Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-03-15
MADELINE PRESENT.
Experiences Of Miss Pollard In
Cincinnati.
THE WOMEN PHYSICIANS.
,,,.o., Tc.,imopy N. TO Recollection Of the
Plaintiff In the Breckinridge Case
Court scenes.

rarativcly a mild day in the Breckinridge
t,isl The lawyers twiddied their thumbs
and looked wise and benevolent. There
,,.sn't one among them that looked as
though he had a pistol in his pocket.
There was just a pleasant sensation OF
uraarthlng a mystery In the testimony
th,t kent spectators from yawning. Miss
pollard was present IN court, and. OF
course her presence was a matter of In
t.rlst % the new comers. She sat All
through the morning session, attended
by ihc elderly lady in black, who comes
with ncr from the House OF Mercy. She
l.rt thc court just before recess, when
t.. witness on the stand. a medical
woman. was icstifying 70 some facts CON
r.c,,l with the birth Of her child In Cin-
cinnau In the summer Of 1885.
There was the usual crowd in court.
Daring The morning session the examina-
tI.a of sister Cecilia was concluded the
t.r.sition OF Or. Kate Perry Kane was
rad and Dr. Belle c. buchanan was
.t.uinci The testimony all related TO
Miss Pollar4's mysterious appearance in
cincinnati in 1856. undqr the name first OF
Miss GurCoyue and subsequently Of MISS
louise Wilson, at which time she was a
tstent. first at the Norwood Founding
ASYLUM and then at Or. buchanan
house Al the witnesses were women.
Two of them were present In coWt-one'
tle sister of Charity. Sister Cecilia, was
O. r,uarkabiy good witness. calm and self
,.e., s-ed Dr buchanan also had
good command Of herself. Dr.
rgchauan is the younger Of tine
$50 women who have been ac-
c.mpanyiug Miss Pollard TO court and She
has been supposed TO be one Of the
lsIies connected with the House Of Mercy.
Her testimony Identified Miss Pollard
positively with the young woman who was
under treatment in Cincinnati under the
name of Louise Wilson.
NOT TO END SOON.
Judge Bradley indicated that he does
not expect the trial to end very soon by
di-chare.ng for the term all the jurors
connected with his court not engaged in
the pending trial The term does not end
until the end of the month. so 1t was
evident that Judge Bradley does not ex-
p,ct 10 take mp any other case during
March The morning showed too. that
tho lawyers intend TO contest every foot
or the way. Mr S,oll attracted attention
as a cross-cxaminer lie sits with cyo0
half closed ana his examination gocs on
pni on 10 an sorts of subjects and things
until the opposing counsel and the court
bring him back 10 the starting point.
one Interesting point IN the testimony
today was N. difference oi
the Judgment Of Dr Buchanan
and Dr Kane as 10 Miss Pollard S
axe m 1s,5 Ur. Kane thought she was
q woman oc - or - without any g.rilsh
friv1lty about her; Or buchanan thought
she was about Is
Among th, many persons who begged
Marshal Wilson for admission TO the
,.urt-Ioom this morning was an elderly.
whlte-lalrel man. who explained that he
believed ho Was entitled 10 admission be
c4usr II The fact that he ana Colonel
Irrckurlice were members Of the same
church On Kentucky. The reason urs d
Is the Defendants fellow -churchman was
evidently considered an eNceIlent one by
Marshal Wilson. for ne AZ once assured
him that h. need say nothing more ana
the KentucIian was escorted TO front
seat. ...
SISTER CECILIA RESUMES.
Judge Bradley took his seat few min
utcs after 10 O'Clock. and the business Of
tine lav WAS at once gone on with. While
fhe clerk was calling the roll OF the jury
Miss Pollard entered the room and took
her customary seat beside her lawyer
AIR. Wilson. There was busy, iNeiy
sort Of air pervadlng the court. as though
both sides were ready and willing To 90
ahead with a vim and activity greater
than that which marked the proceedings
Ut yesterday -
sister Cecilia, who was in 1855 in charge
or t,e Norwood Founding Asylum near
Cincinnati, was on the stand when court
aIiourued Yesterday afternoon. Her tesu-
mol,y was not concluded then, ana she
was again placed upon the stand thlS
morning No time was lost IN getting
down To work. and there were no remarks
from the judge. as was the case yester-
day.
SISTER Cecilia" asked Mr.. Carlisle,
have you good memory FOR names
and faccs|
"Not for faces"
can YOU state positively that the PLAIN
tY I'm this cate was ever an inmate or
the Norwood Asylum
L cannot"
can you say that she was not an In
mate
Il cannot"
What is your best belief on this mat,
ter. and upon what circumstances and
Incidents do you base this opinionY'
AN OBJECTION OVERRULED.
This question was objected to by the
defence. and its propriety was argued on
behalf OF the defendant by Mr.. Siol
and Mr. Shelby. who took the ground
that IN giving an opinion based upon Ger
tala facts the witness would be intrudinS
uron the domain and rights Of the jury,
who should have the facts upon which 10
b.ss their own conclusions. Mr. Carlisle
argued for its admissibillty. During the
argument Judge Bradley interjected the
remark that opinions as TO identity We're
allowable. as well as opinions OF experts
I'm their particular lines Mr.. Shelby IN
sisted that the question was not one or
identity. but Of fact. Mr. Carlisle read
from several legal books 10 show that
belief Of witnesses and the facts upon
which Il was founded" was proper testi-
m1ny. The question. he claimed, was one
- Identity Certain patients were IN
mates OF the asylum at particular time
and the effort was simply 10 get the wit
moss. who was at that time in charge OF
the asvlum, 10 identify the plaintiff as a
certain inmate not otherwise described
II Will be remembered that yesterday
deposition was read from Mrs. Logan. Of
Cincinnati. formerly a physician. TO show
that carly In 1885 a young woman known
q her as "A Miss or Mrs. Burgoyne. was
an inmate OF the asylum, and there be-
came a mother This girl was then about
Is wears OF age and the intent OF Mr..
Carlisle this morning in his question was
cvlGontly 10 have Mrs. BuFgoyne and Miss
Pollard identified as one and the same per-
son.
'If the question: is put for the purpose
OF identifying the plaintiff with some par
tlcular person at the asylum, ] think the
question IL competent one" said Judge
Bradley In making his ruling. "lf the
question Is simply as 10 whether the plain
tin vas ever at the asylum, 1t is incom-
potent"
The question was then read over by
Stenographer Smith. and changed by Mr..
Carlisle so a. 70 finish with a patient In
the Norwood Asylum In April-June, 1885.
I'VE object" said Mr. Shelby.
"Thc objection is sustained said the
Court
Mr. Carlisle tried In several ways 10 get
the question In, but objections were sus-
tained.
YELLED PATIENTS.
Finally he asked: do you know II,
when you were in charge Of the asylum.