Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-10-12
MISS PoLLARD's CHILD.
The Little Waif, Who Bears strik-
ing Resemblance TO Congressman
Breckenridge, Located.

oHeChAnrlugei Located.
One of the most fruitful themes o.
speculation in the now famous suit OF
Pollard vs.. Breckinridge, has been the
disposition and whereabouts of the
child which Miss Pollard gave birth to
in Cincinnati, o., in 1884, and which
she claims, in her petition, is the son
of Hon. w. c. P. Breckenridge, the
noted Kentucky Statesman. This
child has at length been located and
all doubts on the subject of its exis.
tence set at rest by an industrious
newspaper man, who tells the story Of
the child's life and location in the fol.
lowing interesting manner;
The child, about which so much has
been said and written and about whose
very existence even so little has been
publicly known, was, in the first place
adopted by Judge Van B. Young, who
died few years since while judge Of
the Supreme court of Kentucky. Mrs
Judge Young now resides in Bath
county, and the child is to be an i'm.
portant witness when the great case
comes to trial. The boy is nine years
OF age and is said to bear striking
resemblance to the present Ashland
Representative. Since the guardian
has been put under the ruling of the
court to produce the youngster in
Washington when ordered, and it be-
ing apparent that he is to play a
prominent part in the proceedings
before the jury he is never allowed to
be out of sight of an attendant.
This is the way Judge Van B.
Young got. control of the waif:
In the fall of 1884 carriage coming
from the direction of Lexington rolled
along the pike as it rounds sharply
toward Owingsville. The toll-gate
keeper heard the carriage stop, but
being rather slow about getting out
he found on opening the door that the
carriage had turned and was being
driven back toward Lexington. AS
the keeper started back into the house
he discovered a basket sitting on the
porch. Mechanically picking it up he
carried it into his room, and found it
contained a chubby babe. While
wondering what to do with it and
why the parents Of it should have left
it with a poor man who could no
properly care for it, Judge Young
drove up and asked the gate keeper
what he was doing up so late. Why
the Judge did not pass on without
stopping, for the gate was open and
he was allowed free toll, is mystery.
He was told about the baby being
left there, and asked what was best to
be done about it. Why, give it to
me-" said the Judge; Il have no chill
dren, and can afford to educate it,"
Glad to be SO soon relieved of his
charge, the gate keeper gladly handed
the basket to the judge. The judge
winked at himself in o mirror hanging
on his left as he passed out and took
his departure. The judge was not a
high rider ordinarily, was not cam
palgning at that time, and came from
the direction of Lexington, short
distance behind the hack.
Mrs. Judge Young is grand-daugh-
ter of Gov. Robinson and sister of
Geo. Bell, the prominent merchant of
Lexington, and Ben Bell, the leading
druggist of that city. 1t cannot now
be stated what Mrs. Young knows
about the history of the child before
it was left at the lonely toll-gate, but
Judge Young often remarked to his
brothers-in-a law that the boy had some
of the best blood in the state in his
veins. and his father was Congress
man. When asked if he knew for a
fact the names of the boys parents, he
would reply: "Is it not enough to
know that he comes Of an illustrious
familyw
Another incident in connection
with the affair is, Miss Pollard was
visiting in Bourbon, near the Bath
county, at the time the papers were
telling of the desertion Of the waif
and the providential passing" oi
Judge Young, who gave 1t home
1t Is now recalled what intense inter-
est Miss Pollard took in the fate OF
the child, and would often express a
desire to go and see it. There is no
doubt but that the boy is the son Of
Miss Pollard-as to it being Breckin-
ridges that is quite another matter
Judge Young and Col. Breckinridge
were good friends.
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THE MODERN POLITICIAN.