The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-04-11

ceived the attentions Of her attorneys
The slip pasted in the asylum record was
penned in a feminine. delicate hand,
with the words: Please name my baby
'Dietz Downing and beneath it in red
ink. Died April is. 1883 %
4 question from Mr.. Shelby 10
whether any other child had died IN
April. 1888. brought the reply: They
die so fast and So rapidly that 1 cannot
1 keep track OF them"
The records, however would snow. ire
witness said. When Mr. shelby offered
to place the record in evidence q as
ruled out The defense attempted TO put
/ Or. Mary Parsons upon the stand. but
upon Judge Bradley insisting that coun-
sci for Breckenridge must understand
that she was their own witness called
for cross-eNamination the plan was
abandoned and the witness dismissed.
William b. Moore of the Cincinnati
health office testified tndt no return OF
a birth attended by Dr. Mary PARSONS
in February of 1883 had been made. lie
testified and was not croSs-eXamincd.
The Defense Rests.
Hero the defense abruptly rested its
case. The first witness called by the
plaintiffs attorneys IN ropul.al was I'r.
| William \. Cowan, a young man. who is
superintendent of the Western asylum
in Pittsburg. He announced himself as
the first cousin OF Miss Pollard on her
mothers side. As soon as Mr. Carlisle
asked whether the plaintiff had been a
member of his family from 1876 10 lNS9.
! Mr.. shelby objected. arguing thai such
/ testimony was not properly rebuJtaL lie
! was reminded by Mr.. Carlisle Of the &c
iii, Il.
! hover. a woman admittedly e ili-faIne,
! who had testified that Miss Pollard lad
] lived i'm Kentucky in the year 1870 and
! 1878 and had commit ii certain improper
! acts in her sight. Mr.. Wilson also cast
reflections upon the character IF Mrs.
! Miller. declaring her deposition 20 be
an infamous lie. In overriding The Oh
! lection Judge Bradley remarked that
! the defendant put IN the stand an in
, famous woman, I say infamous advised
/ ly from her own testimony.
Continuing. the judge referred IN the
! testimony of Mrs. Miller ds disgusting.
referred to the fact that Mrs. Miller
! had become a woman Of the
| town at the age OF fourteen ana said
| the plaintiff should ne allowed TO purge
! herself of the contamination which
would inevitably come from association
| with such a woman. He also spoke Of
! the contention Of the defense that Miss
! Pollard could not disprove the affidavit
! by the surest means. by showing that
/ she was not at the place where The spe-
: cific acts Of immortality We're said 10
4 have been committed.
Dr. Cowan testified that Miss Pollard
! had been a member Of his family contin-
! uously from August. 1876. to 1880 and had
/ attended school with his sisters most
of the time. The CrOss-eXamination
/ showed that he had made a trip West
/ in 1876 and another in 1878. but he was
/ certain that the plaintiff had not been
I away from Pittsburg at those times.
/ The testimony of Millie ShingleboWer
had been that Miss Pollard was living
! in 1877 and rs five miles from LeXing-
ton, Ky.
Miss PoIIard'S Relatives Testify.
During the legal arguments which had
preceded the testimony Miss Pollard.
who had been engaged for half an hour
in taking notes. left the court room.
Another relative Of the plaintiff, Charles
Sawyer, testified that he had lived in the
same house (Aunt Keene's, near Lexing-
tom with Miss Pollard from 1880 TO 1888.
and that in all that time tht plaintiff
had not been from home over night ex-
cept for a period of ten days in 1882,
when she was visiting at an uncle's in
Guthernburg. George Keene, another
cousin, gave evidence Of a like charac-
Mrs. McCIelland Brown. wife Of the
! former principal of the Wesleyan semi
nary, bearing a large book. took the
stand and was about TO refer to this
volume, stating that it was the school
record, when the defense objected, but
Judge Bradley admitted the book, but
finally Mrs. Browns examination was
limited to rebuttal of ROssels testimony
Mrs. Brown then detailed the rules OF
the seminary as to gentlemen callers.
She had seen Rossel at the seminary.
Mr.. Carlisle asked: Was il possible Tor
his lap there for an hour and a half in
the evening""
Mr.. Shelby shouted an objection, and
it was sustained. Mrs. Brown went on
to state that young ladies were not per-
mitted TO see a young man alone at all
and never to see him but once week.
1--WE had two young ladies that year
who were engaged, but they were al
lowed to receive callers but once week.
| The young ladies received their visitors
in public in the public rooms.
An Opinion of Rhodes.
When asked to tell what manner OF
man Mr.. Rhodes was she said. impress
sIvely, as though delivering an oration:
"A country gentleman OF honest face.
of decent habit and manner. OF a pure
atmosphere and language and revenen-
tial toward ladies. He was an admirer
of Miss Pollard's intellectual attain
ments anxious for her best develop
ment."
Bright. but not deep" was the de-
scription she gave of Miss Pollards
mind on cross-examination. You would
hardly expect a school girl OF that age
TO be deep. The victory she won was