The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-03-20
HOLDING HER OWN.
y Breckenridge shown Up in His
True COIors.

washington. March 19.-The bailiffs
had lthe utmost difficulty in repelling
the cfSo79ds who sought admittance TO
the Courtroom where the Pollard
BreckinaY1ge trial is in progress.
Miss Pe6ard was again on the stand,
under direct examination. She re-
lated in greater detail than heretofore
the attempts Of Breckenridge to seduce
her He told her that she had a won
derful intellect, and a brilliant future.
4 seemed to he completely under the
influence of his wonderful power of
persuasion she said.
He promised to oversee her educa-
ton and repay the money paid by
Rhodes for her schooling.
He did not accomplish his purpose
the first day, in spite of his violent
attempts" she continued; and it was
only late the second day when we
were in the house Of assigna ton in
Cincinnati
The relations then established, she
aveTred, continued till May II, 1893,
the last time she saw Breckenridge.
1t will be remembered that this date
is subsequent to Breckinndge's mar
riage to Mrs. Wing, which occurred
secretly. April %. 1898.
Then the cross examination was re-
stunned by Butterworth. going into
minute details of plaintiffs life, to all
of which she returned replies which
could give no comfort to her oppo-
nents.
In the course of her examination,
witness explained the circumstances
of the alleged visit to Squire kings
house in Bridgeport, KY, where she
stopped in 1882 and 1888. Some of the
names mentioned she did not remem-
Der but recalled that Of Alex. Julian,
q blind man, with whom and the plain
tiff the defense will try to show a
mock marriage and subsequent I'M
seemly proceedings at Squire Kinzy's.
She declared that Julian would not
have eVen dared to caress her She
did not remember any mock marriage,
and. moreover, her Uncle George was
with her at that time. He was very
strict and would not have allowed
anything of the sort. Several letters
were shown her. one Of which she adj
Initted having written to Owen Rob
inson; others she might have written,
she said. One contained a lock of hair.
The letters were then read. They were
of schoolgirl character, with express
sionS Of more or less loVeSick char
acter. She said she and Owen were
good friends, but there was no love
affair between them.
That Letter Was Forged.
Butterworth again referred to the
letter which Pollard averred on Fri.
day vas not written by herself. She
read it carefully, and then said:
- did not write that letter; I never
die. 1 pronounce it a forged letter.
never wrote such things as are in that
and no one knows it better than the
man who sits beside you. An expert
might have done it. and did
Returning to the circumstances OF
Colonel Breckinridge's first visit to hel
at the seminary, she said:
He said he had come to see me anC
he overshadowed me with glance"
Butterworth asked whether she knew
much about him.
Il don't think anybody knew very
much about Colonel Breckinrldge unit
lately" she replied quickly
ISutterworth asked her if when she
Arst went there, she knew the charac
8 ter Of the house of Sarah Goss in Lex
ington, to which Colonel Breckinridgs
took her
Miss Pollard responded almost in Z
shrek:
mo sir; no sir; no sir"
The trip to Lexington had been made
under the pretence on the part Of Col
onel Breckenridge that he wished Il
look over the. school, - which he pro
posed sending her. Regarding the de
position OF Rosselle said to have beer
Miss Pollard's lover while she was a
school, Miss Pollard said. significantly
the statement would not have been
made. except for interna! revenue
What do you mean by that?" asked
Butterworth.
you know was the response.
Butterworth disavowed any knowl
edge upon that point. and Miss Pollard
said;
'-Roaselle is candidate for a gov