The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-21

package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept anv substitute if offered.
hers. recently published in a New York
paper, was noted. At the Norwood con-
vent she had worn a veil so that no one
but Sister Cecilia had seen her face.
During that time her letters to Col.
Breckenridge had been addressed to
Margaret Dillon. box Al, Lexington,
Ky"
More sharp Answers.
When she had visited the convent after
the suit was filed Sister Agnes had not
at first recognized her. but before she
left had said: "She has undoubtedly
been here"
Did she not tell you that you were
an immoral woman" asked Mr.. Butter
worth.
"She did not She attempted to give
me sort of a lecture. She asked me
why 1 wanted to ruin that old man in
his old age. l replied: Why did he
want to ruin me in my youth?
she said that 1 ought to think Of his
daughters, and 1 said that he did not
have pity on me when / was somebody's
daughter, nor my daughter and his,
that he made me give away" with emo
tom
Mr.. Butterworth-"Did you not tell her
that this suit was brought for revenge?"
Miss Pollard-"That is as false as
words can be framed. l told her that l
wanted him TO bear his share of the re-
spOnsibility in this matter, and that /
would go through the world carrying my
own share, but l would not bear all the
burden he had placed upon me- 1 believe
that there is principle behind this mat
ter. believe that justice will be done
ho1 haf tn
the jury will help TO see it done"
When Mr.. Butterworth asked some
question about money matters Miss Pol
lard said her only effort at the time
referred 10. as ii always had been, was
to conceal her relations with Mr.. Brock
inridge
Mr. Butterworth-"You haven't done
anything as a free and independent
agent since you passed under his con-
trol?"
Shaking her head with faint smile
the answer came, 4 don't believe l ever
Gave Her Baby Away.
Mr. Butterworth was asking Miss Pol
lard about her ambitions for the future
in those early years, when she said: Il
knew 1 was to always be in Mr.. Brock
inridge's life because the night before 1
left for the Norwood asylum he made
me promise to give my baby away. He
said that if he was ever able to marry
me he would, and that if he couldn't
marry me he would keep me in his life
always"
Did YOU have any woman before you
as an idOl?' Mr.. Butterworth asked, and
as Miss Pollard was answering, NO. sir.
/ hoped to make a name by writing"
her lawyers objected and the judge sus-
tanned the objection.
For two years when she was first in
Washington she had met Mr.. Breckin-
ridge three or four times week in
house on Fourth-st. She had spent one
summer at Bread Loaf inn in Vermont,
a semi-fashionable resort ten miles from
Middlebury, kept by Joseph Battell.
She denied having represented herself
as an authOress of reputation. She had
met there a woman named Mrs. Bridges
of BROOKLYN. the one who wrote the ar
ticle in the Standard Union
What article" asked Mr.. Butter
worth
The one you are leading up to-" CThe
article in question was one which APP
peared Saturday,
was that article true?" was the next
question.
1T is mainly true. 1t is colored to
suit events 1t is not true that l have
ever taken opium. nor that l repre-
scented myself as the author of the poem,
Loves Power written by Mrs. Jose
phine Pollard"
She had read the poem at Bread Loaf
to a little audience. Mr.. Butterworth
read extracts from the article. drawing
questions from them. Miss Pollard had
not known James Russell Lowell as
Mrs. Bridges said had been her boast,
but had visited his grave. had known
his relatives well and had been enter
tanned by his wife's sister, Mrs. DR..
Howe. i'm Cambridge. She had known
William Dean HOwells. the author; had
great respect for him, as he had always
been kind in answering her questions
and had received letters from him which
her counsel had
1t was suggested by Judge Bradley
that this questioning was all collateral.
whereupon Mr.. Wilson said that he had
permitted it because he was very glad
10 have the article brought into the
case: that he would use il later He re-
minded Mr.. Butterworth that the de-
Tense must be bound by the answers to
those questions, and with considerable
sarcasm i'm his tone trusted that Brother
Butterworth would read the entire arti-
Gle
Miss Pollard. to further questions. said
that on her return to Washington in the
fall of 1892. when Breckenridge first for
mally proposed to marry her, he had met
her -"
WAS it in a proper placer" inter
rupted Mr.. Butterworth.
ut was not. It was in a house of
assignation on Asst He said to me:
Madeline. this is no place for us to talk
OF these things so we went out on the
street together. He told me about his
children. his prospects and his inten
tons"
did you ever talk Of marriage while
his wife was alive?"
Very rarely
But you did talk of it?'
Eve did"
Here the court adjourned. with the
cross-examination still unfinished.
Somewhat Pecksnifiinn.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. March 1a.-The
Hon. w. c. F. Breckenridge delivered lee
ture at the gospel tabernacle in this city
on the night of June 2 last. for the bene-
fit Of a local charitable institution. He
had heen to Lebanon. Tenn. where he