The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-04-05
THE POLLARD CASE.

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COL. BRECKINRIDGE IN THE HANDS
OF THE PLAINTIFFS ATTORNEY
He Admits That He Had Visited
Mrs Guess Assignntion House Be-
fore His Vinit With Miss Pollard
The Sins of Man and Woman.
Washington, March 31.-There was an
audience awaiting the second appearance
of Col. Breckenridge on the witness staeld
whose interest in him and what he would
have to say was more intense than that
of any of the audiences he had ever
faced before. Foremost in it sat the
plaintiff and her elderly companion, Mrs.
Ellis; back of then in double rows, the
lawyers in the case and also Desha
breckenridge, the son to whom the de-
PENDANT had referred in affectionate terms
while detailing the members of his family
yesterday. Further beyond were two
long uows of newspaper men and sketch
ers waiting to transfer to paper the diff
ferent attitude OF the congressman wit
LESS, and then the ranks of spectators,
most of them members of the bar. No
time was lost in sending Col. Breckin-
ridge to the stand. He began by testi-
flying that he had often given and sent
Miss Pollard money.
When COL Breckenridge said Mr..
Rhodes told him he had been intimate
with Miss Pollard, the plaintiff burst out
crying and said THAT is lie. Why
can't he tell the Truth about some
things?" She was reproyed by the
judge.
1.-THE plaintiff has said that on two oc
casions, after protestations of love, you
said you would marry her if it was posi-
ble,' the lawyer queried.
"There is not scintilla of truth in
that statement-not a shred. Under no
circumstances, at no time was there such
a statement. The plaintiff never alluded
to the possibility Of it. Before the death
of my wife there was not a solitary word
that could be distorted into such thing
He related how he went to Mrs. Guess
designation house and other places with
the plaintiff, paid the bills and often gave
Miss Pollard money. He continued:
''From November, 1885, to July, 1887,
there were no improper relations between
us, although I was supporting her. The
ENHANCEMENT really began when she
CO me to Washington against my will. I
frequently said to her as earnestly as
knew how, that the relations between us
could only result in public scandal and
perhaps destruction of us both; that hel
character, her lack of self-control, hel
temper was such that some day there
must come an exposure. I urged hel
to go anywhere, where she could study
offering to pay her expenses and saying
the burden could be no greater on mt
than it was. Several tin es l thought sh,
had agreed to go, once to Cambridge
Some of our interviews were more ex
cessively unpleasant than any words cal
describe. She would come to me at TIL
capitol at my committee room; declar
that she was not going to leave; that sh
was going to have the support owing t
her. [ suppose at times, being excessive
ly angry, l said things that were har
and bitter I knew that the only, al
tentative was submission or the destruc
ton of the lives of those dependent OF
me, and let it go on, hoping that to-mol
row would bring a solution of the prob
- lem. -... - ...
Mr.. Breckenridge related how TIL
plaintiff had threatened to shoot him ant
herself. He finally &C nsented to permit
ting Miss Pollard to tell Mrs. Blackburn
that they were engaged, with the under
standing that the marriage was never t
take place. This, he said was done t
prevent scandal and to keep Miss Pol
lard from carrying out her threat o
killing him. He admitted the secret maj
riege to Mrs. Wing, but denied that b
promised, in the presence of Maj. Moore
to marry Miss Pollard.
Washington, April 2. - Congre ssma1
BE kinridge to-day continued the recit;a
OF his version of the nine years intrigu
with Madeline Pollard and he consumes
the entire day in rounding out his story
He will soon pass into the hands of e1
Judge Jere NJ. Wilson for cross-examinu
ton From this inquisition the follower
OF the trial are anticipating their choices
entertainment, for the jurist and es
congressman from Indiana has we
earned reputation as the most trying ma
who could be selected from the local ba
to rake a witness. He is no respecter c
persons in the court room, followin
faithfully the sxiom that all men III
equal in the eyes of the law, and he hi,
an unusual facility at planning traps fc
witness, leading him along differer
lines of inquiry which seem harmless
considered singly, and then combinin
conclusions therefrom in one Questio
which puts the victim on record in anotl
eI light MISS 1Olldru ana ner lawyer
have busted themselves in taking note
throughout the colonel's testimony frol
which they expect to draw material f<
cross-examination. There will be but Ii
tie testimony for the defense after &c
breckenridge leaves the stand, and mo-
of that will be in the form of deposition
The rebuttal for the plaintiff will come
when Miss Pollard herself will probab]
take the stand again and the old princip
of the Wesleyan college will be called |
refute the testimony of Rankin Rose
to whom Miss Pollard was engaged
1854 Dr. Brown will testify that Ro
sell could not have called to see her tN
or three times a week as he said, becau
the rules of the school, which were stric
ly enforced, permitted visitors Oily FL
day nights, and then in the presence
the teachers, and will deny that Mi
Pollard prepared to go with him to CT
cago as she was only permitted to XII
him good by under the search light of