The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-03-27

! MIAMI case began this morning inter
! VIVI est conferred IN the decision of
w Jadge Bradley with reference
| to the admission OF certain dispositions
| taken in Onio aud Kentucky IN behalf
OF Colonel BrecklurIige. to which OBJ
lection was made Miss Pollard 3
attorneys
Argument on the legal points raised
against these depositions WAS heard
BY Judge Bradley Saturday
When the court had been called to
order. Judge Bradley rendered his de-
cision. He said thut this was court
Of the United States. The right of an
individual to take dcpositicns was u
right which he might exercise or not
at his will, and with whica tho court
had nothing 10 do; but when depnsi-
tions were presented to the court 1t be-
came the duty OF the court to deter
mine whether it was right 10 permit
them to Oe read.
Judge Bradley then took up the spp-
citic obi ctiOA made to parts OF testi-
mony contained in the dispositions. The
| first Of the6e OBJ j.ctiOnable depositiOus
was that of man named Brand, who
refus d to answer whether he aud Miss
| Pollard had maintained improper rela
tions, very odd refusal, SO Judge
Bradley said, in view of the fact that
| he had admitted that, though a mar.
lied man, be- had frcqusntcd disreputa-
ble houses. WHAT objection the depo
nent could have to answering the ques-
tion the judge could not see.
EXPERIENCE OF BILL MOOD.
The deposition of William G. Wood.
carpenter of Lexington, was read
| He had met Madeline Pollard. bs said
ut the house of Mrs Ksan at Sneck.
away. near Lexington. about May,
| 1882. and at Miss Pollard's invitation
ne called sgaih aud again, and within
couple OF months he and Miss Pollard
| became engaged to be married.
| II said when we were married
would take her to Europe When it
came near to the date for setting the
time | told her could not take her to
Europe-it WAS too far ami | was
broke. She flew into passion aud
took off the ring | had given her and
threw it 1T me.
What did she say at this timer
Il think she said | was rich and
could afford TO take her to Europs
Did the engagement continue long
after this?'
That ended it.
The depouent said he was A. years
old at the time and Miss Pollard was
young woman,
THE FAMOUS MOCK MARRIAGE.
There was stir in the court house
as Mr.. Stoll said II will read the dc
position Of MIR. Aleck Julian. This
deponsnt said he WAS Y yenrs old, said
he lived near Bridgeport, KY, and had
known Miss Pollard nbout fifteen years.
Mr. Julian is blind and Miss Pollard
mas referred to him rs my blind swsat.
heart-my modern Barnabas." He
was not blind when he met Mlss
Pollard about 1850 Tho night
Of Dec "a, 1884, Christmas eve,
four months after he bechma blind. he
had spent Mt the house of Squire Tins
| ley Miss Pollard WAS there too. The
next morning Miss Pollard and the
rest Of the company drank egg nogg.
! Then they went to the parlor and bs
gan talking about matrimony, and
somsone proposed that he aud "Mat-
tis" should marry.
Squire Hinslqy came in Just then,
very hilarious, AMI Miss Matte said.
Here is \ man who will marry me, 4"
and the squire performed a mock mar
riage for them. Julian aud Miss Mat
tie sat in the parior alone for while
after this and Miss Pollard. who had
been drinking too much, proposed that
as they were married they should 20
to bod. They went up stairs aud Ju-
iian sat down on the aide Of ths bed
and just then some body asked for them
from down stairs and Squire TinSley's
daughter came running up TO tha room.
Julian testified that once he had
kissed Miss Pollard, but otherwise he
had never taken liberties with her.
She was then about IS years old. Jul
inn sail, in cross.examuation, that
Miss Pollard was rs nics II girl as there
was in the community, 40 far as her
virtue was concerned, and ho had
never ssen her do, or heard of
her doing anything that was
not modest and cnasts with tho eXoep-
tion Of the mock marriage, md the in
cident that followed WAS result Of
her intoxioation, He had kissed Miss
Pollard but once.
This concluded the reading of tho de.
position and the court adjourned until
tomorrow,