The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-03-22
LED HIN ASTRAY.
Breckenridge Was the Victim Of a
Designing Woman.
THE DEFENCE OUTLINED IN THE
POLLARD CASE.

Woman of Twenty" When She Met
Breckenridge - She Soon Had Him in
Her Power - The Engagement Was
Only a Fiction - A Remarkable Por-
ton of Remarkable Case.
Washington, March 21.-Miss Pollard
did not show any trace of her collapse OF
yesterday afternoon when she entered
the court room this morning. y Col.
Breckenridge was not as smiling and
debornair as he has been, and his features,
had trace of gravity strange to them.
Al word from Mr.. Carlisle, Miss Pol
lard took the stand. She was cool, but
not SO strong looking as yesterday morn
ing, when she began the ordeal that
ended with a series of sensations.
Major Butterworth's first question was
whether Miss Pollard had the contract
with Rodes by which she agreed to pay
for her education on condition she
should marry him or pay him back.
"No; haven't, gave it to Mr.. Rodes. !"
"The contract was settled them" asked
Major Butterworth. =.
"Oh, no sir, it was never settled, Mr..
Rodes did not pay nearly SO much money
for me as he said he would pay, but
what he did pay, about $4,000, 1 was
never able to pay back.
Ibid you pay him any of it?"
mo, sir. | never did have any money
to pay anybody anything" said Miss
Pollard in a voice of plaintive detection.
The meekness of the witness vanished
with the next question and she snowea
some of her old time vivacity in the
answer.
Mrs. Logan, formerly DR.. Mary
Street. OF Cincinnati, did not recognize
you when her deposition was taken, did
he, Miss Pollards" was the question.
Not when ] was introduced to her,"s
said Miss Pollard, "but she would have
redirect examination, and she certainly
was able to say that the picture of Col.
Brec kinridge was the picture OF the man
who called to see me in 1885 at her house
and-n
Hold on, Miss Pollard" cried Major
Butterworth and Judge Wilson at once.
You must not tell anything but what
ask you," Butterworth added.
81 truly beg your pardon, Mr.. Butter
worth. but my mind is SO full of things
| want to tell you I can't help breaking
inv
Il want to be perfectly fair with you,
Miss Pollard"
Il appreciate that Mr.. ButterWorGh, ana
truly thank vou.o
Mr.. Butterworth asked a few.unimport-
ant question about Miss Pollard's visit
to Mrs. Logan's house and then wanted
to known what were the facts about her
adoption of the name of Breckenridge.
"Mr. Breckenridge told me to adopt the
name We talked it over together while
| was at the convent there in the sum-
mer of 1888 and I had the cards engraved
as he suggested. Madeline Breckenridge
Pollard"
"But you used the initials M. V.B.P.
in writing to Rodes?"
Il told you about that" meaning that
the girls at the college gave hel the
name after. her meeting with Col. Brock
inridge. A few more insignificant
questions were asked, one about the
accident to Miss Pollard in 1887. and
then Major Butterworth created surprise
by saying abruptly That's all. Miss
Pollard" Miss Pollard looked aston
ished. She started to leave the stand but
not ask her any question, however, but
caused another surprise by saying: "If
you please, your honor, the plaintiff rests
her case here" The sentence was hardly
ended before Miss Pollard and Miss
Ellis had disappeared through the Jurors
door. Major Butterworth asked for a
few minutes to confer with Mr.. Breckin-
ridge.
The conference lasted over twenty
minutes, and when the defendant aud
his attorneys returned, Major Shelby,
Col Breckinridge's law partner, began
the
Opening Statement of the Defence
to the jury, which had been reserved
when the trial opened.
while this case technically rests, "said
Major Shelby" on the charge of breach
of promise of marriage, other cons1dera-
tions enter into it and affect it strong
~" Then he told of the complaint and
the defendants answer and said: II am
authorized by the defendant to say, and
it will be supported by his testim ony on
the witness stand under solemn oath,
that he did lot seduce her, and that he
never knew until it was testified to by
DR.. Parsons on the stand that any living
child had been born to her and, further
more, that the plaintiff never did have
any idea that the defendant would
marry her; that he never intended to
carry out such contract with her. The
defendant does not desire to condone any
offence of which he may be guilty, but
he does wish to be judged by the facts
and not through other things"
Mr.. Shelby then told what he said was
the true story of the meeting between
Miss Pollard and Mr. Breckenridge. The
defendant saw Miss Pollard on train
when he was looking for his overcoat
preparatory to leaving. Good morning,
Col. Breckenridge" said she. Col.
Breckenridge supposed it was some per-
son he had met, but he could not place
her, so he said: 81 suppose / ought to
know you, but I DON'T" Then she intro
duced herself, saying that her father
was great admirer of John c. Breckin-
ridge, and he had put Breckenridge in
her name. After a few words they
separated. Several months later, in 1884,
the defendant received letter from the
plaintiff asking him to.come to Cincinnati
and assist her by his advice and the
defence proposed to show beside this let
ter, second letter, in which she urged
him to come to the Wesleyan college and
see her.
Hold no" said Judge Wilson, don't
read that letter"
Il WON'T read it," said Mr.. Shelby.
Then he went on TO sketch the other
points in the defense. In this second
letter, Miss Pollard had told Col. Brock
inridge the nature of her business with
him in reply to one from him saying he
could not come at that time. But about
ten days later, he had bushes in Coving-
ton with Gov. Stevenson and, while there,