St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-04

correspondence and congressional work,
always returning the manuscript.
Now, what was on those envelopes?'
continued Mr.. Wilson.
Miss Pollard. as North Upper street,
Lexington. KY"
And how do you remember that?"
Il kept memorandum book in which
l noted the address"
Have you tho booka"
Il have" she said. and the book was
passed around for inspection of the
lawyers.
"Feeling sure That sooner or later
would Lear more of Miss Pollard. and
not wishing to trust my memOry.l mads.
that memorandum. she explained. and,
continuing. said: He (Breckinriase)
brought me two or three envelopes sep
arately, then. a package of small o;,eS
yellowed with age. and not such enYel-
opeS as business man would USE"
The question of the substance Of
those letters was objected to. and the
| objection sustained Tor the prescn,
The first communication. said the viii.
ness. was addressed to "My Dear Sister
Louise" aud when Mr.. Wilson urged
that testimony OF its contents should be
admitted, Mr.. Butterworth retoried that
there was TO proof that it had ever been
mailed IT received, reminding Mr.. W IL
Sun that it was the ground taken by him
regarding the alleged forged letters oil
| Miss Pollard
Il now give you notice if YOU have
| that letter to produce it," said Mr.. Viii
son TO the defense.
"H0w can produce the letter if /
sent it TO the PLAINTIFF" Col. Breckin.
ridge said i'll reply, whereupon Mr.. y il
son remarked in his inimita5le way
You and | will have little converse
ton after a while"
The witness, continuing. recOilecteC
that she had copied the letters for
| COL. BRECKINRIDGE
nearly every week, but sail she could
only prove having done fifteen OF six
| teen.
The judge having ruled ont eXami
natlUn concerning the contents of The
| letter. Mr.. Bulterworth made brief
| croSS-eXannation, asking Mrs. Lowell
when she had worked, and for how
long. She had kept record OF tbs
work she had done for congressman
and the amounts received in all account
bnok. She had an independent recol
lection of the address of Miss Pollard
since the letter had made very deep
Impression Oh her mind.
iard?' was asked.
Il never saw Miss Pollard until this
morning"
In her book She had merely entered
the amounts Of work done, Then the
name of the party, then the amounts
charged. so that no congressman need
waste Worry for fear that the ledger
VIII rise up 10 get them into trouble.
Mrs. Lowell said she had not vulun
teerea her evidence; did not know hosT
the LAWYERS learned the facts
Col. Breckinridge was recalled and
gave emphatic denial to the previous
witness statement that he had carried
to her the manuscript addressed to M
Dear Sister LOUISE Mrs. Lowell had
done iypewrItlng for him. He would
not swear he hal never given her manu-
script letters 10 copy.
Col. BrecKinridge made other EN-
phatic deniais covering many of the
statements of Mrs. Lowell. After wards
Miss Pollard was placed on the stand to
prove that the letters in question had
been received by her and destroyed.
The defense object ed to this line OF
testimony at this st age. but it was ad
United by the court, exception being
noted.
Miss Pollard described these letters
as beginning:
My Dear Sister Louise" and
my LITTLE SPITFIRE."
and addressed 10y a typewriter, and al
signed in lead peucil.
Then Col. Breckenridge was back or
the stand making fiat denials concern.
ing these letters. Having finished this
branch OF the subject the defendant
told OF the events OF the fall of 1887,
when he aud tie plaintiff met in Wash.
ington near the Catholic institution
"as woman in her condition and a
man surprising himself to be the author
of her condition would meet"
do YOU wish to be understood as say.
Ing that you supported her in whole or
IN part during the two years that she
was at the Academy of the Holy Cross
on Massachusetts avenue" was the
question to which the colonel responded
Il would not wish to be understood
as saying anything about that if l could
contributions to her were nor leSsened.
They were irregular amounts. and
understood they helped to pay her
board at the academy"
Referring to five notes of 500 drawn
by the plaintiff and Endorsed by the de-
PENDANT late in 1892 to pay Miss Pol
lard's expenses al the school of the
Holy Cross, Col. Breckenridge stated
that he did not know what became of
the notes; did not know whether they
had been protested. Was sure that he
had never received notice that two OF
them went TO protest.
Now TO refresh your memory" be-
gan Mr.. Wilson. this testimony having
been ELECTED by succession of ques-
tons. do you know that
NOTICE OF PROTEST
was sent to you both i'll Lexington and
WaShington"'
He did not" The attorney asked
do you know the particular object fol
which those last notes were drawn?"
Il do, very WE'LL
"Was it not to enable her to purchase
her wedding troUsseau?"
Nothing like that. There is not a
scintiila of truth in it," was the colonel's
impressive answer, and he wanted tC
| tell about the deal, but ir. Wilson
| choked him off with reminder that
| his counsel would examine him later.
The cross-eXamination having drifted
to the renewal of relations in 1889 il
Washington, defendant was asked:
Did you ever have a room in the
! Northwest section?'
I'VE did try that experiment. but oil
all the unsatisfactory experiments, thai
was the worst ever tried. We had mo-
been there more than three or foul
fimeS before it seemed that every win
dow within three blocks had eyes wher
we went in there, and | was sure tina
| people were standing on every door steI
in sight every time l went. am rather
a peculiar-looking man, so people re
| member ME; so We gave that up.'
Now" said Mr.. Wiison,a little later
abiding to defendants criticism oil
Miss Pollard's falsehoods in saying tina
she had been to dinner at his house t,
account for her absences. You are
fatherly-loOking man and she youn.