The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-04-10
ROANOKE, VA. TUESDAY MORNING. APRIL TO- 1891


ridge aftcr she had met him but once,
said that the defendant had told her
that he ad known her father and she
had said she had known him by reputa-
ton.
This brought up the subject of tho
letter produced by Colonel Breckenridge
in which Miss Pollard is represented as
saying she wanted Colonel Breckinridge
to call on her at the college. Mr.. Car
lisle had just quoted Miss Pollard 8
statement that the letter was forgery
when recess was ordered.
Speaking of the celebrated carriage
ride, Mr.. Carlisle said, after recess, the
fact that on that hot August evening
the defendant brought close carriage
to take the plaintiff to a concert hall
demanded explanation, but the defend
ant had not attempted to explain it. He
had merely contented himself with say
ing that ne had picked out the carriage
without looking at what sort Of carriage
it was.
Reviewing the events of that night
from the statements OF the plaintiff and
the defendant and what happened the
next day, Mr.. Carlisle said: "And from
that time on until May, 1898, she obeyed
his every behest and was faithful to
him in every way" Finally reaching
the time Of the alleged promise Of mar
riage, Mr.. Carlisle laid great stress on
the testimony of Mrs. Blackburn,
which, he said, the defendant had re-
fused to oeny.
He referred to the cross examina ton
OF two days and half to to which Miss
Pollard had been subjected and said it
was one OF the most diEcult tests to
which the human mind could be put.
There we're only two things that would
enable person to stand q test OF such a
protr2cted CROSS examination. One was
a trained mind, the other was the truth.
"Concerniog the claim Of the p. ain.
tiff that she had given birth to q child
at st. Joseph's Founding Asylum at
Norwood, near Cincinnati, Mr.. Carlisle
quoted the testimony of DR.. Street. who
said that that he had sent Mrs Berg
wynn" to st Joseph's, and had visited
her there, and of DR.. Belle Buchanan,
who recognized Miss Pollard as Louise
Wilson," and DR.. Street said that
Louise Wilson" and MRS. Bergwynn"
were tho same. "rhere was nothing in
the testimony" he said, "to show tn t
anybody but this defendant was the
father of that child -
The future rotations of plaintiff and
defendant were reviewed from the
standpoint of each, and Mr. Carlisle
cOntended that it had been shown that
the guilty relations OF the pair were
continuous despite tho testimony OF the
defendant that there had been long in
tervals in these rela tions.
Then Mr.. Carlisle took up the alleged
promise of marriage which Miss Pollard
says was made in Washington on August
81, 1892. Colonel Breckenridge had
testified that Miss Pollard was not in
town at that time, but it had been
proved by an entry in Mrs. Minear's
boarding house ledger that Miss Pollard
returned on the date named.
AS to the defense of Colonel Breckin-
ridge that he and Miss Pollard had
merely pretended to be engaged Mr..
Carlisle referred to the very i'm portant
testimony of Claude de la Roche Francis
who told of his accidental caves drop
ping at Mrs. Thomas when Colonel
Breckenridge said to Miss Pollard that
he was sorry she had mentioned their
engagement to the witness.
At this point Mr.. Carlisle asked
Judge Bradley's permission to continue
his address to-morrow and as it was
then within half hour of adjournment
the court ad iourned.