The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-04-04

on the stand making fiat dcnials con.
corning these letters. Having finished
this branch Of the subject, tho defend.
ant told OF tho events OF tho fall OF 1887,
whom lie and the plaintiff met In WASH
ington near tho Catholic institution s'as
n woman in her condition aud n man
supposing himself to DO tho author OF
hor condition would meet"
do you wish to DO understood rs
saying that you supported her In whole
or In part during tho two years she was
at tho academy Of tho Holy Cross on
Massachusetts avenue" was a question
to which tho colonel responded:
81 would not wish to BIO undorstood
as saying anything about 1t, II ! could
avoid II, but as n matter Of fact my con-
tributions to her were not lossenod.
They wore irregular amounts and l un-
deratood ,hey helped to pay her board
Mt the academy"
Referring 10 tho five notes OF Sl00
each drawn by the plaintiff aud in-
dorscd by tho defendant in 1892, to pay
Miss Pollard's expenses at the school OF
tho Holy Cross, Colonel Breckenridge
stated that no did not know what be.
came OF tho notes, did not know whether
they had been protested. Was sufo
that no had never received notice that
two OF them went to protest.
Now, refresh your memory" begau
Mr.. Wilson, this testimony having been
elected by n succession OF questions.
do you not know that notice OF the
protest was sent TO you both in Luxing.
ton and Washington"
He did not, and tho attorney asked,
DO you know the particular object for
which those last notes were drawn?"
II do, very we'll"
NOT FoR WEDDING CLOTHES.
"Was it not to enable her to purchase
hcr wedding trousscau?'
Nothing like il. There is not n scin.
tilla OF truth in It"
Tho REORGANIZATION having driitcd
to the renewal OF relations In 1889 in
Washington, the defendant was asked:
Ibid you over have q room in the
northwest section? ?"
I'VE did try that experiment, but OF
all the unsatisfactory experiments that
was tho worSt | ever tried. We bad
not been there more than threoNor four
times before the plaintiff said that 1t
seemed every window within three
blocks had eyes when VIC went in there
and l was sure that the people were
standing oil every doorstep in sight
every time l went. | am q rather pecu.
liar looking man, so people remember
me; sc we gave that up"
Now" said Mr.. Wilson, n little
later, abiding to- defendants criticism
of Miss pollard's falsehoods in saying
she had been to dinner at his. house to
account for her absences, you are q
acknowledging man, and she 4 young
girl, both OF you from Kentucky. Can
you conceive OF Il better excuse for her
than that sho had been to dinner with
a respectable elderly gentleman like
yourself?"
"Nor can l conceive OF q keener one
to be used afterward for a suit like
this" was the reply.
He had frequently met the plaintiff
in tho house OF Mrs. Thomas, on II
street, but had never seen her sewing
in his lie.
"Did you not meet her once there
when che was using this basket, that
had belonged TO your wife," Mr.. Wilson
inquired.
Never; never under heaven" aus
wered the colonel, striking the witness
box.
did not n servant come in while you
were with her and she was using that
basket ?"
mo servant ever did. for / never
knew for a moment; until it was brought
in here, that she had that basket"
He had met Miss Pollard in New York
in September. 1892, but not ''impro-
perly," and met her improperly" there
in February, 1898.
where did you go them" Mr.. vii.
son inquired.
Il can't tell the place. I simply hired
a coupe and she got in and l told the
driver 10, take US to some safe place.
He took us close to the elevated road,
up toward Fiity-sccond or Fifty.third
streets. 1t was a large building that
looked like a hotel"
Here Mr.. Wilson suggested that rs it
was near the hour for adjournment,
and he desired to take up an entirely
different line OF examination, it was
hardly worth while to proceed further
and the court adjourned.