The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-15
BRECKINRIDGE-POlLARD TRIAL.
No Sensational Fe atures in the
Proceedings of Yesterday.
The Most of the Day Occupied In Read
ing Dispositions From Cincinnati Doc.
tors and SchOolmate OF the Plaintiff.
Miss Pollard In Attendance Yesterday,
But Leaves the Courtroom for a While.


day of tho Pollard eckiDridse trial
was devoted by the plaintiffs attorneys
to celebrating the main points already
marked out by them in their case.
There were no sensa .ional incidents.
no. we're there any displays of temper
among the legal gentlemen, failure
grievously disappointing to the popu.
lace, which expects daily excitement
from the affair. Since his encounter of
Monday evening with Attorney Shelby,
Mr.. johnson, of Miss Pollard's counsel,
has appeared in court but twice, not
that he anticipates trouble, but becaus
he is engaged outside in working up the
testimony.
Miss p Jllard was in court during the
morning, but left when her friend, DR..
Bello buchanan. OF Cincinnati, began
to testify concerning the birth of her
first child. Col. Breckenridge was there
also, and so were some of his Kentucky
constituents, one of whom secured al
mission to the court room on the repre-
sentation that he holds membership in
the same Presbyterian Church in which
the Congressman i6 enrolled.
Most OF the day WAS occupied by the
physician and one of Miss Pollard's
school friends, and there was some con-
hicting testimony regarding her age,
which is disputed point, the plaintiff
asserting that she was but seventeen
when Colonel Breckenridge mot her.
Her Identification by Sister Cecilia
was no. complete and remains to be
fastened, if it can be, by the writing
found in the volumes OF Irving, said to
have been presented by Miss Pollard to
| the convent The testimony of Sister
Cecilia, Of Pueblo, Colo, formerly SUI
perior of the Norwood asylum near Gin
cinnati, was resumed when the trial
was commenced this morning
Miss Pollard was sitting nearly in
front of Colonel Breckinridge, with only
the sister from the house OF refuge be-
side her, her other young friend being
for the time absent. Replying to At.
torney Carlisle's questions, Sister &C.
celia said she had good memory for
names but poor memory for faces.
She could not affirm positively that Miss
Pollard had been an inmate Of the Nor.
| wood Convent, nor could she say that
she had not
There was some hesitation on the
part of the Miss Pollard counsel in
framing a question, it being apparent
that the sister was scrupulously careful
about the extent to which she would
commit herself in identifying Miss
Pollard
Finally the plaintiffs counsel asked
what is your opinion as to the identity
OF the plaintiff with patient in your
asylum in May, June and July, 1882"
Which was also overruled. Another
exception noted and followed by the
question, What is your belief as to
whether the plaintiff was in your
asylum during these nonths?"
THAT is question for the jury" said
Judge Bradley.
Mr.. Carlisle inquired whether any
patients in the asylum had been in the
habit of yelling themselves, to VIII oh
the Sister replied: "rhero were two or
three ladies who yelled their faces when
they thought there was danger of being
recognized by visitors from Cincinnati. :"
Sister Cecilia remem bored that three or
four ladies had come there from Gin
cinnati in carriages in the spring of
1855, but when asked if there had been
| patient by the name of Burgoyne she
answered: "Fhe namo is not familiar to
me-
The cross-eYamination was very brief,
Sister Cecilia saying, in answer to Mr..
Butterworth, that she had held several
conversations with Miss Pollard since
her arrival In Washington
After the two sis ;ers had retired, the
reading OF deposition by another
female physician, Mrs. Kate Perry
Kane. OF Cincinnati, who had been, in
the spring of 1885, q memb Der Of the firm
OF Drs Buchanan & Perry. was begun
by Mr.. Carlisle. Mrs Kane remem.
bered thai Miss Pollard hado boarded in
their house as DR.. Buchanan's pasient,
under the name Of Miss Louise Wilson,
identifying the plaintiff positively.
When this tedious phase of the trial
was resumed, Colonel Breckenridge re
tired from the room, as did Congress
man Elijah A. Morse, OF Massachusetts,
who has been one of the most in terested
spectators OF the proceedings, while
Miss Pollard's friend from Cincinnati
rejoined her. From the cross examina-
ton in the deposition it appeared that
Miss Pollard had miscarriage; that
she was described by DR.. Buchanan as
IAN unfortunate girl from Kentucky"
DR.. Belle Buchanan, OF Cincinnati,
took the stand and stated that she frat
knew the plaintiff in the summer of
1885, when she came to her house in
cincinnati from ST. Joseph's Founding
Asylum at Bong Hill, some times called
Norwood, near Cincinnati. She was
soiy Weak anu nao given birth to a
child about ten weeks previously. DR..
Buchanan said Miss Pollard used Will
son as her name when she was at her
house. She had recognized the plaintiff
last February when Miss Pollard called
On her.
a recess was taken before DR.. Buch.
anan's cross examination was finished
Nothing important for tho defense was
obtained from the witness