Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-14
Miss Madeline Pollard, who has sued Con

gresham breckenridge.
Miss Pollard is the daughter of a har-
ness maker of Frankfort, KY, now dead.
he was IN modest circumstances. but money
was provided literally for his daughters
education. When she was about sixteen
years old she was placed in a convent at
heading, a suburb of this city. She escap-
ca from the convent, and her escapade was
the subject of newspaper articles. She re-
Iuseo 10 return TO the convent. and then
1884.
Miss Pollard was then a pretty girl, with
FANCY Tor somewhat theatrical toilets, OF
which she had several. She told DR.. Brown
that her guardian. wealthy, middle-aged
southern man, was paying her bills. a he
guardian never communicated with DIR.
Brown. Miss Pollard paid the bills herself
Miss Pollard was known at the school as
Madeline Vivian Breckenridge Pollard She
said that she was relative of Congress-
man Breckinridge. and that she had been
named for him. The impression in the
school was that Congressman Breckenridge
was her guardian"
Another dispatch from Cincinnati SAYS
that while Miss Pollard was at the Wes-
leyan Female College she was frequently
visited by an old. gray-bearded man, who
gave his name as Rhodes. He paid all her
expenses. and she declared that be was her
guardian.
She also had several other elderly admir-
ers. but always insisted that Rhodes was 10
marry her when she graduated. She gave
a schoolmate a sealed envelope under
pledge not to open it until one year after
zee
life and loves She first told about awaken
ing the Jealousy OF her aunt by captivat ting
an mtlnerant phrenologist She met the
old man. Rhodes. who proposed TO educate
| ana tnen marry her. She accepted, but
with the fntention of returning him the
money when her accomplishments had en-
ap'ed her to earn IL. Then she proposed to
dismiss him. with the assurance that she
was not as big fool as he was. This man
When Miss Pollard first came 10 @incsn.
natl she entered the Notre Dame Convent
school In Reading, suburb There, Miss
| Pollard says in her sketch the sisters open
ed her letters and found that Pholes Ma !.
not her guardian. and this caused her no
run away one night.
Regarded an Adventures,
A special to the New York World from
Lexington. KY. says:
Representative Breckinridge's friends
here unite in saying that the suit filed
| against him in Washington yesterday by
| Miss Madeline Pollard is the result Of spite
All of them believe Mr.. Breckenridge limo.
cent of the charges made by the woman.
one close friend OF NJ. Breckinridge1s
believed Miss Pollard to be an adven.
turess.
She had three sets of visiting cards.
Meaaiine Winton PoIisrd. s Eedaisa.
breckenridge Pollard and Madeline
vinton cards when visiting the friends and
relatives of the Vintons, the Blackburn
cards when with the Blackburns and ths
| Breckenridge cards when among the ad
| mirers of the Breckinridses. She I'm,
pressed Charles Dudley Warner so favor
| ably that he introduced her into good New
| York society. Ii now turns out that she
promised to mary the old gardener. james
| Rodes. who spent $3.50 toward educating
her. After getting her education she re
/ fused to have anything TO do with the ole
fellow and he died of a broken heart"
| Among the important witnesses In tn,
! observation-disclosures case will be Mrs
Gov. Blackburn, who now lives in Virginia
4 Some time ago II is reported that Brock
! inridge took Miss Pollard to Mrs. Black
burns home and said: II want TO ieav'
! her a couple of weeks. i intend to MARI,
| her"
| II is also reported that shortly befor,
| Breckirridge's marriage in the early par
| of this month TO Mrs. Louise Wing h,
| sent friend to Miss Pollard to propose
/ compromise.
Il don't want any compromise" sait
| Miss Pollard. Il want blood"