St. Paul daily globe., 1894-03-21
SOME SPICY LETTERS.
MISS PoLLARD'S LETTERS PRODUCED
I'M COURT.
OF INTEREST TO GossIPs
The Fair Plaintiff Tells of Her
Relations With the Gay Old
Lothario in a Remarkably I'm.
Grows Very Dramatic at Inter.
walls.

Lothario in a Remarkably I'm.
biushing Manner The Trial
Grows Very Dramatic at Inter-
walls.
WASHINGTON. March 2O.-When the
/ shrlll voice of the bailiff cried adjourn
ment in the bare old circuit court this
afternoon, the veIled face of Madeline
! Pollard was buried in her arms upon the
! rough board top of the witness box be-
hind which she had sat for three days.
The only sound which had broken such
silence as seldom falls on a court
room was Sobblng that seemed to
| come from the inmoSt heart. Three
! jurors were fumbling in an uncertain
way with their handkerchiefS; the
| judge was staring toward the ceiling
| abstractedly. Even the lawyer whose
cross-examlnation had led up to this
| passage wore a lo0k Of unwonted
| gravity on his fatherly, benevolent face,
| with something remarkable like moist
ure about his eyes. If there was man
among the curious hundred in the court
room unmoyed, he was inconspicuouS
i'll the majority of sympathetic faces.
| Madeline Pollard had been telling the
| most tragic episode of her unhappy
| life.
Tomorrow the cross-examination of
! the plaintiff will be completed early,
ana public expectation. which, here in
! Washington, is raised to white beat,
turns to the forthcoming verson OF the
| orator defendant.
Miss Pollard had entered the court
room promptly on the hour. with Miss
Ellis, Of the House of Refuge, and her
! counsel. Judge Bradley had aScended
| to the desk, but none of the attorneys
Tor the defense had appeared until the
roll OF jurors was called. nor had the
whlte-halred defendant walked in until
the very last. The bailitfs could be
heard outside arguing against tie crowd
OF lmportunate citizens determined to
catch glimpse OF the plaintiff herself,
and Miss Pollard had walked around to
the stand pale. but self-possessed to be-
| gin the third day of her ordeal. Next
after the question about Mrs. Black
burn, letter was handed to the paint
III. which she said had been written by
her 10 her protector, Mr.. Rhodes After
looking at it, she inquired why the
heading had been torn off. Mr. Butter
worth replying that he did not know,
and her lawyers cautioning her that it
was not her place to ask questions. Mr..
| ButterWOrIh read the letter TO the Jury.
1t was dated Lexington, Nov. 20, 1874.
Miss HoYt has just asked me for the
money tor my board" it said please,
dear, get me that $40 before Saturday
without fail. L know any one with as
many friends as you can get it. You
can come Saturday evening at and
stay until haif-Dast s. Be careful in
talking, and we can have a pleasant
time. Put the money in an envelope
and hand il to me at the door, Is you go.
! Yours truly, MADELINE. Another
letter was presented to the plaintiff,
scrutiniZed by her lawyers, and read to
| the jury. 1t was dated Nov. 81. and be-
! gan:
''Dear Mr.. Rhodes: am so worried
! and disappointed that hardly know
what to do. l felt certain that you
| could get that tonight. | was
| sure that a man with as many rich
| friends as you cnud get it, and espe-
cially so near pay day. You can come
| at 3 Saturday afternoon, and no one
will be here, though the girls may come
! at any time. Be sure and come in the
| afternoon, as Miss Bellies friend may
| come in the evening. Yours
! truly, MADELINE"
| There was also reference to her
| pleasure at receiving so fine a birthday
| present, and promise to remember
him on his birthday. Other letters
| were identified and read. One dated
Bridgeport, KY, Dee. 80. 1888. begin
| ming Dear Mr.. Rhodes" spoke of
| tritiing household matters, the weather,
| skating, and said:
Il never before had to fuss at you for
a long letter;" promised to write and
| tell him exactly what evening to come,
| and was signed, Yours, with love-"
| One dated Feb. o. 1885, spoke of her
! disappointment at not having received
| another remittance from him: said she
| would expect him tomorrow night;
| could never get over it, if she did not
! hear from him with what she asked for,
| as she had been expecting il so long,
| and needed 1t so much; told him not to
| come unless he brought it. and said size
| could not understand the delay, as pay
! day was TWO days past. This was lust
| before Miss Pollard was going away for
| the birth of her first child. Among the
! letters were TWO dated at New Orleans
| and postinarked Toolesborough, KY. in
| which the writer told Rhodes of her
arrival in New Or cans, of the weather
! and other inconsequential things. Other
| letters, some dated at Cincinnati and
! others al Lexington. asked Rhodes for
| money, the sum varying from $40 to $40.
| Mr.. Butterworth devoted his question
| ing principally to the New Orleans let
| ters. and the plaintiff frankly admitted
that she had never been III that city.
| The examination was resumed after
| the noon recess. Miss Pollard represent
! ing that she had deceived her mother
| regarding the cause of her absence from
| home when the letter to Rhodes was
written and her first child was born.
! Her counsel objected 10 questions de-
| signed to bring forth the details of the
deception employed by Miss Pollard.
Judge Bradley said that it did not
seem TO be material, and an exception
was noted. Her mother had not seen
! her IN Cincinnati, but had known that
! she was not IN New Orleans nor in Mis-
| iSSlpDl. Miss Pollard, continuing, said:
| when it became necessary for me to
! go to tile foundliug asylum it became
necessary to invent some story to ae-
! count for my absence from home Just
what the story was Mr.. Breckiuridge
could probably tell better than L, since
| be wrote the letters"
You visited houses of assignation
together in Washington?'
I'VE did mp 10 the nth day of Nav,
1898, after the secret marriage, which is
SAID to have taken place on the 29th Of
April"
WAS there any conversation between
you regarding that marriage?'
| Il asked HIM if it was possible that
he was paying attentions to Mrs. Wing
as L had heard. l knew that she was a
worthy woman, and knew that she had
stopped with him twelve DAYS and
nights which L could not believe a wor-
! thy woman would do. Then he ma
lIgned her; maligned her In such terms
that could not believe he intended to
marry her. He SAID that he had been en-
| gagged to her when he was in the army,
and would never marry her."
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