St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-07
Gen. Chropodes Bucephaus Brunson Searching for Cand
didate, while Josef is "Out of Sight,
stand her account book, which shove d

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MISS POLLARD HAD ARRIVED
at her house Oh Aug. 81, 1892, the day
on which the plaintiff claims Col. Breck-
inridge first broached the subject of
marriage alter the death of his wife.
TIE four mysterious volumes of Irv-
ing, which had figured in that part of
the case centerlng about the Norwood
convent, aud in which the disputed
Christmas card had been found, were
placed oil the witness stand.
Then Attorney Carlisle walked to the
stand and took the oath. Attorneys on
| the other side obj ecled, but Judge
Bradley ruled that as the evidence
| of Sisters A gnes and Augustine might
have suggested to the minds of the jury
:, the possibility that the card had
was entirely proper that tho latter
should be heard upon the subject.
Mr.. Carlisle proceeded:
~ am able to swear that from the
time took that book from the bookcase
until discovered in it the Christina IS
card, no other hand but mine and that
OF Sister Agnes touched it. [ was look
ing for handwriting i'll the book, or
some other marks of Identification.
While l was handling it l found between
the ieavas this Christmas card, which
did not nave its ed geS turned up OF
curled, and had on it the handwriting
which you have seen: Compliments
of W.S. d." There was also the invisi-
bic net and the pressed rose leaves.
When l found them my client was Sit
ting i'll an opposite corner OF the room !,
and my colleague, Mr.. johnson, was
some distance away. No one but my
self could have put those things be-
tween the
LEAVES OF THE BOOK
when our party was there, and | say to
you gentlemen, on my Oatn, that l did
not do It."
Mr.. Carlisle's evidence was fortified
by the testimony of Attorney johnson,
who had accompanied him to the con-
vent. Then Miss Pollard once more took
the witness stand, and made denial that
she had ever known Mollie Shingle-
bower. Lena Singleton, John Brandt or
Hiram Kaufman, all of whom had de-
posed that she had been all inmate of a
house of lll-repute in Lexington. She
bad never heard of Sarah Guess until
taken to her house by Col. Ul.Breckinridge :;
had never sustained improper relations
with Rhodes nor told Breckinridge that
such relations had existed. She had not
accepted money from the defendant at
the time of her alleged seduction.
Miss Pollard also denied III all its de-
tails the story of the mock marriage be-
tween her and Owen Tinsley on Christ
mas day, 1883.
Miss Pollard said: "I never was sep
arated from Mr.. Breckenridge day
during the nine years that l was in his
life, but" when she was stopped by
objections from the defense. She re-
ceIved the letters addressed: MY Dear
Sister Louise" and was in his room
every night he was
UNDER MRS. HOYT'S ROOF.
She had never at any time presented
a pistol at his head. There was no un-
derstanding that she should deceive
Mrs. Blackburn, or that she should
falsely represent to Maj. Moore that she
was to be married. Col. Breckenridge
saw her use the work basket many
times, and said he was glad to see her
use it. With Miss Pollard's retirement
from the stand the plaintiffs re5uttal
closed. Then came in sur-rebuttal Mrs.
Liddie, the matron of the Washington
founding asylum, who made rela-
lively unimportant denial as to the col
Ored woman who brought the child TO
the asylum. Then Col. Breckinridge
reappeared as witness and denied that
he had told the cOlOred woman, Mary
Yancey, that he wanted her to cook for
them when they got to housekeeping;
that Miss Pollard was ever to his
knowledge in his room al Mrs. Hoyt's.
This ended the testimony, to the relief
of everybody, for it had been drawn out
in tiresome way for several days. The
attorneys arranged to submit their re-
quests for instructions by the court to
the jury on the legal aspects of the case
tomorrow, and then the jury was ex-
cuSed until Monday.