me to take my hat off,because it
was so warm. I took it off. Then he pressed
my hand, but it. was not before we got into
the country again that he made any fur-
ther advances. Then, when I protested, he
said: ‘I am old enough to be your father.
Don’t be a silly little girl.’ ”
“Then his conduct was lascivious and re—
pulsive to you?” L
“Mr. Breckinridge covers up his advances
in so many artful ways that you could
hardly call it that. He apologized, when I
protested, very humbly, turned the conver-
sation into an entirely intellectual chan-
nel, told me all about his first wife, Lucre-
tia Clay, how much liefioved me,” etc.
“Did he put his arm around you when
he kissed you?" —
“lie attempted to, but i wrested myself
away from him.” ‘
“The next act was more repulsive then?”
“' There were no more advances that
night. It. was all one act."
“Then he did attempt to go further?”
“lie did, and I wrested myself away.”
"Did you not feel repulsive toward him ?’ ’
“Any resentment I might have had he
smoothed away by his conversation, tell-
ing me repeatedly how brilliant I was and
flattering me.”
Hoadley B. Ives Dead.
NEW HAVEX, March 20.~——Hoadley B.
Ives, the New Haven millionaire who be;
came suddenly ill one week ago, died at
10:25 this morning. He was a large owner
of New York, New Haven and Hartford
railroad stock and had for many years
been president of the Fair Haven and
V’Vestville Street Railway company, was a
director in several leading banks and had
extensive holdings in many of the most
important stocks of the city.
Gigcnder \Vouldn’t Take a. Dare.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo., March 20.——Fritz Gi-
gender, a giant in stature, and who was
never known to take a dare, was with a
party of friends. They began to chaff
him over some trivial matter. Finally one
of them remarked, “Oh, go and kill your-
self.” Gigender made no reply, but turned
and walked up to his room over the saloon;
An instant later a shot was heard, and his
friends found Gigcnder dead with a bullet
through his head.
Men Employed Instead of Girls.
\VOBURN, Mass, March 20.—~The George
A. Simond’s shoe factory started today
after a brief shutdown, following the
strike of the girl employees, and the man-
agers announce that in the future the girls
will not be given employment. Fifteen
men went to work in the girls’ places to-
day, and 60 more will be engaged. The
girls struck because of a 10 per cent reduc-
tion in wages.
Sod Family Afllictions. _
FALL RIVER, Mass, March 20.—-Alexan-
der J. McDonald of 174 County street died
last \Vednesday. Saturday Daniel J. Mc-
Donald, a son, became violently insane,
and now another son, Frank, is insane.
Both boys are being guarded bythe police.
'Their father died suddenly of heart dis-
ease, and it is supposed that the shock up-
set the young men’s nerves, as both we"
greatly affected. '
British Museinn's' Latest Pur'chas'e. '
LONDON, March 20.—The government has
purchased from the Duke of Bedford 5%
acres of ground adjoining the British mu-
seum for the purpose of extending" that
institution. The price paid for the ground
was £200,000. The additional ground will
give the British museum an area of 14%
acres.
The Chicago Building Committee.
\VASIIIKGTON, March ‘20.—-Representa-
tive Durborow F Chicago arranged today
with Representative Bankhcad, who is just
back from Alabama, that the special com-
mittee to investigate the Chicago post-
office, of which Mr. Bankhcad is chairman,
shall start next Saturday.
A Bomb In a. Theater. ' .
ROME, March 20.-—A dispatch from Lucca
says that while a gentleman was leaving
the Pantera theater he noticed a box, with
a lighted fuse attached to it, in a recess oi.
the Corridor. The gentleman promptly ex-
tinguished the fuse. Six persons have been
arrested.
Special Service For Firemen.
BOSTON, March 20.——A special service for
firemen was held in the Meridian Street
M. E. Bethel church, East Boston, as pub.‘
lic acknowledgment of the services ren.‘
dered by the firemen last November when”
the chu; ch was badly scorched.
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Whisk Brooms, 5c. stil
. Hammers, 100. Shot Brush-
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Cedar Pails, 23c. Five hunk
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